the most likely person to commit suicide in the united states army as a 29-year-old private. that is what we found. you ask yourself why. if you join the army at 29 one of two things happen. you either got a real shot at patriotism and decided to go down one night and signed up for your going through some life experiences that you are reaching out for lifesaver. what we find with these kids is there left with two kids, have no medical insurance or health insurance. we bring them into the army and put them through six months of training and the think they made it and go to their first post can't station and then looking for somebody to take care of their kids because they have to go down range. one thing we told our leaders is when you get these kids who come in at a later age those are kids who are probably at high risk category. you need to take more time interviewing them and talking to them about what is the condition of their life. >> this is also on the web seminar so we have questions from twitter. is that true? >> a question from twitter. for the entire panel. what can

national guard united states or the air national guard of the united states, which are components of the army and air force. these individuals retain their status as state cardmembers, unless and until they are order to activate the federal service and may revert to state status upon being reviewed from federal service. there is a third hybrid status commonly referred to as title 32 status, where the members are in a federally dead state status. i understand that mr. johnson, dod general counsel will express some of the ramifications of these different statuses in which members of the national guard served. the composition of the joint chiefs of staff is defined by statute and consists of the chairman, vice chairman and the military service chiefs of the army, navy, air force and marine core. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is the principal military advisor to the president, national security council, the homeland security council and the secretary of defense. the other members of the joint chiefs may submit to the chairman advice and disagreement with or in addition to the advice p

united states. i was told that i was at the lowest readiness level of any unit in the united states army. to pick up a brigade and send it to new orleans, to fort hood, texas within 24 hours. when i asked the question -- are you kidding me? we had just gone back from iraq. they said, you do not understand could you pick up your brigade and be in new orleans in 24 hours. we will never fail you. we will always do it. but if we are not trained, not equipped, do not have the proper force structure, the results will not be good. they will not be good. >> would it be fair to say that but that includes the number of men and women who come back -- >> that is exactly where those try to show in my historical examples. no one ever said no, we will not take task forces into korea. they said roger, we will do it. they went in with incomplete infantry battalions and ill- equipped and they took 40% casualties. that is what happened. we will never say no. that, i think, we can all promise you. the key is the results when we do that mission. >> admiral ferguson? >> i would echo that. in the history of the

our eagle staff, carried by randy surely, united states army. airborne.ow about a big round of applause for our intertribal the answers. -- dancers. [applause] go dancing. good singing. thanks for coming out and representing. the antar, the of hard. -- dance hard, dance hard. all right, thank you. you may be seated. randy surelyh, thank you. getting ready for our fire song. [unintelligible] >> [unintelligible] my name is red star. i am happy to be here. i wanted to share this song, not only for one of my fellow tribal members, but also for the local heroes and to honor ancestors of this land. they do. -- thank you. ♪ [applause] >> thank you. going over to our napster singers. the appropriate honoree for our recipients. liz, eddie, corrina, come on up. and earl. i hate telling myself what to do. that is why i have a wife. [applause] >> walkjauqien torez, come on u. >> thank you. >> good evening, everyone. i am the director of neighborhood services here in the county of san francisco. i wanted to thank each and everyone of you. and it is a very grand space

as a united states army vet, i see the veteran of their armed forces and all those that keep things movinghe way they are supposed to, they need to know people are standing with them and praying with them. >> they took time for prayer and worship. >> for virginia pastor and marine corp. veteran kevin mcbride, it was a special first time v to the hland. >> for me it is more,less giving them an applause, honoring them. >> what did the israeli think? >> we have had a lot of children, taken pictures on motorcycles. we have had a great experience. >> julie stall, cbn news, israel. >>> our jerusalem bureau working hard to produce stories in israel. >> in 2010, joe and cindy hurston returned from a missionary trip only to find their head flooded because of a broken pipe. they stayed focussed on their ministry providing water to a desperate haiti. this story comes from freelance producer cindy korbit. >> the abc television program extreme homemaker chose the joe hurston family. their personal problems quickly overshadowed by january 2010 haiti earthquake. they made the choice to forego their needs

