general david berger and the sergeant major of the marine corps, troy black.hank you. [applause] let us also show our profound appreciation to the 2019 grand marshal's of the parade who have served in world war ii, korea, vietnam, the gulf war and iraq. this morning is more than 30,000 patriotic americans lined the streets of manhattan, we carry on a noble tradition that began one century ago. in 1919, the people of this city filled block after block to welcome home general pershing and is 25,000 american soldiers after victory in world war i. before, many of those soldiers had boarded ships not far from here at hoboken port, more than 4 million americans boarded -- supported the great war and more than 116,000 made the ultimate sacrifice. dayhe 11th hour of the 11th of the 11th month in 1918, the armistice was declared and the war had come to an end and the allies achieved a great victory. every year -- every year since on november 11, we have shared our nation's deepest praise and gratitude to every citizen who is worn the uniform of the american army, navy,

it happens in the marine corps, it is bogged down and they were hitting us with mortars and they had machine guns up in front of us, and the marines do not go backwards. there, getither stay slaughtered, or go up the hill. i had to figure out something to get us out of the pickle. so i stood up and started running up the hill, and it was almost like an out of body experience. i talk about in the book. that is amazing to me is was probably running up the hill for a machine gun buffer for maybe five or eight seconds and i caught movement out of the corner of my eye, and i rolled ofa soldier, and it was one my squad leaders and the whole company was coming up behind him. we got out of the pickle. way to gete right out of a pickle, and unfortunately, it does not come cheap. it is a hard lesson. >> in the frontline generation, you share a slightly different reason for joining the military. one was your parents were decidedly unhappy about. what was it like to have proud parents who nonetheless were skeptical about you serving? >> you are referring to the line i think where my mom says, you

that is the quantico marine corps band to help celebrate the marine corps' 244th birthday.gue tavern in philadelphia, and we are honoring them today. ed: maybe they'll serenade a new baby. [laughter] jedediah: it's amazing when you see that patriotism, it always almost brings me to tears. it's just to beautiful to have them here. we've had so many instances where we've had bands on the square to celebrate. people at home, do you almost cry? i certainly do. ed: we are honored to have them here as we celebrate veterans day all day long. the president is going to be kicking off the parade in new york city. but we also have the honor of our buddy pete. we are missing him today, but he is out in las vegas for a very good cause. he helped present a wounded hero with a well-earned reward. griff: right. giving a motorized track chair to isaac malone. jedediah: the independence fund has now given more than 2400 track chairs. let's bring in pete from las vegas. pete, how you are doing? ed: good morning. >> morning, guys. jedediah: you're going good work. absolutely. ed, i didn't wear

i don't want everybody to join marine corps.have three kids out of five i thedn't want anywhere near marine corps but they can teach kids how to read in the inner and dig fire trails for the forest service. all kinds of service we can do and then i think we would get out of this problem. it's a half of 1% of the population is carrying the burden. seven southern states account for more than half of the military. seven. we have 50. hello. and the other one that is damning is that if you take the three deciles when it comes bottom threee deciles take more of the hits. 1.2orld war ii, it was times the top three. by vietnam, it was 1.4 times. now it's 1.7 times. trend, thaty bad the poor kids are taking the hit, increasingly. is the republic at war? or are we just outsourcing it abouti'm not talking ghetto kids. i'm talking about lower middle class, working class kids. carryare the ones that the burden. i think we've got to break that or we're going to be in big trouble. >> in one sentence or less, what most important thing that you

is the most prestigious unit there is in the marine corps this is the unit where the best of the best go it is the marine corps showcase ceremonial unit it handles presidents and dignitaries security at the white house the silent drill team. after my deployment to operation iraqi freedom in 200-2009 my command officer recommended me for the marine barracks washington i was excited it was the tip of the spear as far as the marine corps is concerned. she would stay work late and then she would drive home and she'd call me and she'd be on some kind a little and she talked about how she loved her job she was a. sweet person who was trying really hard. and succeeding. one of the 1st things i was told my entire dinner was. don't wear any makeup because the marines will think you want to sleep with them and i thought that's just ridiculous the atmosphere off the bat at marine barracks washington was was horrible people asked me what sexual favors had i performed to get my orders there. there is a senior officer in my command who the 1st time he spoke to me he said marines here are nothing bu

