commanders of the ukrainian armed forces down to their forward battle front in donetsk. and i met people that i knew here, people who were graduates of defense language institute, a school i m a multi-language graduate from. i couldn t believe russia was going to commit this multitrillion dollar miss taj of savaging a very western, modern country. it s really not a question of nato that they attacked for. it s a question of democracy. this was a relatively well off, you know, east western european country. and so when the invasion happened and my friends were calling me and saying they were going to die because of the intensity of the attacks, i wasn t just going to sit on television anymore, give my opinion, dots on the map. they made a call for people with skill, combat experience and i answered that call, because i believe what they re fighting for. this is a good fight. you come from a tradition.