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example, women who operate on unmanned aerial drones are allowed to employ in theater but not with infantry units. they're only allowed to stay back with artillery unit. so there is still, even amongst the most advance countries in overcoming these hurdles hurdles still remain. so i think it's a little bit naive to think all these issues are going to go away immediately. in part because of a lot of these developments are tactically driven. and so i'm very excited that came up as point of a conversation. my own research deals primarily with irregular armed groups. rebel groups, et cetera, insurgencies. and what we've seen is a lot of the developments in developing world military. for example, the sri lanka military, in response to
example, women who operate on unmanned aerial drones are allowed to employ in theater but not with infantry units. they're only allowed to stay back with artillery unit. so there is still, even amongst the most advance countries in overcoming these hurdles hurdles still remain. so i think it's a little bit naive to think all these issues are going to go away immediately. in part because of a lot of these developments are tactically driven. and so i'm very excited that came up as point of a...
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so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at point in time and we're in transition but the tell today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. and when they were first enlisting, therefore, they were given job choices. but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry, your job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation -- emptying toilets -- to drive destruct -- to drive trucks, to bury the dead or fix weapons, pretty much. supply and logistics would be another. so debbie, the oldest of the three, and michelle, the youngest, had chosen to become weapons mechanics. in michelle's case she thought, well, that's a safer job than driving a truck and i might not want to do some of the other kinds of work so, therefore weapons mechanic. in debbie's case, debbie loves guns. she could outshoot most of the men on the range she was a perfect shot, so she wanted to work on weapons out of a sense of maybe passion. so they wound up working together in afghanistan
so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at point in time and we're in transition but the tell today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. and when they were first enlisting, therefore, they were given job choices. but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry, your job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation -- emptying toilets -- to drive destruct...
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so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at this point in time, and we're in transition but still today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers, and when they were first enlisting, therefore they were given job choices but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry you job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation emptying toilets to drive trucks to bury the dead or fix weapons. pretty much. supply and logistics would be another. so both debbie, the oldest of the three and michelle, the youngest had chosen to become weapons mechanics. in michelle's case she thought well that's a safer job than driving a truck, and i might not want to do some of the other kinds of work, so, therefore weapons mechanic. in debbie's case, debbie loves guns. she could outshoot most of the men on the range. she was a perfect shot. she sort of really wanted to work on weapons out of a sense of maybe passion. so they wound up working together in afghanistan fixing broken
so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at this point in time, and we're in transition but still today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers, and when they were first enlisting, therefore they were given job choices but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry you job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation emptying toilets to drive trucks to bury...
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for example, women who operate unmanned drones are allowed to deploy in theater but not with infantry units. they are only allowed to stay back with artillery units. there is still, among the most advanced countries in overcoming hurdles, hurdle remain. i think it's a little bit naive to think all the issues are going to go away immediately, and in part because a lot of the developments are tactically driven, and i'm excited that that came up as a point of conversation. my own research deals primarily with rebel groups, et cetera, insurgencies, and we see developments in developing world, military for example the sri lanka military has an all-women unit in response to the high female participation and so the degree to which these developments are being external externally driven versus internally driven through changes in american culture or perceptions of the role of women in the work force et cetera, something that i would like to see you speak on because there does seem to be this tension in a conversation of the panel, and whether it's about manpower and shortages and getting the full s
for example, women who operate unmanned drones are allowed to deploy in theater but not with infantry units. they are only allowed to stay back with artillery units. there is still, among the most advanced countries in overcoming hurdles, hurdle remain. i think it's a little bit naive to think all the issues are going to go away immediately, and in part because a lot of the developments are tactically driven, and i'm excited that that came up as a point of conversation. my own research deals...
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a marine corps infantry unit that will be different than a so-called task force. but the important thing is we have a structure. as we have learned through previous lessons learned, we need to have a support structure there. there are some strategies there. when we place women with seminal occupational specialties in the unit, whether they are co-located with similar occupancy, or just leadership being there. i have personally watched a woman crash and burn because she did not have the support structure necessary. we moved out a little too quick. this was 20 years ago. in 1983. lord 1993. -- or 1993. they will have deliberative implementation plans that will be looked at and in stride we will be evaluating them every step of the way to make sure the women have the support they need to do well. because if they fail because we have in place the right support there, it will be very hard for us to get motivated volunteers to follow that same path. we want to do it right the first time so that we continue to generate the folks that want to come in behind them and do we
a marine corps infantry unit that will be different than a so-called task force. but the important thing is we have a structure. as we have learned through previous lessons learned, we need to have a support structure there. there are some strategies there. when we place women with seminal occupational specialties in the unit, whether they are co-located with similar occupancy, or just leadership being there. i have personally watched a woman crash and burn because she did not have the support...
