frank dillon has platoon went into the battle of the bulge with 30 guys and came out with eight.he also had the challenge of the morale of the glider so they volunteer to go through hell to make it through that process and the infantry were assigned. you don't have any special insignia. the pilots would call it a controlled crash and burn up landing on an airfield within enemy territory where the best opportunity you can land is where you land. so that was an ongoing challenge of keeping these guys motivated, they refer to the gliders as flying coffins and s in so doind do his best to get them a few glider rides before they went into combat and he trained his platoon and so one of the things he did was to simulate the landings and they drive across the field to simulate the landing and they had to jump off the truck. one of the things they figured out quickly is the intensity of the airborne training is that there's a mission burning they knew they were doing this for some reason but of course they didn't know why and at this point, the commander of the division did know what his

are several that say revoked for something of misconduct or tract infection one that has left the platoon all of my time with the car over the laste last year i didn't talk to a single guard who thought that was an inappropriate standard or have that much sympathy for those that have later in life had the badge revoked because they have such deep reverence and love for the place and for those unknown soldiers who symbolize all the americans have given their lives in combat. >> let's start before we go to the unknowns because of a great deal how it was constructed. let's start since we just observed the book sacred duty begins how many of you know what the end of day is? i didn't know until i read sacred duty. so us how you came to "-begin-double-quote wait. >> it's now eight decades of arlington every thursday afternoon kicks off at the ceremonial uniforms and put on its combat critiques anytime they wear those into the cemetery and they do that because it is a military scale operation over the course of a few hours the old guard will place a small american flag in front of every grave in

that's my platoon. we swell at his bride, turning our shoulders back, eager to perform, ready to perform for daddy's approval. there's a reason they like us so young with our teenage brands so malleable, so ready for indoctrination. humans have a natural aversion to killing and that just won't do. roots are desensitized to violence, we eat, breathe, shift around the concept until it's ever present and becomes second nature. and then there's fun cadence is that nobody wants to hear. but the title of it is walking in a sniperwonderland about killing people at christmas . and the next section talks about how it really sucks at the beginning, you can't run, can't do push-ups, can't do sit ups and then you get better and a feeling of power that comesalong when you're finally able to do what they're asking for . and i love it. i love it. i embraced it all, i embraced the sock. i gobbled it down, the anger, the power. i am greater than me, i have greater than the many, one part of the whole, one cog in the wel

because he was involved in the women's platoon. so he showed it to me and we chatted about it and he told me a few stories and that was a breakthrough as well. and a woman guerrilla who stayed in the military, there is an annual ceremony at the anniversary of celia's death, and it is in the cemetery there obviously, so i went there and realized everyone was there. and i went around and said hello. not pressing or anything, maybe i could chat or whatever. they knew i was around and interested in stuff and i was actually taking it seriously. and i was doing research in cuba instead of a lot of americans who do it in princeton or they do it in miami or whatever i was actually going down there and going to the locations and meeting all these people, and i would go out and meet the sort of minor figures who were guerrillas and they were in their 90s but they don't remember much, their stories were kind of a little hard to follow. but then you see the photographs on the wall. and there is fidel. there they are with che and then the memor

i told him what i was doing and he said i'm writing about the women platoon. we chatted about it and he told me a few stories. you know? that was kind of a break through as well. and a woman guerrilla who game -- she stayed in the military. i did thing as an annual ceremony on the anniversary of celia's death, all of the revolution things are buried there except for fidel. i realized that you know everyone was there. i went around to say hi. not pressing or anything. sort of like, you know, maybe i could chat or whatever. so i was sort of -- they knew i was kind of around. i was interested in stuff. i was taking it seriously. i was doing research in cuba instead of a lot of americans -- who do it in princeton or they did it in miami or whatever. i was going down there and going to the locations and you know meeting all of the people and i would go out and meet the minor figures the guerrillas. they're in their 90s, they don't remember much. the story is hard to follow. and then you sort of -- but then you see the photographs on the wall. there he is with fidel

