regular army? >> when you're a citizen soldier, that's exactly what that means, you are -- you're a full-time citizen and you work your -- as a part-time soldier but i think since 9/11, even before that, the part-time piece wasn't really part-time. with the advent of technology, i'm almost always in contact with what's going on. and the way i explain it to people, people say, how do you manage it? i say if you're passionate about something, say you care about your child's soccer career, you become an assistant coach or coach. you figure out how to work that into your daily life and ze jewel. it's very much the same for people in the reserves. it's something that we are at bottom very passionate about. we care about our country and we feel we have a contribution to make, so you figure out a way to fit it in with your full-time civilian career. >> what's your full-time civilian career? >> i'm a clerk of court for the united states bankruptcy court in madison, wisconsin. we cover 44 counties in the st

army reserve. what is the difference between being in the regular army or the reserve? >> when you are in the citizen army, you are a full-time citizen and a part-time soldier. since 9/11 and even before iraq, the part-time really was not part time, because the advent of technology. i am almost in a constant contact with what is going on. people say, "how do you manage this?" and say that you care about your child soccer career, you become a coach or an assistant coach, and you find a way to work that into your schedule. it is very much the same for people who serve in the reserve. it is something i think that we are very passionate about. we care about our country, and we feel there is a contribution to make, so you fitted in with your full-time civilian career. >> what is your full-time civilian job? >> i am a clerk of the court in wisconsin. we cover many counties, and i have a staff, an operational staff that manages the caseload. i have two bankruptcy judges that i work for, and it is one of the greatest jobs in the world apart from this one, i think. >> how long h

and they petition the army for this equipment.we have a town in alabama that receives band equipment which they will use in school districts that came from a base in iraq. there's a county in oklahoma which received a caterpillar earth mover and they're going to use that to clear public parks. so they've been receiving equipment all year. all told, it comes out to $10 to $11 million worth of equipment so a fraction of what's going to the iraqis and clearly what's staying. >> woodruff: as we wrap this up, general, as you look at how the operation seems to be going in iraq and remembering what happened after the first gulf war, how should americans feel about this? i mean, clearly most of the emotion connection is with lives the many, many men and women who went over there, some didn't come back. what should americans know about war fighting at a time like this? >> well, first of all, the american public supported the armed forces throughout this nine year conflict, which is terrific. it wasn't like the vietnam conflict where the am

army is special too. >> they are. but, you know, hey, the last 10 years, we just call it a decade of dom nans in an low pressure lis. sum of the game like this 27- 10, that's the average score between the two in the last near decade. not hard to see why navy has swept nine straight games. what a scene. beautiful out there at fed exfield. the corps of cadets, president barack obama was there for the official toss. i don't know how army won the toss. that's about the last thing they got in this game. teach game back to score there. what can brown do for you. tie the ball game. brown, they review this play and it stood. 4th quarter, missed field goals, extra points, bangs in two, 27-21 midshipmen. army had a chance to get the ball back. on 3rd and short, they jump offsides. navy wins 27-21. navy winning their 10th consecutive game. >> what we've gone through as the senior class for the last five years, this season alone has been a trip. all those wounds hurting for a while now, it fixed them all. i'm so proud. >> he had

. >> navy beat army. it was navy's tenth straight victory over army and our very own horace will have high lippingtes from the game. >> it was a perfect day for football weather. for more on what to expect for the rest, we'll turn things over to steve. >> one game out of the way. another big game come tomorrow afternoon and the sun will shine and temperatures will be cool for this time of year. satellite and radar cold front moved through during the early morning hours why we had a little bit of cloud cover. an hour our skies have cleared nicely. temperatureless tumble into the 20s, around 30 degrees downtown with winds out of the north. coming up, a look at the forecast for tomorrow and beyond. if you like daytime high temperatures in the 50s, wait until you see the extended outlook. in just a few minutes. >> great to get those nighttime temperatures up as well. >> caught on tape, still to come, a heist at a montgomery county restaurant. >> and honoring veterans sacrifice. why laying wreaths is the most

