, even though you're not in the physical location of the ctc box. that's what we're doing now to give you that better experience. but we're trying to eventually get you into the box itself at the ctc. that won't happen likely for most of our enablers, regardless of the regiment, until we see some relief from sequestration. not the answer you want, but that's -- >> let me also, jeff, turn to warren phipps in the crowd out there. if you could address that. warren phipps. first army west. specifically works and trains with combat. go ahead, warren. can you talk into the microphone? they're recording this. >> okay. it doesn't matter if you're active or reserve. we have an exercise for you. and just as general talley described, they replicate the battlefield from the bct boundary all the way back to the communication zone. we have a number of exercises where we can get you to those exercises, and with the ocs we provide, i have my own medical training task force that is specifically designed specifically to help in combination with the medical readiness

we will tell you the story trending this morning behind the a ctc drummer who was arrested. that's coming up. >> and looking into the investigation of whalast week'ss being blamed on one of its engines. this unmanned rocket blew up six seconds after lift off, last week. a company official said it was destroyed deliberately when they realized there was a problem. it turns out the problem was that one of its two main engines failed shortly after ignition. the engines were made in russia, during the 19-70's. orbital sciences, which owned the rocket, says it will likely stop using them. a newly published u-s army document approves the use of a controversial word to describe black or african-american personnel. the army regulation states that it is acceptable to use the word "negro". it's written in a "racial definitions" section of the document. an army spokesman could not say when the word was added, but he admitted it is outdated ... and, said it will be updated soon. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... the former navy seal who wrote about about th

this past fiscal year, 42 army national guard units supported 12 active component ctc rotations for brigade combat teams. in fy 14 we had seven guard protagss that integrated in active component battalion with an army national guard brigade. looking ahead, approximately 80 army guard units, that's around 6,000 guard soldiers, are supporting 13 active component bct, ctc rotations. we think that's a very good start. the army guard is flglad to be part of the effort. perhaps in the employment of those forces. there's significant opportunity for partnering, pairing and mission sharing within our current operational environment and the army national guard stands ready. thank you for allowing me to take part in the panel. >> thanks, judd. mike? >> thank you, sir. back in 1993, the congress passed aid national defense authorization act that required the secretary of army to stand up an active component force with the intent of reducing time it takes for post mobilization. that's a title 11 force. that's the force that first army is today. the however, the last 11 to 12 years, first army has not ha