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"chesty" puller, one of our former marines -- most decorated marines in the marine corps. >> actually, chesty xii is retiring. he's turning over the leash to chesty xiii. >> one thing that's guaranteed at one of our evening parades is chesty always gets that same applause. he always gets the oohs and ahhs, and everyone loves chesty. >> when we come back, the evening parade -- u.s. marine style. [ mid-tempo music plays ]  [ fanfare ] >> we continuously practice all year 'round to put on the best show in america right here in d.c. [ mid-tempo music plays ] >> because the marine corps grew out of the navy, they often use nautical terms. for example, marines call the parade grounds the deck -- as in a deck on a ship. >> well, here on parade deck, you don't get tanks, you don't get guns, you don't get whiz-bang lasers or anything like that. you get a marine in dress blues out there, showing the american people what we're all about. and it is about discipline. it is about honor, courage, and our commitment to the country. [ indistinct shouting ] [ cheers and applause ] >> battalion,

"chesty" puller, one of our former marines -- most decorated marines in the marine corps. >> actually, chesty xii is retiring. he's turning over the leash to chesty xiii. >> one thing that's guaranteed at one of our evening parades is chesty always gets that same applause. he always gets the oohs and ahhs, and everyone loves chesty. >> when we come back, the evening parade -- u.s. marine style. [ mid-tempo music plays ] hi, i'm ben affleck, and many actors have played the part of u.s. servicemen in the movies, but for veterans like james crosby their service and their sacrifice are real. and too often when they come home, their struggle continues. for over sixty years, paralyzed veterans of america has been fighting to help our injured veterans get the benefits they need, and have earned. paralyzed veterans of america was there for me when i came home. join me in supporting our paralyzed veterans. visit p-v-a dot org. [ fanfare ] >> we continuously practice all year 'round to put on the best show in america right here in d.c. [ mid-tempo music plays ] >> because the marine corps grew

"chesty" puller, one of our former marines -- most decorated marines in the marine corps. >> actually, chesty xii is retiring. he's turning over the leash to chesty xiii. >> one thing that's guaranteed at one of our evening parades is chesty always gets that same applause. he always gets the oohs and ahhs, and everyone loves chesty. >> when we come back, the evening parade -- u.s. marine style. [ mid-tempo music plays ] and there's a big advantage pares can give tir kids -- makingure they get active least 60 minutes day. studies show th physical activi t only helps kidsay healt, an enhanceimportant il, like concentration ich can improve academicerformance. this means phycal activity can helpour kids in the most important game of all -- life. music i want some more. what's he doing? please sir, i want some more. more? he has asked for... thank you. well he did say please... yes he did. and thank you. please and thank you. pass it on. (crowd of children) thank you. [ fanfare ] >> we continuously practice all year 'round to put on the best show in america right here in d.c. [ mid-tempo m

and joseph the marines. and finding life comes full circle, it was two years ago on memorial day that my 8-year-old hit his first out of the park home run and taking a picture of him as he was coming into home plate and all his friends jumping up and down waiting for him, i was testing jason's mother. she said i would give anything to see jason strike out, like i said, baseball season. how do we go through the experiences and not be changed? we are changed. those of you in the room who i asked to see your hands, those who i honored by being here today, you are veterans of our past and present service and proud families, they are all change. we as patriots and support them and have supported them through what is now law war are changed too. i hope there is one thing you take out of me today, the change is the whole point. change is what we are afraid of, what we dread and what we cling to, what we depend on when everything else is fleeting, change is what matters and the stories behind that change deserve to

marine corps abandon a group of marines and military family members after they developed a rare and surprising disease? dr. nancy snyderman investigates a controversy. >> when is the leadership of the marine corps going to stand up and say we made a mistake? >>> also tonight, kate snow goes inside the fight to save the pandas including some of the very youngest. >> you are too cute. look at you. >> their ircystability is beyond dispute, so what is it about the effort to protect them that makes this wild life expert so upset. >> you said once i would happily eat the last panda on earth if you could spend the money on worth while. in all seriousness, why did you say that? >> "rock center" gets under way. good evening. welcome to "rock center." the first glimpse americans ever got of oscar pistorius was on this broadcast in the run-up to the summer olympic games in london. we aired what became the defining profile of him reported by mary carrillo of nbc sports who traveled to south africa and got to know this unusual olympic athlete. well, fast forward to this past week. his name and image are ev

