we do not know it me for the army in our country. we still have the army today. there were some differences between 1973 and today. russell, we have a very supportive congress. --y generate presley generously give us a good budget. we have a very professional all volunteer force. the future is increasingly uncertain. and russia have been identified as strategic competitors. modernized and eroding our overmatch and they are improving our ability to garner interest. syria and, crimea in china is increasingly aggressive in the south china sea. we expect sina corporation of the weapons by others. whether it is terrorist groups are proxies around the world. we also face the character dirt of war is changing. cyberspace and information warfare and space. the army vision that we developed for winning this environment outlines a few things you must be able to do differently and better. we have to be ready to a ploy -- to employ rapidly. we have to open -- overcome our adversary is the fences to maintain that access and employ success. we have to maneuver bowlby and deliv

army active component was 780,000 soldiers. only 17, the active army was 476,000. in 2018, the army was authorized to grow. then in the 2019 president's budget, he requests an active-duty size of 487,500. growth of another 4000. steady growth, fairly modest. of 11,000. growth people in congress and elsewhere are saying the services are really going to have a hard time recruiting to these numbers and that maybe it does not even make sense to increase the size of the army if they cannot recruit to it. variety of factors playing into that. six months into 2018, i was wondering how recruiting is looking, whether you anticipate the army being able to recruit that they need to. lt. gen. spoehr: --sec. esper: first of all, we are on track. i'm confident we will meet our goals. our retention rates are higher than they have ever been. that also take some pressure off the recruiting end of this. i would see the bigger picture is this. when i outline the vision last week, speaking to the details, what i said is we need to get to be over 500,000 soldiers with appropriate growt

it calls for dividing his army up into pieces.pers ferry and capture the union garrison there. another part will stay with lee. and, of course, dividing your army leaves it very vulnerable. >> convinced that mcclellan is no threat, lee sends orders detailing his strategy to crush the federal forces, trusting the plans will safely reach their destination. with lee on northern soil, president lincoln must take a bold step to save the union. >> robert e. lee is in maryland. i don't think there's a man in this union who can... >> [ huffs ] >> ...defeat robert e. lee. >> and britain may even recognize confederate independence. >> can they not see the foolishness of that? >> abraham lincoln worries that another lee victory might cause england to recognize the confederacy and jeopardize the union. >> britain needs cotton. and, to the british eye, the north and the south are just two sides of the same coin. >> the confederacy is built on slavery. >> yes, but you promised to preserve the union as it was, not to eliminate slavery. >> there'

>> this was 1972. >> okay. >> and the army, when it first started to get into volunteer army, what it did was it started what they called unit of choice recruiting. as an old throwback, if you're an old history buff, to what the prussian army did, for crying out loud, you recruited locally, and you were in a local area, you got -- you somehow got to know the local population and recruited people that way. i think that was the basic -- i don't think they drew lessons from the way the prussian army did it, but the unit of choice recruiting basically was you go out in your local area and for us, the local assigned area as far as what i knew was the state of washington and oregon, and parts of northern california. so, the division established its own recruiting unit, and i had then, at the same time, we began to organize and reactivate the division itself. and i happened to get the first rifle company to reorganize in this division under the volunteer army concept. >> and what company was that? ? >> bravo company, second of the 39th infantry, i believe. >> okay. and what was that like, st

our army would be invincible if it could be properly organized and officered. such men in an army before. they would go anywhere and do anything if properly led. but there is the difficulty -- proper commanders. where can they be obtained? ♪ >> lee believes a decisive victory on yankee soil will turn public opinion in the north against the war. from his camp in virginia, he plans to march his army across the potomac, into the peaceful northern territory of pennsylvania. as lee marches north, union general joe hooker resigns. for president lincoln, whose generals have already lost battles at fredericksburg, second manassas, and chancellorsville, hooker's sudden resignation is another unwanted headache. [ all shouting ] [ gun cocks ] >> with his army in turmoil and the union in jeopardy, president lincoln seeks solace in the company of his oldest son, robert. >> this war is a continual trial. rebel troops are marching north again, and the army of the potomac is yet again without a general. i don't think there's a man in this union who can defeat robert e. lee. >>