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for example, women who operate unmanned aerial drones are allowed to deploy in theater but 99 infantry units. they're only allowed to stay back with artillery units. there is still even amongst the most advanced countries in overcoming these hurdles hurdles still remain. so it's a little bit naive to think that all these issues are going to go away immediately in part because a lot of these developments are tactically driven. and so i'm very excited that came up as a point of conversation. my own research deals primarily with irregular armed groups, rebel groups et cetera. insurgencies. and what we've seen is that a lot of the developments in developing world military, so for example the sri lankan military formed an all women's unit in response to the high levels of female participation in the tamil insurgency in sri lanka. so the degree to which these developments are being externally driven from our engagement in conflicts like iraq and afghanistan versus internally driven through changes in american culture or perceptions of the role of women in the workforce is something i'd like to see
for example, women who operate unmanned aerial drones are allowed to deploy in theater but 99 infantry units. they're only allowed to stay back with artillery units. there is still even amongst the most advanced countries in overcoming these hurdles hurdles still remain. so it's a little bit naive to think that all these issues are going to go away immediately in part because a lot of these developments are tactically driven. and so i'm very excited that came up as a point of conversation. my...
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so the indiana national guard consists of infantry units. and they are all male and in transition. today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. when they were enlisting therefore given the job choices so if you cannot be in the infantry. and the job choices are to do laundry, cook and do field sanitation and emptying toilets. and to bury the dead or to fix weapons. supply and logistics would be another so. db eet oldest of the three and michelle had a chosen to become weapons mechanics and in michelle's case she thought that is a safer job than driving a truck. and i may not want to do some of the other kinds of work. so therefore, weapons mechanic. and in debby's case debby loves guns and can out shoot most the men on the range. she was a perfect shot. and she sort of wanted to work on weapons out of a sense of passion. they wound up working together. in afghanistan fixing broken ak-47s and the reason that they were not working on the american weapons of the american guns were not breaking as often often enough to keep the team busy. the
so the indiana national guard consists of infantry units. and they are all male and in transition. today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. when they were enlisting therefore given the job choices so if you cannot be in the infantry. and the job choices are to do laundry, cook and do field sanitation and emptying toilets. and to bury the dead or to fix weapons. supply and logistics would be another so. db eet oldest of the three and michelle had a...
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submarine piece will be different than the surface ship, it will be different than a marine corps infantry unit. different than a combat unit. but the important thing is that we do have a structure there. as we have learned through previous lessons learned, we need to have a support structure there so there are strategy there is whether we place women with similar occupational specialties in the unit, whether they're co-located with similar occupancy or just leadership being there i have personally watched a woman crash and burn because she didn't have the support structure necessary because we moved out a little too quick this was 20 years ago in' t 93 but it was important we have the structure there. so when we come forward with the operations that are previously closed they'll have deliberate implementation plans that will be evaluated every step of the way to ensure women have the support they need to do well. if they fail because we haven't placed the right support, it will be very hard for us to get motivated volunteers to follow that same path. so we want to do it right the first time so
submarine piece will be different than the surface ship, it will be different than a marine corps infantry unit. different than a combat unit. but the important thing is that we do have a structure there. as we have learned through previous lessons learned, we need to have a support structure there so there are strategy there is whether we place women with similar occupational specialties in the unit, whether they're co-located with similar occupancy or just leadership being there i have...