has written articles, editorials and call early pieces for usa today, fox news channel, and the marine corps gazette, military times, townhall, and daily signal. he is the executive director director of a certified nonprofit that next veterans to outreach programs. and a nonprofit that helps veterans and active-duty marines. please join me in welcoming scott. [applause] i'm going to start off and ask a specific question to each of our panelist as sort of a warm up, then we are going to open it up to general questions for the entire panel to discuss, then ultimately we will have a dialogue with you all and the audience will have a chance to participate with their own questions. >> [inaudible] >> [laughter] i'm going to start with you. it wasn't enough to do heroic things, i had to be recognized for them. can you help us understand this as a young man. >> it's hard for me to understand it myself. , i think all young men -- [indiscernible] some feedback. iifather was in world war and had some metals, but he would never talk about them. there was sort of some mystery dals.e metal father, it was

my father was in the marine corps. so i have a special affinity, of course, for the marine corps because of that as well. but appreciate all of our amazing, wonderful veterans and am really honored today to join my colleagues. i know the good senator from kansas is next, and he and i have a lot of opportunity to work on agricultural issues. he chairs our ag committee. but also another member of the marine corps. i know that he has served with great distinction. just a great honor to be here today joining my colleagues in honoring our phenomenal veterans. in june i had the opportunity to join a senate delegation in normandy for the 75th anniversary of d day. we had the honor of meeting with some of the veterans who landed on the beaches of normandy and were again reminded of the tremendous sacrifices that our nation's veterans have made to preserve our way of life and keep our nation free. it really was an honor to meet with some of those veterans and to be there at normandy on the 75th anniversary to not only see where

has a really smart with the marine corps needs a professional as i am. camaraderie everything about it inspired me. after i graduated high school i left for orlando florida which was the 1st time i was ever on an airplane and a life. initially it was just wanting to go see the world because i'm from a really small town i had a college scholarship to go play basketball but i instead opted to go into the military. you know what i chose to do. i come from a long line of military when we had somebody from every generation on both sides of the family all the way back to the revolutionary war i had served in the armed forces and i chose the marine corps because no one in my family had ever done that . well of putting on a uniform every day and you know just getting out there and giving it my all and it's a very proud feeling. that i would have done the camp and it was create the cooler ottery that discipline everything it taught you who i wanted to be that's what they taught. obviously it was different taking a shower with different people all of a sudden good

why one former marine corps officer is on a mission to hire vets. >> he has a take on life but his new book takes a unique look at the lives of some of those that have left us the gillette skinguard has a guard between the blades that helps protect skin. the gillette skinguard. my mom washes the dishes... ...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. wow, that's clean! cascade platinum. >> i'm not your charity case. >> i am not your excuse to buy a new dress for the annual fundraiser. >> i am not the poster child for your big donation. >> i am out of debts and in my own home. >> i am off opioids. >> i'm graduating on time and on my way to a great job. >> i am. >> we are. >> what it means to live united. >> for those that have served transitioning back to civilian life and work can be tough she served eight years in the marine corps she's the chief operating officer of neighboring thank you forring wi being here. good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> what was that t

marine corps lieutenant colonel jim burn. he is the number two guy at two deputy secretary at veterans affairs. from my left to right, we have retired lieutenant colonel luke knitig from the mccain institute, and jerry resimski washington bureau chief of the buffalo news and former president of the national press club. we have retired u.s. air force colonel pamela powers, who is the current chief of staff at the office of veterans affairs. we have the former president of the national press club, and we have retired u.s. navy captain kevin wincing who is the headliner who arranged the event today. skipping over our guests just for one moment, and we have donna who is the head of the media stategies and also a former national press club president and the co-chair of the national press club headliners team. i would like to also acknowledge a few additional members of the headliners team responsible for organizing today's luncheon. lori rousseau and donna wineland who we just mentioned. kevin and press club staff liaison lindsey