so mcclellan's army is arguably one of the best-trained armies in the world. >> gentlemen, our new army up even better than i expected. it will soon number over 100,000 fighting men. >> and when do you plan to take this army of yours to battle? >> my intelligence indicates that the enemy's strength in virginia is over 150,000. >> [ chuckles ] >> if we have enough soldiers to take on such an army, i assure you i will crush the rebels with one campaign. >> [ chuckles ] 150,000. [ chuckles ] >> perhaps, mr. president, you would care to go for a ride and see the army i have built for you. all of you may come, of course. though, general scott, i've heard your days on horseback have, uh -- have ended. please >> mcclellan was an u.s. army engineer officer, and he looked like the right man to do the job. he looked like the man who would lead u.s. army forces into decisive battle against the confederates. >> for months, mcclellan refuses to put his army into action. his delays and excuses frustrate lincoln at a time when the president is dealing with a personal crisis. >> [ coughing ] >> please

army. when you look at the choices you make, you do not know if you make the right ones at the time, so we look at kasserine pass, and i look at the choices we made as an army and nation investing in our officer corps, and having a standing army that was not big right any stretch of the imagination, but people are expensive. i am expensive as an active duty army colonel, and it takes time to educate them, invest in them over the years, and rotate them to duty station, so i would say to get away from the point from battle, i think the investment we made in the officers not knowing if it would pay off was the lesson learned i think for the larger as citizens and a nation, what do you choose to invest in before wars happen? because once you are in them, it is tough to make significant adjustment. that would be the big lesson i would take. >> i study armies other than the american. i have made a career of studying german military's and the public a few years back on it. i think kasserine pass i

we are standards-based team in the army in the army remains committed to giving all soldiers to meet the standards of the military occupational specialty the opportunity to serve in that specialty and last year the army implemented gender neutral physical standards for initial entry training for specific jobs. the initial resorts are positive. we successfully transferred more than 700 women to previously closed occupation of infantry, armor and artillery. the opportunities are so popular we plan on expanding the program this year and is part of the total force we are vital and prized by about 22% of our personnel and we need a civilian workforce with critical skills to support our soldiers and our families. as we build our forced focus on areas that provide the foundation for our future and we remain focused on personal zillion seat and suicide prevention with world-class programs for slaves and families and aggressively working to decrease the stigma associated with seeking behavioral health. sexual harassment and sexual assault and retaliation are not compatible with army values an

of the army and the extreme consistency of the army, between of its engagement and the demanding conditions of its preparation, i think this is the of credibility of the weapos of our army and the power of our country. >> vice president mike pence is attending the summit of the americas this weekend in lima, news conference there earlier today, he spoke about u.s. airstrikes in syria and relations with latin american

other hand to diminish this starts all of the syrian arab army as a victorious army regaining its land and regaining territory from terrorists that feel it's ok dr we're going to have to leave it there we've been at a time that's a very good to tell you there was talk to you but i'm willing to share professor of political science is it right in the university there in jordan thankfully i'm an economics professor to apologize but thanks for your time. now in other news today hungary ins are voting in parliamentary elections on sunday with the ruling party widely tipped to clinch another majority because all bands finish parties seeking a third consecutive term in power and polls ahead of the vote suggested.

his schoolmaster, the army, had not been tender, but he could appreciate how the army had transformed soldiers into professionals. it is wonderful to see what a change will take place in a man's disposition. not --ly you did obviously he did not leave the army, he fought all the way to the summer of 1864, when his enlistment ended and he returned to new york. this move towards professionalization cannot be separated from the idea of union. theannot be separated from fact that this was a man that was deeply racist, but believed emancipation was necessary. thatme to believe african-american soldiers were to be respected and admired, especially because he knew if you get captured by the army of northern virginia, or any confederate army, you are a unctad. if you are a black soldier, you are not going to make it as a pow. trench, northve carolinians alexander keever stared across a barren swath of land between opposing union and confederate line of petersburg. the day rarely passed when he of not spot squads confederates running towards the enemy without rifles, and zip in the air, beggin