marines and military families say they were abandoned by the marine corps when they developed a rare and very surprising disease. dr. nancy snyderman will have our investigation. >>> also, if it's possible someone's making a very persuasive, very provocative argument that we're spending too much trying to save the panda population on earth. >> one thing people might say is who are you to play god? who are you to decide that we shouldn't save the panda? >> they're already playing god. they're playing survival of the cutest in my books. ♪ [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ [ all kids ] twooooo! [ moderator ] you sure? i am absolutely positive! [ little boy ] two times is awesome. the thing i can do is wave my head and wave my... that's amazing. i've never seen anything like that. look i can do -- hold on -- i'm watching this. i'm getting dizzy... [ male annou

we greatly respect navy, marine corps and guard safety policy. cal fire has an aviation policy as well. we work cooperatively with the agencies here at the table to ensure when we are engaged in an aerial fire fighting event we are working within each other's policies. we have trained in a work around, we can do close air support with navy and marine corps aircraft, with the current system we have. would we like to improve upon it? absolutely. we have gone very high up in the organization to try and look at getting the r210 radio modified to the point where it can work on our vhf spectrums, that's one of our challenges we need to move forward with. but overall we're confident when we do call upon dod assets to integrate with civilian aircraft, the training regimen we put forth will keep aircrews safe and also have them be effective. there was a lot of questions from a political level as well as a public level. you've got aircraft sitting at north island, just launch them, get them in the fight. it was hard to explain to them that that's a very de

>> i talked a little bit about mou's and relationships with the marines. maybe we can talk about how is the national guard and dod resources and capabilities integrated into the command and control at the fire and also the supporting ops centers whether it be the gac or other centers down there. maybe our military personnel can talk about that, or ray. >> it's important to note that we are the supporting effort to cal fire and we get called in when they are basically out of assets. we are working for cal fire, they are the incident commanders, we follow their coordination, typically we're the last ones in and the first ones out. we do have an on-going relationship with cal fire, i'm in contact with cal fire all the time. we have good situational awareness what's going on in the state of california. they normally put us in an alert stat us so we're prepared to respond in an attack mode. i don't often work with chief chaney in southern california, about a month ago we had 9 aircraft at our peak working fires throughout northern california if that answers you

marines and military families say they were abandoned by the marine corps when they developed a rare and very surprising disease. dr. nancy snyderman will have our investigation. >>> also, if it's possible someone's making a very persuasive, very provocative argument that we're spending too much trying to save the panda population on earth. >> one thing people might say is who are you to play god? who are you to decide that we shouldn't save the panda? >> they're already playing god. they're playing survival of the cutest in my books. ♪ [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ [ all kids ] twooooo! [ moderator ] you sure? i am absolutely positive! [ little boy ] two times is awesome. the thing i can do is wave my head and wave my... at's amazing. i've never seen anything like that. look i can do -- hold on -- i'm watching this. i'm getting dizzy... [ male announc

first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit more stable. and we went straight to helman and nimruz province. very complex dynamic environment that we were operating in but before i begin it talk to you about the operational picture, i just want to give you a snapshot of afghanistan. when we got there i want to set the frame here so you understand what we're dealing with. afghanistan ranged 180th out of 1 86 on the world bank list of developed countries. 20 percent of the babies won't reach their first year of life. there is a 44 year life span for your average citizen. it has a less than 20 percent literacy rate and girls in afghanistan will marry by the time they are 15 and will likely birth their second child by the time they are 20. so this is the long-term effects of violence and civil wars within a failed state by every measure. the marines who are currently still in southwest afghanistan, they are surrounded by very conservative culture. in 2010, this is not true now but narco traf

now, what's been -- marin is the only comparable program today, right? so, what did they decide to do? >> they chose a two-part approach. >> so, they chose a two-part approach that we're looking at today? >> a light green -- >> and a dark green. and, so, what was the majority of the customers there? what did they opt for? >> so, if i may, marin has both the light and dark green. >> right. >> all customers are opted into the light green and then customers can choose to take that extra step and be in the dark green program. >> you need a higher premium, higher rate? >> higher rate. because they have a renewable mix that is more on the rec side, more favors the renewable energy credits and less bundled, they do have less of an overall premium than what we've -- in the left-hand column of what we've presented to you today. * mohr >> right. in terms of their program, have they done surveys to he see how the marin-ites like the program or don't like the program? >> i don't know if they've conducted surveys. they have about a 20% opt-out rate. most customers en