. >> one of those commercials came on about the united states army. >> reporter: he enlisted.t 19 after three weeks of duty a routine drive in a humvee would change his life forever. >> they said, martinez, it's your turn to drive. even i'm at war i'm not processing that. i had one hand on the steering wheel, the window was halfway down and i'm driving as if i'm driving down sunset boulevard. >> reporter: being cool. >> being cool at 19 years old. >> reporter: then the unthinkable. >> boom, the explosion.hing jus. i felt this wave of like force, of power, of energy just starting at my feet and literally working its way through my body. the next thing i remember is being pinned inside the vehicle. i could see my hands completely changing. >> reporter: like melting? >> yeah. i could see my hands -- my skin, you know, slowly just deteriorating. i can see my hands changing in the way that quite honestly only see in movies. i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: he would spend nearly three years undergoing 33 excruciating cosmetic and skin graft surgeries. >> that was when the

our eagle staff, carried by randy surely, united states army. airborne.ow about a big round of applause for our intertribal the answers. -- dancers. [applause] go dancing. good singing. thanks for coming out and representing. the antar, the of hard. -- dance hard, dance hard. all right, thank you. you may be seated. randy surelyh, thank you. getting ready for our fire song. [unintelligible] >> [unintelligible] my name is red star. i am happy to be here. i wanted to share this song, not only for one of my fellow tribal members, but also for the local heroes and to honor ancestors of this land. they do. -- thank you. ♪

i think the more important and fair question for the united states army united states army is what was known about are his ivins in real-time? here is what i found. as of the year 2000 number of his army colleagues at fort detrick newsom very disturbing things about him. they knew that he was receiving psychiatric treatment for his individual and group therapy and they knew he was taking a number of psychiatric drugs. they knew he was taking some balsa, valium trazodone valium and impact in july 2000 his doses of celexa had been double. he kept the secret to himself and never put this on a form when he was getting a booster shot of anthrax vaccine that he was as of july 2000 taking zyprexa which is an antipsychotic. if bruce ivins have been working with nuclear materials or chemical warfare materials, he would have been removed immediately at the first sign of any instability or problems but the fact is the army allowed him to maintain unrestricted virtually unsupervised access to the deadliest anthrax cap of the united states government. this was highly portable material. the anthrax

hindsight obviously is 20/20, but i think the more important and fair question for the united states army is what was known about bruce ivans in realtime? here's what i found. as of the year 2000, a number of his colleagues knew some very disturbing things about him. they knew he was receiving psych yatic treatment, group therapy, taking psychiatric drugs, taking symbalta, lunesta, and his doses have been doubled. he kept it a secret to himself, never put this on a form when he was getting a booster shot of anthrax vaccine that he was also taking an anti-psychotic drug also. if bruce had been working with nuclear materials or chemical warfare materials, he would have been removed from duty immediately at the first sign of up stability or problems, but the army allowed him to have virtually unsupervised access by the deadliest anthrax kept by the united states, and this is highly portable material. the anthrax in the letters was less than a gram that was recovered per letter, so just a tiny amount of the material can create mass pappic and kill -- panic and kill people. one of the biggest

today, we honor the thousands of japanese-americans who served in the united states army's three unitsernment. their baptism of fire began in the mountains of italy when the 100th battalion was tasked to the fifth army. they overlooked the italian campaign that was brutal. it cost the allies 320,000 casualties between 1943 and 1945. in italy, the 100th fought in the bitter cold. they fought sickness. all while fighting the germans uphill. the 100th joined the attack on germans. the soldiers quickly established a reputation as some of the best combat soldiers on the front. this reputation was sealed early on when two of their members were attacked on november 29, 1943, and they were attacked by some 40 german soldiers. things turned out pretty badly for those germans. 38 killed, one wounded, one captured. the private gave his life later that day, but that two-man army earned medals of honor for their extraordinary heroism. their bravery and selfless dedication was reflected by all fighters, wherever they engaged the enemy. they fought hard for this nation and they held fast to their mot

