the soldiers of third platoon say their battalion killed more than 700 insurgents. but it came at a cost. by the end of the tour, third platoon had suffered more casualties than any other in their company. in the summer of 2005, after a year in iraq, third platoon came back to the united states. their new home was fort carson, on the outskirts of colorado springs. since the start of the iraq war, this city has experienced an unprecedented murder spree. in the last six years, 15 fort carson soldiers have been charged or convicted in 14 murders and manslaughters. on friday nights, downtown is full of soldiers from fort carson-- some trying to forget what they've experienced, others celebrating their homecoming. ( music playing ) ( siren wailing ) >> narrator: the soldiers of third platoon hit the bars of colorado springs as soon as they got home. >> in the first six months, you know, you're just happy to be home. and then, after that six months, i just... problems started-- depression, anxiety, paranoia. getting the feeling that you're in iraq all over again. seeing p

go back to our nert staging area, go back, tell the battalion chief, get whatever you need. eliminate your hazards first, make sure you can work safely, remove the victim quickly but bottom line, safely. lifting procedures, we're going to show you a demonstration what you do but when you do it, make sure you treat the patient and tell them what's going on. you want to crib the object. again, cribing goes underneath the object or the load to make sure it stays off the patient. that's the idea of cribbing. lift the load the height of one piece of cribbing. you want to lift a little at a time. you'll understand when we actually do this. whenever the object is set down, it never rests on the patient. it rests on the cribbing. here is the i-beam, here is the patient right here. they're going to build it high enough so the i-beam is resting on that cribbing right there because that would take the weight, hopefully take some of the weight off of the patient. so now here is the patient, here is the load right here on the patient, there's cribbing right here, there's a rescuer standi

what we trying to do as a battalion, as a brigade? so what about the book i really want to explain that to them. that's probably the peace that they like about it the most. i've gotten some criticism from other guys that are in different units. so as you can understand, combat is a very emotional experience. and so when i wrote, my thoughts, in the sequence that they occur, and dancing i didn't agree with somebody's decision, naturally people don't like that. so i got criticism about stuff i admitted that i was wrong. people were just, getting to that point but they weren't reading on. about me second guessing myself, second-guessing my own decision. so it was an interesting experience. all in all the marines of the company, they loved the book. >> can you talk about the image on the covers to? that's a great one. this gentleman right here, this is another thing i got criticism for. i got an e-mail from a fellow captain who thought that it was wrong of me to put a picture of myself holding a marines machine gun. the problem with that

that occurs at the battalion level which is about 800 marines. so we decided that we were going to create my little forward observer team into an intelligence section. and as you go through the book, that really paid off. it made a huge difference. it's kind of the piece that, you know, you think about police work and a counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare, it really is about police work. but for every four police patrol officers you have in the field, you have two detectives who are sifting through all the material that those patrolmen are creating. now, within the military you don't have that. you have nine guys for 800. so that creates a problem for the dissemination of information and things of that nature. so enough about myself and my background. the city of ramadi. ramadi is the capital of anbar province, it's about 400,000 people. it's a very urban environment, very condensed. most of the houses are small fortresses, they have a courtyard wall. every roof has a retaining wall. about 2-4 feet high. and it, it's a very interesting dynami

marine battalion. this was the most dangerous place in afghanistan. but four months after the u.s.arines arrived, the town looks peaceful. it is too soon to tell of this will last. if the marines did it, it is a change in tactics. the many small patrol bases established by the british were closed, freeing forces to pursue the taliban. >> i felt that throughout the battle space, there was a change that was needed, and that was to free up forces to maneuver against them. i wanted to regain the momentum of the attack and dictate the activities. i want to put pressure on him. >> so the marines keep pushing. the town may be relatively secure, but the surrounding district is not. just beyond this patrol base is territory the taliban call their own. mortars are firing in support of a squad which is come under attack outside the wire. the marines spend hours on foot patrol every day, hoping to run into the enemy often, they do. >> when the u.s. marines first arrived here, they were being fired upon in their main bases more or less every day. it is now expanded the bubble of security. in th

that occurs at the battalion level of 800 marines. we decided that we were going to create my little ford observer team into an intelligence section. as you go through the book, that really paid off. it made a huge difference. it's the piece that, you know, you think about police work and counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare, but for every four police officers, there's two detectives. you sift through the information. within the military, you don't have that. there's 9 guys for 800. that creates a problem for the december seminated nation of information and things of that nature. enough about myself and my background. the city of ramadi. it's a city in anbar province. it's condensed. houses are small, a retaining wall and courtyard wall, two to four feet high, it's a very interesting dynamic. you'll see from chapter i from the on set seven minutes into the first control, there's a marine shot through the throat. just getting that marine back to the a combat outpost which literally they walked 7 minutes away from, 300 meters was tou