it does not go with marin's image. it doesn't, i think we are bucolic community, a peace loving crowd. on the other hand we're a crowds that known for planning skills and we're planning ahead. the expression was only in marin, given the events pointed out in the piece in southern california and connecticut perhaps the new expression would be even in marin. >> more chemicals found in a south bay house will be detonated tomorrow. they were found on humboldt avenue in santa clara. more more on the man who's in custody. >> this is the closest look of the crime scene, the front yard of the suspect where bomb techs dug a home and -- hole and blew it up. that's a thin coat of sand on everything. today they found more destructive devices. the chp is guarding them they will blow it up and there's no telling what else they will find. who is everett bashham. his profile is shaping up of a troubled man. i didn't think he would make a bomb. it is disconcerting. >> officers came to the home tuesday after making death threats to sena

really in marin? that should be the statement. really? >> reporter: i think you nailed it. live in marin, phil matier, back to you. >> thank you. >>> switching gears this evening, love is in the air the day before valentine's day and so is the weather. the weather is heating up. >> go to any hallmark store and see these panic men looking for the last card. there's no cards for wives left! should have gotten it easier. things will be heating up tomorrow, talking about the temperature. san jose mainly clear skies. you had a chilly day in san jose the past several but today mid-60s. you joined concord and livermore, 66. morgan hill hit 68 today. san rafael 62 but look at the city. san francisco a foggy start. 58. and you barely shook the fog in the afternoon at half moon bay. 54 degrees. radar got to check it, kpix 5 hi-def def dry once again but changes will be coming next week. let's talk about the next several days and this warmup. high pressure still in control but it's on the move. it is moving clos

carnie kept up another marine tradition. maintaining a clean shaven head at almost any price. >> while we filmed christian shaving his head, it seemed to go on forever. i don't know if it was that his razor was so dull or no shaving cream. it would turn into a bloody mess. >> this is part of a jail experience. never been to jail unless you chopped up your head with a razor. >> did i miss any spots. >> aftershave. make sure you get that. then you will be good. >> what its that. >> you don't get infected you know. >> when christian applied the aftershave to his head there was an uncomfortable laughter among all of us. we knew if it was us we would be screaming in pain. but he went about it as if it was nothing. you could see that he was sucking it up. i think that's what made us laugh a little bit. because we knew deep inside he really felt it. >> but at the time of our extended stay shoot in orange county. carnie was facing far more serious, use. he was awaiting trial, charged with the murder of a fellow marine. he had pled n

believe you me, marines are going to do drugs. they're going to do it. >> because i was in the navy for ten years and christian carney was a marine, we did have an initial bond, and it did honestly rub me the wrong way because i feel like when you take an oath of honor and courage and commitment, you need to stand behind the code of the united states marine corps. and to see him justifying his actions as far as the drug use and the drug dealing, it did bother me. it did bother me. >> in our final interview with carney who had served seven months in iraq and was awarded a good conduct medal, he once again spoke more like a marine than a convicted drug dealer and murder suspect. >> since i've been in jail, i've been reduced to living out of a paper bag, i've recognized my potential. this has enabled me to recognize my potential. and i believe that sometimes in order to come up strong, you have to be put down as far as you can go. you have to be pushed to the absolute limit that you can be pushed, and to see if that's going to destro

for the marine corps, and i have 2,000 hours in it, i never flew in support of a marine air ground task force so i think that's going to be a little more parochial and agree with my counterparts here but for the marine corps because we haven't necessarily been able to bring that capability directly to the commander, that's where our focus needs to be. for example, we have a radio battalion which is a great asset for us in terms of signal intelligence. it's now trying to bring that marriage of what do we need in the air to be able to support all those things in terms of electronic warfare but then marry that up with capabilities that we already have that are very well developed and bring a lot of capability to the joint forces. >> before i move on, i saw you shaking your head when i said -- and i was meaning this in a relative standpoint, but was the environment more challenging than people think in iraq and afghanistan from an ew perspective? >> well, since i was the one shake may head, i will say that what i think really challenged us was how the enemy was able to quickly adapt an use