sherman said that we could never satisfy your ambition and less we made you general the army and president of the united statesnited states at the same time. ted roosevelt later was chief of staff of the army in the late 1890s, early 19th century had roosevelt called him something like a strutting peacock. so he basically in all the after action reports cut gatewood out of the credit as to who captured geronimo. and gatewood lived a fairly tragic life. his health would never recover from most expeditions but the curious thing about that is that miles supported, when he sought to transfer miles was effusive in his praise for him so it was a very mixed bag. gatewood does not get enough credit for although in the movie, which is not very historically accurate, the character, the gatewood character receives full credit oregon warren laughton doesn't even appear as a character in it. but that's an excellent point and i discussed that very briefly at the end of the geronimo chapter. >> the federal bureau of investigation and the united states marshal service are in the business of tracking wanted criminal fugitives.

guard are members of oath state and national guard and the federal national guard of the united states. the army and air national national guard of the united states are two of the six reserve components of the department of defense. the army-navy air force and marine corps reserves or the other for reserve components. members of the national guard conserved in three distinct statuses each of which has differing responsibilities and authorities. first, national guard members may serve in what is known as state active duty. state law dictates when guard members assumed the status. typical state active duty missions include first responder responsibilities after a natural disaster. the state pays for and the governor of that state commands the national guard when it is on the state active duty. the department of defense placed no direct role in that status. second, national guard members may be ordered to duty under title xxxii of the united states code which i will call title xxxii. when the card performs a title xxx to duty it is performing federally funded military training subject to federal s

united states. we were completely broke and i did something real unpopular at the time. four days after high school i joind the united states army. not only to serve my country but to get the,gi bill to continue my education. then i saw young men and women from all across america. from farms and ranches and it matedm made me realize the strength in this country is not from commonality but our great diversity. i had a younger sister named gift of god and christa was a special girl because she suffered from severe epilepsy. she never once complained. she never said across word and it could or would take her an hour or two to line um... up her clothes and do our homework and get her lunch b bag ready. i'm the five minutes bed to - bus kind of guy, you know? well krista saw the baseball movie called field of dreams. very inspiring movie that takes place in the corn field in iowa and decided for her 23rd birt

i'm katie with the united states army several affairs and psychological operations command airborne inort bragg, north carolina. i like to wish everyone in westminster, maryland a happy veterans' day. thank you for your service and everything you have done! >>> thank you! honor some of our active duty this veterans' day by donating to turkey for troops. call or just log on to wusa9.com. >>> tomorrow night the eight republicans vying for the presidential nomination will face off in yet another debate. and this time, it's in south carolina. and they'll be taking questions on what they do as commander in chief. voters in the state typically support national defense and more military spending, and now the candidates will have to sell them on their national security and foreign policies instead of issues around the struggling economy. >> so often in presidencies throughout our history the most important thing that happens is a threat from overseas. and so in this debate we're going to pour into that. >> and texas governor rick perry will also try to redeem himself after his stumble a few ni

united states of america. [applause] [applause] >> please rise and join the united states army band and singing "god bless, americarica land that i love stand beside her and guide our through the night with the light from light the mountains to the paris to the ocean god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as we retire the colors. retired the colors! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [stirring patriotic marching music] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this concludes the veterans day observance. please be seated for the departure of the president of united states and thank you for joining us to honor all two- suitwho served. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] [applause] ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> decorated veteran and best- selling author finally recognize and comes to terms with his post traumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i told this guy about my symptoms. i jumped up in the middle of the night and ran outside without knowing what was going on. if a ca

