carl vinson, my other hat, i am am lieutenant commander on the and served on the carl vinson, a great ship and thank you for your service as a shipmate. you are bringing up something very important that we have become better aware of. >> that's the relationship between concussions and brain injury and symptoms of mental illness. the unit i work on at walter reed specializes in tbi, traumatic brain injury and other psychological disturb applications that go with it. what it is telling us, the 45,000 plus veterans of desert storm of iraq and, also, afghanistan, that those who have concussive head injuries have a higher instance of psychological difficulties. now, with that, many times, they get misdiagnosed as simple psychological problems which, themselves, need to be treated. but when you look at the problems people may have with holding jobs, social relationships, marital quality, et cetera, focus of their attention, it is imports if you look upon those things as relates to concussions and brain injuries. for the v a. to have seven marks before you can be evaluated is wrong. twenty o

he has served as the commanding officer of the camden aoe2 and carl vinson and recently commanded the carrier strike group during the final deployment in 2012. we are proud he is a member and author-contributor. he recently served as the president of the naval war college. let's welcome vice admiral carter. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. it is a cool fall day. what a great chance to be here to start the 2014 naval history symposium. i'm honored to be up here with you to talk about what we are going to experience over the course of the day. pete daly just gave you a wonderful rundown of the magnificent speakers we are going to have today. for the benefit of the students as well as the naval academy midshipmen and all the wonderful folks in the audience, i feel like i would be remiss if i did not talk a little bit about why history is important and the significance of what we are doing right here at the united states naval academy. in 10 short days, the naval academy will celebrate its 169th anniversary as an institution. as i have come to know through my experience in the fleet

sailors, serving on board the aircraft carrier, carl vinson, we thank them for the great holiday messagend merry christmas to all of you. bill: and you as well. martha: see you back here soon. bye, everybody. jon: police across the country on high alert right now, being told to take extra precautions and wear those bullet-proof vests after two new york city officers were executed in cold blood. welcome to "happening now" on this monday. >> i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. great to have you back from your vacation. jon: great to be back. >> a lot going on. let's start off with this. two officers were ambushed in their pa control car on saturday afternoon, in brooklyn, new york. the suspect, 28-year-old. ismaaiyl brinsley. you see him right there. he fled the murder scene to a nearby subway station where he then took his own life. this morning we're learning new details that are being released about the alleged gunman including a very long criminal record and history of mental illness also. his potential motive for killing the officers. jon: david lee miller is live in brooklyn right n

sailors, serving on board the aircraft carrier, carl vinson, we thank them for the great holiday messages to all of you. bill: and you as well. martha: see you back here soon. bye, everybody. jon: police across the country on high alert right now, being told to take extra precautions and wear those bullet-proof vests after two new york city officers were executed in cold blood. welcome to "happening now" on this monday. >> i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. great to have you back from your vacation. jon: great to be back. >> a lot going on. let's start off with this. two officers were ambushed in their pa conol