i'm with first marine briged. i've been coming to san francisco since may for the planning efforts and i got to participate in the com drill with 6 marines and we were dispersed from all 3 different sites. >> good morning, everybody, my name is michelle geddis, i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, i'm responsible for the project management ofrs and one of our major programs is the interoperatability program. so i was more than delighted to be part of this com exercise, i was able to be an evaluator at the ocean beach location and we have a lot of lessons learned to talk about. thanks. >> one of the challenges that we have in civilian and also you as military is that common operating picture. how do we make sure that all of our resources in the field, back in the command post, have the same operating picture and we can ensure that we have an unity of effort of everyone. and with the command and control exercise that we started with, this was one great opportunity for the military and the c

first a quick note on marin. * while we would be the first to raise marin as the example that you can get a lot closer price parity in whatever program you put forward, price parity with pg&e, there is an issue in that we must set a different example from -- in san francisco that because marin did not make a primary driver of its program local installation, to date they're only building about one or two megawatts a year of renewables. and that is not enough. it will take them a century to replace their power under that scenario. and that is exactly why we're pushing a different scenario for san francisco. so that within five years or so, we can replace half of our power. it's a big deal. so, to what's presented to -- in front of you in your conversation right now, i'm sorry, but we have gotten badly off track in this conversation and we need to push the reset button on it in a couple different ways. >> today's conversation or previous? >>> yes. part of it is that the presentation that was put before you, especially page 9, is absolutely not in any way accurate when it's describing the

corps and barry newman was a very energetic officer in the marine corps. he has gone over to afghanistan, i went over and saw him there, he was attached to the kabul police chief. i think he's going to have some interesting perspectives about working in the police department in a war zone. lieutenant commander patricia serrano, her assignments have been varied includes working as a immediate vaek core man, a legal clerk and

corps and barry newman was a very energetic officer in the marine corps. he has gone over to afghanistan, i went over and saw him there, he was attached to the kabul police chief. i think he's going to have some interesting perspectives about working in the police department in a war zone. lieutenant commander patricia serrano, her assignments have been varied includes working as a immediate vaek core man, a legal clerk and a tqm instructor. she completed a 7-month deployment. captain mike napolitano is serving with the navy's expedition training group. while deployed in 2004, he spearheaded maritime patrol relief efforts toing the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, as well as numerous theater cooperation efforts throughout the pacific and in 2009 captain napolitano reported as commanding officer of the expeditionary training group. this is a fabulous panel and i know you're going to appreciate what they have to say. rear admiral, i

marine in hopes he will one day go home to help liberate his country. >> being a marine is the first -- i was hoping i could go back to vietnam in battle one day. >> do you miss vietnam? >> yes i do. >> reporter: why? >> my childhood over there. because i spent 10 years of my childhood there. and it was a lot of fun. >> reporter: debra shaw reporting in san diego. >>> still to come on a second look -- >> we had no idea that it would end up like this we didn't know where they were going. who was going to adopt them. >> reporter: rescued from vietnam at the end of the war and adopted in america and other countries. 30 years later they return to the land of their birth. >>> and a bay area reporter remembers the day saigon fell and what it took for him to get out safely. >>> tonight on a second look we revisit the vietnam war and the fall out for those who were there when saigon fell to communist forces from new york. among them dozens of children who became part of a frantic baby lift to get them out of vietnam and to the united states and other countries where they could be adopted. in

navy, the marine corps, had something that we really needed. it's called logistics expertise. and we recognized that and with the help of our fleet week association, with the help of our honorary chair, former secretary of state george scholtz, along with senator feinstein who started fleet week, we began to appreciate in addition to appreciating the men and women in uniform and the wonderful attributes of having fleet week and the blue angels and the parade of ships, we could also be working on something very important to this city. all across the world there are examples after example and i know the men and women and leadership of the uss macon know this after their tour of duty these past months, all over the world there are disasters and emergencies that we are responding to and that you have become the humanitarian assistance and the disaster relief that is absolutely needed. why not practice that here? and so two years ago we gathered with our own departments from the port of san francisco to our sheriff to our police and fire, led by our emergency management division, g

dave is a former marine. >> once a marine, always a marine. >> take a look at chestee. 9 week old bulldog, you have a little history. >> chesty has to go through obedience school before he becomes the marine corp mascot. got here on valentine's day here in dc and named after chesty puller and if you are a marine, everybody knows the name. the most decorated marine. he was awarded five navy crosses. no other marine has had that. and he served in the marine corp from 1918 to 1955. served in korea or world war ii. has big paws to fill. when you get that name, yeah. got to be a good obedient dog. it's a great picture. >> he's like i'm ready. >> and they are called devil dogs. got it in world war i at the -- fought on and the germans said devil dogs. they thought we were crazy. we are a little bit. >> and the name stuck. i love it. >> you fought in the first war. >> did i. 1990. i look back and that was like 20 some odd years ago. you look back, you are young and do things when you are younger you might not do as you are an older man. >> thank you for your service. we haven't told you enough.

