for every 50 convoys we bring in, a marine have killed or wounded. we know the reality of a volatile global oil mark. every time the cost goes up $1 a barrel, it costs $30 million in extra fuel costs. these price spikes to have be paid for out of the operational funds. that means the sailors and marines are forced to steam less, fly less, and train less. for these reasons we have to be relentless in the pursuit of energy goals that will continue to make us more effective fighting force and our military and our nation more energy independent. as much as we have focused on our fleets, assets, and ships, aircrafts, vehicles and submarines, they don't sail, fly, drive, or dive without the men and women who wear the uniform and their families. they have taken care of us. they have kept the faith with us. we owe them no less. the commitment to sailors, marines, and their families is there whether they service four years or 40. it begins the moment they raise their hand and take the oath to defend our country. it continues through the training and education

we asked them first what are the marines saying right now about con thien. >> well, mike, if the marine happens to be an infantryman, he feels he'd rather be someplace else. i've heard a lot of marines say that con thien is a very poor place to defend because the marines conditions move out on the ground with infantry men and with tanks to attack the positions from which the north vietnamese are firing their artillery. that's in the under side of the border. if the marines were to pull back 5 or 10 miles in the north vietnamese were to follow them with their artillery, the communists would in longer be vulnerable from counter attack on the ground. the marine rifle men on con thien or grunts as they calls themselves would rather be anywhere out on an operation marching or back at the rear sleeping, anywhere but con thien. in their simple teenaged november, they don't understand the significance of holding on to what you've got or as it's said in the orient, saving face. the pentagon gives orders to the generals and the generals give orders to the colonels and so on and all the orders are

this is particularly true for the marine corps. with respect to the realignment of the u.s. marines on oakkinao we have advocated changes to the current plan in ways that support the strategic goals of the u.s. military posture in the region while also accounted for the fiscal, political, and diplomatic realities associated with long-term sustainability. last month, the u.s. and japan announced that they intend to amend certain elements of the plan, including the delinking of the movement of marines off okinawa from the progress on the replacement facility, and adjusting the unit composition and a number of marines that will move to guam. as the details are finalized, it is important that any changes be jointly agreed upon and jointly announced with japan with a goal of achieving a more viable and sustainable u.s. presence in japan and on guam. as we discussed the budget issues here at home, our thoughts are principally focused on places far from here. nearly 20,000 marines are partners with an approximately equal number of afghan security forces in afghanistan, in the effor

first at camp lejeune the marine corps says this is what happened.nd then we find out that that's not the truth. >> compliance is a number one priority for us. we're talking about the health and welfare of our marines and their families. >> the chemicals were first discovered in the early 1980s. the base was trying to determine the source. as soon as they discovered the source of the chemicals, that well was shut down. >> when i first started looking into this as someone who knew nothing about camp lejeune, the first thing i wanted to know was what happened. as i've started reading what happened, i could hear in my mind the technicians talking. why aren't you doing something about it? why are you still using this water? i went looking and found mike hargett. >> we had recognized some contaminants that we didn't expect to see. i went on base and we went to talk with some personnel in public works. >> now, was this a civilian? >> no, this was a uniformed personnel. uniformed officer. >> do you recall his rank? >> he was a major. it was a very brief mee

>> the marine corps was, from what i understand, the national science foundation directed the marine corps to pose these documents in a library on their website, because it had "nsf" at the end of the url, and was a typical, what i call a typical military maneuver. when they did it, they did not vet it very well. they probably had two low level guys in there, scanning the things, and they posted. they had internal email, stuck with people's names, phone numbers. it was a violation of the privacy act. number one. number two, there were some really damaging documents in there, dimming for them, and i was in virginia when tom called me and told me they had posted these library documents, and i said while. no kidding? -- i said wow. i was with a friend, helping to clear some land, and when i got home, i started looking at this, and i thought, my god, this is the holy grail. >> where were you born? >> pennsylvania. >> what down? >> chambersburg, but then i grew up outside of hershey, pa.. >> where do you live now? >> north carolina. >> do you live near jacksonville? >> i am miles up from

