the president and ceo for the u.s. army, put your hands together for general bob brown. >> great to see you. what a great way to start 2023 with the 40th chief of staff of the army. the right leader at the right time. we are so clad you are in this role. i will started off with some questions. i want you to be ready. we will save plenty of times for questions from folks out there. i want to welcome the senior leaders, great to see you. leaders, congressional staffers, thanks for being here and for all you do. for our soldiers and their success in the future. it is key. let's get right into it. thanks for being here. we just got back from kind of a world tour of 11 countries. i'm going to start a summary on that trip. >> it is good to see so many friends here, a lot of our allies and partners. what is interesting is sponsoring the event, and when -- interview you, we will see how it goes. i'm ready. this is not my first rodeo. it is great to be here. had a chance to go see what our troops are doing in the middle east. we wer

he was a west point is a quartermaster in the u.s. armyand he was planning to leave the army inside with the confederates. he acts upon general beauregard staff. he wanted to create a spy ring. he recruited rose to do that. then taught her decipher. here's the size and the national archives. he coordinate with her for her messages to be sent to his alias. so rose's home became a meeting place for secessionists. one of them that i will mention is eugenia phillips just because i find this intriguing. she was the wife of a former alabama senator and lawyer. he decided to stay in d.c. also the sister of phoebe yates who was one of the matrons during the war. one other member of the spy ring was a 16-year-old girl named betty. it is betty who is the one to deliver rose's fateful message. now uncial 99th rose sends a message to general beauregard via betty devol telling him that the union army and northeastern virginia was about to move. beauregard sent general to confirm this. and then on july 16, rose gave that confirmation. she said the march

the u.s. army had been so small that they never a consolidated file on an individual soldier officer or enlisted. as you know, the army exploded in size during civil war. it became a huge problem after the war where individual veterans were putting in a pension request to the pension office. the pension office would get the request, send it over to the war department to verify the person's service and to verify they didn't desert. if was a disability related pension, they had to prove in the paperwork the disability. again, they were trying to do this without a consolidated file. it got to the point where there were about a year, a half or two years behind answering the question that was coming in to the pension office, the grand army of the republic got involved. it was a very powerful union. veterans group after the civil war put a lot of pressure on congress. congress, then put a lot of pressure on the war department. and then in the 1880s, they created the system that i'm about to walk through

he was a west pointer, quartermaster in the u.s. army. d he was planning to leave the army and side with the confederates. in fact he ends up on general beauregard's staff. he wanted to create a spy ring, and he recruited rose to do that. he taught her a cipher. this is the cipher here, and he coordinated with her for her messages to be sent to his alias, which was thomas rayford. rose's home became a meeting place for secessionists. one of them that i will mention it is eugenia phillips, just because i find this intriguing. she was the wife of phillip phillips, former alabama senator and lawyer. he had decided to stay in d. c.. he was also the sister of phoebe yates pember, who was one of the matrons at -- during the war. one other member of the spy brain was a 16-year-old girl named betty duvall, and it is betty who actually is the one to deliver rose's fateful message. now, rose, on july 9th, sent a message to general beauregard via betty duvall, telling him that the union army in northeastern virginia was about to move. beauregard sent

and he knows the u.s. army is a lot more powerful than the confederate army. and they can transport people down any river in new jersey and come back behind. him and that's mclelland's plan. he plans to go to a place called urbana, put him behind johnston and forced johnson to come to him. well, johnson realizes this is a real possibility so he pulls his army back behind the rappahannock river. we in davis is not happy about this. because he has given up a lot of territory, he's given at the meatpacking plant. not happy at all. johnson, thought that he had approval. in the meantime, mcclellan realizes he cannot exercise his urbana plan and he's gonna go down to fort monroe in the tip of the peninsula. you are all probably familiar with. this one he lands, he starts moving up the river. up the peninsula. and john bank head magruder was in charge of about 13,000 confederates. he hasuilt a line from yorktown alonthe warwick river all the wato the james. and he has ocked off the warwick river sohat it is almost impossle. but he only has 13,000 men. he's out number