in the marine security guard program by up to 1,000 marines to improve security at our embassies, consulates and other diplomatic facilities. based on secretary clinton's recent testimony before congress, it is clear that the state department and the department of defense are already consulting on this review, high-threat posts as well as posts where the host nation, despite having the will to protect diplomatic facilities does not have the capacity to protect them. in some cases, these posts are located in countries where the department of defense and the state department have assistance programs with similar objectives. these are perhaps areas where the two departments can explore whether additional collaboration is appropriate. during secretary clinton's testimony before congress, she talked about the importance of properly resourcing africa command. they reached full operational capability less than five years ago and has been an -- what's called an economy of force effort to date. the events of last september raised questions about the adequacy of the department of defense's resourcing

southbound 101 and marin william -- marin ymca, light traffic. eastbound 280, railroad, and westbound is starting to slow beyond the highway four bypass moving out of antioch to pittsburg at ten minutes into concord. >> it was almost as big a hit as the game beyonce brought her fans to the speech with a spectacular super bowl half time show and the record she set. >> an amazing video from england at buckingham palace. >> but, first, the tech bytes this morning. >> searching during the super bowl. the top search on google during the game was for a live stream of the game. on bing it was the super bowl then the blackout. apple is now the top smartphone seller in the united states if the first time thanks to the launch of iphone 5, with 39 percent of the market, and sam sing had 30 percent. now, the fastest growing mobile game has 50 million downloads in less than two weeks and it deserves i. >> a game of this quality is free, when you download it there are so many challenges, it keeps you coming back. esap >> san ramon, san mateo and all bay area,

. >> a baby seal killed, a marine corps >> r. raymond day today for a man accused of killing a famous navy seal author. >> the man accused is a troubled former marine. >> former navy seal chris kyle risk his life on the world's most dangerous battlefield. langhorne kills than any american sniper in history. he was gunned down on saturday at this north texas shooting range. this is where they tried to help troubled warriors reconnect with the world. 825-year-old marine reservist. >> it is my understanding that the suspect may have been suffering from some kind of mental illness from being in the military. i understand he was a marine for four years. >> they found the gun at his home. >> he went to his sister's home and he told his sister and brother in law but he just did. >> he penned a best-selling book, the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in american history. he was larger than life, made for tv. he initially spurned an offer to appear in the nbc reality show "stars earn stripes'." >> this was supposed to highlight the

in places like afghanistan, marine sergeant zachary meyers knows firsthand these are the tool of thecombat. >> move of the marines we sleep on the gun, around the gun, click the gun, so if there is a mission, we're there on the gun in seconds. >> stand by. fire! fire. >> they are using relate weapons with real meunchations all just 40 miles away from washington at marine corps base quantico. >> the same type of thing we would use in theaters somewhere depending on the situation. >> reporter: these big guns can hit a target 25 miles away with gps guidance and level a building. that is why every precaution is taken to prevent something from going off target. >> there is no room for error at all. >> reporter: chris beck a retired marine, runs range scheduling. the 54 firing ranges used in different combinations can create 8,000 possible safety conflicts. requests are put in the computer and carefully coordinated. >> we have the keys. >> reporter: who is firing where, when, which direction, types of weapons. >> that can be hundreds or thousands of individual events each week. thousands o

in the marine security guard program, by up to a thousand marines, to improve security at our embassies, consulates and other diplomatic facilities. based on secretary clinton's recent testimony before congress, it is clear that the state department and the department of defense are already consulting on this review. the secretary of state's accountability review board focused on the need to ensure the state department puts greater focus on high-risk, high-threat posts as well as posts where the host nation, despite having the will to protect diplomatic facilities, does not have the capacity to protect them. in some cases, these posts are located in countries where the department of defense and the state department have assistance programs with similar objectives. these are perhaps areas where the two departments can explore whether additional collaboration is appropriate. during secretary of state clinton's recent testimony before congress, the emphasized the importance of properly resourcing u.s. africa command, afrikom reached full operational capability less than five years ago, and

