“I built general Hammond around officers. I was a Captain in the USA, so I spent time with Majors, Colonels and Generals and when I left the army I was holding a light colonel's position, a Lieutenant Colonel's position at a military Fort, which is one of the main training bases in the army and I litteraly grew from the officers that I served under to create Hammond so he is kind of an amalgam of the guys that I served under. It really wasn't me, it was the fact that I was lucky and I served under really good officers who cared for their men and women above all so I tried to copy them.”