Captain B.J. Hunnicutt

"Death is the enemy we fight every single day."

"Hawkeye keeps us from drowning in the darkness of this place."

"To be a surgeon in wartime means accepting you can't save everyone."

"The happiness here is fleeting, so you hold onto it when it comes."

"Love is what Margaret shows in her dedication to her work."

"Getting home means you survived long enough to remember what home was."

"Courage isn't the absence of fear - it's operating despite it."

"Every day we're here we change, whether we want to or not."

"What you learn in med school and what you learn here are completely different things."

"Knowledge without wisdom gets people killed."

"Time spent with good people is never wasted, no matter how dark things get."

"The truth is, I'm scared most of the time, and that's okay."

"Freedom of thought is what keeps us sane when everything else is insane."

"Peace is something we can only find in quiet moments with good people."

"Nature doesn't care about war - it keeps going, and so must we."

"The art of medicine is knowing when you've done all you can."

"Science is our guide, but it can't explain everything we see here."

"Music is a universal language that needs no translation."

"Faith in something - whether it's God or your fellow soldiers - keeps you alive."

"A good leader knows his people and fights for them, not abstracts."

"Work here has meaning that work anywhere else never will."

"Dreams of the future are what separate the living from the surviving."

"Humor isn't frivolous - it's survival."

"Beauty can be found in the most unexpected places if you look."

"Thinking about death too much is dangerous - thinking about it not at all is dangerous too."

"Perseverance isn't about being strong - it's about being stubborn enough to continue."

"Gratitude for getting through another day is all the prayer some of us need."

"Creativity in medicine means improvising when you don't have the tools you need."

"Justice here is complicated - sometimes you have to do what's right, not what's ordered."

"Patience with yourself is as important as patience with your patients."