also marin county gets a piece of military machinery we are used to seeing in war zones. why the sheriff says it's a necessity. >> former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. and his wife face potential prison terms after they admit to plead guilty to spending $27,000 in campaign funds on themselves. they bought furs, a gold watch and a hat once owned by michael jackson. it's not clear how much prison time they can serve when they are sentenced in a few months. legal experts predict jackson jr. would likely serve at least a few years as breach of a public trust while his wife sandy would serve maybe only a few months for filing a false tax return. >>> the marin county sheriff's department is buying an armored vehicle to use in response to everything from crutch to snipers. but is it a wise use of homeland security funding or a waste of money. not everyone agrees. we have the story. >>> the bear cat g3 rescue vehicle can be stand explosive blasts and 50 caliber gunfire. but can it take an assault from marin county residents who are opposed to spending the $370,000 it cos

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. >>> i'm a san francisco native, second generation united states marine. my dad served in the 1950s and '60s. i served in the '90s from 1995 to 1999 following college. i was recalled back into the marine corps in 2003 and served back on active duty for about six months including duty in kuwait and iraq. service to our country is one of the proudest accomplishments of my life. i feel privileged to have the opportunity to serve with the people that i did. i met some amazing people. i have several friends who are still in on active duty. they've put in some serious sacrifice, as have their families. we're all aware of the sacrifices that individuals make. families make this, too. people can come back from combat physically hurt and that's easy to see. but just as -- just as important are the deep scars that we can't see. and far too often people come back. and even though there are resources to help them and the need, oftentimes people don't connect with that need. so, a lot of times veterans go unserved. as a country and a city, we owe a great debt of gratit

>> a lot more for me than the marine corps -- i think marine corps values are admirable. incredibly egalitarian, and even though i have been to college, i came from a cloistered background, but one that was not as wide ranging in its ethnic and racial exposure. the first time i slept in the same quarters with african- americans, i took orders from african-americans, was at the marine corps boot camp. the only reason i did that was because the president of the united states, harry truman, said that in the final analysis it was unacceptable and literally un-american to ask people to fight and die for their country and then be segregated by race. we had six college graduates in our platoon. we had kids who were high school dropouts, kids who were given the option by a judge, you can go there or go to juvenile detention. it was a remarkable experience. everybody was the same, who came out of it, with a sense of mutual responsibility. they depended on you. >> what was your highest rank? >> lance corporal. >> you never wanted to be an officer? >> i did not. they did approach me

greg jacob, a former marine corp. officer who commanded a mixed gender marine company, and he's very familiar with the challenges of trying to have people work together in an environment of equality, in particular in the marine corp., and after he left the marines, he's been a very strong advocate for -- and supporter of women in combat unites. we also have dr. michelle, actually also retired colonel, graduate of the u.s. military academy, one of the first classes to have women in them, and she has extensive combat experience as well as academic experience. she commanded support and the conduct -- logistic support activity anaconda in iraq, very familiar with the challenges as a leader above and beyond being a woman herself in leading men and women in combat. we have dr. laura miller. dr. miller is a distinguished academic who has written and researched extensively at the rand corporation. she's studied women in combat and women in the military for many, many years. not that many years, obviously -- [laughter] and she

your 6'4 ," 240 pound marine you're injured and you need the marine next to you carry back to safety. your the marine next to you is a 5'4 "women who weighs 115 pounds. >> jon: you're going to have tons and tons. (mumbling) with their wee little hands and their wee little feet. have you ever seen them eat. they pick up a dinner roll like this. and a tine he little sharp teeth. wait a minute. i'm thinking of mice. mice should not be serving in the military. no matter how adorable they might be. sergeant whiskers, i can't napalm you. as for the woman are too weak eument it would be a bad idea to send the linebacker to fight side by side with the pixie regiment. maybe the military could have a requirement pertaining to physical fitness. maybe a physical fitness requirement. of course that won't address the real problem of having women in the peeled >> bringing women into combat is inevitably going to change unit co-he's i have beenness because sex is inevitable. eros is a very powerful and irrational passion >> jon: eros is a very powerful and irrational passion. that is a terrible argum