general keith kellogg was among them visited the u.s. army general kate kellogg, they got acquainted with the evidence of russian war crimes in kharkiv oblast, the head of ovan oleg sinogubov reported, however, according to him, despite the huge destruction and damage to the critical infrastructure in izyum, gradually normal life is being restored, people are returning to the city and businessmen are resuming their work, the enemy continues to terrorize zaporizhzhia and the region within a day there were recorded 172 shelling destroyed more than two dozen settlements, the head of the regional military administration, oleksandr starukh, reported. during the night, the rockets of the craftsmen and the occupiers aimed at peaceful objects in the region, so in the village, lying russian shells damaged the water supply, gas supply, and power lines. at the same time, 10 private houses were damaged by the blast wave. gutted windows, doors, fences and roofs, and already in the morning the occupiers once again set fire to a lot of painful komishuvah, r

special operations command and u.s. army of those allegations and they are investigating. >> a spokesman for u.s. army special operations command wrote: we take all allegations seriously and are fully cooperating with the criminal investigation division. the use of illegal drugs or any other illegal activity does not reflect the behavior we demand from every soldier in our formation. no charges have been brought and no arrests have been made. >> the incident involved a small number of individuals, isolated to one unit. and there is no evidence that this is systemic. >> dan elkins, a green beret more concerned about the health issues facing special operations troops where suicide rates are the highest in the military. 30% higher. between 2007 and 2015, 117 special operators died by suicide. >> since 2015, there have been at least 16 drug overdose deaths at fort bragg, accord go ahead o internal documents. before the pandemic and after pullout from afghanistan. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. up next the panel reacts to the clas

he is the highest ranking u.s. army officer to resign and join the confederacy the ends of as doug said, for the line behind of their officers. and when the or hundred war and is, his personal board is not andy, he continues to write and speak vocally about how he was mistreated and overlooked and not properly recognized. so he fused with davis after the war and for the rest of his wife and her is very unhappy about the situation. he dies 1991 involved more but i do think he had a strong sense of honor and service and he said he was not in this for ranking glory. he kind of was. but one final thought about johnston and it's interesting to me because i love all periods of history as some of you know. as father served in the revolution in the calvary with henry lee, who is the father of robert e. lee so they served together in the and when johnston joined the confederacy and fought in civil war, he carried his father's sword the revolution with him. have fun without one. i'll wrap it up at this point and if doug and chris

peterson has obtained hundreds of pages of materials used by the department of veterans affairs, the u.s. armying look at what your tax dollars are paying for and the woke values imposed on the federal bureaucracy and u.s. military. kyle, so you've got these materials by filing a freedom of information act request, right? >> correct. so what the journal published was dozens, probably, of staff trainings, internal documents for the federal government. and to pick a few examples, so the department of the army, the u.s. army had one on its transgender policy. it covers everything from pro nouns to pregnancies -- pronounce -- pronouns. my soldier who is using a single-sex bathroom or shower facility may at any time encounter another soldier who has the anatomy of the opposite sex. the department of jet irans a-- veterans affairs had some training, the gingerbread person. there's a page on privileged bingo. nasa had a tip sheet on microaggressions and, apparently, it is a my microaggression to say that america is a melting pot and also a microaggression to ask an asian person for help with a math p

he retired from the u.s. army at the rank of colonel after a 30 year career, serving as logistics officer, supporting operations in peace and war, back to work as a as a history. i'm sorry, american from the maxwell school of syracuse university and a master's degree in strategic studies from the u.s. army war college. and he is a certified master logistician. and we have a lieutenant. last but not least lieutenant colonel tim stoy, united states army. uh, author of sharpen your bayonets a biography of lieutenant general john wilson, iron mike, commander of the third 13th division of world war two. colonel stoy, a classmate of mine from the class of 81 at west point and, served 31 years in infantry. the infantry and as a foreign area officer. he served six and a half years, some of them with me in the third infantry division. while i was headquartered in germany during the cold war. colonel starr is a former president of the of the society of the third division and served as its historian, for over ten years. and

but the women who are in the marines, in the u.s. armye, army, coast guard, they have to deal with this. don't they? >> and, jesse, they shouldn't have to. what i found really interesting with all these training manuals is that they say well transgender soldiers aren't expected to modify or alter their behavior. just because someone else is uncomfortable. but what gets me is that for all the talk of equality, women are expected and everyone else who isn't transgender to modify and alter their behavior. women are told to just shut up. it so if a man feels uncomfortable changing with other men or showering where other men shower, he can get -- go to the women's facilities. but if women feel uncomfortable, what are they supposed to do? we're told to shut up. we're told to not trust our gut instinct. ignore it, we are bigots or whatever sexual slur like turf they want to call us. shouldn't would he be focused on, i don't know, fighting? that's what the purpose of the military is, peace through strength. we're paying tax dollars for this. jess

