Business advisor and is countrily teaching as an adjunct professor of law at george town, university. Today hes with us as a moderator and friend of our keynote speaker so while mr. Carter makes his way to the stage, with its my pleasure to introduce captain gorber are born in paris. [applause] never a bad thing to be born in paris. And in 2001, a naturalized american citizen, after which he became flow bobary joined our army in 2008 and twice employed to afghanistan it was during his second gloiment that captain tackled a suspicious local man making his way toward one of our patrols setting off the mans suicide vest. Four dieded but many were spared as a result of his swift action. But captain spent three years in recovery. His book eight seconds of courage recounts early life in france truly tough army ranger training, and the courage that brought him to take the brave action that saved those many lives how can we thank a man who have own sense of responsible inspired him to take that action . Perhaps president obama had the right idea when in 2015 on veterans day he awarded our nation highest military honor the congressional egg e medal of honor seen prominently glade at your neckline to captain flow first immigrant to be so recognized since the vietnam war. Please join me [applause] wonderful. Many congratulations to you and thank you for being here with us. So its a real honor privilege to be here with you, and you know one of the things i took away from your book which i had the chapters to read this week was despite the medal, despite your incredible bravery youre also a pretty humble and down to earth guy. And theres this one story that i think crystallizes that, and maybe you could tell everyone about that day that you physical into the sewage. Sort of wow. Yeah. My first story in afghanistan, and were going, we had incredible great idea from a affair folks to create pass out cards, business cards to local afghan in different villages, and the point was if you saw taliban came into your village and anything, just call the number in back of it, or of this card and let us know. [laughter] this well go say 75 of them couldnt read so that was a problem. Definitely no uber app. But best part about this in hindsight is funny is that we put out translator cell phone numbers so what happened is, the locals figured oh o, well if we appear to be helping the americans that we call them and tell them that theresable here an he come they think were friends, then theyll [sound of gunfire] us you know fuel. Theyll build us retaining wall and build us a mosque so you know, heck theyre smart. So they called us one night and its that taliban is here so we took to a village to taliban was never there. What happened is instead it is pitch black dark im over here knocking on doors trying to figure out why enemy is and people are open the door mad at us because it is middle of the night and so nec thing you know i fall into the sewage but it is really someyouyou are eating so were g healthy and it was one with of the things that you know we flush a toilet it just kind of dump it in there thats where i fell in up to my chest. And i remember not realizing what i was in. Been smelling it and then seeing my guy as im asking for help no, sir, youre on your own. Youre walking back. [laughter] so they were serious too. It was a fight. It was a tougher fight than you know to get become on the truck for the tblg. As a civil former affair officer sometimes they have good ideas that was not within. And you have unusual story i think of all of the Army Officers and veterans i know your story how you came to the army unique and it is really striking tell us a bit about that. How did you come to be an army officer and why did you join . I joined because when i came to the United States i was 12 years old i didnt speak english. But i was adopted but larry my father, and we came here lived to the area when i went to high school at Walter High School and before boing to high school when i was 13 years old my uncle lived in north africa there we go. There we go. The gi arks came in late 5u8 and bringing radical islam to that part of the world that was a westernized mum country, and my uncle thought this was wrong and like many others he put on a uniform and fought these individuals, and then february of 1996 during the ceasefire he was shot he was beheaded dismembered from the back to my grandfather. And that was a testament of the evil that was happening in the world. But you know ilk ill be honest nobody was paying attention to it. I care compare what happened there and now and if we see killing 300 people we turn on the news like this is horrible and then we move on to kardashians right so it is this culture in a sense but if it happens at home on cnn and fox news you dont put on next 17 days but that bothered me sz a young child is fact that some source o of evil could be happening over there and nobody is talking about. But i remembered it. And when i became a u. S. Citizen, my catalyst was, obviously, 911 i was freshman in college, and here i was they killed many uncle attacked my family, and now here i am a nationalized citizen of this country and as soon as i get nationalized same individuals come in and create terror. My new adopted country so only one solution was to be part of the solution. And join the military. Were luckily you did did so you know, you dont just choose the army. You choose the hard part of the army within that the hardest part that have through your school. What are some of the formative experiences in the army that you write a lot about where are time in training now a lot a about your time in combat. What made you into the person that was there on august a 8th, 2012 . I think the person that made me that is is combination of the sequence of actions that happened in my life. Youve