>> 100%. >> what kind of support are the marines getting? westmoreland says the americans are responding with the greats concentration of conventional fire power in history. the u.s. artillery fire is ten times greater than the enemies. it comes from the outpost corners of what is called leather neck square. from these big guns at camp carol. the batteries fire off as many as 10,000 shells daily. lobbing them over the heads of the men of con thien deep in to the demilitarized zone. and then there are the b-52 bombers striking from nearby thailand. they pound the zone day in, day out, with tons of explosives. with this saturation, why haven't the north vietnamese positions been destroyed? marine commanders say the enemy guns, most of them highly mobile, are out of deep caves and tunnels, only a direct hit can silence them. and there has been no silence at con thien. the story of how con thien came to be a miniature korea began last may. the marines there were in construction battalions clearing strips to help protect against attacks. the outp

and short of congress specifically going to a marine or marine family and authorizing, you know, on a unique basis care for that individual, i can't think of anything else short of waiting for the science. >> well, i appreciate the efforts you and the secretary mabus are putting towards this. i also wanted to ask general amos about the joint strike fighter which we know is essential to operate and operate and move seamlessly from the sea to the air. i don't need to tell you about the aircraft capability of short takeoff and vertical landing because we know that that is key to preserving the strategic value of the amphibious capabilities and i'm pleased that secretary panetta has removed it from probationary status. it's scheduled to replace three aircraft currently in use by the marine corps which i understand is going to save $1 billion in operations and maintenance costs. additionally the timely fielding of the f-35-b will preserve the number of ships from which the u.s. can launch and strike aircraft. does the current production rate for the f-35 sufficiently address the projected

it may be that more marines are dying along the dmz than enemy. anyway, no one doubts the general's strategy of sacrificing 10 of his own for one american. and few here believe our own exage ratesed guesses at enemy casualties. the marines have not run any operations in the dmz since this summer because there are not enough regiments to be sure of victory. they stay fairly close to their bases. to within a few hundred yards for most. it begins to sound like a conventional war with a conventional front. and in a new years, the marines who have come down off con thien will talk as proudly as though who came back from the reservoir. what it all seems to mean is that american marines have been emitted to protect a outpost along a barrier originally conceived in controversy and cannot cannot be construct pd p what seems to be overlooked is the ability of the north vietnamese to case late this war 12e7 by step with washington. you begin to suspect that we've reached our limits when the generals are talking openly about an inflation of the north and the

how do we take that young marine that joined the service and make him a marine for life such that when he. then come out the other side and they greatest opportunity to learn a job, to go to cool. -- it is a significant effort, and it will take us. we probably won't see the real bin. right now i'm very optimistic. >> very exciting, and thank the marine corps for that great work. second mabus, i wonder if in light of the navy's need for strategic dispersal of undersea warfare assets, scl the clinic could comb through and give us your assessment of the marine patrol value of the submarine base in new london. >> the submarine base in new london is one of the key components to strategy just in terms of what you pointed out, the fact that we will be keeping attack submarines in a 40-60 split, atlantic-pacific. what mr. greenert testified to a little bit earlier, that it's. where the capacity and the meeting of these incredible warships are needed, and i also want to thank the state of connecticut is needed. they've addressed about 40 million dollar into the sub base there. so that we can ma

but the individual marines, thousands and thousands of soldiers and marines and sailors that have served in afghanistan. when they are told and understand the picture, they're the best salesmen on what they've accomplished in afghanistan. not to mention the fact that obviously, as you -- i mean, statistics and kinetic reductions and percentages, i can give you all those. it's impressive. when you look at what was going on. what the news media called a festering sore of afghanistan. you saw pictures of marjah. it's a bustling area. i've brought congressmen, senators. anybody, i brought them and walked them right down the market square slick with no armor, nothing. so, i mean, there's still stories that need to come back. but i also understand -- and we're sensitive to the fact -- and individual marines and soldiers and s.e.a.l.s are sensitive to the fact that they've got to maintain the highest levels of standards in afghanistan. because the impact of negative press, the impact of, you know, a marine or soldier being shot by an afghan soldier or police officer has a powerful impact. and t