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these will be units of various types, such as armor divisions, artillery battalions, infantry ordinancepanies or other units as the case may be. let's take the infantry and assume there are four divisions in the theater. and one division has become surplus. the theater commander will grade the men in all four divisions according to priority credit scores. select out the top 1/4 and designate these men as surplus. he will shift all the men remaining in the surplus division who are not surplus into the active divisions. then transfer all the surplus men into the surplus division, which will now serve as a vehicle for eventually returning them to the united states. remember, however, military necessity governs the selection and transfer. that means no man in a unit that remains in service can become surplus until a qualified replacement is available. if military necessity should entail the immediate transfer of a certain unit to the pacific, there may conceivably will no plan to move before the emergency transfer is made. consideration will be fwichbgiven to the men when they arrive in the
these will be units of various types, such as armor divisions, artillery battalions, infantry ordinancepanies or other units as the case may be. let's take the infantry and assume there are four divisions in the theater. and one division has become surplus. the theater commander will grade the men in all four divisions according to priority credit scores. select out the top 1/4 and designate these men as surplus. he will shift all the men remaining in the surplus division who are not surplus...
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these will be units of various types like armored divisions artillery battalions, infantry divisions,rdnance companies or other unit as the case may be. let us take the infantry as an example and assume there are four infantry divisions in the theater and one has become surplus. the theater commander will bring them in according to priority credits course. select the top four and designate these men. you will ensure all of the men in the surplus vision who are not surplus. then transfer all the surplus men into the surplus division which will serve as a vehicle for returning them to the united states. remember military necessity governs this transfer. that means no man in a unit can become surplus until a qualified replacement is available. if military necessity should entail the immediate transfer to the pacific, there may conceivably be no time to acquire that plan to the unit for the emergency transfers made. consideration will begin in these men when they arrive in the new year. the same processes will take place among low other types of surplus unit in the theater. but the type o
these will be units of various types like armored divisions artillery battalions, infantry divisions,rdnance companies or other unit as the case may be. let us take the infantry as an example and assume there are four infantry divisions in the theater and one has become surplus. the theater commander will bring them in according to priority credits course. select the top four and designate these men. you will ensure all of the men in the surplus vision who are not surplus. then transfer all the...
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the average, typical iraqi infantry unit is capable of manning check points and basically standing around going to make it difficult for them to hold any territory in anbar. >> a difficult kind of fighting they have to do now. thank you so much appreciate it. >>> one official calling the isis figure killed by the u.s. a cfo, a chief financial officer for the terror group. how big a blow is this to isis and their multimillion-dollar money machine? we'll talk about it, next. together since 2012. dinner is absolutely our favorite time together. i do notice that sometimes i eat better than her. i get my healthy bowl of beneful, and she eats a cheese stick and a cracker. that's what she ate last night. cheese stick and a cracker. can you believe what some people put in their bodies? (vo) beneful original is a healthy blend... ...your dog will love. with whole grains real beef and accents of vegetables. beneful. healthy with a side of happy. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it he
the average, typical iraqi infantry unit is capable of manning check points and basically standing around going to make it difficult for them to hold any territory in anbar. >> a difficult kind of fighting they have to do now. thank you so much appreciate it. >>> one official calling the isis figure killed by the u.s. a cfo, a chief financial officer for the terror group. how big a blow is this to isis and their multimillion-dollar money machine? we'll talk about it, next....
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fought between a con californiavy unit and a confederate -- the next morning lee sends out more troops to be able to take those trains because he believes the infantry men, the troops he has can overtake a cavalry unit in the area and get back to their supply trains. 597:30 in the morning another battle glins in the area when lee fairly soon discovers that general ord has arrived overnight with reinforcements and they have effectively cut off lee's approach back here to his supply trains. that battle lasts only to about 10:30 ton the morning when general lee sends his final message to general grant telling him he is now ready to surrender his army. you will notice here high bridge, this was going from farmville to appotomax. it crossed the appotomax river that you can see here. this photo was taken in august of 1865 when they were doing final repairs to the bridge after the war. we are going to go into the gallery and show you some of the items that we do have. some of them were specific here to appotomax. and of course our collection is very broad, very deep. so we have a lot of other interesting things to share with you as well. this sword here is
fought between a con californiavy unit and a confederate -- the next morning lee sends out more troops to be able to take those trains because he believes the infantry men, the troops he has can overtake a cavalry unit in the area and get back to their supply trains. 597:30 in the morning another battle glins in the area when lee fairly soon discovers that general ord has arrived overnight with reinforcements and they have effectively cut off lee's approach back here to his supply trains. that...