got to look at my father, my mother you have to look at my family and my peers you have to look at my High School Coach and track coaches you have to look at my time in training in military and so on training that i received while you know as platoon leader really man that surrounded me i think these experiences and sequence of actions allowed me to make a specific decision on august 8th, twelve which i believe major of my pierce would have made exact would have made as well. You talk about training in army and you know, i wrote my first chapter about one of the most significant experience in my life which was Ranger School. I kept hearing about Ranger School month and months prior to going through Ranger School when i chose infantry as a path of my military career and i never realized what it was until i got there, and its no joke. [laughter] for those who havent been to that, whats a ranger story . Well you know of 2 face of training up there three different phases you know, with and regards of two mre a day maybe two meals day you sleep average of a couple of hours a night youve got to carry a ruck sack that weighed possibly 100 pounds and over some serious terrain between georgia and florida. And while having a responsibility to lead men on surgeon missions and then be follow. And it was tough. You know, i had moments where we were death marched thats what we call it for 23 hours. You just keep going up and down and i had a heck of a story in that book, obviously, about what i lost equipment but i was dragging it but it kept falling thats how exhausted you you ar. But it changed my life because they call it Leadership School not because they want to see if youre tough itest person in the world thats not the point of it but physically you have stamina to sbd but it is about what will you do when youre hungry, youre starving literally, and youre dead tired. You havent slept more than five hours in three days. Youre carrying all of this weight and youre supposed to lead men and decisive action. What will you do . Also they watch you too when youre not in leadership position youre far away from everyone else pulling security. Are you going to pull security and have integrity when no and one is windchilling or go to sleep these are lings things you learn and i learned about migs and first of all if i choose between eating and sleeping, i eat. I had no idea that i would not guess sleep all day every day. Nope. When they give me that choice 25 minutes before next day starts, you get sleep or you can eat i ate. I was superhungry hungry ranger. I learned how to be effective leader in combat and i learned what the reality is behind you know utilizing every single asset in your platoon means every single individual and utilizing strength and understanding what their weaknesses are such as yours and combining those strengths while eliminating weaknesses as best as you can to be effective team. So lets go to afghanistan and 2012 when did you deploy and what was your job during second deployment of yours . So second deployment i was running personal security detail for the time colonel and what he owned was 45 different station in Eastern Province of afghanistan and five in toalings, and he was the man. It was an unbelievable tour seven days week i got to ride in chop helicopters i got to see beautiful parts of afghanistan and i got to meet incredible folks and most importantly i got to see afghanistan for a different permit of so i did it and this tours i was just provided security and i bot to see general on the mission as best i could. And so youre in this eastern part pa of afghanistan rugged country, mountains as tall as anywhere on the world and august 8th your mission to accompany boss for a meeting and take us forward from there. What happens . This was one of the meetings so this is my first tour. I was in same area of operation my first tour. Every wednesday 10 00 in the morning, governor of eastern advice wanted to run security meeting 30 minutes so, obviously, i wasnt tbing to take boss of that meeting every week or i wasnt going to he didnt want to go he made his own schedule i advised him on it. He didnt want the to go every week because they become a threat and we become a target. On august 8th, 2012 boss had a previous meeting with all of his leaders and next day we decided to, you know, fly out to the security meeting bits upon some of the conversation the night prier and they wanted to address that with the governor. We got there, i was supposed to have 12 escorts and they took call 19 minutes earlier that made the route unclear again so i had two commanders and afghan general two u. S. State department individuals, two majors which major grandma and kennedy and then my team of six include myself. And the enemy that summer had won model which was spectacular attack so they were kind of pushing away from the small attacks and they wanted to do Something Big so for that, you have to have a lot of patience to really pick your target accordingly, and when they saw us probably coming with that much brass they probably thought man this is christmas in july, in august, and they committed so they had two suicide bombers ready to tack us out so that day 700 meters into 1100 meter movement, i i they came at us with motorcycles, in front of our patrol. I had actually put Afghan National army up front. Ill be honest with you i did not trust them at the time to be behind us because we had too many green on blue up there. So i didnt know this group of folks i fought with incredible afghan soldier but yints know these guys so they were up front and i wanted them to make our peer patrol bigger to deter any potential threats and they did a heck of a onbecause when motorcycles kale to his patrol point guy, afghan soldier and rifles are screaming and forced to dismount and start running