an army officer. awesome overthrew hussein's cousin king faisal the second when the army broke into the royal palace and killed him and the entire iraqi royal family. the news shocked king crossing it lost a branch of the hashemite family and was now isolated in relation to nasr is united arab republic. the u.a.e. are orchestrated a series of events the destabilize the jordanian regime not least the assassination of its prime minister. in one nine hundred sixty. came close saying also accuse the u.a.r. of making several attempts on his own life. the u.a.r. was a constant thorn in the same side until it's the solution in one nine hundred sixty one. but relations between faustina nasr still remain tense and nasr began increasingly to play the palestinian card against him. on the thirteenth of january one nine hundred sixty four the egyptian president sent out invitations to the first arab summit in cairo. a sane was first on the guest list. when it comes. did the summit announce two crucial decisions th

manning our army is one of the key components to readiness and vital to the army's readiness and ability to fight and win our nation's war. thank you for the 2018 defendings authorization act which authorized the army to grow by 8500 and we appreciate the two-year budget deal will which improve readiness and assure our formations are filled in the years to come. to create an army we must have men and women of high quality and character and the chairman talked about, we're only one of 17 to 24-year-old's to join the army and one in eight high school a propensity to enlist in the military. while the army projects recording challenges in all components, maintaining the quality will maintain, and will not sacrifice quantity for quality. the army must continue to retain the most talented soldiers and noncommissioned officers with the experience and skills necessary to meet our future needs. we project historic retention rates for our nco's. the there is a cornerstone how to retain our best officers and nco's. integrated pay and personnel system army will be the keystone in the arch way of our

the apaches in the army national guard are not manned as 24 apaches likely, the army battalion has 24 apaches so that makes it difficult for the army national guard to be as ready in the apache business as we need to be. should we use them all at once or in short order? they would not be as ready as we would want them to be because they don't have enough iron. in general, part of the modernization plan, future vertical lift analysis, a member of the national guard on the team and when they figure out what that is we will be part of it is my advocacy will be to modernize the national guard in a concurrent manner. with respect to puerto rico, i have been there for numerous times and hurricane maria devastated the place, absolutely devastated the place and it will be years before they are recovered. how long will it be before people have power? i can't tell you. and to repair, the national guard facilities and the like, hundreds of puerto rico, national guard soldiers on active duty to communicate with impacts from that disaster. it will be a long time before they recover and we will con

is good because of fire from the german army is currently deployed in many overseas missions in syria and in iraq the german army supplies reconnaissance data regarding islamic state and is also involved in combat r t do you believe these missions are justified. if just as big in the bundestag the green party has always opposed these missions while making it clear that we believe the terrorism of the so-called islamic state has to be forty years in military means that but it can only be defeated politically and we have a number of issues with the missions one is whether they are founded on international law and another is that the german army is not deployed within a collective security system such as the united nations the european union but in a coalition of the willing characterized by highly contradictory interests. the further is you is the danger of what happens if the reconnaissance data is used by turkey for example in the fight against the kurds the federal government has not given us any convincing on service as to how this can be avoided so we decided against the mission. b

the german army has been part of the un. mission since two thousand and thirteen an initially with one hundred soldiers now with around nine hundred dutch and german personnel are currently sharing camp castoff at the end of the year the dutch forces were handed over the camp entirely to the germans a light aircraft group is stationed in mali too. they have four n.h. ninety transport helicopters to recover the wounded. and. chief stone of surgeon canteen normally works in the army hospital in hamburg she hasn't yet experienced a life mission but there are regular training exercises. last week with none you fly with a different level of tension than you would in hamburg it could be that you come across someone who wants to harm you with the strain is not just mental it's also a special physical strain it's still quite cold it's just about forty two degrees and the humidity is around seventy to eighty percent that makes it physically more demanding than working on the north german atlanta as well and that's a lot but you can.