marine corps veteran, incredibly brave journalists. there have been times in this journey, this terrible journey when we've known, we think we've known where he was. so let me tell you what i think we should continue to do. we celebrate freedoms. we impress upon the culture that what you all do can be incredibly dangerous. we support reporters without borders. we engage the congress. and i've found in my career that awareness and constantly repeating a mantra is it one of the most effective things that we can do. i lament the demise of the newseum for that one reason because it does serve to remind us that the first freedom in this country is you all. so engagement as with most things in american life is the key, but i'm very happy to say that we need austin tice back. [applause] >> we do. >> you mentioned that there would probably be an influx, more veterans coming into the system. so one example of this may be the blue water vietnam veteran disability claim, the va is going to start processing next year. will an influx much claims sl

marine corps. with the backlog unfortunately his issues are not unique. veterans have been stuck in the v.a.'s appeals or disability claims backlog for decades. there has been recent legislation passed designed to deal with it that hopefully will start clearing the backlog. one of the biggest issues has been some of the ways the v.a. processed initial claims that they weren't keeping up with a lot of technological advancements. they were still doing a lot of things via courier and sending stuff back and forth via mail instead of electronically sharing certain things and there were some rules implemented prior to the iraq and afghanistan wars that made processing claims more difficult. since the first decade of the century you have a lot of issues about backlog claims. when i was working for a member of congress that was one of my jobs. hopefully they are in a better place with that. the headline, the president's opposition to endless hours. among the polling numbers among veterans 64% saying the war in iraq without fighting. during that served time, team

i also want to thank the marine corp. enforcement foundation which provides scholarships to children of your fallen heros, to every gold star family, we will stand by your side forever. it is very fitting that the veterans day parade begin right here in new york city, since the earliest days of our nation, new york has exemplified the american spirit and has been at the heart of our nation's story of daring and defiance. on july 2nd, 1776, the british armada sailed into new york harbor, numbering more than 400 ships and carrying more than 30,000 men. the british came here to snuff out when they thought was just a minor american revolution. didn't turn out to be that way. but the red coats did know, what they did know, was they were going to have a problem. but they didn't know that new york would meet them with the fearsome power of american patriots. in world war i, rejments like the lost battalion and the fighting 69th were revered all over the globe. during world war ii, 63 million tons of supplies and more than 3 mill

heather: you were a combat engineer in the marine corps.e at home a little more about your story. >> i was a combat engineer finding ieds and searching for areas we fight had ieds and then. i went to afghanistan on july 22, 2010, i was in the process of those duties when i stepped on an ied and had amputations. heather: before that you receive a bronze medal in rowing at the 2012 paralympic games and also run 31 marathons as well. >> correct. after my recovery at walter reed in summer of 2011 i took up sports, went to the paralympics in 2012 and won a bronze medal, followed up by riding my bike across the country in 2013, raised money and awareness about veteran charities and in 2017, i ran 31 marathons in 31 days in 31 cities raising money for veteran charities and creating a story about a veteran that went overseas, experienced trauma and came back and used it. the 20 it is amazing. when i talk to veterans like you, you say it so matter-of-factly like it is no big deal and we could all do it. in no way am i telling you i could possibly do

she was the face of the marine corps and appeared on several posters.f a hospice program called "we honor veterans." >>> a california girl who became a college student at the age of 12 has added another achievement to her list. vivian yee is president of the student body at pierce college in woodland hills. yee says she was intimidated when she first joined. >> i was so nervous the first day of coming here. looking through all my clothes, looking for something that would make me look older. >> yee hopes to attend a four-year university next and become a medical geologist. >>> coming up only on "cbs this morning," singer alicia keys joins us in the studio to help announce this year's grammy award nominations. i'm anne-marie green. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it's gentle on her skin, and dermatologist recommended. tide free & gentle. safe for skin with psoriasis and eczema. we're proving the new keurig k-duo brewer makes any occasion the perfect cof