fidel starts a women's platoon. it's something of a world first. at least like 25 years before west point. they had their own platoon. it's like a dozen of them who go out into combat the whole time. meanwhile, i'm sort of cracking it along here. we got a lot of revolution to get to. meanwhile, they are becoming more and more popular. they would drift into into villages and sort of like a party. it would be like a fiesta. he decides he's got to get rid of these guys. just by hanging around, they are sort of winning in a strange way. they are showing how weak he is. he gets 10,000 soldiers and sends it off into the mountains. he calls the operation the end of fidel. they all plow up into the mountai mountains. fidel gets word of it. if they set up around and set boobie traps along the mountain trails. he's got 300 men. being a classical scholar he says it's like the stand of the sparta spartans. it didn't end well for the spartans. that was his idea. the fs the overwhelming odds were there. they had all sorts of contingency plans. in the end they ar

i had enough to man the four tracks in my platoon, and that was it. the barracks were falling apart. junior ncos were coming from vietnam with less than a year to do. the best ones soldiered on and did their job. the worst ones just put their time in so they could get out. a lot of the senior ncos did not want to confront the troops. the units were rife with indiscipline. awol -- high awol and desertion rates. drug use. high crime in the barracks. racial strife. extreme drug abuse. things got so bad and it will sound melodramatic, but i volunteered to go to vietnam to get out of 7th army air. i arrived in vietnam in december '71. to a different army. and it was an army that only had four infantry battalions left out of a high of, i think, about 77, if i remember right. and that's not to say that the combat units haven't been fighting because they have. and if you just track the time, the battle of hamburger hill in '69, the cambodian incursion in april 1970. fehrbase rip cord. you talk about combat effectiveness. consider firebase rip cord where a sma

in the havana archives we've all been writing our own diaries with leaders and this is the cuban platoon leader and he wrote a diary as well that was ever published. he was sort of a romantic he had a girlfriend in mexico he didn't particularly like hardship or being rained on or trudging around but he was devoted to the revolution. he missed his friend and he writes this down in the diary and there are marvelous accounts where he falls in love with every woman he meets in the mountains. farmers daughters, guerrilla volunteers and lovely poems and ends up in a romantic liaison and rally so long that the platoon is left and he has to go get him but it ends when the girl opens up a locker around his neck and sees the image of a photograph of his girlfriend in mexico unfortunately and he writes in his diary it's all for the best although he doesn't quite believe him. he was a very lovable character. so, he had extraordinary insight into this amateurish do- it-yourself revolution in one of the other great things i found out is that after the story was published a lot of people, americans wer

i didn't have enough people to man the tracks in my platoon. the barracks were falling apart, junior ncos were coming from vietnam with less than a year. the best ones to soldier on and did their jobs. the worst ones just put their time and so they could get out. a lot of the senior ncos did not want to confront the troops. units were rife with poor discipline. high drug use, crying in the barracks, racial strife, extreme drug abuse. things got so bad and it sounds melodramatic but i volunteered to go to vietnam to get out of the seventh army. i ride to vietnam in december 1971 to a different army. it was an army that only had four infantry battalions the left. i think out of a high of 77. if i remember right. that's not to say that the combat units hadn't been fighting. they had. if you track the timeline. the battle at hamburger hill in may 1969. that can bodhi and incursion, the firebase record. if you want to talk about morale and combat effectiveness. consider firebase record. that small unit was surrounded and outnumbered 10 to 1. three m

he said i just running a women's platoon. he towing to see stories. that was a breakthrough as well. it's about the symmetry. i went there and i was there. is not pressing or anything. maybe like a chat or whatever. they knew i was coming down. i was taking seriously. i was doing a research in cuba. i was actually going down there and going to locations. and meeting all of the people. it's hard to borrow. me see the photograph on the wall, they spark memories and they tell the stories. the marvelous thing about all of them is there like memoirs. you can go back and see that their published. there is a connection within nyu. you can actually go back and find this to be looked at. it's not that idea logically. it's a story that everyone agrees on. who has changed completely. there's a big debate on whether fidel was communist or not. there's no evidence of this. backs the communist party and the movement hated each other. they joined in support of a strike. they were kind of useless. the party sort of comes along. to answer your question, you going to h

