we were going to advance up to the yellow river, but we stopped my battalion, and was the first battalion, 32nd infantry. we went up the furthest north -- two rest of the battalions where there. the rest of them set up around the seventh division artillery. we went up ourselves further up north about two miles, two to three miles. you could not dig a foxhole because the ground was solid, and it was 30 below zero, so i crawled into my sleeping bag like everyone else did and tried to go to sleep. tons of of a sudden china men attacked us and bullets were flying everywhere and we were shocked. we had to get out of the sleeping bag, there was no place to hide or protect yourself. is a chineseened patrol came in to the command center and they came to the commander and said that they were challenging. i understand that they asked the guys there and said are you americans? they said, hell yeah, we are americans. five minutes later the whole cp tent, and officers and some sergeants were in there, and they were all killed. that is when it started. ivy: had they been watching you guys and they knew

, the first battalion, 32nd infantry, we .ent up the farthest north to partial battalions were there . aroundt of them set up the seventh division artillery and we went up ourselves further north two or three miles. we couldn't dig a foxhole because the ground was solid and it was 30 below zero. i crawled into my sleeping bag like everyone else did and tried to go to sleep and all of a there was -- that chinese attacked us. get out of the sleeping bag, there is no place to hide or protect yourself. inhinese patrol first came to the command center and from , the guyserstand there said are you americans? we said hell yeah, where americans. later, officers and sergeants were there. they were all killed and that's when it started. had they been watching you guys? did they know you are camping out there? joseph: they were attacking everybody at that same time all regiment had17 reached the river. ivy: how many were -- how may people were in at that time? was up just our company that far. all the rest of the companies were down where the artillery was. ivy: how many people are in a company

and the commander of the black lives battalion but then was killed in battle. and the oldest of three daughters. . . . . about the bae terry allen who was the commanding general of the first division in world war ii and also another division the timberwolves later he was sort of a soldiers general that wrote because he was more that type and he was funneled into the army for his love and affection of his father and his father's love and affection for him. he never made it to be a four-star general. >> host: what role did she play in the overall writing of the book? i went to el paso where she was living at the time and she helped me find documents of her mother and her father who was also a key character in the book. there was a reporting that called g. a hero which i thought was incredibly understanding on her part. let's talk about what it was like the last time she saw her father. >> i was very scared because i was afraid he was going to be killed. he didn't say anything like that he just said i would like you to take care of the girls. when i was with my si

we had battalion aid stations by the fighting. clearing companies were for back of that, and hospitals were back of that. >> what does a medical clearing company do? john: they assigned us to pw camp 5. i had one platoon there. i had a little hospital. about the time i had about 29 patients. i had one doctor but i was a commanding officer. i replaced a major, but i was a second lieutenant. i was -- i should have more -- have had more rank to be a committing officer but i was just a lieutenant. i was still in charge. >> who were the patients? john: prisoners of war. >> north koreans? john: north koreans. >> chinese? john: no chinese. we sent them somewhere else. but i assisted in surgery with anesthetics. >> you did not have any medical -- john: yes. i had one done day. -- one doctor. no. no medical. assisted. it was a great experience. we had what we called the monkey house, a psych unit separate from the hospital. it was sort of a -- when i got there we were having trouble with water. i built a four foot thing around our barracks

mattis: i commended the infantry battalion.you who remember will remember the big mine fields the trenches of oil. barbed wire. my battalion's job was to open two routes through for the marines to follow. david: there were predictions there would be tens of thousands of american troops killed. when you got into kuwait, were you surprised at how relatively easy it was to get in there? gen. mattis: it was a lot of trading and fire support. i am proud of that campaign because that was the last time i brought everyone home alive. david: you get special treatment in that combat. you sleep in the same place as the troops or do get a better ?lace to sleep daca -- sleep gen. mattis: in the infantry you always eat last. live it better- than the troops. determined the level of comfort of all troops. if a lance corporal has nothing but a blanket, no one has anything but a blanket other than the wounded and the sick. everyone lives like a lance corporal. david: so the food you eat -- is that any good? gen. mattis: it is not quite as good a