that's 420 for the marine corps including 360bs and 80cs for the marines, the remainder "c" variant for navy. it's a capability that we need. it's a capability that the marine corps does not have a backup plan for. you correctly pointed out that the british when they retired their carrier. we did that to extend the life of the carrier to make sure we had the vertical takeoff and numbers of the f-35-b. >> thank you. mr. secretary, gerald r. ford cost overruns are $1 billion and i'm not sure how much it is complete. will the navy be asking for legislative relief from the cost cap of $600 billion? >> senator, not this year, but i'm certain we will be asking next year. >> is it accurate that there is at least $1 billion cost overrun on the gerald r. ford? >> i think it's accurate that it's at least $1 billion over the original estimate. and i think it's important to note what we have done to contain these costs. when i took office, we -- since i have taken office, we have recovered back the fee almost completely from the ship builder. that is building this carrier. so there -- whatever moni

a difference, and the marine corps appeared to be a way to do that. and so i chased that dream, and it had a clarifying effect. when you're at college, you often hear that, use this opportunity to discover what you want to do, and i think it is an amazing moment in life to discover what you want to do, but it really helps if you have a little bit of an idea going into it, and so i was able to kind of craft my studies based on my service going into the marines. this was in 2000, so it was before september 11th, and most of the missions that the marines were engaged on were peacekeeping missions so i wanted to have a better understanding of why ethnic violence happened in the world, and a mentor of mine who was an anthropologist at school told me there's only so much you can learn from books and if you really want to understand why something happens in the world you got to go someplace and actually put yuf into it. so i had taken some swahili classes with our starting line-up for the men's basketball team. we were all in class together and that was impo

the marine harbour lands are bounded on the east and west. on the south by marina boulevard and by the san francisco pay. the marine has 671 births in the two basins and the east bay some, a.k.a. the gashouse. the harbor is operated by the recreation and parks department. the management solution was granted in 1995 by the state of california with the stipulation is the hold in trust and use it for aquatics recreation and playground purposes. all uses, including those authorized by the legislature must take into account the overall principle of the trust doctrine. they are to be used from a public rather than an exclusive [unintelligible] the doctrine calls for broad public access to the tide line and the legislation therefore enhances the instrument of the lands that have historically been set apart for the public's benefit. the essential obligation of the state's is to manage the tidelands in order to implement or facilitate those trusts for all of the people of the state of california. the recreation and parks commission and department have

the idea that marines are where the politics send them give the marines one option which is wherever they are, there they are. we have to establish, you know, our sense of justice in humanity in the location we find ourselves. we don't choose them or make wars. we're sent to them. i wouldn't not have gone because my mission, my job always as a marine leader was to ensure that my ma reaps were well-led, and so i think really that's answering it in some ways what you're saying is choose carefully the wars we extend ourselves to, and the objective is always is peace. >> talking about officers and the freedom corp., and here we are, the "l.a. times" this week published photographs of the soldiers, really, with the remains of taliban fighters, and i'm wondering, a lot of analysis whether or not there's break down in the leaders and the men in the field and women in the field. what are your thoughts having been there on the courts course of duty. >> i department see the photographs -- >> but you know of them? >> i've been driving for the past 27 days issue and i can guess what they are lik

territorial waters that protect the marine environment. this is most notably important because it all began in 1975 with the designation of the "uss monitor" national marine sanctuary off the coast of cape hatteras. and the designation of that one site to protect the remains of the "uss monitor" have now grown into the premier marine protected network in the world. it was done, the monitor was -- in fact we have some people who can tell more about this than i can. the monitor was discovered in 1973 by john newton, doc edger on the and gordon watts as part of a research expedition off the coast of north carolina testing out new technologies and sonar with the monitor as their target. and lo and behold, they found the shipwreck at the time sitting on the high seas 18 miles off the coast depending how you measure it. about 18 miles off the coast of north carolina. outside of state waters and outside of u.s. territorial waters at the time. in '74, a year after she was found, the governor of north carolina requested that congress establish the