and again the ripped like a piece of cloth being torn close to your ear, which could kill an entire platoon and could've killed the landing craft to and. they went into the water and it goes under the water because he walks into a rental and he has to get rid of the pack and comes back up and manages somehow to get to the beach and then crawls across a stone shingle beach and finds protection by the ruins of a small heavy show. it took about an hour and a half from 6:32 am and about a.m. he managed to cross to get off the landing craft that finally emerged and took a strong at about a a and became the first american officer to lead americans off the bloodiest beach on d-day >> alex kershaw as we look at the 75th anniversary of d-day here on washington journal on american history tv. >> yes, in world war ii, they couldn't find him anymore because they locked him up he fought for the american people all over and i just wondered, how can we get speed out from the war. so, they had him and i'm just saying, why do we keep teaching something about donald trump, that was a corporation name expect

golf come on the road down the left side he switches the bull to a stronger right foot 33 meters out platoon to keep him hearings in view is unhindered growing a relatively soft shots and looks at 1st like an easy say. almost the top. of the line. but the bull ended up in the nets anyway when the plan all know that's part of football so that was i look back at the best most beautiful and curious goals of the 201819 when this league is easy the next one starts next friday on august 16th i already we know we are here a kickoff. china is hunting down the leader of. detention brainwashing torture huge prison like compounds such across the western sheen john reach an official called the only education camp. but they're more like indoctrination prisons china and the noise of people under threat. close up 30 minutes on t w. robots they're still in the development phase but what's going to happen when they grow. welshman's and machines be able to piece me co-exist before are we on the burj overall collapse if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with our heads in the sand fusing to think abou

golf i'm on the rolls down the left side he switches the bull to a stronger right foot 33 metres out platoon to keep me hearings in view is on him did throw in a relatively soft shots and it looks at 1st like an easy saying. come on to the top. at the last minute. but the ball ended up in the nets anyway where the plan all along that's part of football too that was our look back at the best most beautiful and curious goals of the 201819 when his legacy submit next one starts next friday on aug 16th i already we know we are here a kick off the bus. to. black to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them as a plow mcinnis you for your children. and then yes kiss on the children who have already been the boy and that's you and those that will follow are part of a new house us. they could be the future of collaboration in. granting opportunities for global news that matters d. w. made for mines. i don't think that that well i guess sometimes i am amazed at nothing with that research and i think deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotype

, in fact, could have killed spalding's landing craft platoon in seconds. he goes into the water. it's cold. there's a jolt. machine gun bullets everywhere. goes under the water because he walks into a runnel. has a pack on his back. tries to get rid of the pack, comes back up and manages to wade to the beach and then crawls across a stone shingle beach and finds protection finally by the ruins of a small, a small villa that had been heavily shelled. it took him about an hour and a half from -- landed at 6:32 a.m. easy red sector and around about 8:00 in the morning he managed to cross, not only get off a landing craft and lead his men across 300 or 400 yards of flat sand and then across shingle, but then up a mine field which was part of a bluff and finally emerged, finally took a german strongpoint about 8:00 in the morning and, therefore, became the first american officer to lead americans off the bloodiest beach on d-day. >> back to calls for alex occur shaw as we look at the 75th anniversary of d-day on "washington journal" and american history tv. thi

platoon was kicked out of iraq over a drunken party and sexual assault.nd eddie gallagher was convicted of unlawfully working with the enemy court. and two seals were implicated in the hazing death of sergeant logan melgar. and drugs involving cocaine in 2010. cbs news obtained an internal investigation of s.e.a.l.s passing drug tests by swapping out their urine with clean samples anw n't juthst y orwo. >> reporter: retired navy s.e.a.l. eric deming is one of several who has come to cbs news about complaints of corruption. he spoke to david martin. >> i've got two boys old enough and i wouldn't let them be part of it. >> really. >> iwould not. >> deming and others met with admiral green on monday to detail their concerns, and according to one account, green told them, heads are going to roll, and one of them might be his. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up on the "morning news," the air force takes on the problem of rising suicide in the ranks. >>> and katy perry is ordered to pony up. how much the singer will pay in the fight over her song