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they allow black soldiers to volunteer for duty as infantrymen in weight unit. 53 platoons of colored infantry were integrated into above an otherwise all-white divisions. many of those african-american soldiers surrender sergeant stripe they had earned as cooks and drivers and laborers for the privilege of being rifled. very many other surprises and discoveries in mississauga. i found that the franklin roosevelt library in hyde park new york for example a detailed account written by the atlanta funeral home director who had prepared franklin roosevelt body for burial and the president died at warm springs georgia on april 12, 1945. the document is as powerful in his minivan as it is clinical. after several hours spent injecting six bottles of embalming fluid into the president's veins and arteries this partition summer arthur prettyman, the president's balloting handed him a call and then had called the president's hair just told. john updike once said that world war ii was the 20th century's central myth. he called it a tale of stories. angles are infinite and his central figures never fail
they allow black soldiers to volunteer for duty as infantrymen in weight unit. 53 platoons of colored infantry were integrated into above an otherwise all-white divisions. many of those african-american soldiers surrender sergeant stripe they had earned as cooks and drivers and laborers for the privilege of being rifled. very many other surprises and discoveries in mississauga. i found that the franklin roosevelt library in hyde park new york for example a detailed account written by the...
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bill has been a re-enactor of the for the third team united states colored infantry for over 25 years. the u.s. colored troops promotes a greater awareness and understanding of african-american military service and sacrifice during the civil war. their lasting contribution to freedom and continued legacy and relevance to freedom and democracy. he has been a member of the tennessee civil war sesquicentennial commission since 2011. bill has made multiple appearances in television and historical documentaries and was a model for the first statue of an african-american civil war soldier in a national cemetery. please join me in welcoming both of our speakers. [ applause ] >> i'm sorry y'all. i was outside in the cold today. so now my allergies are kicking my tail. good afternoon, everybody. how are you doing? great. what i'm going to do is probably going to be a little bit different than what you would -- what you will expect. when i do interpretation, i usually do third person and not first. so if you were looking for an exact portrayal, i'm sorry. however, doing third person allows me t
bill has been a re-enactor of the for the third team united states colored infantry for over 25 years. the u.s. colored troops promotes a greater awareness and understanding of african-american military service and sacrifice during the civil war. their lasting contribution to freedom and continued legacy and relevance to freedom and democracy. he has been a member of the tennessee civil war sesquicentennial commission since 2011. bill has made multiple appearances in television and historical...
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fought between a con californiavy unit and a confederate -- the next morning lee sends out more troops to be able to take those trains because he believes the infantry men, the troops he has can overtake a cavalry unit in the area and get back to their supply trains. 597:30 in the morning another battle glins in the area when lee fairly soon discovers that general ord has arrived overnight with reinforcements and they have effectively cut off lee's approach back here to his supply trains. that battle lasts only to about 10:30 ton the morning when general lee sends his final message to general grant telling him he is now ready to surrender his army. you will notice here high bridge, this was going from farmville to appotomax. it crossed the appotomax river that you can see here. this photo was taken in august of 1865 when they were doing final repairs to the bridge after the war. we are going to go into the gallery and show you some of the items that we do have. some of them were specific here to appotomax. and of course our collection is very broad, very deep. so we have a lot of other interesting things to share with you as well. this sword here is
fought between a con californiavy unit and a confederate -- the next morning lee sends out more troops to be able to take those trains because he believes the infantry men, the troops he has can overtake a cavalry unit in the area and get back to their supply trains. 597:30 in the morning another battle glins in the area when lee fairly soon discovers that general ord has arrived overnight with reinforcements and they have effectively cut off lee's approach back here to his supply trains. that...
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does the united states ultimately have any impact in syria, will they need to commit ground forces? >> i don't think that you'll see infantry ground forces at the front. i think that you'll see logstitions, and what you see at the beginning of the iraq mission, because nobody does it cheeper than the united states. it's going to take a long time to bring the infantry forces in to fight the battle there. >> major mike lions from the u.s. army and also the national security contributor. >>> iran has released a cargo ship it seized last month following a court order. the marshall islands vessel was taken into custody by the iranian patrol boats as it mosqued through the sea. iran said that the firm that chartered the shim owed money to a continue. and the government has not said whether or not fees were paid to secure the release. giving a violence in negotiations with iran, the bill left congress' review. senior washington correspondent, mike viqueira is here with us now and democrats and republicans came together on this issue. >> 98-1, tony, and it started out so controversially. republican senators wrote to iran warning th
does the united states ultimately have any impact in syria, will they need to commit ground forces? >> i don't think that you'll see infantry ground forces at the front. i think that you'll see logstitions, and what you see at the beginning of the iraq mission, because nobody does it cheeper than the united states. it's going to take a long time to bring the infantry forces in to fight the battle there. >> major mike lions from the u.s. army and also the national security...