one marine is dead and another charged with killing him. and that has beened on eighth street southeast. they make police think this could be a hate crime and audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: witnesses say the two marines got into a verbal altercation. about 240 this morning. seconds later, 23-year-old phil up bushawn was fatally stabbed. we got our hands on surveillance tape from a nearby business showing the aftermath of the crime and steps away from the marine barrack. barrack's row is a go-to destination like adams morgan and there were plenty of people on the street when the two marines got into a scuffle. >> and one witness -- during a verbal altercation. >> and this grainy surveillance tape shows what happened seconds after the fatal encounter. people tried to help the 23- year-old who was unconscious and not responding. it was too late. he died at the hospital. another malone, 20-year-old michael post, stationed in d.c., is facing second-degree murder charges. >> and it's all tough. when you have two marines involved, it's reall

this past week, we did 35 marines. we had an individual drive all the way from oregoning to see six times. his brother was killed in vietnam as a company commander. he himself was a marine corps officer, he's the ceo of a very successful business but he's given up a week of his time. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in. it doesn't take very long to tell that these people are giving themselves for me so that chasm of trust is taken care of pretty quickly. i would say by wednesday of a sev seven-day program, these people start realizing these people care for me. then you're on the road to identification. that's when the demons start coming out and you find out a guy was with his company commander, the commander was killed, he feels guilty irrationally but true and he's never shared that. that's when you find out a guy's been behind curtains in his own apartment for two and a half years, the only person he's talked to is his clin nish yun and he never revealed he killed a marine accidentally because their sectors aligned

of the third marine aircraft wing from 2000 to 2002, retiring from the marine corps in 2003. he was inducted into the u.s. astronaut hall of fame in

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we think of marines fight anything the jungle, and deservedly so. they fought bravely for those six months outnumbered, certainly not, you know, undersupplied, underarmed. they held a perimeter arnold that airfield and saved the day. but let's also observe that if navy did not support them adequately, no amount of gallantry on the part of clifton case or vandegrift or any of their men would have saved them from the fate of their brothers. they would have been rolled up -- if navy had failed to supply them and protect them from nighttime reinforcements by the jalapeno -- japanese, there's really no chance for them. so the campaign needs to be understood in its full context which is a desperate struggle to refly the garrison undertaken by both sides which was really run by sea, so sea control as well as control of the skies around guadalcanal. this was a new mode of war far that america had never practiced before. one of the themes of the daddal canal campaign is one of underpreparation, rushed schedules that constantly got in the way of planning, for

corps, all 202,000 marines, then it begins to show again, and then you've got to treat it again. this is a leadership issue, senator. clearly, i'm not happy with it. and i have not said anything in motion with regards to whistle blowers specifically, but the marine corps understands, they've gotten the message loud and clear that, number one, this is leadership issue, number two, it's their responsibility, and number three, it's absolutely, without exception, unacceptable behavior. and if found out, it's my full intention to prosecute it in every case. >> thank you very much for your efforts. >> thank you, senator. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, admiral, mr. secretary and general for being here today. appreciate it and your service to our country. admiral greenert, admiral lockleer has described the virginia class submarine as the backbone of our attack submarine force. based on the line of questioning you just had with senator reed, you said that the slipping of the virginia class production will exacerbate the shortfall that we're going to see going forward. i have a coupl

a marine charged with murder with murdering another marine is expected in court today. athappened in southeast d.c. a sporting goods store outside. jummy olabanji has more. >> that marine accused of this 20-old michael, faces a second-degree murder charges. people are wondering how an alleged argument ended with murder. >> this began with an exchange of words. >> the 23-rolled philip was gettingto death after the 20-argument with e, a fellowchael pop marine. >> sometimes things get out of was way over the top and it was marine on marine, which makes it a double tragedy if. >> the stabbing happened at 2:40 morning in southeast near the marine barracks. allegedly shouted an anti- s before pulling out a pocket knife and stabbing philip in the chest. by marineabbed to flee thee trying scene, allegedly. the accused killer was stationed in the district. living near the marine stunned, wondering why this happened. >> the marines are part of the so this is shocking. >> d.c. police are leading the investigation. they are being assisted by the ncis. no word on a possible motive.