the former platoon leader was accused of holding a reenlistment ceremony for special operations chiefdward gallagher next to the corpse of an islamic state militant. earlier this month a military jury acquitted gallagher in the killing of that isis prisoner. the admiral also ordered a review of the services justice system. >>> and coming up here on "today in the bay," at 4:51, "nbc bay area responds." >> two teams, two languages and one goal, helping consumers like you. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. >>> but first, happening now, puerto rico's embattled governor is set to officially leave office today, it comes after the island's legislature delayed confirmation of a new secretary of state who could have succeeded him. now a small protests are breaking out amidst growing skepticism about who the next governor will be. we'll be right back, after the break. buttermoh manscuits now we're talking fried egg want it melty cheese want it sausage want it or bacon i want it! try my 2 for $4 breakfast biscuits and add 4 donut holes for just a buck. only a

for their heroism has been undermined by a series of high- profile scandals, most recently osseals platoonicked out of iraq after a drunken fourth of july party and allegations of sexual assault. those seals were from the same team as eddie gallagher, who was found not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of an isis fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing with an enemy corpse. and still other scandals. two seals implicated in the hazing death of special forces sergeant logan melgar. and cocaine and other drug use in seal team 10. cbs news obtained an internal navy investigation that revealed seals passing drug tests by swapping out their urine with clean samples and calling the heug testing program a joke. >> so the problems that we're having now isn't just in the last year or two. >> reporter: retired navy seal eric deming is one of several who have come to cbs news over the past two years with complaints about corruption. he spoke this week to david martin. re i got two boys that are old enough, and i wouldn't even let them be part of it. >> reporter: really? >> i would not. >> o'do

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when the platoon treated is a legend of honor it was. what was very very modern it was a universal auto so there was nothing that was doctors say it. no woman injured. t that's e have to wait to second empire. eighteen fifty one twelve the first woman on jake hello. that's received the first it was the first womanan that was made night of the jennifer. does tell us finally than there are perhaps there's so manyy people thousands of people that have been given a visual down at the civilians. and the military reasons tell us w who's was mosost deserving of thishink award. i couldn't give you one example because i do not have a favorite recipient thank i can tell you that what is very interesting is when used to be. a decoration used to be a man or woman and is most of the time is history is very. interesting i can t tell you about a painter of dadad that's was m made night ends and of his servant today well is insane and the m museum which is a very strong symbol for us. but we also have for example marshall flush. insignia of. debt you wo

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the world of combat that's been enshrined in movies like platoon and "we were soldiers." i don't deny the reality of that war. over time, and this is a long process that i argue actually began in the mid-'60s before ted, in an increasingly broad array of places, the war zone was something else, a world defined by abundance in which american soldiers enjoyed a standard of living vastly better than the vietnamese people they had come to liberate in which personal material satisfaction often displaced national interests in defining the individual's war experience. commanders in vietnam had an interesting problem. a soldier work force that was unhappy and bored often with too much free time living in close proximity to vietnamese civilians. many base commanders determined they had to keep these two populations apart because if american soldiers visited vietnamese villages or towns in their off-duty hours they might fall prey to criminal activity. they might fall victim to insurgent activity. they're spending on the local economy was a strong driver of vietnamese inflation and

we want to get some of our other platoon involved in this. both of you have and we appreciate everything have you done. jonathan losing your legs for our country, we appreciate that sacrifice. i'm sorry for what you have had to go through. what do you hope that people watching and hearing your story, what can they learn from this? >> they can learn to push their limitations. we are both force reconnaissance marines. that's a breed apart. we don't let any obstacle stand in our way. people can take from this to get out and push themselves physically, mentally to become a better person and also do little kind favors for fellow americans. look what john did for me. can you do simple stuff every day to make this country better. steve: it is quite a story. the image we wouldn't get out of our minds. we had to meet you guys and we are so glad we did. jonathan blank. john nelson, thank you very much for your service. and good luck on veterans day. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you so much. ainsley: thank you, gentlemen. god bless you both. steve:

platoon was ordered home from iraq amid charges of drinking and an alleged sexual assault. >>> next,anger on the great lakes. what has caused drownings to ♪ did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. try dawn ultra. >>> high water levels and powerful currents are creating dangerous conditions for swimmers and boaters on america's great lakes. dean reynolds tonight on why 60 people have drowned this summer. nearly half of them on lake michigan. >> reporter: search crews looked for any trace of a swimmer who went into the water and never came out. >> they conducted a search involving a coast guard helicopter and coast guard small boats. >> reporter: he was the 29th person to drown in the lake this year. a more than 50% increase over 2018. last year at this time, there were 19 lake drownings. lake michigan has had nearly as many drownings as all the other great lakes combined. this summer, waves hav

all those great world war ii movies, showed platoons you know made up of the italia italian-americanscan, you know mexican-american and so forth, living example in miniature how moral growth and political life were understood in the past, you can work with people in larger, circles and you expand yourself and your circle of trust outward to pro city -- from city to county to state to nation. and that was you know that was regarded as a process that every generation would have to repeat, you start from a human nature, that is selfish and prefers people that are more known and more trust worth t trust worth , liberalism today, political correctness begins from assumption of human perfec perf. at end process of a historical progressive you o evolution. any preference of ones own is re guarded at original sin, a defect that must be obliterated, there is not be a redempshin for that sin or any abs absolution r it, it is unforgivable and must be stamped out in some ways. modern a accusation of racism ia accusation of human evil, imperfection, selfishness, preferring your own, as such it sai

all of those great world war ii movies which showed the platoons made up of the italian americans, theh american, you know, the mexican american and so forth. living examples in miniature of how moral growth and political life were understood to work in the past. you find that you can work with people in larger and larger circles. you expand yourself and your circle of trust outward to -- -from city to county to state o nation. and that was regarded as a process that every generation would have to remeet because you're starting from a human nature that is selfish and prefers people that are more known as more trust worthy to others, to strangers who are neither. liberalism today, political kredness toads begins with human perfection. wer oar at the end process of an historical progressive revolution. any is regarded as original sin, a defect which must be obliterated. so there can't be any resemishun for that sin. redem sun redemption for that sin. it's un forgivable and has to be stamped out. so the mod gern accusation of racism is an accusation against human evil, imperfection, selfi

jillian: the navy's top admiral drop all charges against any gallagher's platoon leader, jacob was seto face trial charged with covering about gallagher's work life after gallagher a decorated navy seal was acquitted of murdering and isis prisoner in 2017. the navy said the decision came from chief naval operation admiral john richardson who ordered a full review. the navy adding in part admiral john richardson took this action in the best interest of justice in the navy, donald trump ordered the navy to rescind all metals recently awarded to gallagher's prosecutors. how about this story? this trump supporter wants police to take action after he was assaulted for wake making -- wearing a make america great again hat. >> got bombarded. kind of ridiculous to get beat up by this for wearing a hat. >> group of teens attacked him after he but they had at trump tower, he said one of them slammed his face fracturing his cheekbone. police make an arrest, the nypd said he didn't mention the hat in his report. rob: just 7 democrats have qualified for the third round of debates according to analy

how will you ensure the importance you all place on that trickle down to platoon and battalions? mr. mccarthy: clearly the way we communicate but one of the things is the training we utilize, is it effective? are we communicating the right way to these young men and women? the statistics are going the wrong way. the general and i and other folks have talked a lot about squad, then the cohesion of men and women to your left and you're right. teammatesd communicating with each other? are we doing simple things general a convio, general martin, other leaders within the headquarters, we eat together a lot, we go to the gym together and get to know each other. you have to know your teammates and try to exhibit those behaviors to ensure that, are we being good teammates? sometimes, technology drives your way and you are buried in your iphone for a lot of time. you will see there is a waiter, and the family of four do not look up at them. we are doing that all over the force and not engaging with the teammate. something do different. suicide and sexual assault, the numbers are on the ri