and hear the music of the west point band, the army's oldest and one of the very best. don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of service men and women serving our nation at home and abroad during the holidays. i wish them and their families happy holidays. >> general dempsey, thank you. the holiday season would not be complete without the annual west point holiday concert in eisenhower hall. named for a class of 1915 graduate, general and later president dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theater ins america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here is the west point band in the hudson holiday concert, performing holiday presents. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jon: we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as the special continues as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the united states military academy. but as we take a quick break, here is the west point cadet glee club singing "mansions of the lord." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male a

the salvation army facility. this is one of two alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers in san francisco. it is part of a myriad of programs we operate in the city. at harbor lights, a veterans can break free from the chains of addiction 3 comprehensive treatment program that offers progressive care, education, work force development, and character-building elements. that is combined with top not counseling and resources offered by the veterans administration's. our graduates have the opportunity to acquire the tools they need to achieve independence and lead healthy and productive lives. the salvation army has a long history with veterans dating back to world war i where our volunteer lassies provided care and aid to those serving on the front lines. i also have memories of my uncle who was in the salvation army during world war ii. he was assigned to oahu where he would show movies in the fields to servicemen. today whether they are newly enlisted, serving at home, or discharged, the salvation army is there to

i work with an army officer. don't think she could talk to me on friday. >> one of my relatives is a relatives one of my is in the army. >> president obama and vice attended theen game. these people are going to be in life-and-death situations protecting our country. many service members were watching around the world. >> there is a camaraderie and a brother good. there might not be hard but with the season fans cannot help but talk smack. >> you will be crying later, baby. >> a big security presence here field. in years past, this gain has held in new york and baltimore. game has been held in new york and baltimore. the army fell short in this game. have a full wrap up coming up in sports. >>> thank you for that. we have more games to come. a man accused of threatening cantor maybe heading to jail. >> let's -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] insi

navy beat army today 27-21. tracy with kriss proctor. >> kriss, congratulations. i know this was a tough season for you guys, but to get this win over army has to make up for it a bit. >> yeah, just the sweet satisfaction of beating army, it will wash all your sorrows away. >> how about for you and teich and all these seniors, your final football game to go out this way. >> so proud of these seniors. they put their hearts on the line. every day they come out and work. we had a rough season, but they battled back. >> what will you miss the most? >> just the brothers. the brotherhood. day in and day out seeing all these guys. it just means so much that we got this win. >> we wish you the best. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our congratulations to kriss. the coaching carousel picked up speed today. jim mora jr., his first job on the level. which school in your minds made the best move, and which is a little curious? >> i think not only one of the best schools, but one of the best conferences has been the pac-1

so i would ask, why does the army now believe that you should i not identify who the army is when it was particularly appropriate to identify the enemy 16, 17 years ago. >> sera, after the tragic attacks that fort hood, the army made the decision based on the department of defense guidance to revise our army regulation, threat awareness and reporting program. when we rewrote that regulation, we change the focus from the older version that regulation was a cold war focus, espionage focused regulation. when we updated the regulation, we included indicators of espionage and international terrorism and updated indicators of extremist activity, which was a first for the army and addressing that particular problem in this manner. .. >> they are a particular enemy today from a violence form of islam, just as in the 1990s there were white sue sue preppists, and skin heads, and the military never hesitated in identifying that enemy, and yet it appears in this new threat awareness reporting program, yes, not go back to the cold war, but white sue -- so prep cysts appears ooze if today we're be