we should have them for everyone of our battalions. now we just have them in three battalions and two divisions. [please stand by] -- and information on our phones in terms of related announcements from the department. and i know that in your slide show today you talked about some of the duties that we're doing that may not come on the screen very often. but i got an explanation. because one of the things that came up was the concept of shared space and it had information terms of shared space between california and pacific. you're basically talking about the shared space in terms of the petition and the various restaurants. is that what we're talking about? >> that is correct. that is correct. we have to try to do it in a safe way. and we still have to be able to respond for medicals and/or fires, if necessary. and we have to be able to move tables out of the way, if necessary. hopefully we can do it in a way we don't have to move tables or block entrances to streets or alleys. so it's a difficult balance to have enough space for the

he was with n company of the third marine raider battalion. because of the dense foliage, radios were unable to send or receive signals, and caesar provided a vital communications link and completed 11 messenger message -- missions. --was not only an a complete and accomplish messenger dog, but a -- dog. he rushed out of a foxhole and was called back. as he was returning, and japanese sniper shot caesar. a firefight ensued that he had disappeared. he was later found with his other handler. the bullet hit too close to his heart to operate, but despite his wounds, he survived and returned to duty three weeks later. although injured and scared, his loyalty to his handlers saved him and warned of how close the japanese soldiers were. rovingeally the scout or patrol dogs that changed the way the military and serviceman thought about dogs in the military. these dogs were some of the most highly trained in the military, used primarily in the pacific. they would walk up to 25 yards in front of a column of marines or soldiers and when they sensed an en

he joined a field battalion and was assigned to the headquarters and service battery. here he did further training with the pack howitzer and mules. as they prepared for burma, they did not know where they were headed but they knew it was mountainous conditions. the rapid unpacking of the artillery and keeping it together for combat. the history we have with him, he said a gun could be unloaded in a matter of minutes and be in firing position. they trained really hard to get that down. they reached calcutta in september 1944. they went on a boat with mules with them. 63 days across the atlantic, through the mediterranean, the suez canal, the red sea and indian ocean before they arrived in india. they spent a lot of time with these animals on this boat. his job in the field was to collect ammunition, food and other supplies from the airdrop speared he had to be in a certain location on a given day to reach the goods before japanese found them. all of the supplies were loaded onto the pack mules to be carried out of the drop zone. artillery, ammunition, including the 75

mattis: i commanded an infantry battalion. i was in the first marine division. of you who remember the war, you remember the big minefields and the trenches of oil and all that sort of stuff, barbed wire. and my battalion job was to open two of the routes through for the marines to follow. david: and did you think at the time, there were predictions there would be tens of thousands of american troops killed. when you got into kuwait relatively quickly, were you surprised at how, relatively speaking, it was easy to get in there? gen. mattis: it was a lot of training and a lot of fire support. and it was -- i'm very proud of that campaign because it was the last time i brought everyone home alive. david: ok. you were an officer when that occurred. when you're an officer, you get special treatment when you're in that kind of combat? do you sleep in the same place as the troops, or do you get a better place to sleep or better food? how do you treat your troops? gen. mattis: no, in the infantry, you always eat last, you never live better than the troops. matter of fa

caesar was with n company of the third marine raider battalion. their job was to hold a roadblock on the because of the dense foliage, radios were unable to send or receive signals, and caesar provided a vital communications link and completed 11 messenger missions. caesar was not only an accomplished messenger dog, but also valuable as a sentry dog. three days into the campaign caesar rushed out of the foxhole he shared with one of his handlers, private first class mail. mayo called the dog back. as he was returning, a japanese sniper shot caesar. a firefight ensued, but caesar had disappeared. he was later found with his other handler. private first class john kleeman. the bullet hit too close to his heart to operate, but despite his wounds, caesar survived and returned to duty three weeks later. although injured and scared, his loyalty to his handlers saved him and warned others of how close the japanese soldiers were. but it is really the scout or roving patrol dogs, that changed the way the military and serviceman thought about dogs in the mi

a few men who reached out to me and said you have gone through these challenges, went on to be a battalion commander and now united states senator and it is good for other people to hear that you can go through these life altering events but still overcome them and move on to better days and so that is what i hope i can share with some of the readers, that you do have challenges in your lifetime but there are opportunities. the next day is a new day and you can find joy in your lifetime. >> host: in your book "daughter of the heartland: my ode to the country that raised me" you write that people tend an inordinate amount of attention to women legislators private lives. >> guest: absolutely they do. you are scrutinized from everything that you wear, the style of your hair, the color of your hair, all of that, and maybe certainly if you are a mother how are you raising your children, when you should be at home. those are situations i don't hear men talked about in that way but certainly the women receive a lot of attention with their personal lives and that is holy unfair especially when we