each platoon they knew exactly where they were going and had very detailed maps.i can't tell you about specifics but they were very good. >> in your opinion, the war in the atlantic, would you feel like the work might not have progressed as it had if they weren't cut off in the supply lines? >> if you look at the north atlantic in 1942, had they succeeded, all of the american operations in europe, it would have gone down. there wasn't a d-day then. very physical time, the feet showed our ingenuity and corporation that was an allied effort. americans on the eastern seaboard and the british, we both cooperated very carefully on that. they were decoding ultra, again far from the battlefield that showed we could put it into the best use. for years, that's almost as long as trump has been in power. he won two wars, to, 4000 miles from there. in 1941, there is a federal law that is limited to u.s. army to 125,000. a miracle. amazing. >> i think you were both, the enemy understood why we want. why suddenly rule this? the u.s. and uk new where they were and they were able

. >> members of the fire's first platoon responding within minutes. cnn getting an opportunity to speak with the men and women of station 11. the closest to the oregon district. >> i thought it had to have been something really bad. i looked down and saw mass casualty. i thought it was a mistake. >> helping run fire and ems response that night. >> to be clear, the cops are the heroes in this. they did an outstanding job neutralizing the threat. they had boots on the ground doing what they did. they did an outstanding job. >> the team falling back on its training. firefighters, paramedics and emts. getting victims to trauma centers as quickly as possible. >> when we were on the scene, we were part of the initial search and triage team to treat them accordingly. >> you fall back on your training. you call on the information and do what we trained for. we were prepared for it. we put that plan into place and it worked very well. >> nine lives lost. dozens more injured. these first responders doing everything in their power to save lives. >> we all wish w

those words in boldface and underlined them in a letter he sent to his commanders after an entire platoonf 22 seals was pulled out of iraq. they had been involved in a drunken fourth of july party which resulted in charges of sexual assault and then refused to cooperate with investigators. >> a code of silence. >> yeah. code of silence. you're not part of the brotherhood if you speak out against, you know, whatever. >> reporter: retired navy seal eric deming is one of several former and current members of the elite unit who shared stories of corruption with cbs news. >> reporter: is this a few bad apples or a system gone wrong? >> it used to be just a few bad apples but they have been able to rot a lot of the apple cart. >> reporter: the platoon sent home from iraq was part of the same seal team as chief edward gallagher accused of murdering a teenage prisoner there in 2017. he was acquitted of that charge but convicted of posing with the prisoner's body. his commanding officer was accused of knowing about it and failing to report a war crime. another member of the team was under investig

to stabilize the arts in san francisco working with local agency i go like the northern california platoonfund that helped to establish documents of our long track record of stvent and working to find the right partner with the organization of our size and budget the opportunity with the purchase of property we're sitting in the former disposal house theatre that expired 5 to 10 years ago we get to operate under the old lease and not receive a rent increase for the next 5 to 7 years we'll renting $10,000 square feet for the next 5 to seven years we pay off the balance of the purpose of this and the cost of the renovation. >> the loophole will that is unfortunate fortunate we have buy out a reserve our organization not reduce the services found a way to send some of the reserves to be able to continue the serves we know our clients need them we were able to get relief when was needed the most as we were fortunate to arrive that he location at the time, we did in that regard the city has been - we've had tremendous support from the mayor's office of economic workforce development and apg and

harassment, suicide and how are you going to insure the importance you are placing on that trickle down to platoon companies? >> the way we communicate in our presence. one of the things is the training we are utilizing effective? are we communicating the right way to these young men and women? the statistics are going the wrong way. so what we talked about is the focus on really the squad, the cohesion of men and women to your left and right. are we good teammates? are we communicating with each other? are we doing simple things together? general martin, jim mcpherson and other leaders, we eat together a lot. we go to the gym together, get to know each other. you got to know your teammates and try to exhibit those behaviors to make sure within hq va are we being good teammates? sometimes technology drags you away and you are buried in your iphone all the time. go to a restaurant. a family of four buried in their iphone there is a waiter and they don't even look up at him. we are doing that all over the force and we are not engaging with our team. clearly we have to do something different, suicide