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infantry, the artillery, and the calvary. they fought. you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863, the north began to win more battles. the united states colored troops had a major role in this overall union victory. ♪ ♪ glory glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ glory, glory hallelujah ♪ glory, glory hallelujah, his truth is marching on ♪ ♪ >> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. bc so vile, shall think him so accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood. drawn from my country's bosom should be the more than streams of foreign gore. >> director of the folger shakespeare library talks about how they use quotes from their speeches. >> the poetic images, the sound in the rhymes. in the way in which senator byrd did, you can linger over a long phrase and keep going. i think he is using the rhythms of the language. which is something that shakespeare did so brilliant you. he can take english and put it into high gear, then he can slow down. that is something that shakespeare lets you do if you're a politician. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> good night, good night parting is such sweet sorrow. and it really i
infantry, the artillery, and the calvary. they fought. you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863, the north began to win more battles. the united states colored troops had a major role in this overall union victory. ♪ ♪ glory glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ glory, glory hallelujah ♪ glory, glory hallelujah, his truth is marching on ♪ ♪ >> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. bc so vile, shall think him so accursed that they were not here....
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was the only female out on most of them as a medic, they yanked me from whatever unit and we need medics on the infantry deployment, and one of the other battalions needed medics to search female and we did not have a vet team or anything like that, and, like, you can keep up, and added bonus, you're a medic, so they pulled me right in and no issues, just i went to work, and i was professional and they were professional. third deployment with fifth engineer battalion i served as a medic with route clearance, officially is a position that's off limits to females, but, again, they needed medics, couldn't leave the wire without them so i got pulled for that, and then shortly after i got back, i heard there was all the combat exclusion and like, exclusion? i had been doing this for a while now, and so i heard stories from friends of mine who did it. one before me told me about it, and she talked about k like the sisterhood and about these wonderful things these girls were doing and opportunities that we would have and it just -- and i just jumped on it as soon as i could. it was an awe opportunity, would do
was the only female out on most of them as a medic, they yanked me from whatever unit and we need medics on the infantry deployment, and one of the other battalions needed medics to search female and we did not have a vet team or anything like that, and, like, you can keep up, and added bonus, you're a medic, so they pulled me right in and no issues, just i went to work, and i was professional and they were professional. third deployment with fifth engineer battalion i served as a medic with...
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guest: 21 years in the united states army infantry and -- kosovo kuwait, afghanistan, and iraq. host: you put out a book called "we got him!" where were you? guest: i was inchoate, -- i was inchoate. i will -- i was in kuwait. i was not near the hole, but i did commit infantry during the hunt and the capture of
guest: 21 years in the united states army infantry and -- kosovo kuwait, afghanistan, and iraq. host: you put out a book called "we got him!" where were you? guest: i was inchoate, -- i was inchoate. i will -- i was in kuwait. i was not near the hole, but i did commit infantry during the hunt and the capture of
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guest: 21 years in the united states army infantry and -- kosovo kuwait, afghanistan, and iraq. host: you put out a book called "we got him!" where were you? guest: i was inchoate, -- i was inchoate. i will -- i was in kuwait. i was not near the hole, but i did commit infantry during the hunt and the capture of saddam. it was a six-month manhunt. that is what a lot of people are not aware of. i was able to get really indications on intelligence and other things and we were heavily involved because it was saddam's hometown, and ultimately pursuing these hometown connections that saddam had, we were able to get on this trail and over a six-month time period , he was captured. host: did you ever meet him? guest: i did not meet him personally. when he was captured, we did not want to make a zoo out of him, so he was secured in a little bird helicopter and phone to -- flown to to print, then to baghdad under great sick -- secrecy. i did great -- i did get to meet nefarious characters around him and we were able to pursue a lot of folks on the deck of cards. you may recall a lot of th
guest: 21 years in the united states army infantry and -- kosovo kuwait, afghanistan, and iraq. host: you put out a book called "we got him!" where were you? guest: i was inchoate, -- i was inchoate. i will -- i was in kuwait. i was not near the hole, but i did commit infantry during the hunt and the capture of saddam. it was a six-month manhunt. that is what a lot of people are not aware of. i was able to get really indications on intelligence and other things and we were heavily...
