Mouthing Off:
Why I joined the military: "For a chance to serve my country while improving my education."
The most misunderstood aspect of being a sailor: "Being a sailor requires commitment unlike any of the other armed forces. Not to take anything away from the other branches, but our sailors are out at sea for months on end---whether we're involved in armed conflict or not. There's a reason that when tensions arise anywhere on Earth the president's first question is, 'Where's the nearest aircraft carrier?'"
Greatest challenge for NKO: "Delivering on the promise we represent for instantaneous connection to people and ideas. We must create powerful content, find innovative ways to deliver it to ships with little bandwidth, and integrate widely disparate databases--and do it in a hurry."
Toughest moment during NKO project: "To get to a place where the Navy--or any large business--re-creates itself as a knowledge-centric organization, there must be fundamental and transformational efforts in play that force us to re-examine who we are and what we envision ourselves as being able to do in the future."
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