marine corps sergeant thomas brennan! sir! ♪ [cheers and applause] nice to see you! >> thank you for having me. >> jon: first, i want to congratulate you. what thomas has created with the war horse, very briefly, tell them. it is such an impressive organization and idea. it is a very small organization. but it is about military journalism in a different way. tell us what that is. >> so the war horse is a team of seven full-time-you'res right now that we are a nonprofit newsroom focus on the human impact of military service. we published long form investigative reporting. we host writing seminars that join the next generation of writers that are veterans and military family members. >> jon: kennedy, part of your team, the reporting that she did on toxic exposure was, i think, instrumental. >> kelly's impact on the veteran community, as far as raising awareness about toxic exposure has i think really helped you and other advocates have a tremendous impact on the veteran community and make sure that future service members that are