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nine months in northern ireland where i was assigned to the unit that i went through the actual battles with, namely, the fifth u.s. infantry division. i was attached to a regiment and my job was to interrogate prisoners for whatever tactical information they could give, and that's what i did. i went through the various campaigns. i went through normandy, not too much after d-day, and went through the various campaigns and also in luxembourg and later on in germany and first in the north and the rural area, and then another time in the south but at one time, we were called. i belonged to patent's -- patton's third army, and we ended up in czechoslovakia. this was toward the end of the war. we were in a town of -- we were in a town, and these were in the final stages of the war. it was becoming quite the is that it would soon be over but there were reports that the town a few miles away was ready to surrender because they were flying white flags from their houses, so it became my job along with a very small medical detachment and the military government detachment to go to that town and take the surrender. it was my job to s
nine months in northern ireland where i was assigned to the unit that i went through the actual battles with, namely, the fifth u.s. infantry division. i was attached to a regiment and my job was to interrogate prisoners for whatever tactical information they could give, and that's what i did. i went through the various campaigns. i went through normandy, not too much after d-day, and went through the various campaigns and also in luxembourg and later on in germany and first in the north and...
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should remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the united states and for freedom for generally. yesterday the 3rd u.s. infantry28,000 flags at grave sites to honor our nation's fallen heroes. [ playing taps ] th your family take a moment if you would, to reflect on those men and women who gave everything so that we could have the freedoms we so enjoy. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now -- mansion murder after an overnight arrest of the suspect in the killing of a prominent washington family charged with murder and makes his first court appearance. as gruesome new detail ease merge about the crime, prosecutors say others were involved. >>> terror expansion. isis on the move. grinding out new battlefield victories in syria and iraq. as the terrorist move closer to baghdad, will they try to take the iraqi capital? >>> and rocking out. while north korea's dictator cracks down on rivals at home his older brother is spotted singing along in an
should remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the united states and for freedom for generally. yesterday the 3rd u.s. infantry28,000 flags at grave sites to honor our nation's fallen heroes. [ playing taps ] th your family take a moment if you would, to reflect on those men and women who gave everything so that we could have the freedoms we so enjoy. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>>...
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they basically just yank me from whatever unit i was at and said we need medics on this mission. in the fourth infantry am a second appointment, one of the other infantry battalions needed medicine -- medics to search females. they were like you can keep up and you're a medic so the just pulled me right in. no issues there it i went to work and i was professional and they were professional. i served as a medic with route clearance. which officially is a position that is off-limits to females. again, they needed medics. they cannot leave without one. i got pulled for that. shortly after i came back i started hearing the whole think about the, exclusion. and i was like combating solution? -- exclusion? i been doing this for a while now. i started hearing stories from friends of mine. she told me about it. she talked about the sisterhood and how these wonderful things these girls were doing and the opportunities we would have. i jumped on it as soon as i could. it was an awesome opportunity. lemmon: i would do it again in a heartbeat, i've probably heard 750 times in the past two years. that is because --
they basically just yank me from whatever unit i was at and said we need medics on this mission. in the fourth infantry am a second appointment, one of the other infantry battalions needed medicine -- medics to search females. they were like you can keep up and you're a medic so the just pulled me right in. no issues there it i went to work and i was professional and they were professional. i served as a medic with route clearance. which officially is a position that is off-limits to females....
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infantry artillery and calvary, and they fought. so you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863 clearly the north or the union begin to win more battles and we think the unitedad a major role in the overall union victory. >> so can you tell me your name. >> my name is michael falco from new york city. i'm working on the civil war 150 pin hole project. i'm attending re-enactments as a 19th-century photographer. photographing those re-enactments as if the photographer was in the battle with the soldiers and trying to bring a little bit more imagination to the subject. >> why pin hole? >> i find pin hole camera there's no lens on this camera and so it creates these really kind of blurry soft focused images that i believe lends some imagining to this period and the pictures that i've been taking for the last few years. if you look at the pictures you really can't tell what century you're in. that's one of the things i wanted to play with and this whole idea this civil regard landscape that exists in this country still alive and well. you can visit the battlefields. those battlefields and 19th-century landscapes are in our midst. they've been protected for 150 ye
infantry artillery and calvary, and they fought. so you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863 clearly the north or the union begin to win more battles and we think the unitedad a major role in the overall union victory. >> so can you tell me your name. >> my name is michael falco from new york city. i'm working on the civil war 150 pin hole project. i'm attending re-enactments as a 19th-century photographer. photographing those re-enactments as if the photographer...