. ♪ a maintenance battalion on a canal. they are sent for complete reconditioning. assembly is removed. they are checked to determine the extent of repair necessary. a steam jenny is used to give them a thorough cleaning. various parts are removed and carried to individual engine stands for the mechanics work on them. the valve assemblies are removed. warren park -- -- one parts are replaced and used again. the reconditioned mortars are given a shakedown before being put to work again. with tanks are equipped antipersonnel lines. for azooka rocket is used rocket, replacing the detonating and pressure typing used on the original. these are used to protect enemy personnel. the wiring system inside the tupelo from shows the connection that controls the firing of the minds. each bracket has an electrical contract point in which the mine is fitted in the bracket. inside the tube is a rejected 60 withmeter mortar, filled flaky tnt. the ignition of the base charge propels it a distance of 60 four detonation. the effect is within 10 yards of the blast. hodges, daniels, inte

kabul a metre she says a collective visit to the graves of the victims could help members of the battalion to deal with their trauma they have faced accusations of cowardice for their role in the massacre she also urges to un and dutch government to admit that they send the dutch through. still an impossible mission it's also vague as you claim you have us if i was the prime minister i would be much more open about what happened just admit it a lot would change after this but in the netherlands it is so difficult to self reflect i know other soldiers are still struggling with this but i never had the feeling that i could have done more maybe no we sometimes wonder what we could have done but at that time we were totally overwhelmed it was total chaos the dallas. brody events in taipei needs our people in the netherlands and in boston yeah our for rafa connected only with that shared responsibility we can together prevent that genocide ever happens again on the european continent just like we promised after the 2nd world war a shared history that needs to be remembered together to make the

a♪ [dramatic music] >> salvaging trunks and a maintenance battalion area on okinawa. truck's are stripped and motors sent to shops for reconditioning. the motors are first placed on a conveyor where the subassembly is removed. they are checked to determine the extent of repair necessary. a steam jenny is used to give them a thorough cleaning. [loud steaming] various parts are removed and carried to engine stands where mechanics work on them. the valve assemblies are removed, and the blocks placed on stands where the machines are honed. old parts are reconditioned and used again where possible. the reconditioned motors are given a test shakedown before being put to work again. also on okinawa, m4 tanks are quick to and modified antipersonnel mine, and electric squib from a bazooka rocket is used for an igniter, replacing the detonator and pressure igniter used on the original m2 a1. these antipersonnel mines have been used to protect, vehicles against suicide missions by enemy personnel. brackets to hold the mines are welded on the tank tourette. a wiring system inside

we should have them for everyone of our battalions. now we just have them in three battalions and two divisions. [please stand by] -- and information on our phones in terms of related announcements from the department. and i know that in your slide show today you talked about some of the duties that we're doing that may not come on the screen very often. but i got an explanation. because one of the things that came up was the concept of shared space and it had information terms of shared space between california and pacific. you're basically talking about the shared space in terms of the petition and the various restaurants. is that what we're talking about? >> that is correct. that is correct. we have to try to do it in a safe way. and we still have to be able to respond for medicals and/or fires, if necessary. and we have to be able to move tables out of the way, if necessary. hopefully we can do it in a way we don't have to move tables or block entrances to streets or alleys. so it's a difficult balance to have enough space for the

i was a baaal gone commander, and -- battalion commander, and in the nearly three years i served as a battalion commander, we had an annual commander in wisconsin where all of my units were together at one time for that two week annual training. so i add had my truck -- i had my truck units out there, i had my maintenance units out there, and then i had one company of military policemen. and we had this phenomenal e7 that was getting ready to exit the guard, and i was trying to get him to reenlist. again, just a phenomenal young leader x. he said, well, ma'am, i will reenlist if i can tase you, because they had to go through taser training. and so i said, okay, it's a deal. you can tase me and you're going to reenlist. so we did. we went into the taser training, i went through the training with the military police company, and we had a really phenomenal company commander. he went first. he wanted to make sure that he was the first one to be tased. so he was tased and then i was number two in the lineup. and that e7 tased me. horrible experience, i don't recommend it for anyone. but we