chief stations, basically there's a battalion chief there, he will be like the little commander of that district as far as we're concerned and the fire department's response. going to have the ham radio communication people there, they are going to set up a little base station in that fire station and they are also going to be in communication with the staging area in that district. this is what the big picture looks like, basically it's a little clearer than that, it goes up on the wall, but it's the city laid out in these response districts. it shows you where all the emergency facilities such as hospitals and police stations and fire stations and schools are. basically, there's a map that corresponds with your neighborhood. you want to get one so you can find out where in your neighborhood to go. once you've taken care of your families, your friends, your pets, your loved ones if you want you can go help out other people in your city. there it is, a place for us to gather as nert members and there's our nert ics area. here is our structure. same kind of set up, sort of our version. c

also unfortunately we've been involved in a friendly fire incident where a battalion from a nearby task force mystified us as enemy and fired up our convoy prior to my partner johnny rotten getting word over indeed we were not iraqis. and then we're hiking on. we're told get going. there's still a war here to fight. being grunts we're told trucks are coming or but they never do because that's what happens and so we have to walk the desert this day. the trucks never do retrieve us. and we will walk 20 miles. the only enemy we see are those who surrendered gathered in wired circles and their dead friends in trenches and burnt vehicles. men who probably would have surrendered but in order to coax a withdraw you must prove your might everyone knows you prove your might by destroying weapons equipment and humans. i've never seen such destruction. every 50 to 100 feet a burnt out vehicle lies disabled on the surface road. bodies are dead in the vehicles or blown from them. hundreds of vehicles with bodies inside or out. perhaps those too burned men one missing both arms. perhaps they were thi

28th of december. 28th of december and to private from the argonne and southern highlanders fifth battalion the royal regiment of scotland who died on the first of january. these were courageous and selfless servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight to make our country a safer place. we send our deepest condolences to their families, friends and colleagues. >> here, here. >> this morning i spoke to the australiian prime minister f the appalling floods and damage in queensland and we were thinking of her and the australiiapeople at this time. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> could i indulge of the to the troops and the australian people. he will also recall in the coalition document his solemn promise to take action on bankers bonuses and he's renegatives on his second promise why should we ever trust him again? >> the reason we had to put up value added tax is because of the complete and utter mess we were left by the government. i know they are now denial about this. but the fact is we had one of the biggest budget deficits in the g8, one of the worst record

military by some historians that whenever there mocked a battalion fought in american battalion or one regiment fought an american regiment that the germans tend to be tactically superior that mono monitor the better military. this is just nonsense because it's pointless. global war is a clash of systems. it is which systems have produced the wherewithal to project power in the atlantic, the pacific, the indian ocean, southeast asia which system can produce for the civilian leadership to create the transportation systems, the civilian leadership that is able to produce 96,000 airplanes in 1944 so when you look at it that way, you can see that really particularly when we have got the russians pleading for us that the comparison of german and american forces are german and anglo-american forces and a small tactical level is life and pointless. if you look at individual leaders i start with eisenhower. you've lived with him not very closely intimately for 11 years. my respect for him deepens constantly, i see those feet of clay. you want to reach back through history and shake him by the

we have the fire chief battalion here with us. once again, have a healthy and happy christmas, holiday season, and 2011. thank you very much. >> next from st. francis memorial hospital burns center, we have our medical doctor. >> thank you everyone for coming here this morning. i also want to thank assemblywoman mauck for being here this morning. i also want to thank the wonderful firefighters that keep our city safe. as we celebrate this holiday season come as a reminder from the st. francis memorial hospital burn center, we would like you to keep your family's safe and free from fire. take a moment to think about the safety warnings and please take care of your family. this time of year, we see increases in the incidence of structural fires, especially in spalding's. make sure you check your christmas trees, that they are well hydrated, and with the kids, make sure that they are well guarded from dangers, including candles. we want to wish you a very safe holiday season from here at st. francis. thank you very much. [applause] >

according to the battalion chief who responded, whoever was at the helm may have fallen asleep with the two others and it flipped on its side. by 3:00 a.m., all three were reported to be okay. the concern is potential pollution. the boat is carrying 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. at first light this morning, pollution investigators are going to head out to kelly state beach south of here in half moon bay to see if that diesel fuel leaked into the waters this morning. reporting live in pacifica, marla tellez, today in the bay. >>> palo altoo loss could be a lucrative and prestigious gain. facebook is looking for a home for their headquarters. this campus in menlo park was home to sun microsystems. they are cramped in quarters in palo alto as mark zuckerberg has more than 2,000 employees. the company currently leases a building that can barely hold them. facebook informed them of their intent to leave. while rumors are swirling about the potential new digs, the overall value is getting a major boost. scott has the latest on a major possible investment that could mean facebook is going publ