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infantry, artillery and calvary, and they fought. so you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863 clearly the north or the union begin to win more battles and we think the uniteds colored troops had a major role in the overall union victory. [snare drums and flutes] ♪ >> so can you tell me your name. >> my name is michael falco from new york city. i'm working on the civil war 150 pin hole project. i'm attending re-enactments as a 19th-century photographer. photographing those re-enactments as if the photographer was in the battle with the soldiers and trying to bring a little bit more imagination to the subject. >> why pin hole? >> i find pin hole camera, there's no lens on this camera and so it creates these really kind of blurry soft focused images that i believe lends some imagining to this period and the pictures that i've been taking for the last few years. if you look at the pictures you really can't tell what century you're in. that's one of the things i wanted to play with and this whole idea this civil regard landscape that exists in this country still alive and well. you can visit the battlefields. those battlefields and 19th-century landscapes are i
infantry, artillery and calvary, and they fought. so you have some fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863 clearly the north or the union begin to win more battles and we think the uniteds colored troops had a major role in the overall union victory. [snare drums and flutes] ♪ >> so can you tell me your name. >> my name is michael falco from new york city. i'm working on the civil war 150 pin hole project. i'm attending re-enactments as a 19th-century photographer....
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infantry known as the old guard, spent the day at the arlington cemetery in virginia, thousands of soldiers are buried there. and after memorial day the same unit will sweep the cemetery once again and many remove every flag. that's all our time. david schuster 1 back in a couple of minutes. ♪ ♪ hello everybody, this is al jazeera america. i'm david schuster in new york. >> gaining ground, from iraq to syria isil just eased another major city. the anger is growing and the anxiety is ratcheting up, our u.s. ground troops an option? coastal crisis, the chief up is underway after on oil spill ahonk the california shore. and but details are emerging about the cause and the company involved. the survivor, she is just 9.
infantry known as the old guard, spent the day at the arlington cemetery in virginia, thousands of soldiers are buried there. and after memorial day the same unit will sweep the cemetery once again and many remove every flag. that's all our time. david schuster 1 back in a couple of minutes. ♪ ♪ hello everybody, this is al jazeera america. i'm david schuster in new york. >> gaining ground, from iraq to syria isil just eased another major city. the anger is growing and the anxiety is...
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as a medic they basically just yanked me from whatever unit i was at and were like hey, we need medics on this mission, whether 4th infantry division on my second deployment, one of the other infantry battalions needed medics to help search the females and we didn't have a team or anything like that and they were like, well, you can keep up plus added bonus you're a medic. so they just pulled me right in. and no issues. just i went to work and i was a professional and they were professional. the deployment with 3rd engineer battalion where i served as a medic with route clearance which officially is a position that's off limits to females, but again, they needed medics, they couldn't leave the wire without them. so i got pulled. and shortly after i came back there was the whole thing about the combat exclusion. i was like, combat exclusion? i've been doing this for a while now. and i started hearing stories from friends of mine who had done it. demare was in the iteration before me and she had told me about it and she talked about like the sisterhood and about these wonderful things these girls were doing and these opportu
as a medic they basically just yanked me from whatever unit i was at and were like hey, we need medics on this mission, whether 4th infantry division on my second deployment, one of the other infantry battalions needed medics to help search the females and we didn't have a team or anything like that and they were like, well, you can keep up plus added bonus you're a medic. so they just pulled me right in. and no issues. just i went to work and i was a professional and they were professional....