away but that was a diversion. That was the whole point thats exactly what they wanted and a man came out of the structure young 20 years old and clean shaven. Black man, and walking backwards identified him, thought, obviously, this guy is a threat didnt know what was wrong with him and where he come from and then he did a 180degree turn and then to my patrol prochghted me to leave my position and scream at hill while springting at him reached to him. Hit him, grabbed him realized that it he had a suicide vest on. And do whatever you can do at that point throw him as far away as quickly as a possible because you have to save the bomb. And so you doapght think about death you think about doing your job. And so i threw him. Same topic changing my goal are that deployment was to do the best ranger competition which you have to be pretty darren well fit to do so. Some of the best athletes and i was competing to make it there so i was lifting a lot and working out a lot. I was i looked good right i looked good. Well guess what, when i threw him he landed right at my feet made me think maybe i wasnt lifting enough bawtdz he went nowhere or o he was fng he wasnt big. Lets be honests he was not big i was bigger than him im not a big guy but straight down i kind of look back like man come on could have done better. But he landed chest first and he debt detonated so no matter what that man was going to die that day. Saw trigger go out and everything went black. Name inscribed on bracelet on your wrist youre wounded you wake up intermittently and you finally wake up in launch school and who is there not a soldier but a texting with him yesterday too. But you know most important before i get that. Lost four incredible american four great friends tour individuals that i would do everything in the world to bring back. Griffin, mr. Grey whereby major kennedy and dafata nowhere near the bomb and for some odd reason in the rule of law, in a way of life they were picked. And left our world which im im a Firm Believer that you know theyre out there looking over us and looking over me making sure theyre protecting me and protecting our families. But thats the craziest part of this whole story is fact that guy blew up at my feet and killed four others almost 30 feet away and doesnt make sense but it is the way that it is. But my injuries were there. But i woke up in launch school on all sorts of drugs at that point pretty sure i was you know, i had a pca allotted i was press every 15 minutes. And i see this this figure florchght me im like laying down. I look up and its got hair, everywhere hes talking to me saying hey, man, so proud to meet you. Youre a hero looking at this guy im thinking are you gite buy from korn . So rock band from the 90s and early 2000 freak on a leash are you Jonathon Davis hes like yeah, man. Im like why are you here . Where am i . [laughter] and that was one of the coolest experiences Jonathan Davis was actually going through a u. S. Tour at the time. And so he was out there you know visiting the troops. My goodness, i mean, i hadnt listened in a while at that point. Its a small world. Im telling you what, its a small world. Him and i were just texting. Literally just texting with him because he wants to do another uso tour, and im going this december with general dunford back to iraq and afghanistan and poland and other areas. So its been, its awesome. And so, you know, you go from being track star, army ranger, youre going to compete in best ranger, and youre pretty banged up. And youve got a journey ahead. Whats that like, and what are the hardest parts of that . I mean, im impressed when i meet wounded veterans and, you know, the grit theyve got, the perseverance, theyve got to keep going. Tell us about that journey. Well, ill be honest with you, it wasnt easy at first. I had pretty severe they called it milden concussion. I call it a pretty damn good mild concussion [laughter] because i couldnt remember, they used to brung bring these pictures of giraffes and lions, and theyll give you math equations. Literally tough math equations like how many quarters in a dollar, right . [laughter] id be like, look, i was never really good at math, i have no idea what to do now. [laughter] you got me. Is this, like, an s. A. T. Question . Theyre like, no. Whats one plus one . Thats a tough one. No, my brain wasnt working. I could look at the giraffe, and i knew what it was, right . Like internally, youre like i know what it is, but i just dont know what it is. For six weeks. Its pretty severe. So that was tough. And then you add oxis, morphine, iv benadryl for me to go to sleep at night, and then you close the door and turn the lights off, and my demons inside my head were playing a lot of games, you know . And they have a hell of a cocktail to support their mission. And so, you know, for months, months i was really struggling to the point where you contemplate suicide just because really youre so internally defeated, you have no reason to go on. It is incredible how you can feel that low. It is beyond depression. And so when i hear about the 20 veterans that take their lives every day, thats why i wear this ring, as a reminder. People ask the question, why . How . Guess what . No taliban, no alqaeda, no enemy has ever been as strong as my own demons in my head. Think about that. I actually had the best of the best on my side always, every time i went outside a wire to fight the enemy. I had no support system at the time, or so i thought, when i was fighting those demons at night. And its incredible what they can do. I completely underestimated it. I have friends that took their lives in the service i could not understand. They have everything going for them,ing right in and here i am in the same boat and thinking about the same outcomes. So that was tough. And honestly, i dont think i would have made it unless it was for the support or system i received, specifically travis mills which, you know, many of you if you remember anything about this, remember the name travis mills. I always like to say im going to make him a superstar, but hes been doing that for a long time. But hes a quadruple amputee. I got hit in april of 2012, and in november 2012 he walked into my room with four prosthetics and changed the course of my life in 13 minutes. 