>> marine corps teaches definitely discipline. lots of discipline. all the other marines that have worn the uniform before us. last thing we ever want to do is let them down. that's engrained into the corps of a marine. steve: we're going to have a job fair here in about a half an hour that fox is taking part of. when an employer hires a vet. what do you get? >> when an employer hire as veteran, i believe that there is some tax breaks for that organization. you are also going to get some type of -- you are going to get a leader. you are going to get somebody that's going to strive at a project that needs limited guidance. that's what our veterans can provide to employers out there. steve: very nicely done. round of applause for this fellow. how nice is that? [applause] steve: all right, ainsley and brian? brian: oh, thank you very much, steve. that was awesome. meanwhile, we have a request for you out in -- where you are in your living room, whether you are dressed or not. we need you to send pictures of veterans to yourselves. ainsley: family members

marine corps. november 10, 1775 is when the u.s. marine corps was established.formal dinner and a birthday cake, of course. a wreath is also laid at the marine corps war memorial. >> it's just in your heart, it's part of you. it's your soul and it's an amazing feeling every single day to be able to put on the same uniform that people from our past have and wear the anchor on our chest. it's just a great feeling. >> we thank all of them for their service, all of you who have served. in this week's human kindness, patriots is an organization in ohio, helping wives and spouses suffering from ptsd and traumatic brain injuries. it's released a new documentary called blood strike. take a look at this. >> when we began this project, we began it because my daughter had gotten to a point in their relationship where she understood that there was such a thing as a new normal, and that by learning to live that new normal and find that new normal, they could move forward through their marriage and through their relationship in a much more positive way. and so the story begin

my father was in the marine corps. so i have a special affinity, of course, for the marine corps because of that as well. but appreciate all of our amazing, wonderful veterans and am really honored today to join my colleagues. i know the good senator from kansas is next, and he and i have a lot of opportunity to work on agricultural issues. he chairs our ag committee. but also another member of the marine corps. i know that he has served with great distinction. just a great honor to be here today joining my colleagues in honoring our phenomenal veterans. in june i had the opportunity to join a senate delegation in normandy for the 75th anniversary of d day. we had the honor of meeting with some of the veterans who landed on the beaches of normandy and were again reminded of the tremendous sacrifices that our nation's veterans have made to preserve our way of life and keep our nation free. it really was an honor to meet with some of those veterans and to be there at normandy on the 75th anniversary to not only see where

we're very glad to be joined by general david burger and the sergeant major of the marine corps, troyuch. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. let us also show our profound appreciation to the 2019 grand marshals of the parade who have served no world war ii, korea, vietnam, the gulf war, and iraq. this morning is more than 30,000 patriot pick americans line the streets of manhattan, we carry on a noble tradition that began one century ago. in 1919, the people of this city filled block after block to welcome home general pershing and his 25,000 american soldiers after victory in world war i. just a few years before, many of those soldiers had boarded ships, not far from here, at hoboken port. more than 4 million americans fought in the great war and more than 116,000 made the ultimate sacrifice. at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the armistice was declared. that war had come to an end and the allies achieved a great, great victory. every year since, on november 11th, we have shared our nation's deepest praise and gratitude to every citizen who

at this time, the marine corps will carry a wreath. therethe wreath is placed will be a moment of silence followed by a rightful salute of. playing of "taps" and e rise if you're able remain standing throughout the ceremony. . playing taps ] >> ladies and gentlemen this, concludes the wreath laying. please remain standing in until party, after which the opening ceremonies will continue. >>> vice president pence marked veteran's day with a wreath laying in virginia and joined by veterans affairs secretary and defense officials wilke.ing robert [ playing the star spangled banner

i continue to serve as a marine corp reservist. according to a recent survey veterans are twice as likely to , unknowingly participate in a scam as compared to the general population. the survey found that the vast majority of veterans encounter scams that have been tailored just for them. these would be veteran pension buyouts, fake charities and scams that offer special access to veterans benefits but for a fee. in these cases, the scammer makes it appear they represent a government agency or veteran organization or claim that they themselves serve in the military so they can create a sense of affinity. impostors like these know that members of the military have been trained to trust other service members and to honor the bonds of service. another finding from the survey found that veterans experience post traumatic stress at a rate more than double the general public. it can be difficult for a veteran to recognize when their otherwise good judgment has been temporarily clouded by what an experienced fraud operator is selling. in