i served eight years in the united states army reserves and national guard. i am actively involved with youth programs like community youth centers and others in san francisco. i live in sunset with my wife and two children. i'm running for the office of sheriff because i believe we must reduce the recidivism rate and in still crime preventive measures by investing in our youth. in the 20 years i served as a deputy sheriff for san francisco, i witnessed the department spent more money for fewer resources. as sheriff, i would implement job training for the incarcerated to enable them to transition into productive citizens and contribute toward our society. i would encourage youth programs where debt easing cage with the community, offering opportunity to our youth, enabling them to lead productive lives instead of turning to crime. i would implement a rehabilitation process for the incarcerated. i would implement a performance evaluation system to ensure every individual in a drug rehab program is held accountable for their participation. in addition, with the

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states army chorus will now saying the 442nd song -- will 442nd song. ♪ orus sings] ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [applause] good morning. and a great morning it is when we gather today on this very special day for america, a day when the congressional gold medal is bestowed on american heroes. congratulations to each and everyone of you and to your families. in accepting this gold medal, you bring luster to this award and you bring honor to this congress. as a member of congress, i am honored to join the house and senate leadership, our distinguished speaker, leader reid, leader mcconnell and also the others. it is natural that we would have californians in the lead on the resolution, senator boxer and congressman schiff. and totally, wonderfully, proudly appropriate that senator mccain and our house member, veteran of world war ii, ralph hall, are co-sponsors of this legislation. you are bringing us all together. it's an honor to join t

i served from the united states navy and the united states army. it was a perfect fit. >> so what kind of jobs are we talking about when you take off the helmet and put on the hard hat? >> anywhere from project management down to carpentry, plumbing, pipefitting, whatever it may be, whatever you can think of this construction. >> some of those careers you talked about welding, pipefitting, do you have to have the training the experience before you can take advantage of this? >> it can certainly be helpful. also we work with the 15 building construction trades and they have over 80 principle crafts. you said middle class income. what kind of money are where he talking about. >>> what is even an hour if a pipefitter and a plum officer. >> it -- and a plumber? >> we want to connect them to careers. not $10 an hour. not $12 an hour. we want to connect them to something with health benefits, if they have the gi bill they can use that. >> people are watching this family members are overseas or on a base somewhere, coming back home. how do they take advan

united states senate, the honorable harry reid. [applause] >> in 1945, a few weeks before germany surrendered to allied forces, the united states army 92nd infantry division headquarters wrote to its commanders that letter was titled facts concerning the 442nd infantry. this is what the buffalo soldiers wrote about an all-volunteer unit of japanese americans who had proven their valor in battle in the european theater. quote, they're as thoroughly loyal as german americans, italian americans or any other americans of foreign ancestry a category, of course, into which all of us fall, end of quote. and of course that was true. not only were the men just as loyal as the most distinguished american soldiers of every race or national background, they're also as sharp of eye, draw of aim and stout of heart. in the end the blood they shed defending american freedom on the battlefields of europe while fighting for the only nation they'd ever call home was just as red. although they were exempt from the draft, they volunteered to fight for our flag. many of them joined despite having family living in american internment camps along with 100,

. >> reporter: for the united states army, serving thanksgiving dinner for 750 people isa big job andcomes with an equally big shopping list. fort meade won the award as the top dining facility in the army this year. >> had to get 400 pops of turkey, 200 pounds of ham, 140 pounds of roast beef, about 150 pies. >> reporter: and while many would rather be closer to home, they know that many fellow soldiers are further away in harm's way. >> a tradition for my family to be in the service. i wanted to join myself. >> i still have the longing to be with my family and i just graduated from bct. i am here for ait training. i'm not use ised -- used to all of this moving around and stuff. >> a reminder, even in the army, a small taste of turkey can bring a small taste of home. in fort meade, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> you know, it wouldn't be thanksgiving in d.c. without the annual turkey bowl, the city's marquee public school event. this year, coolidge high went up against dunbar and people are not talking about the game but coolidge high's head coach. here's more. >> light go! >> report

