them names. the big five we love the big five. we have to go to africa and see the big five before we go home. we feel like we re doing something because they have big names, they re big asknd scary, but if you kill them you have a big trophy. we don t name the turkey at thanksgiving, we don t have an affinity for them. we ve outmarketed the social that comes with that the responsibility that comes with the animals these people live with. we co exist with these animals, we don t treat them as if they are better than us but we don t treat them particularly special. they re there and we re here. and so we don t name them generally. the naming of cecil has come from outside forces. you know these are the big five so we re going to call this one cecil because he has a beautiful black mane which is quite lovely. i have cats at home i have names for them. but cats that live outside, i don t name them. i don t have a connection with them. my director is australian and
set up and we co constantly hae mail going back and forth and they afford us as many phone calls as we can possibly hold so they really preach about staying in touch with our family and just letting them know that everything is okay. shannon: because they are so worried about you guys when they are serving. momly. and there is mommy, too. you get to be home to celebrate father s day this year which is fantastic. yes, ma am. any advice to other young military fathers out there going through the same things that you have gone through. yes, ma am. i mean everything is not as bad as it seems right now. i know you are away from family and that is tough but keep your eyes on what you need to do. know the reason that you are over there, know the reason why you are serving. you are serving so that your family, your kids, your wife, your daughter, your son can be free and they can grow up and have the life that you had. shannon: we are so blessed to have you here with us today and