we had a marine whose brother was killed in vietnam. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in as a team leader from wyoming, it doesn't take a fi beta cappa to tell, these people are giving themselves for me. i would say by wednesday of a seven-day program these people start realizing, these people care about me. then you're on the road to identification. that's when you find the demons. the company commander was killed, he feels guilty, irrationally but true, he's never shared that with a clinici clinician. he's never divulged to his clinician that he killed a marine accidentally because their sectors aligned with each other. so i think that we have no foolproof system, but the power of the corps, the power of the army, clearly as a team, cohesion. if you can restore that to what degree you can restore that, then you're on the road to a good program. there's no shortage of people that come and chronicle their experience with a clinician. and they're not damning the clinician at all, but the clinician simply does not understand the individu

. >>> a marine stabbed to death, another marine was the killer. it happened this morning on barracks row. news4's darcy spencer joins us now live from the first district police station in southwest washington where police have just finished a news conference. darcy? >> reporter: well, chris, yeah, lieutenant with the homicide branch finished that briefing. as you said, this involves two marines. one marine is the victim of this fatal stabbing. the other marine is a suspect and he's in custody. he's been charged with murder. now, police are also indicating that the suspect apparently made some sort of homophobic remark prior to the stabbing. that's all part of this investigation. now this all happened around 2:40 this morning in the 700 block of ace street in southeast washington. that's near the marine corps barracks. we are told there was some sort of argument that happened on the street. that remark was made, the homophobic remark was made and then the victim was stabbed. now, the victim has been identified as 23-year-old philip bushong of camp

new details and to a local marine murder investigation. a possible motive. later, the capitals of bring the series home. nbc news at 11:00 -- abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00 on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪>> the first round of wet weather moved through earlier but the heavy stuff is right around the corner. >> steve rudin is tracking everything. he joins us live with the first check on the forecast. >> round number-one is over with. the cold front moving across the mid-atlantic. that will put an end to the rain, at least for the next couple of hours. look at doppler radar. showers concentrated across the delmarva peninsula, but nothing within the beltway. the cold front has come and gone, but our attention lies a little bit towards the south off the coast of the carolinas. an area of low pressure will develop. it will become a mid-spring nor'easter. we are talking about rain for the metro area. a lot of snow potentially. you will not have to go very far. we will

she started approaching the marines. at this point, i had never killed anyone, and so it was definitely made me pause, but also the fact that it's not a man. it was difficult. we tried to radio the marines to let them handle it. i didn't want to have to be the one to take the woman's life. we couldn't reach them on the radio, so i ended up having to take the shot, but in my mind, she was dead anyway. she was going to kill herself with the grenade as a suicide bomber or die by my bullet, and i'd rather shoot her than to sit there and watch her blow up the marines. >> host: mr. kyle writes, "as the americans organized, the woman took something from beneath the clothes and yanked at it. she set a grenade. i didn't realize it at first. looks yell lee, i told the chief describing what i saw. it's a grenade. it's a chinese grenade. take a shot. i hesitated. they tried to get the marines on the radio. we couldn't reach them. shoot! i pushed my finger against the trigger, i shot. grenade dropped. i fired again as the grenade blu

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up on a hill of marine corps base rest two 13 foot crosses originally erected by marines grieving overives lost on the war on terror this site has become grounds for controversy. >> it's not a religious spot at all. it's a place for the marines to grieve and to grow. let go of the burden of what they have in their soul that they can go back down that hill back into battle and put their own life on the line. >> karen mendoza's husband was one of 7 marines who originally planted a cross here back in 2003. of those original 7 three have since been killed in action including karen's husband ray. >> it's a symbol of sacrifice regardless of what you think, pray, like or don't like. >> not everyone agrees. several atheist groups argued it was a religious symbol and violates church and state. >> they need to go to a private institution. we need to stick to things that maintains neutrality towards government. >> getting to the crosses is no easy task. you see sorrow and it represents the burden and battle to make a it 3,000 foot climb up this hill. >> it wasn't intended to be a religious memori