. >> tonight most valuable patriot award to marine corps sergeant, rob jones. ♪ [applause] >> rob theed by you and your story. >> how did the rob jones, they were looking at today, how your life departmen different from rf you had both legs coming out of the war. >> i can't tell you, if i had not been wounded i might have been killed next day. it is hard to answer that question. but, what i have done is just, accept whatever situation i have, and just move forward with thawhat i can affect. >> 31 marathons, 31 days, 31 cities, how close were you to saying 28 was enough. >> a lot of people ask me that but as far as i'm concerned, if you do something like, that take it to the maximum, i didn't want anyone to say, you know afterwards you did a marathon but you could have done 31. >> most of us can't do one. you were in pain? >> yeah, for most of it it hurt a lot. this is the last one. but it starts with a good time, i have teams of people helping me throughout you know my entire life, all the way from marine corps, my brothers, then after i was wounded, medical staff, family, and friends

marine corps.ust say i never believed i could have physically measured up to the training course that seals have to go through. but i do know and they do know has ase military honor its core, the notion that discririminate killing is murde. that you kill people under orders when they are endangering our country or a country's security, not these people -- these people have been credibly accused of killing. i would say the president is a domestic enemy of the reversal code of -- the heart of military law, just as i perceive him as a domestic enemy of the constitution and the sense in which all of these people in congress, the officials, the white housese, and the marines have all taken the same oath. and that is an oath not to secrecy, not to question isdience to legal orders, it an oath to defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. i repepeat, i think the senior officers of the military right now who have been trying to persuade president trump over the l

>> first, really quick, i'm not a captain anymore and i didn't retire from the marine corps.d american democracy is about a number of different organizing groups, whether they be veterans based or national security based focus on pressuring congress to do their job and hold the president accountable for his actions. it's that simple. >> why do you think you have a unique voice as a group of veterans asking for this? >> well, you know, i can remember may 2007 when i personally took my oath as an officer in the marine corps. it's a very similar oelt members of congress take, it's a very similar oath the president takes. we lived up to our oath. and it was not easy. you know, i've slept in a hole in the ground, i went to afghanistan, it's a lot of stuff. its not easy to serve your community and we're demanding that members of congress do their part in serving their community. >> so, when we see both retired as well as serving members of our military now involved in what's happening in the fweltway, in washington, d.c., in this impeachment inquiry, as well as many other headlines

darren and with them marine corps reserve karen.oining us, appreciate it. >> thank you. heather: what has it meant for veterans? >> well, it's good that we have potus recognizing our service, it's just, you know, a day that, you know, we have to recognize certain special for the fact that we have service members serving right now in iraq and afghanistan, syria, so, you know, just hanging along with the appreciation is very important. >> you're right, we have veterans from both sides of the aisle so let's certainly hope it doesn't become political today, let's take a look, let's get you doctor to respond to this, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, annual military pay increase and expansion of private healthcare options, he also created the va accountability office and mental healthcare for transitioning service members, so he's done a lot doctor. >> i agree, going back to my time as army officer, it was a difficult task to rally the troops behind me or i should say under me to being a part of what's going on, when i say a part

dennis tobin, marine corps league. mr.illiam d rosswaf, executive director, military chaplain's association of the usa. zurflut, national veterans of lyzed america. mr. charles s chamberlain, commander in chief, military the world wars. mr. phillip valinski. thaker, congressional medal of honor society of the usa. mr. steven butch whitehead, national commander, disabled erans.an vet r. dan mary, vice president of government relations. munoz commissioned office association. carton, air force sergeant association. polish en wzcoski veterans usa. unningham, national president, corps rein war veteran's association of the usa. mr. lawrence gromo, national commander, american gi forum of the united states. associate members of the located in the boxes to the left. i would like to ask them to recognized.e lease join me with your applause. it's now my pleasure to introduce the executive director rmy national cemeteries miss aguilera.ham >> good morning. welcome to arlington national cemetery, thank you mr. vice for being here toda

anyway it is very similar to the navy and marine corps we have a secretary there air force, that would have both the chief of staff of the space course and have a law the chief of staff of the air force. s like a navy site, there's a secretary of the navy that has part of the marine corps and chief of naval operations. so it would be there. >> u.s. space command, putting on the act, you mentioned is different this time. used to have you command that was a functional command. nesbit reestablishes a geographic command. the rules of the geographic commands is that they put together operational plans within their area of responsibilities and centcom will have operational plans for contingencies to buy rights in the middle east and the you, while responsible for you're up and a conference pacific region and so on. his u.s. space command developing operational plans that are exclusively space domain. >> absolutely and as i mentioned, that is probably the highest priority we do. we started with campaign plans first. we made great progress in that. and again early next year that should be done