My home life, growing up, was like tumbling inside a washing machine as I shuttled around the middle of Kentucky with my mother. She was never content to stay in one place, or with one man, for too long. She was as smart as she was independent, though, and always landed some job that brought in a little money.

ISIS targeting the U.S. military is like a sheep targeting a lion.

When I got out, there weren't too many job opportunities for snipers.

A sniper's primary goal is to eliminate ground threats for U.S. guys on the ground. Is that what a coward is? A person whose goal is to save the lives of his warrior brothers?

We believe that marriage, by its very definition, can exist only between a man and a woman. Moreover, study after study - not to mention common sense - show that children fare better in life when raised in a home with a loving father and mother in a stable, committed relationship.

Fatherhood has gone and done much more than marriage. It has made me a far more responsible person.

One thing I didn't think upon getting married: that my style would - or could - change.

My mom handed me my first romance novel.