became jay marine, served four years in the marine corps, got out as a sergeant i suppose, was an okinawain the 50's and became a pretty good 60 mortar guy and then came back and was able to get into miami and he did well and was in his senior year and got a call from a lieutenant he had known and okinawa that he met in a bar one night and he remembered to things about negran that he always remembered. first that he was a pretty good guy but he was absolutely good at calling five-year, calling and registering fire and second was that he was hispanic. and there were not many of those in the marine corps. so he said he had a project for him so he met him in new york and said that he had a little -- that he would call if bill was willing to get involved in this. and he called and -- like can't remember exactly what time of the year it was, but all sorts of code, you know, this is bluebird, this is singsong and jersey boy i guess was his handle. and they said it's time. so he took a leave of absence from the miami and he told the sky where to go and four weeks later was waist deep in water at

in okinawa he stripped down his fighter and intercepted a japanese observation plane in mid air.uey was shot down and he needed skin grafts over 45% of his badly burned body. in a world where we spend so much time talking about the he death of celebrities i hope we never forget that our real heros may not be famous but they are faithful and marines like kenneth, always faithful.

in 1945, while based in okinawa, he stripped down his fighter and intercepted a japanese observation right out of the sky.el he then flew in vietnam his hue was shot down where he needed skin grafts over 35% of his badly-burned body. in a world where we spend so much time talking about the deaths of our celebrities, i hope that we continue to remember

in 1985 based in okinawa stripped down his corsair fighter and intercepted a japanese operation planew him right out of the sky. he then fought in vietnam where he flew helicopter rescue missions. his huey was shot down and he needed skin grafts over 35% of his badly burned body. in a world where we spend so much time talking about the death of celebrities, i hope we never forget that our real heroes may not be famous, but they are faithful and marines like kenneth russer, always faithful. next week we've got a terrific show lined up. tim

the marines in okinawa still not get all the training they need to get them right there. we have to move some of them around. aip is not without challenges. previous of the stations have expressed their commitment to get it done. there is a new group working inside the pentagon that is at a little more senior level to those who are working very hard to get this done in years past. we are doing all that we can to support the department of defense and increasingly in interagency look at the opportunities and send it to moving moments of fear you could raise the point where of warm -- where guam is l little bit off the beaten path. yes and no. once we get through the environmental assessments, i think we will 5 -- i have deployed a bunch. then on the carrier once it twice. i have been flown a whole lot in that part of the southern pacific. perhaps you have been down there as well. great training opportunities. it is going to take a little while to get there. we have the flag of the united states flying over guam. as we develop it, we will have more forces down there. it will