John Basilica Quotations

Basically we are going to attack this from the east to the west,

As National Guardsmen, these soldiers in many, many cases have come from small businesses, have come from work environments that have literally hung on by their fingernails until these soldiers have returned. And so they are not being pressed into service,

It's just a terrible thing that they're going to come back from 18 months of sacrifice where they have risked their lives and have a disaster of this nature (and) don't have a home to come back to,

for every one that is hurt or killed there are a hundred more that are willing to sign up and be policemen and to join the new Iraqi army.

The vast majority of soldiers in this brigade are anxious and ready to help,