i mean, you know, i sit right next to rubin gallegos, another veteran and seth multan is alongside us as well. in terms of the freshman class on the democratic side, there is a number of veterans on the republican side as well. you know, i think our main point being in task is to make sure that our perspective members of the military and their perspectives are heard. >> from an organizational standpoint, how does congress compare to the military? >> that's a good question. no one has ever asked me that. i think in some ways it compares pretty well because everything in the military is about the leadership and chain, chain of command. in congress, it is sort of like that, most of the time. so in that way we have a chairman running our committees, we have the speaker and the majority leader running both houses of congress. you know, we have a general running the national guard in hawaii and everybody follows his direction. >> do you -- >> i think in some ways it is like that, but in others, you know, there is much more flexibility and freedom being in the legislative branch and in congr