15 minutes. He was able to rewire me in a way i didnt think was possible by just listening to me and giving me some advice and also giving me a reality check. And i think thats what i need, for me. Everybodys got a trigger, and for me it was the reality check that i wasnt a failure because i had four People Killed under my watch, and i still had a purpose and a mission. And i couldnt get that through my head until he told me open up your eyes, stop being weak, youve got to see whats around you. There are guys with a lot worse injuries than you. I know its personal, but you have a responsibility for the rest of your life to earn the fact that youre still on this earth and honor your brothers that didnt come home and honor their families. So were going to go to question, but i want to ask one last one before we do. Now youre with the boeing company and youre helping serve and honor veterans the way you described. Tell us about what youre doing now and why thats so important to you. I made three great decisions in my life, so i say. First one is, you know, joining arm. Thats the best finish the army. Thats the best decision i ever made as a young man. I wanted to serve my country, i wanted to go out there and avenge my uncle. And i came out with a completely different respect, and i came out with love. Thats what i came out with from the service. I went in with hate and anger, and i took that away early on because i realized it would get me killed and, most importantly, get other People Killed. I fought with love, love of brotherhood and sisterhood. When all hell breaks loose, trust me, you know, its even if youre a nonbeliever, trust me, you believe in god. Fact [laughter] i have met some atheists and, man, when things go wrong, theyre over here praying. Yep. They dont know who theyre praying to, but theyre like, whoever you are, male, female, i dont care. Please help. And then really its each oh, looking each other in the eyes. So to me, that experience, i wish i could have been in the military longer, i wish i could have done a career. It is what it is. Im just grateful for the opportunity to have served a day in our military. The second one is joining the boeing company. Finish thats what ooh blessing. What a blessing. I never realized what they did. Honestly, i thought they just made airplanes. I was an infantry guys. I didnt like jumping out of airplane, even though they made me do so. When i came here and saw the culture, the leadership and the people, it just reminded me of the military and that brotherhood piece. Its unbelievable how a company of 140,000 employees can be so close and have such a great impact. And then when they told me that they wanted, you know, to amplify my mission which is to go out there and give back and serve back the veteran committee, that they were going to give me the funding, the people, the resources to go out there and make a difference every single day with our team to change Service Members, veterans and their families lives, we went many there. Unbelievable. Heck, our ceo Just Announced last week or two weeks ago on, that money, we gave, were giving this year 50 until grants to support our community, support our veteran community, our s. T. E. M. , our arts, our civic duties. Over the course of the next three years were going to do 25 million for just our veterans. But whats important, its not just about giving money. Anybody can do that. Bill gates could give away a billion dollars every day and still be a billionaire. Its about employing your employees to go out there and make a difference. We are committing 1. 75 million hours just for our vsos over the course of the next five years. Thats our employees going out in the community and serving our community with different organizations. Add the funding which is absolutely necessary for these organizations to succeed, but you bring in our expertise, our inkind, our employees going out there being hands on, thats how you make a difference. Thats how everyones involved. Just yet i had a great competition with our brg, and i told him you are my success. We cannot accomplish what we want to do within the boeing Company Without our own employees being, you know, spearheading this initiative. And to thats and so thats what were doing. We just did one great one with the uso Pathfinder Program where were going to impact 200,000 out of 250,000 transitioning Service Members every year to give them the right opportunity and tools while theyre still in the service to prepare for the transition so that the day they transition, the day they got that, the d214, they are ready, they understand all their medical services, and they have a career in front of them, and theyre ready to start off, and their families are taken care of as well. Thats how you take lives. That is how that is how you save lives. My ultimate goal, to bring this to zero. You give people an opportunity to succeed outside, you take care of them with their Mental Health issues or physical issues, and you do not give them a handout. You give them a hand up. Im pretty sure we can take care of ourselves once were given the opportunity to do so, but we cant do it alone. And the third decision im guessing is carson . See, he knows me. Absolutely. One year from today im going to be married to my best friend, and so to me [applause] that is the greatest thing i could ever ask