born in germany, five years after world war i, you escaped from nazi rule and served in the u.s. army at the end of the war. after the war, became a student and professor at harvard, writing your first great book on the napoleonic wars. as a statesman, you played a pivotal role in ending the vietnam war. in constructing detente, with the soviet union, that kept the cold war cold. in establishing relations with china, that helped to bring the cold war to a peaceful end and in the decades since, you've continued thinking and writing about the challenges of building a peaceful world order. this afternoon we will start with the question of the war in ukraine. after henry has said a few words, we will turn to the risks of war in china. henry, last month you wrote an article in a spectator, recalling european leaders sleepwalking into a conflict none of them would have chosen if they had foreseen the wars and in 1918. you asked in the article whether the world finds itself at a turning point in ukraine as winter imposes a pause on a large-scale military operations there. then you say, the t

germany five years after world war i, he was skate nazi -- he escaped nazi rule and served in the u.s. army. at the end of the war he became a student and professor at harvard writing where first -- writing the first great book on napoleonic wars and the congress of vienna and the century of peace that followed. as a statesman you played a pivotal role in ending the vietnam war. you kept the cold war cold. in establishing relations with china, it helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. in the decades since, you have continued thinking and writing about the challenges of building a peaceful world order. this afternoon, we start with the question of the war in ukraine. after henry said words about that, we turn to be risks of war in china. henry, let me be specific here. last month, you wrote an article in spectator recalling european leaders sleepwalking into a conflict none of them would have chosen. if they had foreseen the wars end in 1918. you asked in that article, whether the world finds itself at a "turning point in ukraine" as winter imposes a pause on large-scale military opera

in the dominican republic and became the first in his family to graduate college serving in the u.s. armyitol police. january 6, 2021, he courageously stood firm the doors of the capitol is insurrectionist stormed the interest sustaining serious injuries is to protect members of congress and defended our democracy. he later testified publicly to ensure our nation and history never forget. for patriotism that puts love of country before self, we the people honor u.s. capitol police sgt. el camino. [applause] [applause] [applause] eugene goodman. [applause] army combat veteran and u.s. capitol police officer eugene goodman embodies fearless public service. the breach january 6, 2021, he made himself a target to divert insurrectionist away from the senate chamber enabling the former vice president, lawmakers and staff to escape safely. in the face of clear present danger, he did his duty and did not flinch. his valor and for ensuring the constitutional order, we could people honor u.s. capitol police officer, eugene goodman. [applause] daniel hodges. [applause] of virginia national guardsmen

he is a proud u.s. army veteran from rome, georgia and he is going to lead us in a special ceremony. marcus. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. you know, every member that got up and spoke before me said the same thing. they talked about the oath of office that we took and how that oath of office didn't end when our enlistment or our commissions ended. it was for life. i took that oath at 18 years old. and over the course of a 30 year career as a soldier, a defense contractor and a government official for department of defense, i reaffirmed that oath many times as veterans. you know, we continue to honor that oath day in and day out, which is why when i saw the events on january 6, i resigned my post as a government official because i knew that those members who helped incite the violence of that day, dishonored the oath that we take. today, our cfc council, our cf a council members and our special guests, representatives that spoke today out will reaffirm an oath. now i will begin. raise your right hands.

>> my dad joined u.s. army. they came first as legal residents. joined the u.s. army. was able to become american citizen. will: you're both making the point, you're first generation of immigrants. there is a presumption about the point of view you hold you feel like is completely inaccurate. >> absolutely. there is assumption we came here emigrated legally that we're okay with the illegal immigration. we are not. we're okay with immigration. that is how we came. part of the american dream. we have understand the want and need to come to the united states of america. we're proud americans. >> yes we are. >> we want it to be done legally. the assumption by a lot of people, our congresswoman, that we're okay what is happening to our city right now is absolutely out rage just. will: rosy, help me understand what is happening to your city, what changes are taking place? >> there is a lot of criminal activity in my neighborhood. as soon as we get 2800 migrants coming in, it started. in october i had trafficking ring going of human smuggling in my parking lot of my apartment

we hear from the former coanding general of the u.s. army in europe. cotland, a transgender woman convicted of rape has beenoved to a men's prison. ♪ >> the u.s. secretary of state traveled to israel, egypt, and the west bank to urge israel and palestinians t de-escalate tensions. that is after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during the threat. it happened in a refugee camp. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is one eyewitness. >> we heard gunshots, we fled into the club and stayed under seizure for three hours. the army besieged us and we heard the sounds of crashes. after about an hour, bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides of the road, then destroyed -- >> a new wave of violence hit the region last spring. the deadliest raid since then. this is the aftermath. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group islamic jihad. they accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terror attacks on civilians and soldiers. this is israel's president. >