of hundreds of bus and young men to prime minister margaret and the former members of the dutch battalion has this message i think that the best what they should do is to travel to srebrenica together and be respected the victims only then they will show that they don't look away anymore how powerful would that image be we don't want to continue to put the blame but we want to be seen and heard former dutch soldier elise bedbug a bomb was 19 years old during the fall of her brain eater she says a collective visit to the graves of the victims could help members of the battalion to deal with their trauma they have faced accusations of cowardice for their role in the massacre she also urges to un and dutch government to admit that they send the dutch through. still an impossible mission itself so vague as you claim you have us if i was the prime minister i would be much more open about what happened just admit it a lot would change after this but in the netherlands it is so difficult to self reflect i know other soldiers are still struggling with this but i never had the feeling that i could

forces italy will be getting a couple of battalions so those countries could be happy for more u.s. forces poland secretary esper announced would be getting some more rotational forces although it's not clear yet whether those would be under a deal made with poland by laterally earlier so. inside nato countries really would like to see u.s. troops stay where they are and in fact to be increased not decreased in any way not necessarily moved out of germany so again i don't think any nato allies are cheering this move on so that begs the question terry how does this affect u.s. needle relations. you know again things have been worse between the u.s. and nato when president trump summarily announced he was going to make this move that he was going to pull troops out of germany nobody was warned and that was a cruel cruel surprise for both nato allies as well as even some u.s. military officials so this time in the secretary general's announcement and. i noted this very very carefully he said that the allies have been consulted on this move now i know that there was a meeting monday at

doctor modi's medical tent was set up as a 101st airborne battalion aid station. a local emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines. watch american history tv, friday night and over the weekend on c-span three. on february 1st, 1960, for college students that down to eat at a woodworth's lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina. joined by a black and white allies, they enjoyed harassment and threats, but the citizens continued for months. next, on real america, february one, the story of the greensboro for. extension interviews with three of the four students. archival footage are included in the award winning film from 2003, which documents the nonviolent protest that quickly lead to similar citizens throughout the south and helped energize the civil rights movements of the 1960s. we have the right to protest. this is a nonviolent movement. -- resistance. >> from the busboy cart in montgomery, alabama 1960, virtually nothing happened in the arena of civil rights. it was dead. absolutely dead. even martha luke earth do even martha luth

oakland fire battalion chief we talked to says they worked hard to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings. it was reported at about 3:20 this morning and quickly tore through the four plex. joseph hanson who lives there say his roommate woke him up and said people who lived in the two other occupied units got out. another unit was vacant. hanson didn't think thinks cat your survived but they were rescued by the firefighters. crews are to leave the building because part of the inside and roof collapsed. active flames have been knocked down. firefighters will likely be at the scene for hours. hanson credits his roommate for saving his life. we spoke to her, and she says she is not a hero but did what she had to do. >> i opened the door to the back deck, and that is profoundly on fire. the staircase just all the way up in my face, i wokep my roommate and grabbed like my essentials and i left. >> reporter: thank goodness for the quick thinking. we will end on this live look at the building one more time. again, this is a four-plex in oakland. 31st and mlk, jr way in oakland. now the

doctor modi's medical tent was set up as a 101st airborne battalion aid station. a local emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines. watch american history tv, friday night and over the weekend on c-span three. on february 1st, 1960, for college students that down to eat at a woodworth's lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina. joined by a black and white allies, they enjoyed harassment and threats, but the citizens continued for months. next, on real america, february one, the story of the greensboro for. extension interviews with three of the four students.

they suffered the greatest casualties of any battalion in the most decorated. one u.s.ator, the late senator in a way, one away from hawaii, was a member of the 442nd, he lost an arm during the war. so they fought violently but there were other internees in camp, young man, who resisted the draft. this is a little known, little told story. and they said, as long as they are being locked up simply because of our race, why should we fight for a country that treats us like this? and they refused to go. they were known as the resist airs. many of them were convicted, sent to prison finally president truman, after the war, pardon them all but it was sort of a mixed thing because the army treated them as a special -- as they also did with african american soldiers during the war it was a segregated army and they fought for their country, they suffered and died for their country but they were not treated as real americans. >> in fact there were a series of questions asked about people in internment camps. here are a sample related to service. question 27 in this floaty form, a