. >>> a marine stabbed to death in d.c. allegedly by another marine. the surveillance video captures the aftermath. >>> and three more agents out of a job over a secret service prostitution scandal. new, will members of congress be speaking out. >>> and he was known as richard nixon's hatchetman. a key player in the watergate scandal dies in the local hospital. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm maureen umeh. >> caught on tape. a marina is dead and another is facing charges after stabbing on barracks row in southeast. more shocking, investigators are trying to determine if this is a hate crime. audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: the victim, 23- year-old phillip from camp lejeune was days away from being discharged from the marines and is no dead. witnesses say he got into an altercation with the fellow marine, michael post, who is in police custody facing murder charges. the cameras from a business on 8th street capture the aftermath of the stabbing. passers by rushing to help. and ambulance frying to arrive and transport him, who is uncons

marine in the district. the suspect, a fellow marine, face the judge for the first time this afternoon. the lance corporal was stabbed to death early saturday morning on eighth st. se near the marine barracks. the tonight, we are getting a first look at surveillance video from the murder scene. >> the defendants michael pope, is now formally charged with second-degree murder. these court documents shed some light on the facts in the case, including what we are told is an exchange between pope and the victim. he told him he was going to stab him just before the stabbing. we also have some video that shows some of what happened that night. >> this surveillance video shows a chaotic scene, marine corps officers pursuing a personal interest, people hugging, -- >> and it is a tragedy. >> you can see first responders wheeling the victim to the ambulance. >> it is a terrible feeling that we live right on the street and there could not have been some way to stop this. >> today in court is accused attacker, fellow ma

roadway linking san francisco and marin county is being reduced to a pile of rubble. take a look from sky7hd. this is a live look. the project begin friday night. this morning, crews are moving in to start laying down the replacement road. john alston is keeping an eye on the work and is joining us live now. hi, john, you've got the latest. >> reporter: that is right. good morning. all the major demolition is done. actually the replacement road is already starting to take life. you can see behind me, the temporary roadway is done for the most part. it's alongside the debris that was knocked down over the past couple days. it was paved last night but it needs to be striped. from sky7hd you get a big picture. there was been a ballet for the past 60 hours, knocking down and building the brand-new road at the same time. 24 hours still to go. officials say they are still on schedule. today lab critical day. >> so everybody is ready for the change but we still need to get there. people stayed off the roads which were great. we're asking them to do the same. we have a lot of

marines. ,ources said the two marines bushong and michael poth, got into a street around 2:30 saturday morning. >> two marines, it is unfortunate. philipdefense -- g was pronounced dead at the hospital. poth has not yet been charged. we feel leap -- we feel safe been across from the barracks. >> my heart goes out to the families. it is a shame. just learned some new information. poth is in police custody. the weapon was a pocket knife. f second-s charges o degree murder. he is due in court on monday. the district.y in for whoeverooking last nightwo people trunk of them into the their car. on 14th street and columbia heights. d.c. police said the suspect man intoe woman and a trunk of the vehicle. the plot was foiled by a manual transmission. according to investigators, the a stick could not drive shift. had the male victim drive for him. victim of in chilly jumped out of the car. -- jumped out of the car. metro transit police say the old that went g last night has been found unharmed. investigators are still questioning the woman she was with. >> a vicious animal attack caught on tape.

bush was fatality stabbed. >> two fellow marines.s unfortunate that one of them killed another one. >> a defense official says marine guards subdued both. he has been charged with second degree murder. >> my heart goes out to the family. it's a shame certainly not something that should happen. >> police believe the two men did not know each other before the fight. >>> a maryland several rights leader -- civil rights leader is busted for alleged maryland position. carl snowden was arrested on friday after police say they found a small amount of pot on him. this comes days after he stepped down from the attorney district office. >>> put ads on fire trucks to reduce the deficit? one organization's ad may cause some alarms to go off. >> the bright red means dollar signs to counsel man welsh. >> these are out of the box times. you need out of the box approaches to create addition nol revenue. >> the mayor said three companies can cause because of the shortfall. >> hess proposing -- he is proposing legislation that would let the fire truck