they're integrated an individuals, but it's to an army special forms, a team, seal platoon, australian sas. controllers work with the best force from around the world in a way nat nobody else does. >> they have to be able to fight with them and then they do something more. >> that's right. in fact that's what -- that's a perfect segway into what it is a combat controller does that is different. foundationally, a combat controller's training pipeline is directly comparable to what you see a seal going through. they do everything that a seal does, tactically, they jump, they scuba dive, combat died, demolition, weapons, small unit tactics, the foundation of modern special operations warfare, but to that foundation they add a technical expertise that is not resident in special operations. i we're in a gunfight and you went to be a green beret or sale seal. >> seal year, that's what everybody says, you're a seal, i'm a combat controller. this is the mongol and they're coming for us and we have to protect the politic and prose poster. you hear gun and you're going to reach out and point it

be treated the same and it was very odd not to be treated like the guys so we were in segregated platoon of women by female drill instructors and i think if the training had been the exact same i might not have cared as much, people often times forget days or weeks of boot camp because it's a haze of yelling and running and doing so much on so little sleep, goes fast for some of us but i think the double physical standards are the things that bothered me the most, and you read this passage in which the flexing and marines for women was so humiliating because i cannot do pull-ups and like all women could do pull-ups if we all trained to do them, it's a matter of getting on the bar and training over time, i don't know a single person who is not been able to do that and we are seen even today i marine corps policy of options for women and required for physical fitness test, it blows my mind because those who are pursuing the pull-ups as an option are not only meeting the expectations by the marine corps but exceeding them. i chuckle pretty hard when i heard that but it's no surprise for us

he was an instinctive leader with small groups, he was good at that, at the platoon level he was always good, he didn't need to be taught anything about that. he was respected by his peers and was a good leader at that level, but the army bureaucracy said he is a good coach and a good man to have around, but he's not going to go to the top. so they resisted -- bureaucracies don't change their mind overnight and any of you who have authority over other people, think about this. they were insensitive to what ike was learning and what he was doing to go ahead now that he had turned his career around. he had turned it around in a significant way and fox conner kept maneuvering him so that he could get ahead. it took some maneuvering. he got him into a position with the former head -- chief of staff of the army and then with general douglas mcarthur. mcarthur was army chief of staff in the 1930s. ike served as a staff officer and he followed mcarthur to the philippines. now, their personalities clashed, as you might imagine, and ike was enormously bitter about certain things that happened. f

that they were parallel and not i was looking at vias and i joked that yours tlwas on the little platoons and mine was on the idea of society as a contract into living, the dead and unborn experience i write about in the book i write about it as something that primeshe you put the skepticism about the institutions and the purpose because the fact is someone that supposedly showed you this time, attention, affection felt free to absent himself in a fundamental way and it's my belief and i try to marry this experience of my children reconnected me to my father, to my deceased mother into this national tradition, so it does so in my particular case given the circumstances i was born into, but i think it is true on a general level for society that those with lots of children are more humble before the past and are forced to make these sacrifices for the future. >> a lot of beliefs and people on the left and right sign up for them which is moving us away from the particularities of the prejudice of the past is worth something more general and universal. it's a problem of philip of policy wonks

very odd to not be treated like the guys and so we were segregated and we were in the segregated platoon of women. female drill instructors. i think of the training had been in the exact same, i might not have cared as much. i think often times people forget days and weeks of school or camp because it set the haze of reality. you're doing so much on so little sleep it goes by pretty fast for some of us. i think that the physical standards were at the same that bothered me the most. there was also the flex women in the marines, it was really so humiliating for me because i couldn't do pull-ups and like all women could do pull-ups if we all trying to boot do pull-ups is just a matter of getting on the bar and training over time. i don't do a single person is not been able to do that who is able-bodied. we are seeing even today in marine corps policy that pull-ups are optional for women but still not required for physical fitness. that blows my mind because in fact those who are pursuing the pull-ups as an option are not only meeting the expectations but they have the marine corps but they