. >> i had battalion chiefs, captain, training chief who are watching me do my test, whereas other employeesho did the same test only had a captain watching them. >> he says that he received obscene photos of black women and men from colleagues. the captain asked if he was going to get a gold grill to match his lapel and belt buckle when he is promoted to chief. city manager said we cannot comment on a case and litigation. >>> words daily hopes of a the highway patrol more diverse. stanley is the first black commissioner from the chp. the agency is 60 percent white. latinas make a quarter of the force. african-americans make three percent of the rings. >>> a black lives matter meryl is outside of the palo alto city hall causing controversy. the black liberation army was convicted of murder of the new jersey state trooper 1973. she is known as astonishing core, skipping prison in 1979, officials believe that she's been living in cuba ever since. >> it's part of a bigger conversation, complicated history of police, and abusive citizens. >> she murdered a young state trooper. police officers ri

the only way of the mountain was a cable car surrounded by a battalion of other troops. you couldn't storm it. you could drop paratroopers out of the sky because at 7,000 feet. there was no field, you couldn't land the plane. so he came up with this idea of coming in with lighters. five made it into the other seven were blown off or crashed. the five came in on a mountaintop, he leaves his men to the fortress where mussolini is hidden and the italians give up without much of a fight and three nights later there's scorsese, mussolini to hitler and hitler is overjoyed to. i want you to head to the occupation that's another impossible mission to target a. that he takes this challenge he assembles his team and there is a major problem she doesn't know where or when or if it is going to take place. oddly enough in the fall of 1943 it's the same problem facing if they are and on november 2, fdr calls into the oval office the head of the secret service detail and gets a special mention to to find out if a meeting is going to take place. at 31-years-old, former college star in m

get some extra buildings, maybe italy will get more money come also having to house a couple of battalionseing sent there. allies are not in favor of this. this is a u.s. decision. they don't really have a choice. i think everyone is looking forward to seeing how it is implemented and if there's a chance. brent: to both of you, thank you. let's take the story across the atlantic. oliver's covering the story for us in washington. donald trump said today they are not paying their bills, so we are reducing the troops, it sums like the motivation is to punish germany. is that what we're talking about, retribution? >> that is the official reasoning, it really looks like it. of course, president trump is having the electorate on his mind. you just mentioned it, we are getting closer to the election. germany has been a popular scapegoat for donald trump. he wants to present results of the threats he's made throughout his whole presidency to withdraw troops. experts told us today that withdrawing these troops would not punish germany, they would rather punish the u.s. of course, nato as a whole an

of hundreds of bus and young men to prime minister margaret and the former members of the dutch battalion has this message i think that the best what they should do is to travel to strip in its act together and be respected the victims only then they will show that they don't look away anymore how powerful would that image be we don't want to continue to put the blame but we want to be seen and heard former dutch soldier elise bed burka bomb was 19 years old during the fall of her brain eater she says a collective visit to the graves of the victims could help members of the battalion to deal with their trauma they have faced accusations of cowardice for their role in the massacre she also urges to un and dutch government to admit that they send the dutch through. still an impossible mission exile so vague as. if i was the prime minister i would be much more open about what happened just admit it a lot would change after this but in the netherlands it is so difficult to self reflect i know other soldiers are still struggling with this but i never had the feeling that i could have done more

dutch battalion of the un blue helmets was supposed to defend the year when safe haven but many soldiers looked on as not it had the men and boys rounded up. they were taken away and murdered in mass shootings over 8000 but there was more horror to come. i mean the perpetrators went back to the original mass grave sites and to cover up the evidence they use heavy machinery they went back to the original sites and dug up bodies from primary locations and moved them to multiple secondary locations often 50 kilometers away from each other the u.s. detected the genocide by analyzing satellite images victims had been very cross serbian controlled eastern bosnia some skeletons were torn apart then years later under the eyes of the bosnian serb authorities their dead work soon. so this went back to the forensic pathologist who would look at cause and manner of death which was often difficult because heads would be missing i mean it wasn't always possible to to see bullet wounds because often they were executed in the head of the head is missing and i'm getting into the gory details but this req

