host: we are talking veterans issues with patricia kime of military.com. phone lines are the same throughout the program. veterans and their families, it is (202) 748-8000 cap active military (202) 748-8001. all others (202) 748-8002. we will also look for your text messages and tweets. folks are calling in. the story i wanted to get you to explain to viewers and it is a long investigation you did on this. canceled appointments, unexplained mixups, veterans facing challenges getting mental health care. what did you find in your investigation? guest: we started hearing stories of veterans having trouble getting appointments, once they got appointments for mental health care facing unexplained cancellations. early on in the early 20 20's he had the pandemic. cancellations were more common. host: are these mostly face-to-face cancellations -- the illustration that goes with the story shows a veteran working at their computer. guest: a lot of it was due meetings. that was a theme. also people going into a ba and being told you do not have an appointment or the

. >> military.com? >> thank you. yesterday elon musk said he was in a meeting with senior military officers and they discussed pentagon procurement and bureaucratic sort of snafus. is he holding transition meetings with military officials? >> i am not aware of any transition meetings. as you know, the president-elect's transition team has not contacted the department yet to conduct those transitions, so i am not aware of any official meetings. come back to the room here. >> following up on his question, can you say on the record yet what the intent of any of these drones war, is it to collect data or signals? are they conducting surveillance? >> i don't want to drone on here. but the bottom line is, again,, still assessing. still don't have anything to pass on. i look forward to -- -- i will refer you to the forces in europe? >> can you share anything about how you are detecting and countering them? >> i don't want to get into specifics in terms of tactics and procedures. secondly we have a variety of means at our di

scroll through them at military.com. i want to ask about a recent one. who arcade to -- you are k2 veterans? guest: it was an airbase in use pakistan the u.s. used early on in the global war on terror. about 37,000 people over the course of time were stationed there. it being a former soviet base had a lot of environmental pollution. the research done and talking to the veterans who lived there, they had a pond, a waste pond, they call it the skittles pond because it was bright green with who knows what. there were signs that said radiation, do not pass this point. there is discussion about whether there was depleted uranium on the base. it is a cohort of veterans that uniquely were exposed to a whole host of environmental exposures. they have been pushing recently for more recognition for the onus is they believe were caused by being stationed. -- for the inesses they believe were caused by being stationed. host: this is another group of veterans like agent orange that were exposed to something. guest: that agent orange legislation years ago really did

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this is coming from military.com, an article said around 30 men are currently serving in army combatoles across infantry, cavalry armor, and field artillery roles. that includes active duty rervand national guard and enlisted and officers. there are fewer than 10 women serving in the army's green beret ut. one womans is advancing through special forces training pipeline. 151 women have gradte from the army ranger school. that is a 60-day coat leadership course. nearly 700 women come early -- currently serve ivarying combat roles, including 112 infantryifmen and 15 arena officers -- marine officers. since 2018, the number of women entering combat roles has more than tripled for enlisted and sixfold for officers. back to your calls. brandon in lancaster, california is unsure. caller: good morning. host: hi brandon. caller: am i coming in clear? host: i can hear you. caller: i served the army in 2015. i got out in late 2018, early 2019. when i was getting out i saw a lot of my female battle buddies being promoted to higher ranks faster than the men. it was whatever. once i got out, i'm

this is coming from military.com, an article said around 3800 women ar currently servinin army combat res across infantry, cavalry armor, and field artillery roles. that includes active duty reserve and naon guard and enst and officers. there are fewer than 10 women serving in the army's green beret unit. one woman is is aanng through special forces training pipeline. 151 women have graduated from the army rangerchool. that is a 60-day combat adership course. nearly 700 women come early -- currently serve in varyin combat roles, including 112 infantry riflemen and 15 arena officers -- marine officers. since 2018, the number of women enteri combat roles has more than tripled for enlisted and sixfold for officers. back to your calls. brandon in lancaster, california is unsure. caller: good morning. host: hi brandon. caller: am i coming in clear? host: i can hear you. caller: i served the army in 2015. i got out in late 2018, early 2019. when i was getting out i saw a lot of my female battle buddies being promoted to higher ranks faster than the men. it was whatever. once i got out, i'm