mr. ackerman, you indicated that it's just a matter of people being dishonest. if anything, i think you're being dishonest. these individuals that are making these efforts to test the marines are not the smartest men, your fellow officers. okay? fellow officers. i'm a former marine corps officer myself. they're not dishonest. i've already done the count. half of this room i think is women. i think the other half is men. i want you to take a look at who you're sitting next to. i want to put all the men on this side. i'm going to put owl the women on that side. if i drop the gauntlet and said, now, fight to the death, who is walking out of this room? >> what's your real question? i need a question. i need a question. i need a question. >> my question is this. you know, you know that, as a recruiter and as a battalion officer, you know that these standards -- you said you were not a good shot until last year. what stopped you from being a good shot? >> i was convinced that i wasn't a good shot. when i told myself that i was going to hold my recruits to a higher sta