. >> the m2 bradley has been used by the u.s. army since the 1980s.t's equipped with an auto cannon, giving it offensive capabilities while bringing troops to the battlefield. speaking to abc news, ukraine's military intelligence chief says the bradley could soon play a role in repelling russia. >> it's a main vehicle for any infantry unit. that's why we need it. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy also says he is receiving armored fighting vehicles from france. speaking owednesday, he said the deliveries sent a strong more international support.r >>> a senior white house official says the u.s. will conduct more defense exercises with japan and south korea. it's meant to boost security ties between the three countries, amid growing threats from pyongyang. the u.s. held joint drills in the region at the end of last year after a flurry of north korean missile launches. american officials are now looking to improve trilateral defense cooperations with allies in tokyo and seoul. national security council spokesperson john kirby says the u.s. is dev

more on where the war in ukraine stands, i spoke to general ben hodges, former commander of the u.s. armyrope. do you see these joint drills between russia and belarus as of prelude to a new ground defense by russia? gen. hodges: i think russia is using belarus as a place to train to are for an eventual new offensive in the spring, but i do not think it would come from the direcon of belarus because lukashenko does not want that to happen. i think he is continuing his game of, be accommodating to the point he does not get annexed, but i think he also knows most people and belarus do not have any interest in a fight with ukraine. the constant exercises, moving stuff in and out of belarus, those keep the ukrainians and us looking north and thinking of the possibility, which helps the russians. i do not think it will come out of there, not in a significant way. laura: president putin has been quick to claim it is a positive trend. what do you make of that? gen. hodges: they will want to make as much out of it as they can to demonstrate success. i think it will be limited in its impact for a

they grew crops and sold it to salt lake city and the local community and gave it to a u.s. army base. they also donated food , ironically, to a japanese internment camp in topaz, utah. providing food for other people who were not able to escape the internment camps, and had to live behind barbed wire and in the wooden shacks. but they were free. and you know, i think that 94-year-old mei set at the best. thank goodness for fred wada. >> great to see them reunited after all this time. they were only together a few years. they all share this wonderful common bond. it's so neat to hear about how they came and do with what they had and came back. >> in that reunion, sadly, but also thankfully, they got to meet one last time. a lot of the folks are older right now, including mei, who is 94. that's possibly the last time they're going to meet. >> what a moment. thank you, ryan. what a special story. >>> that's a tough act to follow. straight ahead in sports, accolades for the toughest shooter in with reliable covid-19 results in just 15 minutes, everyone is making room for binaxnow in

she has also been in commission, served with the u.s. army reserves. so, she stands a long time ago but still stands fairly straight, still recognizable as a military person still. she is the author of a whole slew of articles about the military and historical -- sorry, the military, political, social intersections of history in the era of the historical american revolution. the colonial era. her first book, belonging to the army, camp followers a community during the american revolution, still in print and absolutely an essential text for studying this period of time. but she is here to talk tonight about her hot off the press, i think this is maybe literally hot off the press, new book. congress's own, a canadian regiment, the continental army and the american union. canada? what does canada have to do with the american revolution? please join me in warmly welcoming doctor holly mayer. >> thank you so much. it is wonderful to be here with all of you and to share in this community of history and the revolution in particular. and to, of course, examine

eskenazi was serving in the u.s. army at schofield barracks by honolulu.dodged japanese gunfire as he drove a bulldozer across an open field to repair a train track. this week he took a train from los angeles to new orleans to celebrate his birthday. >> it's really quite honor to me with that they've really served well. you heard their stories. i was >> well, good for him. he was joined by family members and other world war. 2 veterans from california. congratulations to him and thank him definitely for his service. 105. >> that wraps up kron. 4 news tonight at 6. we'll be back at 8 with all your weather updates. everything need to know. >> as we get through the series of storms in california. have a good night. have a nice evening, everybody. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: the 5-year-old kindergarten are swept out of a car by rushing water. head. has heartbroken parents sweep dominic speak out. >> his last words to his mom before the rushing water carried him away. then... they really showed up. the golden globes returned to tv. rihanna. jenna ortega. margot robbie. >