the suicide rate in the army reserve frankly has just recent ly ticked up above the army average. i will tell you, first of all, i can't prove this, but i will tell you one of my concerns is that the financial aspects of stress on families is in many cases particularly acute for those soldiers who have had multiple deployments, may have stressors with their employeers and have come back and been either unemployed or underemployed. we're targeting our private-public partnership program tone sure that those soldiers who are identified as at risk financial ly get additional support in finding jobs. i can't prove there's a nexus in financial stressors and self-destructive behavior. but i'm targeting that population specifically to get after the challenge. >> one interesting fact i learned this morning, if you go to any of our large bases, even in this country, and i'm not talking about reserve components, but you'll see predatory lenders all wrapped around the edges of the bases. and this financial issue is really a very critical one. we would welcome your recommendations based on wha

the army national guard, 24 are not likely -- even the army baa tallians don't have 24. that makes it difficult for the army national guard to be as ready in the business as we may need to be. should need to use all of our apache battalions at once they would not be as ready as we would wouldn't them to be because they don't have iron to be ready. so in general, we're part of the army's modernization plan and when they do their future vertical lift analysis and what's that going to look like we have a member of the national guard on that team and so when they figure out what that is we'll be part of it and my advocacy will be to modernize the national guard in a concurrent manner with the active component. with respect to puerto rico, i too was down there numerous times and hurricane maria devastated the place. it just absolutely devastated the place and it will be years before they are completely recovered and have done it. how long it will be before all of the people have power? i can't tell you. there's milcom required to repair the national guard facility and the lik

the israeli army has killed at least eight palestinian protesters and injured more than thirteen hundred in demonstrations along the gaza border with israel thirty people have died close to the border since the protests began last friday the palestinian representative to washington as one the situation in gaza is explosive and the region can also afford to wait for a new u.s. peace plan from gaza. reports. the black spoke started billowing since early morning as gazan was dubbed as the friday after. and for a second week in a row they took to grievances right up to the fence despite israeli army warning that it won't change its rules of engagement. mainly tear gas and live ammunition sending the protesters running for their lives. some of them had mirrors to blinder snipers positioned across the fence at least a hundred according to the army and many hurled stones sixteen year old mohammad was among them during the week he goes to school and on fridays during his weekend he comes to the border area. they fight us with advanced methods we have slingshots and we have stones but they have b

the army surrendered in december. the soviets are going to start pushing back in 1943 and moving through 19 44. what is happening, the tide really is turning at the end of 1943. soviets have fine-tuned their groove. they are coming back and are going to have benefits in the about how to beat the germans. the germans have a lot of armor and a lot of artillery and a lot of air power. they want to beat the germans at their own game but they want to do it 10 times bigger. that is the way soviets will steamroll across central and eastern europe. what is interesting, if you look at the map which is a soviet map. if you look at the front, the front really is from the baltics all the way down to what became the balkans. we tend to think of a front as a couple of hundred miles. the front in this case became all of central and eastern europe essentially. they are going to have several armies. there is going to be an army taking a northern route through warsaw as we are talking about what is going on in budapest. we will talk ab

the free syrian army are not a band of terrorists the free syrian army are ordinary people who want their land back they are arabs mainly arabs who have been thrown out of their lands by the kurds in may beach by everyone and by they have been subject to cruelty by assad in the past they have all come together they were a small group when turkey first launched its operation in your free to shield in two thousand and sixteen or ghost of two thousand and sixteen they were a small group but when turkey succeeded in the year of your a free to shield with russian help because russia helped us by opening the airspace. and it was a success well mission the this created a positive impact of among the syrian opposition forces they started to unite around turkey and they started to unite in a joint cause so the free syrian army success in the euphrates shield resulted in a more. united front which is not terrorist which is not jihadist but which is ordinary syrian opposition people so i do not think that it is right to call these people judge this. etc this is the same free syrian army units

army won the war. but we lost it because -- you know, the offensive which was u truly a victory portrayed as defeat by the media so media doing stop i think basically what happened was that johnson administration kind of dug its own grave there because in 1967, they were trying to maintain u.s. support for the war effort by widely overpromising claiming that there was light at the end of the tunnel and we're about to beat them and everything was going great and the fact that you have tens of thousands coming out of nowhere to attack across south vietnam gave the lie to that, to that notion that we we were on cusp of defeat so therefore coverage of the offensive i don't think it was hideously bias but gave a accurate interpretation of it but it made clear that, we were not as close to victory even though the offense oive largely wiped out and communist not triggered what they hoped despite afl that. that fact that they still had all of these residual camibility made clear it wasn't finished as general a