navy beat army today 27-21. tracy with kriss proctor. >> kriss, congratulations. i know this was a tough season for you guys, but to get this win over army has to make up for it a bit. >> yeah, just the sweet satisfaction of beating army, it will wash all your sorrows away. >> how about for you and teich and all these seniors, your final football game to go out this way. >> so proud of these seniors. they put their hearts on the line. every day they come out and work. we had a rough season, but they battled back. >> what will you miss the most? >> just the brothers. the brotherhood. day in and day out seeing all these guys. it just means so much that we got this win. >> we wish you the best. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our congratulations to kriss. the coaching carousel picked up speed today. jim mora jr., his first job on the level. which school in your minds made the best move, and which is a little curious? >> i think not only one of the best schools, but one of the best conferences has been the pac-1

not army troops.rom the two divisions south of trenton, washington assembled his men in preparation for the crossing. the idea is if you could cross delaware, even though it's frozen and flooded. surprise attack on christmas day, you could end up not only baosing morale but show the continental army was far from finished. >> under the cover of a cold christmas night in 1776, 2400 men began crossing the ice choke river. it was a treacherous journey. the operation was slow and difficult. and abrupt change in the weather added sleet and snow. the raging winds combined with blinding snow proved to be too much for the supporting division, led by the generals. they failed to cross the southern point along the delaware. washington's single division is on its own in enemy territory. >> on the morning of decembe december 26, washington troops marched in trenton. surprised the girryson and forced a surrender. >> the battle was a quick victory for george washington. they had gun powder in order with their musket

army called it. it was a highway intersection on the west side of the city in baghdad. >> today washington, d.c. is home to pennsylvania native jason fritz. it is where he reflects on his service in the u.s. army. >> even though i don't use the uniform, i feel that sense of responsibility. >> that commitment was instilled in the former army officer during his four years of the u.s. military academy in west point. >> it's part of a line it's a tradition that serviced the nation. >> in the battlefield in iraq. >> i had to job to do and i wanted to do it well. >> march, 2003 a severely wounded u.s. marine nays son frei lay pleading in the battlefield he was a platoon commander with the army's third infantry division. >> we delivered up to baghdad it was the heaviestest fighting. by 5, april they managed to fight their way to the southern edge of the iraqi capital. >> that's where i fought my biggest battle. iraqis were hitting us with rocket propelled grenades, machine guns. a sniper shooting at me. >>

and become officers in the united states army.ht we will not only get to explore the rich history of west point and get a rare glimpse of the living tradition of the united states military but we'll also get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. the west point band is one of the finest military musical organizations. throughout the next hour we'll hear them on the field. ♪ >> jon: in the halls. ♪ ♪ >> jon: on stage as they perform for the public in their annual holiday concert. but before we get to the music, let's go to washington, d.c. for a special message from general martin dempsey, chairman of the joints chiefs of staff and 1974 west point graduate. general? >> thanks for the opportunity to showcase this national treasure in the holidays. and hear the music of the west point band, the army's oldest and one of the very best. it also don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of service men and women serving our nation at home and abroad during the holidays. i wish them a

thank you to the salvation army. [applause] thank you, colonel smith, and all of your colleagues here for what you're doing for our homeless veterans. when i became the leader -- what was that, 2003, 2005, something like that, we planted a flag for our veterans. we said everybody talks about these things, but there is so much more that needs to be done. we're going to plant a flag. we're going to establish our priorities and listening to what the veterans have to say to us about their situation. and we put together -- it must be about, would you say, michael, 100 representatives of veterans' service organizations, blue start families, a goldstar wives, the whole kit and caboodle of service, to hear how we can do a better job to reach out. thank you to your leadership and outreach, because that is so important. our representative from this committee, michael blecker, who was here, thank you so much for your leadership. [applause] a speech so eloquent as to what we're doing in the community- based way. that is why, yes

