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I was a military brat; we moved all around.

I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.

When I was 15, I wore combat boots with a fluorescent Columbia ski jacket. I was trying to find myself.

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

At an early age, I quit high school at 17 and joined the Air Force.

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

I've come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way your parents are able to serve is because you guys hold it down, and you do it with maturity beyond your years.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.