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the rebel army marched westward and captured coup folks in iraq. in november seven forty nine here in the city's mosque by on the oath of allegiance was given to the first a bus in calif. they proclaimed a man as called abu allah. and he was a descendant of one of the prophet mohammed's uncles and he based his claim to the caliphate on that kinship with the prophet mohammed. in january seven fifteen. on the banks of the zab river in iraq the oh my it's led by their kind of what i want for their last battle against the us at all. after a heavy defeat marwan escaped westwards. that summer of the year seven fifty he was killed by the a bus. after nineteen years in power you might caliph it had been brought to an end. why the mayans lost power and what exactly happened in the aussie revolution is a difficult question but it seems to be related to this ongoing sense that the prophets family had a right to rule the kayleigh fight and this was a problem of the a my it's never really successfully contained. some muslims believe that the caliphate should al

i may just to read invisible armies now, that's for sure. i am wondering i heard a rumor once that's when goodyear bought the rubber plant from michelin in the fifth season that's what got us in deeper and then also the best recommendation was -- that's all i've got it wet that i will get off the phone. >> host: thank you gordon. max boot. >> guest: i would second his recommendation hills of fire. thing is one the finest novels about the vietnam war and another one by carl marlantes. their number of good looks about vietnam but those are certainly to the best today didn't catch the caller's question about the rubber plantation. >> host: he talked about goodyear buying the rubber plantation from michelin ended that spike award plaques. >> guest: we went to vietnam because of the domino theory and the concerns in washington that if vietnam fell to the communists indonesia and the rest of asia would not be far behind. that was a strategic war which nobody thought we were going to make a profit on in vietnam. >> host: would it be fair to say it

they are going to have several armies. there is going to be an army taking a northern route through warsaw as we are talking about what is happening in budapest. we will talk about one stretch of this runs versus the whole front. can -- 10 to confuse people because it is so large that there are millions of people. there are forces moving through and they are all on different lines of operation as they move west towards religion and parts of germany. let's get to it, right? what is going on around budapest, hungary is significant ally for germany mainly because of oil reserves and a geopolitical location of budapest which controls access to yugoslavia, and it also controls exit to vienna, and some excess of north towards slovakia and poland. for heller, it really is his last ally. the romanians have been defeated, interestingly enough the soviets beat the romanians , they capitulate and are going to join the soviets. that is significant, they are going to let the romanians liberate. they are going to be shields. happening,

and mcclellan throws his army at lee's northern flank.rowing themselves at each other. >> the battle-hardened rebels throw back the union's first wave. to the north, robert gould shaw and the second massachusetts prepare to enter the fray. >> what's this? for my mother, in boston. if i should fall, shaw i want you to see that she gets it. >> it won't come to that dwight. second massachusetts, fall in! ♪ ♪ >> left! left! left! >> forward! >> left! left! left! left! left! >> americans had not seen so many of their fellow countrymen dead and wounded on a battlefield. all the bodies it just staggered them. [ gunshots ] [ men whooping ] >> forward! forward, men! forward! >> halt! ready! aim! fire! forward! >> retreat! retreat! >> forward, men! >> shaw and his men pushed through the confederate line. >> yeah! [ men shouting ] >> but lee's outmanned rebel army refuses to quit. >> [ screams ] [ gunfire ] >> if mcclellan can't find a way to turn this massacre into a victory, the war -- and any hope for emancipation -- will be lost. ♪ >> we hit the