when the war broke out again, he immediately reenlisted. even a go again.e had bad eyesight and was functionally blind in his right eye and was given a pass on many occasions. one time he figured he was not going to get a pass to memorize the eye chart, the interesting thing about this is soldiers with glasses -- soldiers with glasses were looked upon as being second class citizens. but he was real good. he thought he would be lucky to be voted in as one of the formedts of the newly regiment and he ended up being elect the as a lieutenant, which shocked them. he was given a lot of responsibilities very early on. officer radar o'reilly of sorts and it was very interesting. he was given problem children to finish -- to fix and it was when he was aty fort sill and doing training down there. despite operating equipment not designed for people to observe who wore glasses, he was actually good at this. very interesting. that's why when gates had the rather important assignment of ,inding someone to support that the guy he picked in the guy who went with him to di

but not by reenlisting. instead, just going to the front lines in syria, just going.f what i hedy sided to pick up and go to syria for this fight and what it's been like to take on isis fighters and we'll tell you this story from where he's fighting next. , then you don't know "aarp." life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career you'll love. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. to get thebig day?you'll love. ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. don't put off checking out your medicare options until 65. now is a good time to get the ball rolling. medicare only covers about 80% of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance

and when her tour in iraq ended, she reenlisted for another. she seemed fearless. >> reporter: she could very easily have become a casualty. >> yes and other people did die. well, other friends of hers. >> reporter: in 2009, after two tours in iraq, maribel left the army and set part two of her plan into action, enrolling in college. but adjusting back to civilian life wasn't as easy as maribel had expected. like a lot of war veterans -- she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder or p.t.s.d. >> reporter: she'd seen some terrible things. she ever talk about that? >> not with me. >> reporter: instead she focused on school, work, and family -- especially her niece, giselle. she kind of adopted you as this project. >> yeah. >> reporter: now, why did she do that? >> i think it was because she wanted me to have the best. >> reporter: as giselle grew older the self-improvement message sometimes came complete with push-ups. after all, maribel was all army. >> when i would get in trouble, she would make me do exercise in order to, like, work off t

and clerks and so forth who had been in the militia at the beginning of the strike didn't want to reenlist becomes populated by the men who worked as funds into the editing that starts happening is the colorado head of the treasurer who was sympathetic to the movement of this trusted the militia and he thought he could trust him if he refused to pay their bills and the irony of this is what the militia deities went to the coal operators and they operated a set of meetings with the other large industrial sentiment with the bankers and the railroad companies and coal mine operators and essentially the capitalists start funding the state militia so by the spring of 1914 is populated mostly by the former minority having its bills paid by the large industrial interests of the state. as tensions mount over the winter. there is a series of more violence, more controversy. mother jones gets arrested. it's a nasty strike from beginning to end. and in early april it looks like things were getting better. the governor felt like things were improving and he withdrew the militia from from southern colo

farm boys and clerks were defending them at the beginning of the strike but they didn't want to reenlistitia becomes increasingly populated by men who had worked at iron companies. and the other thing is that colorado had a treasurer that was sympathetic to the labor movement and he distrusted the militia and thought he could control them if you refuse to pay their bills. and so the irony of this is that what the militia did in response was going to the coal operators and they organized a set of meetings with the other large industrial is in the bankers and the railroad companies and coal mine operators. essentially they started funding the state militia. so the state militia by the spring of 1914 populated mostly by a mine guard and so the conflict, tensions mount over the winter of 1913 and 1914. and there's more violence and controversy, and it's from beginning to end. .. >> mostof the evidence suggests tht there have been all sorts of -- a lot of trash talking on the day before, on april 19th. both militiamen and strikeers at ludlow believed that their opponents were getting ready to