Good evening. Good afternoon. Thank you for having me here.
I have to correct you on the rank thing. That's my profession now that I'm out of the navy; I'm a boat captain. I never got to the high rank of a naval captain—just to straighten that out.
I love our veterans. I spent 26 years in the navy, and when I see inconsistencies or wrongs, things that are not proper with regard to our senior veterans—mostly in long-term care but that's not always the case—I have to step forward. I guess that's my whole purpose.
These heroes sometimes don't have a voice. They don't want to say anything. They don't want to bother anybody. They're happy with what they have, and when it's not correct, I have no problem speaking for them. That's my thing. That's what I like to do. I am in a little bit of correspondence with a couple of big corporations about empathy and compassion towards our veterans, and that's what I'm working on at the moment.
I thank you for the invitation and appreciate joining this meeting.