obviously a chain of command that has led us to victory in countless wars but stuart scheller is in thatesponse i have seen to our country's military. we have heard stories especially around the holiday season of active duty service members needing handouts from the public to survive. we have done countless stories since, i don't know, the vietnam war about veterans on the street. this should not happen. we should be treating our active duty service members and our veterans with the utmost respect and putting them in a position that they don't have to worry about feeding their family. they should be paid a salary that allows them to do so we should never have veterans on the streets. those who give so much to our country our country does not give enough back. this is a perfect example of somebody doing this for his country. he is not doing this for himself. he sacrificed his retirement. this is how our system treats him and to me it's an abomination. will: you know, todd, that's so well said. if we are going to make this broader this is what the story is about to me. lieutenant colonel s

stuart scheller, who was court-martialed. he is still in the service, correct?: he has agreed to resign from the marines, but from what i understand, a story i saw earlier this month, that it could take months to even years for him to actually cycle out of the military. so he is going to work every day, but he has agreed to leave the service. host: you kind of touched on this earlier, about the level of spending, the types of things being spent. you write, unfortunately, instead of pouring resources and energy into maintaining readiness, much of washington's views today is at throwing money at shiny new objects, big-ticket weapons systems, ship and aircraft that either take years to build, become obsolete, or either do not work. a boon to the beltway defense lobby, not so much for the fighting forces. but it seems like it has been that way for a long time. guest: it has been like that since the beginning of the cold war. as you and, i am sure, your listeners and viewers no, president eisenhower and his farewell address warned of a military-industrial complex, th

stuart scheller, who was court-martialed. he is still in the service, correct?as agreed to resign from the marines, but from what i understand, a story i saw earlier this month, that it could take months to even years for him to actually cycle out of the military. so he is going to work every day, but he has agreed to leave the service. host: you kind of touched on this earlier, about the level of spending, the types of things being spent. you write, unfortunately, instead of pouring resources and energy into maintaining readiness, much of washington's views today is at throwing money at shiny new objects, big-ticket weapons systems, ship and aircraft that either take years to build, become obsolete, or either do not work. a boon to the beltway defense lobby, not so much for the fighting forces. but it seems like it has been that way for a long time. guest: it has been like that since the beginning of the cold war. as you and, i am sure, your listeners and viewers no, president eisenhower and his farewell address warned of a military-industrial complex, the pour