130 different religious groups. >> how would you describe lifefor a army chaplin in a war zone?> i have an opportunity to wakeup every morning with my heros. i have trained with them and jumped out of airplanes with them and to go into a combat zone it's a great privilege. but as a chaplin you know you will get the call. >> tell me about the people thatcome to you. >> i have had hundreds ofconversation from guys on how to figure out who to be a good soldier and a good dad and a good husband when i'm on the other side of the world. how do i live with myself to do terrible things and forced by the enemy to do terrible things. we are in the holiday season chaplin can there really be peace on earth. >> i find it interesting that wecelebrate peace at cha christmas. there is an awful tragedy that harrod orders the killing of babies. and jesus has to be a refugee and flee and in the darkest time of that region and people are morning the loss of the people the hope the world is there. >> tothousands of servicemen andwomen are on their way home i have had conversations with soldiers what

army. i guess were all documentation related to any mental health evaluations and the response from the army nature and very declarative english that even i could understand that at no point complaining about the army had the service the service ever sought to evaluate his fitness to handle anthrax. so let's fast forward to the spring and summer of 2001. the next generation vaccine was in fact the back burner. those were the exact words to me of the supervising army major general who was over biological and chemical warfare research. bruce ivins knew it because he was hearing it first and at meetings he was attending at the pentagon. in fact, he was being pushed to transition off of anthrax research and going to something else. he was angry about this. he was rageful about it, voice directly to colleagues, voicing his e-mails. but what could he do about it? well, bruce ivins is a good student. he was a student at how if you're a and crisis moves the bureaucracy, hog was elected officials, h

yesterday, captains and coaches from both army and navy gathered at the army navy club in arlington for a luncheon touting the big game next saturday, december 10th at fedex field. navy has won the last nine years but the army seniors are hoping to change that. erer [no audio] >> we're having a few technical problems. that army senior, you can imagine what he's saying. they're going to change things. tune in friday, december 9th here on wusa for our hour-long prime time special for those who serve. countdown to the gridiron battle. an in-depth look at the army/navy rivalry and great stories surrounding this annual event at 9:00 p.m. this friday -- next friday, december 9th only on wusa 9. navy's record has not been great in football. >> very exciting. >>> a spy novel hits the big screen this month. critics say the film and performances are oscar worthy. >> reporter drew levinson spoke about the movie. >> reporter: it is 1973. the height of the cold war. in the movie adaptation of john lickary's navel, tinker tailor soldier spy, someone has infiltrated the agency. to find the spy, the ag

. >>> today is the 112th annual army/navy game. and somebody decided to play a flag prank at the memorial in northwest. someone took down the navy flag and put up an army flag today. it sounds like the people who are running the memorial are taking it all in stride. in a tweet they road, keller roar. the army mule flag flies over the navy memorial. we'll have highlights from the game coming up in sports. >>> a holiday tradition at arlington national cemetery this morning. thousands of volunteers placed more than 100,000 wreaths on the grave sites there. a christmas wreath company in maine started that tradition 20 years ago. it's grown into an organization called wreaths across america. they do this at cemeteries across the country. >>> the controversy continues in loudon county over questionable holiday decorations outside the courthouse. an atheist group is putting up more displays that some call an attack on christmas. the holiday season arrived in leesburg, virginia, today as town residents and visitors crowded downtown to ushe

a man showed us assign "the free syrian army represents and protects me," it said. in a smoky apartment we found young activists debating late into the night about the role of the free syrian army. >> reporter: back at the safe house, when asked what they were fighting for, one soldier pulled out a photograph of his son. he told us he's willing to sacrifice himself so that the next generation of syrians can be free. >> pelley: clarissa ward joins us now. clarissa, i wonder, since the assad government has such tight control over most of the country, how are those men getting those weapons we see? >> reporter: well, the men i was with say they actually brought their weapons with them when they defected and they try to confiscate anything they can when they're launching those raids on the syrian army. but they did acknowledge that there is a shortage of weapons and we've seen one way they've tried to deal with that turation is by having weapons smuggled in from neighboring countries like turkey and lebanon. >> pelley: clarissa, thanks very much. for his part, president