the marines didn't make this official site of marines. this was done by seven men on their own.if the atheist marines pick another hilltop and build their own memorial, why can't they? >> if it is off the 125,000 acres at camp pendleton that's fine. the reason we're talking about it today, obviously it is not invisible. it is real. we know about it and the sufficient rans of it is an example of sanctioning by the government. so the government is responsible for tolerating this symbol which is a christian symbol. it is a not a jewish symbol. it is not a sectarian symbol. all our monuments are important monuments do not have religious overtone. individual graves at arlington reflect the individual belief system of person that died in honor of their country. not a statement for all military when we put a cross, star of david or atheist sign on the tombstone of somebody at arlington that gave their life. jon: that argument, these whether seven marines who hiked up 3,000 feet onto a hillside to erect a cross in mem which -- memory of their friends? >> when if i go up on the hill and

on the capabilities of the marine corps. operating in that theatre of operations. and one of the things i was more focused on than anything, i know marines can fight, is the question of how you get there and what i saw was that we were having a difficult time in determining how we were going to get there. as an example, i was up in bud da in in norway and a great big norwegianen air force general got very annoyed with some of the things i was saying. he came over and punched me in the chest and said you can't come to my country and tell me how i'm going to fight my war. well, his boss, who was a three-star, told him to sit down and he reminded him, said anytime, said you've got to have something to fight with before you can fight. i thought that was a great answer for somebody who was getting very antagonistic. the following year, i went to the pacific area and gave about 50 pereiresentations and from t, we built a bidding block of unique and historic capabilities. number one was essential during the gulf war. the maritime positioning of ships. those ships would be

a fellow marine is accused in philip bushong. the killing happened this weekend near the marine barracks in southeast d.c.. we are live in northwest with latest on the investigation. tomorrow's appearance in by the man accused of his fellow marines will appearance in court. police still have not led to the argument to the stabbing. >> it is a shame. >> residents living near the stunned onecks are killings accused of another. >> that was way over the top. wasolice say philip bushong getting into an argument. he was not stationed in d.c., instead, he was serving in north carolina and was due to be discharged days from now. the accused killer, michael poth, was stationed in d.c. the police said the two had never met. detective said the stabbing at 2:40 saturday morning on eight straight -- 8th street. philip bushong died hours later. >> the marines are part of the community here. bushong had visited several bars the night he died. one bar manager says he was a guy and very light- hearted. hefor michael joseph poth, will, someone cha

marine corps. today's afghan soldiers are learning to engineering skills, artillery skills, medical and clerical, that are going to sustain it in the future. tore teaching the afghans lead themselves. they are a welcome stop against the injustice and cruelty. they are the future. >> general mills, now gen. toolan, have established those relationships with afghan counterparts. that gives the afghans a sense of strength, and knowing that that transition from one leader to another will endure, and the relationship with the afghans is never wavered. >> in addition, we're continuing our efforts with governance and development. we went up a couple months ago. why did we go there? it is the symbol of american ingenuity and development. we needed to convince citizens that there was some benefit in allowing us with their governance. >> in really bringing agri business to the forefront in helmand province, making farming and farmers more business farmers than just subsistence farmers -- that and really getti

so we tried to radio the marines to let them handle it. i didn't want to have to be the one to take the woman's life. we couldn't raise them on the radio, so i ended up having to take the shot. but in my mind she, she was dead anyway. she was either going to kill herself by the grenade being a suicide bomber, or she was going to die by my bullet. and i would rather shoot her than to sit there and watch her blow up the marines. >> host: chris kyle writes: as the americans organized, the woman took something from beneath her clothes and yanked at it. she'd set a grenade. i didn't realize it at first. looks yellow, i told the chief, describing what i saw as he watched himself. it's yellow, the body -- >> host: first call for chris kyle comes from arthur in norfolk, virginia. go ahead, arthur. >> caller: hey -- thank you for your service, everybody's service in iraq and afghanistan. my question is, if you could speak to the gold star mothers and wives on behalf of their sons and daughters who died over there, what would you tell them about, ab