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Former Vietnam prisoner of war shares words of wisdom with NCOA students

U.S. Navy Capt. (retired) Jerry Coffee, former Vietnam prisoner of war, speaks to Non-Commissioned Officer Academy students at the Binnicker Professional Military Education Center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 11, 2014. Coffee explained how he was able to keep the faith while he was imprisoned for seven years and nine days in a Vietnamese prison. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

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