today marks the 112th game in the rivalry between army and navy. midst look for a 10th straight win in the series. president obama and vice president bide en were one of the 82,000 people in attendance. navy leading 7-0. chris proctor to alexander peach. midst up 14-0 but this game was tied at the a third quarter, army down by a score. trent stillman to malcolm brown over the middle for a 25-yard touchdown. again, the game is knotted up 21. fourth and inches and army is called for an offsides penalty. that is the killer. it gives navy the first down and it allows the midst to run down the clock. they finish the season 5-7. >>> college hoop. georgetown playing as a 16 seed. hoyas break the press. georgetown scored the game's first 17 points they led 30-17 at the half. second half we go. howard rallies. mike phillips. the spin and the bank shot. two of his game high 14 points. the deficit was cut to 2 late in the game. howard with a wild shot just to beat the shot clock but it does not go too well. it there goes the rebound, the no-look pass to otto

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and was a participant in the reform of the prussian army after its three defeat. in 1812 he resigned the commission because he disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france and invade russia, so he goes over to the russian army and serves as an adviser to the czar and is attached to senior russian commanders in the battles of 1812 with at the retreat of the army when it's retract in the late fall of 1812 and goes on when they say it changes sides to fight the great battles in of bolten and walton and in the 1850 campaign. so he is a very experienced officer will. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from the team 18 to 1831 he is spending most of his time writing about the experiences and the great war. he dies from cholera in 1831 and has collected writings in ten volumes published by his wife posthumously and in the first four volumes they make up the book known as "on war." it is a famous book regarded by many as the most important book ever written on armed conflict. it is currently the standard readi

the fleet is to be protect the by army resources. >> kimmel wasn't confidence that the army resourcesld protect his fleet. >> eeoc knew all of the short comings of the pearl harbor compound out there and prepared a lengthy estimate with admiral richardson of what needed to be done to improve that. >> he did feel that he could rely on his personal friends for support. >> when mayanfather got the job he says the reason i took the job was i was convinced that that friendship and their professionalism woulden sure that i was kept properly and timely informed of all important developments. >> oliver: u.s. army and navy code breakers were intercepting and reading japanese messages for months warm front attack on pearl harbor. why weren't our commanders in the pacific given these messages? if you have high blood pressure, like me, and get a cold... ...you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hbp has a heart, right here. it's the only cold and flu brand that won't raise your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. powerful cold medicine with a heart. align can help. only align has bifanti

army. i lived as a soldier for ten years. some of the things that happened in iraq you know things that my father told me started coming back and i like it so i do it . and i started thinking about. change of mind how hard how do you want to put it but i had to be over there for almost seven months and then being back here for a year and i had you know really doing a lot of it down reflection. i guess the term soul searching. i thought about it was not live below and over and over and over again thinking about it. i spent a lot of time learning. about you waiting my mild person and you know myself and how i wanted myself. i guess you can go back to a letter that i've written to monica when we were in the area of iraq that was supposed to be you were guarding the. cradle of civilization where many times again . i had to ask myself. why am i carrying around in sixteen adored. army. and nothing honorable and killing i went to the war zone and i started seeing how i need to change and the only

the fleet is to be protect the by army resources. >> kimmel wasn't confidence that the army resources could protect his fleet. >> eeoc knew all of the short comings of the pearl harbor compound out there and prepared a lengthy estimate with admiral richardson of what needed to be done to improve that. >> he did feel that he could rely on his personal friends for support. >> when mayanfather got the job he says the reason i took the job was i was convinced that that friendship and their professionalism woulden sure that i was kept properly and timely informed of all important developments. >> oliver: u.s. army and navy code breakers were intercepting and reading japanese messages for months warm front attack on pearl harbor. why weren't our commanders in the pacific given these messages? that's next, on "war stories." >> oliver: and admiral kimmel watched over pearl harbor, general douglas mack arthur monitored the japanese from the philippines. in washington, d.c., a team from the army's intelligence service led by 32 cryptologist. the decoded messages were dubbed magic. >> magic beco