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united states marine corps and going in civilian life. i wanted to be in business management, but didn't have a business degree, and had been in army, marine corps infantry and was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps specializing in amphibious warfare, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. so i ended up having to start my own business. but i can do that because i was a young person an officer, i had more savings than had i been an enlisted person. what do you all envision in terms of being able to broaden opportunities under the gi bill in terms of ojt, apprenticeship type training to be able to make it mark work related than going to school? would anybody like to comment on that? >> i might take a shot at it. >> go ahead. >> john? >> go ahead. >> let me say one quick thing, the gi bill is an education program this time. you need to go back to what your colleagues did in 1944. the gi bill encompassed the whole series of things, not the least of which was getting people ability to start a
united states marine corps and going in civilian life. i wanted to be in business management, but didn't have a business degree, and had been in army, marine corps infantry and was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps specializing in amphibious warfare, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. so i ended up having to start my own...
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united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young person, officer, i had more savings than had i been an enlisted person. what do you all envision being able to broaden opportunities under the g.i. bill in terms of o.j.t., apprenticeship-type training to make it work related than going to school? would anybody like to comment on that? >> i might take a shot at it. mr. rowan: let me say one quick thing. the g.i. bill is an education program this time. you need to go back to what your colleagues did in 1944. the g.i. bill encompassed a whole series of things, not the least of which was getting people ability to start a business. you couldn't have a business, almost, if it didn't say veteran taylor, veteran construction ve
united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young...
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united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young person, officer, i had more savings than had i been an enlisted person. what do you all envision being able to broaden opportunities under the g.i. bill in terms of o.j.t., apprenticeship-type training to make it work related than going to school? would anybody like to comment on that? >> i might take a shot at it. mr. rowan: let me say one quick thing. the g.i. bill is an education program this time. you need to go back to what your colleagues did in 1944. the g.i. bill encompassed a whole series of things, not the least of which was getting people ability to start a business. you couldn't have a business, almost, if it didn't say veteran taylor, veteran construction ve
united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young...
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united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young person, officer, i had more savings than had i been an enlisted person. what do you all envision being able to broaden opportunities under the g.i. bill in terms of o.j.t. apprenticeship-type training to make it work related than going to school? would anybody like to comment on that? >> i might take a shot at it. >> let me say one quick thing. the g.i. bill is an education program this time. you need to go back to what your colleagues did in 1944. mr. rowan: the g.i. bill encompassed a whole series of things, not the least of which was getting people ability to start a business. you couldn't have a business almost, if it didn't say veteran taylor veteran construction, v
united states marine corps and going into civilian life. i wanted to be in business management but didn't have a business degree and had an in the army and marine corps infantry and i was so frustrated at one time instead of putting on my resume that i had been an infantry officer in the marine corps, i put down i was involved in international real estate specializing in the acquisition of beachfront property. that didn't work. i had to start my own business. coy do that because i was a young...
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infantry from 1943 to 1946. he participated in several campaigns, including sar rhineland, central europe and the historic battle of the bulge. corporal whitaker received numeral medals, including the distinguished unititation, the bronze star, the purple heart, the good conduct medal the european theater medal with four battle stars and a world war ii victory medal. i thank him for his sacrifice to our nation and for the sacrifice all military personnel make to keep our country safe and free. we are forever indebted to this true hero of the greatest generation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, this morning i ask all my colleagues to join me in supporting h.res. 92, commemorating the 50th anniversary of project head start, launched in the white house rose garden on may 18, 1965, as a bold and audacious in its scope and design and as a project to launch against those who lived in poverty. president johnso
infantry from 1943 to 1946. he participated in several campaigns, including sar rhineland, central europe and the historic battle of the bulge. corporal whitaker received numeral medals, including the distinguished unititation, the bronze star, the purple heart, the good conduct medal the european theater medal with four battle stars and a world war ii victory medal. i thank him for his sacrifice to our nation and for the sacrifice all military personnel make to keep our country safe and free....
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infantry artillery and cavalry , and they fought. we had fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863, clearly, the union began to win more battles, and we think that the united states culture had a major -- colored troops had a major role in the union victory. ♪ [applause] narrator: the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house member plus a followedout map of capitol hill. the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy today. $13.95 through the cspan online store through c-span organize. paul quigley talks about how abraham lincoln's image has been adapted for different purposes since his death in 19 -- 1865. this lincoln
infantry artillery and cavalry , and they fought. we had fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863, clearly, the union began to win more battles, and we think that the united states culture had a major -- colored troops had a major role in the union victory. ♪ [applause] narrator: the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house member plus a followedout map of capitol hill. the president's cabinet, federal agencies and...