andrea stone, contributor to the "huffington post." jim michaels, military writer for "usa today" and a former marine infantry officer. captain danny hernandezc affairs officer for the chief of operation and guest of our speaker. donna, "usa today" and former ntc president. >> i'm going skip the speak for a moment. jennifer shon berger. bill holland, associate editor of -- and former navel officer. jim noon, retired nay reserve captain strategic information and communications group. thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by selling hot dogs or waiting on folks at rotary club dinners. accepted a the university of pennsylvania, the military academy of west point and the united states naval academy.