My own life changed when my father returned from his second combat tour in Vietnam. When he came home after almost a year in Army hospitals, he weighed less than half of what he did when he left. I watched the agonizing recovery, and that experience was on my mind when I was asked to come to VA.
I am humbled by the prospect of serving those who have borne the battle, those American men and women who have sacrificed so much.
I experienced what can never be duplicated in the private sector - the communal aspect of VA.