for, you know . [applause] so we have time for questions. Im not sure the protocol, if we want to use the mic here or raise your hand well use the mic. Yes, maam. I want to thank you for your service and inspiring our veterans. Or i want to thank you for your service. Ive lost family to the terrorists as well. I also want to ask you about the pharmaceutical addictions. Do you have any comments, concerns . Because i hear often that it is after theyve been prescribed that the addictions start. So i am not a physician or doctor or any i dont know anything about that kind of stuff, but i can tell you it is real. It is scary. I never understood anything about addiction until i became addicted to iv benadryl. By the way, horrible drug. It was i couldnt go to bed without it. I mean, i it was unbelievable. I mean, it got to the point where at night i would go on my computer, and i would try i would google how to buy the iv benadryl bags which is not legal, right . So i found that out, that was not legal. My nurse kept telling me, flo, you cant do this, its not legal. I told the doctors, and the doctors helped me get through it. With the multiple surgery, they obviously put no iv benadryl on my chart. You kind of go through a little withdrawal. They had some other stuff. The most important piece is i just listened to the United States Army Leadership talking about this, and thats an epidemic that we need to stop. I had probably 600 pills of morphine in my drawer at home. And its on us, the responsibility, to once were done, you know, when we get a certain amount of pills and if we dont use them, the to bring them back to the pharmacy. You cant do you think a Wounded Warriors going to do that . No, because i dont know when the pains going to kick in. I figure you gave me the pill, im going to pop a pill whenever the pain comes in. I was lucky, im actually allergic to morphine. And oxi. It makes me itch and go crazy. So i was off those powerful medications, you know, after a month or two. The first month or two i had no choice. It was, they were reconstructing my leg, and that was it. But i saw a lot of my friends struggle with it, and so thats something that i know the v. A. , i know the military is looking at. Theyre doing everything that they can in their power to make sure that they come up with a great solution. Unfortunately, were still going to have to provide some tough medication, some strong medication to our Wounded Warriors, weve just got to be more responsible about it on both sides. Well go to the other mic. Yes, sir. Hi, im brian from kentucky and southern indiana, louisville, kentucky. Fellow wounded warrior, fellow infantryman. I wanted to see if you could comment on the life and schedule of a medal of honor recipient, travel international, everything like to that, as well as asking if youve been to the Kentucky Derby and maybe consider that. [laughter] so i would 100 consider going to the Kentucky Derby. [laughter] absolutely. I want to wear my cool suit and the outfit too. Absolutely. Ive been to preakness too often, but i think the kentuckyer the the by is Kentucky Derby is something else. Medal of honor life, it is what you make it. I mean, thats, honestly. I know that i have folks that i am in a society where who are fellow recipients who do nothing, and because that is their right. Off the reservation, they went through whatever they went through, and they dont want to be associated with anything. I know other folks who are very political. My daytoday schedule really depends on what im doing with the boeing company. Im lucky enough that i work for a company that supports me and supports the foundation. Number one funder of the medal of honor foundation, so mate f f it makes sense for them to allow me to support some of the program. I see it as a platform to do some good. I think that the medal represents my friends who didnt come home, most important their families, every Service Member that every put on the uniform, and it represents all of us here, right . This is not mine, im just a courier, and i have a responsibility and a role to make sure that i earn it every day and that i do some good behind it because it has given me a platform to support our military and our nation to the best of my ability. But i would say between a Character Development program that we have with the foundation to the different events, i probably travel a week or two combines, maybe 1520 days a year just for the medal of honor. Believe it or not, i am on the road every day minimum 23 days for every week for boeing. It supports the military, supports the boeing company. I have the greatest job in the world. I literally have the greatest job in the world, which is to give back and be part of a greater solution to make some positive changes in peoples lives. Yes, sir. [inaudible] colorado springs. I hesitate to say thank you for your service because thats become such a trite thing that 99 says to the other 1 , but i want to especially thank you for the service youve done since afghanistan, because you really are a wonderful role model for a lot of people. Quick question. Colorado springs has a growing homeless problem and a lot of veterans. Fort carson, a lot of army and military presence, but this is not just a local problem, this is a national problem. Through your foundation and your work that you all do, any insight on how we deal with homelessness especially with veterans which seems to be the biggest injustice . Well, first of all, pleasure, sir. I still own a house right there in the springs because i was stationed in fort carson, colorado. Homelessness has been an incredible problem for our country. I think at one point 11 of all folks were Homeless Veterans, so obviously theres an issue and opportunity there. So what were trying to do is support the right organizations within our