the army, some cases is okay, and other cases is not okay, depends on where it is. of course, the ability of the central government to control violence, particularly among disaffected sunni, disappointed office seekers, as they used to say back when i was young in studying history that's not very, very good. they have a very heavy hand and i think you can expect force to be met with force, the central government is not going to be sophisticated but you're not going to hear that in the speeches today. look at the headlines a couple weeks to a couple months from now and that will tell you more than any of the speeches today what's the arc of politics. >> what do you think the headlines will be? >> i think it's going to be increased violence, lots of pictures of marketplaces getting blown up by people who are annoyed they're not in control. don't forget also that part of the world, and particularly in iraq, is fraught with corruption and in the end there will be people inside iraq who are not only not happy with the distribution of the oil wealth, because the sunnis do

army vs. navy. today, we have a good game as well. pomp and circumstance. fabulous. we will check on that story ahead. >> weather-wise, not much out to the west of us. we will talk about the forecast in just a minute. clear skies in the area. temperatures are >> now, your instaweather plus forecast. >> a cool front went through the area. no rain with it. at that, coupled sprinkles on the eastern shore of no consequence. the remnants of that disturbance over the ocean, there are some showers that got out of range of radar. lake effect snow to the north. you see this dreamer's near lake ontario and lake erie. really, not of any concern to us. cold air is out there. salisbury, 40. 39 on the boardwalk. westminster, 36. frederick dropped to 34. the darker blue shade in western maryland right now. there are the remnants of the clouds that were over as last night and early today. here is this week frontal boundary that is out there with this disturbance. there is rain. once it got over the ocean, the rain picked up again. if you look to the west, there's not much out there.

if he were arrested he would immediately resign from the army and protest. johnson and his prosecutors had no intention of arguing with the immensely popular victorious commanding general of the united states army. lee was never arrested the remaining years of his life he never allowed a word against grant to be spoken in his presence in 18694 years after the war ended grant was sworn in as president of the united states, the position he held for two terms the first term as a success and the second was not. during the second term his political opponents launched 37 separate investigations and corruption in the administration. despite their efforts to could not demonstrate he was involved in any of the scandals many of them resulting from the politically naive grant misplaced trust in those he believed honest men taking the action of the presidential history he writes to congress for the state of the union address he apologized to the nation's legislators and to then to the american people. grant begin with this. it was my fortune or misfortune to be called t

army called it. it was a highway intersection on the west side of the city in baghdad. >> today washington, d.c. is home to pennsylvania native jason fritz. it is where he reflects on his service in the u.s. army. >> even though i don't use the uniform, i feel that sense of responsibility. >> that commitment was instilled in the former army officer during his four years of the u.s. military academy in west point. >> it's part of a line it's a tradition that serviced the nation. >> in the battlefield in iraq. >> i had to job to do and i wanted to do it well. >> march, 2003 a severely wounded u.s. marine nays son frei lay pleading in the battlefield he was a platoon commander with the army's third infantry division. >> we delivered up to baghdad it was the heaviestest fighting. by 5, april they managed to fight their way to the southern edge of the iraqi capital. >> that's where i fought my biggest battle. iraqis were hitting us with rocket propelled grenades, machine guns. a sniper shooting at me. >>

for army civilians. if you would like to get in touch with us via e-mail the ad dress is journal at c-span.org. or you can follow us on twitter. this is more at the item that we got at national journal.com under the headline army to slash thousands of civilian jobs in 2012. they write 90% of the cuts will come from the installation management command. more from the statement that was released by the army earlier this week. the department of army announced december 8th, our first call regarding the 8700 civilian job cuts expected in 2012 comes from madison, wisconsin on our line for democrats. caller: i'm calling because i think that defense cuts are a good thing for economy. i've been researching this for 25 years and it does seem to be a very good thing. the cuts in the 90's over the 80's produced very strong economy for america and the defense buildup the over the last decade has led to a very disastrous situation. the buildup over the last decade because of its unequal allocation around the country ca