maria got to see it she henri's latest designs in a lavishly produced film it's a collaboration with battalion star director mike taylor groaning you might think that without the shows every label is on the same level but some make and. others produce short films in the style of stanley kubrick summer clothes others experimental and some cost as much as a movie. or designer julianne fournier has also had to adjust to the new normal due to. the coronavirus pandemic his studio in paris was closed for weeks. now all of the employees wear masks and are working at top speed on the new collection. distress alone took 400 working hours to create. that. after 11 years this was a moment for me to take time out to rejuvenate my label reflect on my destiny and establish the right balance again. back in january julie in $48.00 was presenting his previous collection on the catwalk now he's presenting his latest designs in a film shot at a film studio in it he reveals how an old quote toward dress is created still for him fashion shows aren't replaceable. about movement about the luminous reflection of the

we did just talk to an oakland fire battalion chief and got some new information. we will start out by taking a live look at the scene now and break down exactly what we know. you are looking at the four plex on 31st and martin luther king jr. way. now that the sun is up, you're getting a good look at exactly how extensive this damage is. battalion chief heather mosby said all nine residents living in this building got out safely. firefighters also rescued two cats and reunited them with their owner. one firefighter was treated for a hand injury. the calls came in at 3:20 am this morning for the fire that possibly started outside the building in a courtyard area. but we don't know how. they are investing the cause but it does not appear to be suspicious. 45 firefighters rushed to the scene and were inside the building for 25 minutes trying to put out the flames but the damage is extensive. the roof collapsed and there is a lot of other smoke, fire and water damage. crews worked hard and mosby credits them for not allowing it to spread to other buildings. she talked

we have delivered vehicles for battalions and two more to be outfitted to battalions that need it. we're now looking at december to finalizing this project. builder is pushing this. we trying to make sure -- [indiscernible]. also we push back on that make sure we don't delay more. we have floors finished up this week. we finalized solar panels to this building too. this is some of the pictures that we have. it's very close to finalizing. this is the solar panels on the roof that was installed this week. very efficient green building. this is the interior on the left hand side. the next phase is the connection to pg&e. human resources quite busy with retirement. we have 27 in the month of june and total of 65 for the fiscal year '19-'20. they were quite busy processing those retirements. i want to say brother green, we'll miss him and i wanted to say it again, we're going to miss him dearly. can't be replaced. with that, i will leave you for questions. >> president covington: any public comment? >> caller would you like to make public comment? caller seven, would you like to make pu

army battalion surgeon in carlisle, pennsylvania. dr. moody's medical tent was set up as a 101st airborne battalion aid station. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv. on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, japan, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america. the 1996 film "the spirit of hiroshima." featuring the stories of bombing survivors. then on sunday, at 4:55 p.m. eastern, on oral histories, eugene talks about his assignment to the manhattan project and working on the nagasaki bomb. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, an exhibit at the american university museum. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> book tv on c-span 2 has top, nonfiction books and authors every weekend. coming up sunday at noon eastern on in depth, our live, two-hour conversation with u.s. combat veteran and r

her brain eater she says a collective visit to the graves of the victims could help members of the battalion to deal with their trauma they have faced accusations of cowardice for their role in the massacre she also urges to un and dutch government to admit that they send the dutch through. still an impossible mission itself of acres of us if i was the prime minister i would be much more open about what happened just admit it a lot would change after this but in the netherlands it is so difficult to self reflect i know other soldiers are still struggling with this but i never had the feeling that i could have done more maybe no we sometimes wonder what we could have done but at that time we were totally overwhelmed it was total chaos the. brody events in taipei needs our people in the netherlands and in boston yeah our for rafa connected only with that shared responsibility we can together prevent that genocide ever happens again on the european continent just like we promised after the 2nd world war a shared history that needs to be remembered together to make the dark chapter of subway nee

the last thing a company commander in the army wants to do is make the phone call to his or her battalion commander to say i have had a an allegation of a rape in my unit this is viewed in many cases as a failure to command that will adversely then affect their career sometimes you'd see a guy get for 5 years for selling minor mother drugs and you see a guy get you know 2 weeks of duty for rape that the military hides behind this notion that it is really really hard almost impossible to prosecute rape but when you look at prosecution rates in the 2010 department of defense reports you begin with 2410 unrestricted reports and 748 were strict it what that means is they've already funneled 748 sexual assault victims into a system that has absolutely no adjudication whatsoever. then you take the 2410 that have been reported of those they identify 3223 perpetrators know what happens once you send a perpetrator over to command well the command has just completely unfettered discretion to do whatever it is they want and what is it that they do do 1st off they dropped $910.00 of them they just do