communities and different communities to make sure that, you know, we between the housing, meals and supporting, you know, opportunities for these folks to get housing, meals, housing and then an opportunity for a job. Its hard to just focus on veterans because were committed to our community. We do emphasize to every group that we support, you know, that we want to make sure that we also target veterans, and they tell us, obviouslying [laughter] literally, like, we know this. Large portion of our folks who are going through our program are veterans. You know, were really trying to figure out a way to support the v. A. Too. I think the v. A. Has got this National Initiative of going out in communities and partnering up with local governments to make sure that we make a difference. I dont know how to do it, but theyve claimed it, you know, that they are at 0 , theyre homelessfree in virginia. And so i dont really know what that truly means because, to me, if i see one person thats homeless, i consider that one too many. But reality is that we have to go out there and put our funds, put our time, put our Employee Engagement in terms of supporting the community through these great organizations who know it best. The data that you the day that you think you have all the answers is the day that youre going to fail. The data organizations and our communities do not want to Work Together is the day theyre going to fail. Too Many Organizations are competing for the same dollars. And what i want to create in my company, its called the boeing umbrella, right . I will not give you a dollar, i dont care how good your organization is, i will not give you a dollar unless you are ready to collaborate with other organizations within our communities or unless you are ready to share information or unless you are ready to share successes or us you are ready to share failures. My goodness, weve got a lot of money to pass out, right . Not just us, im talking about different corporate organizations and different programs. But if you start competing against each other and you forget the end state which is the support the specific group or specific person or initiative, then our dollars go nowhere and no impact is is beig made. Homelessness has been around since forever. Its going to be very difficult for us to end it completely. Why . And ill be honest with you, and some people dont want to hear this, and this is my own personal opinion. There are folks that want to be homeless. Ive had conversations with them. They love their life now. Its simple, they know where to go, they know where to get a meal, miriams kitchen here in d. C. Does a really good job of feeding our homeless, and theyre comfortable with it. Thats very hard to help a person that thats a lifestyle that they want. But we know theres many and thousands and thousands of Homeless Veterans out there who just want with an opportunity to get back on their feet and be a functioning member of society, as they put it. So were on it, were working on it. And its going to be, its going to be a fight. Yes, sir. Hi. Im ken from the World Affairs council western mass, and im just wondering if you can quantify for us the extent of the veterans and really the people who arent veterans as well who need Services Like youre providing. You know, you mentioned some big dollar numbers, and you just mentioned theres thousands of people who are homeless, but do you have a sense from your work in your company what is the scope of the problem in america . It depends what you define as problem, you see . So at boeing we work on two different pillars. Our first pillar is work force transition which is providing Skill Development and programming for folks who are transitioning out of the military or already have transitioned to really put in their experiences on paper, being able to speak their experiences and really sell themselves out while building a network and starting a new career. We dont want them to just get jobs, right . Because the Unemployment Rate for transitioning Service Members is lower than the national average, i think about 3. 9 was the last figure, but the problem is our retention rates are really, really bad on average. About nine months, right . Were gone after our fors job once we have transitioned. And thats because we just dont know what to get ourselves into. Actually were potentially illprepared as we transition with understanding the the reality behind life as a civilian or in Corporate America or in the educational field. And so were trying to help that program right here and support those initiatives. And thats 250,000 Service Members that transition every year. Thats every year. So you add that number, right . Every single one of those folks is going to need some type of support. I dont care if youre a fourstar general or if youre an e1 private. Actually, its kind of funny to talk to generals, because the generals have been there doing this for so long, theyre like i just dont know what im going to do after this. [laughter] i really dont know what im going to do and what did i get myself into . Even i dont want to put them colonel rock, my favorite person, soldier for life. Man, this guy changed the course of the armys way of looking at transition. When i was talking to him, im like whats going on, sir, where are you going . I dont know. Come on, man youve been talking and having these conversations nonstop. But, you know, he ended up doing something great. But even him, he needed that support. He needs to make those phone calls, to connect with Service Organizations externally to provide him with a better, clearer path on where he can be well, he can continue on making a difference thats actually going to be a passion of his. So there are millions. There are millions. And, i mean, you can attest to that too. Its a number that will grow. Its a number thats never going to be, never going to end because its just life. And thats not just veterans if you really think about it, thats just everyone thats transitioning from a career field. But were obviouslying focused on the veteran side right now. Flo, i want to thank you for your service, where are four leadership for your leadership and for sharing your insights here today. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] heres a look at some of the best nonfiction books of 2017 according to the los angeles times. Atlantic National Correspondent franklin fore in World Without mind. In the great quake, New York Times science reporter Henry Fountain reports on the largest earthquake ever recorded in north america which happened in 1964 in alaska. Biographer Ruth Franklin rules the life and writing of author shirley jackson. Journalist Glenn Frankel tells the story behind the classic movie high noon. And in we were eight years in power, Tanehisi Coates examines Race Relations in america and legacy of president obama. When i came into journalism, one of the big add monoishings admonishings from other black writers and even wellmeaning white writers was dont get boxed off as a black writer, dont allow them to and i understood what they were saying. You want your freedom to pursue yourself wherever your curiosities go, and i agonized over this for a long time because my curious led me back to my people and back to my community. And it was only really when i started doing that reporting under the presidency, you know, under the Obama Presidency that i came to understand that as i say in the book, i was never boxed in, everybody else was boxed out. Because africanamerican history doesnt existover here. Exist over here. It is the thread running right through the country itself. [applause] and they dont get that, you know . They think its just, you know, one little, you know, like youve got different color obviously the rainbow, ands this is one color in the rainbow. Many of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch them online on on our web site, booktv. Org. Another one of my favorite stories about liston is he was so fast. When he was changing instruments, he would put them in his mouth finish. [laughter] so, yeah, that was, that happened. Not very hygienic at all and, again, illustrates certainly how far weve come. He was moving so fast and he accidentally took off his assistants finger in the middle of this operation. Whoops. [laughter] and as he was changing instruments, he slashed the coat of a spectator. And it was said that the spectator died right will of fright. That the assistant died of gangrene, that the patient die of gangrene, and it is teasingly referred to with the only operation with a 300 mortality rate. [laughter] so thats my guy, liston. He performs the very first operation in britain under ether. So ether is discovered in america a few months beforehand, and it makes its way over to london. Now, liston doesnt believe its going to work. He walks into the operating theater, and he often would say, time me, gentlemen, and you could almost hear the ripple of pocket watches in your minds eye as people pulled out their pocket watches. And he walks in and says, time me, gentlemen, and he says hes going to try the yankee dodge because he believed that it wasnt going to work. There were a lot of things that werent working at this time. Mesmerism was around, sort of a quack that went around hypnotizing patients, and it didnt always have to do with operations. He would walk into these rooms, and women would faint, and hed have hem under his spell, and of course it didnt work. Soliston is rightly skeptical about this. He says, time me, im going to try the yankee dodge. And it does work. And what is incredible about this moment, to me, is if anybody here tonight has ever thought about the history of surgery, which its possible youve never thought about it, quite frankly. But if you have, you might think of this moment. You might think about the age of agony being over. We have conquered painful we no longer have patients struggling against the knife and crying out for help. And, of course, this is very liberating for surgeons. So a lot of people think it was the discovery of ether that really ushered us into the modern day of surgery, but i would argue otherwise because what happens is surgeons still dont understand that germs exist, but theyre more willing to pick up the knife and go deeper into the body, and as a result, these operations become executionings. Postoperative infection rises sky high, and it becomes a much more dangerous period. And what was incredible about moment, about liston in december 1846 when he performs the first operation under ether in london is that a 17yearold Joseph Lister was in the audience that day. He witnesses this monumental moment, and he is the one who really ushers, i believe, surgery into the modern era by applying germ theory to medical practice. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Congress returns today to work on legislation to fund the federal government. The Senate Returns at 10 a. M. Eastern and will vote at noon to extend funding until february 8th. The house will gavel in at noon eastern to take up the extension if its approved by the senate. Follow live gaveltogavel coverage on cspan and the senate on cspan2. Were also streaming live online at cspan. Org and on the free cspan radio app. And welcome to las vegas. This is the communicators on cspan. We are on location for the next couple of weeks. Were at the ces, the Consumer Electronics show. Its one of the largest trade shows in america, and were going to show you some of the interviews we did with tech leaders and some of the latest technology. This is the communicators on cspan. 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