. >> reporter: this retired u.s. army colonel says he wishes the tanks were promised sooner but believes they will help ukraine's attempts to expel the >> it gives them an offensive mechanized armored punching force that can carry out offensive, create penetrations in russian lines. and that also potentially can produce surprise and shock. >> reporter: current tanks date back to soviet times. >> i think abrams is very good for us. it help us with victory. >> reporter: when asked about the tanks a kremlin spokesman said, quote, these tanks will burn, just like all the others. it's believed that these abrams tanks as well as other military officials will be crucial to fighting on open terrain like that found in the mostly flat donbas region. it's where there's been intense fighting since 2014. this is still a far cry from the number of tanks that ukraine has been asking for. >> indeed. they said they wanted hundreds. jarred hill in new york. thank you so much. >>> video of the attack on former house speaker nancy pelosi's h

listening to the music of the army band, u.s. army band, pershing's own, was so beautiful.te them again for the beautiful -- [applause] it was all lovely. i'm so glad you went to the fourth verse, o beautiful for patriots dream that sees beyond the years. undimmed by human fears. that has always been my favorite line because it is who we are as a country. may we always be patriots who see beyond the years. thank you for being so beautiful in your presentation. here we are again under this beautiful dome, as has been referenced by our colleagues and leadership, this beautiful dome, magnificent dome of the united states capitol, which let us recall was built during the civil war. at the time the iron and steel used for the construction were said by some to be needed for the war effort. but president lincoln said to halt the work on the dome would be -- wouldn't be right. he said no. and so in face of brutal violence at the time, the work went on. the work went on because lincoln knew that we needed a national symbol, a beacon of patriotism, better determination and resilience

throughout his life journey, harry truman wore many hats from farmer to captain in the u.s. army during world war, one haberdasher to, county judge, senator, vice president and ultimately president of the united states. with an innate sense of public captain harry truman loved. his form to serve his country in war one. he was one of many young men who answered the call to defend freedom abroad the great war. upon returning home, he continued, his public service by launching a career in politics and after some time was elected to the united states senate. there he took important strides to cut down on government waste and raising his popularity with the public and helping make him this election as president roosevelt's running mate in 1944. he wasn't looking to climb the ladder of success quickly. 82 days into his vice presidency, he got the call to step. when president roosevelt died and he was determined to meet the mercurial moment, president truman once said, progress occurs. when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. and that he d

the nations of western europe to do more to themselves and not rely so much upon uncle sam or the u.s. army. he applauded the power of nationalism in europe as what he called a spear force that would eventually redeem, in his words, redeem him, poland and other countries from soviet control. he also insisted that, as he asserted in 1950, that communism contains within itself the germs which will in time destroy. this belief in, the enemy's ultimate demise, thus provide another rationale for being an ardent anti-communist and a defensive minded. at the same. in his final years, hoover worked unceasingly to educate the american people about communism. he built up his hoover institution on war, revolution and peace. situated on the campus of stanford university, it became an internationally archive of documentation on the russian revolution and its aftermath and as a center for anti-communist scholarship and advocacy. among the papers that he stored there were the voluminous records of the american relief administra ation. as a public speaker frequently decried the influence at home of what he

appeared in the wichita eagle less may come here was written by david, self-described conservative, and u.s. armydise, kansas was battling his second bout with cancer. it was addressed to kansas and ended they today brought in a court, i'm running out of time, i can barely lift my head, my legs are tingling and i haven't trachea in my breathing tube and you have no idea how terrifying it is to move air in or out and despite friends urging him to get medical marijuana on the black market, he refused. and he said i don't intend to break the law even though my situation is growing more severe, that is not who i am. he passed away a few weeks after this offed was published never having received the relief he needed and so fiercely advocated for. and survived by his friend chris howell, who advocated alongside him at the statehouse and was since taken care of his beloved dog. chris is here tonight with us and chris thank you for taking care of your friends and for being here on his behalf and could you please stand to be recognized. [applause] [applause] >> every day thousands of kansans are forced to