I thought having the speakers was a very good experience. Rob, Pam and Tony all gave us their own encounters and stories on war, suffering and death.

I quite enjoyed when Tony told us that when he was in Vietnam on R&R, people would assume he had been through hell and had the toughest times in his life, but Tony knew it was nothing compared to what other people went through. He told us that whilst serving in Vietnam if a guy gets wounded a chopper can come get you in 20 minutes and take you straight to a hospital, while soldiers serving in WW1 would spend hours, possibly days lying wounded and dieing in No Man’s Land.

It is knowledge that gives us the power to change the world for a better place. Not just knowledge, but wisdom, how we use that knowledge for a greater good. The speakers told us their experience and one day we could use that knowledge and experiences to benefit someone or something else.