the attacks take place at a time when an extra battalion of u.s. marines have been deployed to the southern province of kandahar. >> hundreds of afghans have demonstrated in protest of the blocking by iran of thousands of fuel trucks in the border. gunmen have abducted two french nationals. witnesses say they were taken from a restaurant in the capital and driven away in a car. france is already working to secure to release a list in september. >> a multi-face rally has been placed in france to remember the people who died in the bombing. thousands of worshippers took place in the memorial. they carried banners and said prayers. >> prosecutors in germany are investigating farm. many farms have been banned from selling their products. health officials say there's little threat to public health. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers get worried. at this market in berlin, the sign say there's nothing to worry about, the eggs are not contaminated with dioxin. but traders feel their feeling the effects of con sirme unease. >> this con summer says he'

according to the battalion chief, the fire department boat slipped in shallow waters.hey are lucky the ocean did not dominate the situation. >> the waters are dangerous and luckily the surf wasn't that bad. you are taking your in your hands when you go out there. >> whoever was at the helm may have just fallen asleep. all three are reported to be okay this morning. the big concern is potential pollution. officials say that boat is carrying 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. at sunrise this morning, pollution investigators are going to head south to see if any of that fuel leaked into the water there. we are now in pacifica this morning, marla tellez today in the bay. >> thanks for the update. san francisco political icon nancy pelosi will give up the gavel has speaker of the house this week. the new members of congress will be sworn in later today and the balance of power will shift from pelosi's party to the republicans. they plan to dismantle a lot of work. tracy pots is live in washington, d.c. with a look at what's ahead. tracy? >> good morning, everyone. there is a vot

fremont fire department battalion chief jim martin tells me the fire came in shortly before 6 a.m.d it was knocked down shortly after 6 a.m.. it was not a huge fire but the fire started right in an area where puppies were and three died. three french bulldog puppies were on sale for $1100 each. firefighters say seven puppies were rescued. a man who lives above the dog store ran into the store to help save the puppies. >> one of them, a piece of plastic fell on her fur but it didn't burn her skin so we were able -- it was a pretty large piece of plastic and we were able to cut it off her fur and she has no skin damage. just very scared. but there was the six puppies that we pulled out just happy to see us and they weren't injured at all. >> mr. callen thanked six firefighters saying regardless of that they were taken to a veterinarian hospital and that's where the owner of puppy paws is with the puppies seeing if they are okay and we are told that they are okay. mr. callen who you saw in the interview there lives right above the pet shop, and this fire had it gone on a little longer

in vietnam you need add four-company pal on, and we were stuck with a three-company battalion. of in uniwe got rid of all the static offenses. in june we only had responsibility for four provinces. and so that able o build up the -- build up the troops. we told our companies you've got to have 120 men in the field every today. the company is 164 people, 15 president you can have on leave but 70% you in the field. when we went from 27 to 39 ip fan try -- infantry companies. the cutting edge, the infran try man. i we had to get rid of the overhead in the division headquarters. we've hat one at dogtown. we were surprised to find this overhead was all support -- not support troops but infantry troops. a little research showed us the biggest problem. everybody has problems. the french when they were there had 500,000 hospital admissions for foot problems. so we had to soft that. we took two months to solve it. the solution was simple. whenever you keep a troop in the field for over 40 hours, the curve went up exponentially. the next thing we did as far as people go, we wanted to inc

fremont fire department battalion chief jim martin tells me the fire came in shortly before 6 a.m.d it was knocked down shortly after 6 a.m.. it was not a huge fire but the fire started right in an area where puppies were and three died. three french bulldog puppies were on sale for $1100 each. firefighters say seven puppies were rescued. a man who lives above the dog store ran into the store to help save the puppies. >> one of them, a piece of plastic fell on her fur but it didn't burn her skin so we were able -- it was a pretty large piece of plastic and we were able to cut it off her fur and she has no skin damage. just very scared. but there was the six puppies that we pulled out just happy to see us and they weren't injured at all. >> mr. callen thanked six firefighters saying regardless of that they were taken to a veterinarian hospital and that's where the owner of puppy paws is with the puppies seeing if they are okay and we are told that they are okay. mr. callen who you saw in the interview there lives right above the pet shop, and this fire had it gone on a little longer

an extra battalion of u.s. marines has been deployed to the region. >>> hundreds of afghans have demonstrated outside of the iranian embassy in protest of iran's blocking of thousands of fuel trucks at the border. since the official ban two weeks ago, domestic fuel prices and afghanistan have soared by as much as 70%. >>> let's bring you up-to-date on the headlines on "bbc world news." new tests on germany's contaminated it will -- contaminated animal feed have revealed dioxin 77 times higher than allowed. a ballot boxes are being delivered in sudan on whether the south should declare independence from the rest of the country. >>> the start of hungary's presidency of the european union has been marked by ceremonies in budapest but overshadowed by criticism. at the media laws concede -- the new media laws are concedeare sn as an attack on freedom of the press. >> six months when hungary will be squarely in european spot light when they assume the presidency. when the hungarian prime minister arrived at a press c

