I learned about this video after reading "As Tough As They Come" by SSG Travis Mills. I read his book alone over the course of a weekend, but then I read it again, aloud, one chapter per Monday night, for 17 consecutive weeks. The second reading was in a medium security prison where I volunteer, and the audience was approximately 20 inmates who attend my program. The book is a riveting, sometimes heart-breaking, and always inspirational story about overcoming extreme adversity. While my program is called Catholic Video, I was granted some flexibility in how I choose to conduct it, and I chose a format of praying with the men, teaching them about the Saints, reading them a faith-based or inspirational story, and then watching a faith-based or inspirational video with them. Being with these men on Monday nights is the highlight of my week. When I finished reading "As Tough As They Come," the men actually clapped. This was the first time in my two years of volunteering that they had clapped for anything. I asked them if they would like me to try and track down the author and tell him how much they enjoyed his story. I received in reply a resounding YES! I never actually reached Travis, but I learned that his foundation had produced a video called "Travis: A Soldier's Story." Fotolanthropy, the copyright holder, graciously granted me permission to show the video in the prison. So I purchased the video and we watched it together this past Monday night. They loved it! Because of the book, the men knew all of the characters in the video, who were either interviewed, portrayed in old photographs or videos, or played themselves by re-enacting scenes that were important to the telling of the story. If sniffling and eye-wiping, albeit subdued and discreet, is an outward sign of compassion, the room was filled with compassionate people, men who were at the same time inspired to overcome their own adversities. I highly recommend this video to anyone who is feeling sorry for him/herself, and anyone who wants to see demonstrations of courage, sacrifice, determination, steadfastness, and above all faith and love.