an entire seal platoon was recently sent home from iraq after facing accusations of sexual assault and alcohol consumption. last year an internal investigation found members of another seal team abused caine and other illegal drugs in in a case that received nationwide attention from u.s. navy seals special operations chief edward gallagher was acquitted of murder last month. gallagher was accused of multiple war crimes, including shooting two iraqi civilians and fatally stabbing a captive teenager in thneck. general were jerk like has ordered the ethics review be completed by november. in newark, new jersey, recent tests of the city's unfiltered water show that it is still unsafe to drink some eight months after officials begun distributing water filters to residents to cut levels of lead in the water. the environmental protection agency told newark officials the filters may not be sufficiently effective and they should instead hand out bottled water to residents asoon as possible. studies show newark has some of the highest levels of lead contamination in the country. the national re

last month an entire platoon of s.e.a.l.s was withdrawn from iraq for drinking amid an allegation that one member sexual assaulted a female service member while other members helped cover it up. the new review will focus on recruiting, leadership, education and how ethical failures are addressed. >>> a raiders wide receiver antonio brown lost his grievance against the nfl over wearing a legal met n helmet not approved by the league. he must wear an approved held pretty or remain on the sideline. he was among 32 who wore nonapproved helmets last season. he reportedly said that he would not play if not allowed to wear his on old helmet, but he signaled yesterday that while he disagrees with the decision, he's looking forward to rejoining his team mates. according to espn, it is considered unlikely that brown will appeal the decision. a check of your weather now with bill karins. >>> good morning. umbrella day for millions of people. yesterday's beautiful weather is gone in the northeast. the humidity has returned. we will see areas of rain. but the severe threat is mostly going to be a l

very accurate maps.e 900 americans killed there, there were eight sectors and each rifle squad, each platoon new ywhere they were going and hadvery , very detailed maps of where the defensive installations were so we did a fantastic intelligence job certainly in the european theater, i can't tell you about the pacificbut we were very good indeed , great intelligence. >> we have another question. >> in your opinion if the u-boat war in the atlantic wouldn't have been successful, do you feel like the war might not have progressed and europe wouldn't have been cut off from the supply lines? with doing u-boats. >> if you look at the normal atlantic in 1942, had the u-boat war campaign succeeded, then the launching pad for d-day, the launching pad for all of the american operations in europewould have gone down, you wouldn't have had a d-day . so yes, very critical time. the defeat of the u-boat minutes shows allies ingenuity and cooperation at its very best but it was an allied effort.i americans on the eastern seaboard , michael, i've written about that and you have to some extent and the briti

the former platoon leader was accused of holding a reenlistment ceremony for special operations chiefd gallagher next to the corpse of an islamic state militant. earlier this month a military jury acquitted gallagher in the killing of that isis prisoner. the admiral also ordered a review of the services justice system. >>> now to a video of a huge brush fire in southern california. crews are scrambling to get the caliente fire under control. it's burning east of san diego. about 500 acres have burned so far and at last check it's about 50% contained. so far no structures have been destroyed. >>> president trump says he wants to add mortar i haves to chinese goods. >> scott mcgrew, that's caught a lot of people off guard. >> it has, including stock markets. it's been a tough week for the markets. kris was talking about the latest jobs number, 164,000 is a solid number, though marked slowing in manufacturing jobs. here is a president at a rally last night talking about the new tariffs. >> we've been losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to china and that's to stop it. they under

a year went by. , i was an ambulance platoon leader and we were doing some really high training. we work getting used to this great training will be filled raft and we went across waters from everyone was in. they heard, i want to come out and visit. he didn't know who i was. so he came and he's looking at this, the aide was with him and if you seek the handcuff like this, that means a coin is going in. i watched the transaction happen and he checked my hand and gave me a coin. i had him twice. i said thank you. i could have said something, so i said something. [laughter] you have to be genuine. you are who you are and i have always been genuine. i said sir, i will accept this.on behalf of my soldiers and figure out a way we can all share in this. i appreciate you taking the time to visit us. i certainly hope i could have been on the other side of that coin. i saluted and moved out slightly and my first sergeant was still better because i went to be with my soldiers. and it's like, when you figure something out in a light bulb goes off, he realized i was the person who applied to