. >> battalion bishops are meeting to discuss the latest allegations surrounding silvio berlusconi. he is under pressure to resign after get more accusations about his private life, including paying for sex with an underage girl. duncan kennedy reports. >> after the battering of last week silvio berlusconi is struggling to regain his credibility and his political supremacy. a series of sordid allegations about his sex life emerged after prosecutors revealed they were investigating him over underage prostitutes. they claim he abused his power of office by forcing police to release one of them from custody. that woman was the other face of this scandal now universally known by her facebook name, ruby." prosecutors say she was 17 when silvio berlusconi paid her for sex. she and the prime minister have repeatedly denied there was any intimate contact or exchange of money. she is at least one of 14 ministers -- people that entertain the prime minister at his home. some have come forward to say they were paid for sex. silvio berlusconi said if those allegations were true he would have to

marine battalion. >> this was the most dangerous place in afghanistan. four months after u.s. marines arrived, it looks peaceful. it is too soon to see if it will last, but the marines did it, they say, with a change in tactics. the posts were closed, freeing forces to pursue the taliban. >> i felt that throughout the battle was a change that was needed and that was to free us up to maneuver against the enemy. i wanted to regain the momentum of attack. i wanted to put the pressure on the enemy. the town may be relatively secure, but the surrounding district is not. just beyond this patrol base is territory the taliban calderon. and -- call their own. the marines spend our on-hours on foot patrol every day, hoping to run into the enemy. often, they do. >> when the u.s. marines first arrived here, they were being fired upon in their main bases more less every single day. now they have expanded a level of security, as they call it, and the fighting is mainly skirmishing out in the countryside. >> started down. -- target down. >> the man they killed was not a taliban gunman, but a

my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted to do was the american. he does not even know italian. i never even thought about it. during the development of a career path, i fell into immigration. like a lot of young attorneys, i was interested in human rights. i was offered a job at the department of justice with the ins. i was not tried to do it. i started thinking about what i cared about. it was public service. you make a difference where you are. i believed for the 13 years that i was in ind and then dhs, that i was able to help make changes within the government structure. i was detailed to senator kennedy's office. i worked on the immigrat

mind was he did to get me or intimidate to myself and all others in authority in the company and battalion sergeant gene taylor saying that some of his own men tried to maim or kill him but it's not an isolated incident since then one officer has been killed another wounded at this base and there have been dozens of similar incidents all across south vietnam because the fragmentation grenade is often the weapon used the violent attacks on authority have come to be known as fragging and many g.i.'s talk openly about fragging and the military countermeasures say more than one big group meeting where. actually all they talk about is fragment as we call pigs. by picture talking about your senior enlisted men in your officers that's correct the most common terms. forced to rely almost solely on the air war of one thousand nine hundred seventy two when the united states launched an unprecedented barrage of vietnam dropping more tonnage of bombs on that tiny country that were used during world war two and with the assault coming mainly from aircraft carrier sailors and airmen became the center of

place next week in turkey russia has a history of performing well games and the minister of sports battalion call sees them as a test for the national team prospects for the sochi olympics in twenty four. of the all of these but we have plenty of young promising talent on this team many of them have already made the youth national teams and of course performing well at the university aid could serve as a jump start for the development of their careers and some of them will be part of the two thousand and fourteen olympic team. now in football japan are the first team through to the semifinals of the asian cup and in a dramatic match they just begun cattle three ting in day who had japan having to come from behind twice before. no school the winner in the eighty nine minute approved row for the home scatter the other quarter final tonight becky stan jordan for tomorrow favors the straight if pacer rack in a round faced south korea that game already heating up at a press conference to south korea. said he thought around would foul their way to victory while the iranians claim it will be the ot

died on 28 december, and to private joseva vatubua, from the argyll and sutherland highlanders, 5th battalion, they will richmond of scotland, who died on january 1. these were courageous and selfless service men who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight to make our country is safer place. we send our deepest condolences to their families, their friends, and their colleagues. this morning, i spoke to the australian prime minister julia gillard to send condolences of everyone in this house and everyone in the country for the appalling floods and damage that has been done in queensland, and to say the we are all thinking of ross and the australian people. >> mr. hanson. >> to take robust action on a banker bonuses. given that he has broken his first promise and is now reneging on his second, why should we trust anything that he says again? >> the reason we have had to put up a value added tax is because of the complete and utter mess we were left by the government, whom the right honorable john almon supported. i know they are now in denial about this, but the fact is, we had one of the