I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.

Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being eaten and drowning.

Any survival guide will tell you, don't buy a pair of combat boots before any disaster. They'll tear your feet up. Or water. Don't bring water with you because it'll tire you out and you'll lose too much fluid. Bring a water pump.

I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have never recovered from.

When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was "Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy...

Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.