guard are members of both the state and national guard, and the federal national guard of the united states. the army and international guards of the united states are two of the six reserve components of the department of defense. the army, navy, air force, and marine corps reserves are the other four deserve components. members of the national guard can serve in three distinct statices, each of which has differing responsibilities and authorities. first, national guard members may serve in what is known as state active duty. state law dictates when guard members assume the status typical state active duty missions include first responder after a naturalilities disaster. the state pays for and the governor of the state commands national guard when it is on state active duty. the department of defense played no direct role in that status. second, national guard members may be ordered to dirty under -- duty under title 2 of the code, title 32 duty. when the guard perform title 32 duty, it is performing federally funded military training is subject to federal standards, or domestic missions, both of wh

for his service in the united states army, cody has been awarded the army commendation medal, the national defense service medal, the afghanistan campaign medal with two campaign stars, and the nato medal and the combat infantry medal. cody norris was a part of the rare breed, the american breed. soldiers who take care of the rest of us and watch for evildoers who would bring us harm. they prove their commitment to america by giving their lives for this nation. general george patton said of the fallen soldiers, let us not only mourn for the men who have died fighting, but let us be grateful to god that such men ever lived. mr. speaker, we are grateful to private first class cody norris and that he lived. he was a texan, a soldier, an american warrior. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the jeament california, ms. bass, for five minutes. ms. bass: thank you. request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. bass: i rise toda

. >> reporter: even for the united states army, serving thanksgiving dinner for 750 people is a big job and that comes with an equally big shopping list. fort meade won the ward as the top dining facility in the army this year. >> had to get 400 pounds of turkey, 200 pounds of ham, 140 pounds of roast beef, about 150 pies. >> reporter: while many would rather be closer to home, they know many of their fellow soldiers are even further away in harm's way. >> it is a tradition of my family to be in the service. i wanted to join myself. >> i still have that longing to be with my family. i just graduated from bct. i'm here for training. so i'm in the used to all this moving around and stuff. >> a reminder how even in the army a small taste of turkey can bring a small taste of home. in fort meade, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> an incredible story here about a fallen soldier in a very special dog. justin roll lynn was killed in iraq in march of 2007. the night before he died, he and some fellow soldiers were told about a bunch of puppies found in a port ajohn. this is a picture of rollins wi

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. >> i was in the united states army, i went to vietnam. >> my specialty was planting and removal ofxplosive devices. i did my entire tour in europe, enjoyed the military, willing to serve my country again. >> i've been 18 years. my family and i discussed that i needed some more structure or a little bit more discipline in my life. and they felt that the military would be the best thing for me. so i enlisted. >> they served this country, they put themselves in harm's way. they got out of the service. some honorably, some dishonorably, but they got out of the service and they committed a crime against the state of maryland in this case. and i think people -- it would be good if people remember these -- even though they committed a crime against the state of maryland, they did serve this country and they did put themselves in harm's way for us. >> the veterans here in this group here, they have a shine about themselves. they have a pride about themselves. the way they do things, the way they conduct themselves. they try to conduct themselves with the staff in a very, very respectful wa

female soldiers in the united states army are doing something they've never done before. they're serving in special commando units for the very first time. our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is standing by. she has more on this latest development. barbara, what happened here? >> well, wolf, we went down to ft. bragg, north carolina, to take a look at all of this. it's not quite g.i. jane, but it's as close as it gets. elite special forces, training to assault compound. many are headed to afghanistan. these troops have a new weapon. for the first time, women are joining elite commando units, going on raids into compounds and even living in villages. their job? to do what the men cannot, deal directly with afghan women and children. for the first time ever on television, cnn was given access to their rigorous training. >> a bunch of strong, capable, awesome women, who can take any challenge that's thrown at us. >> captain annie kliman laughingly rejects compare sons to g.i. jane. >> we're not going to be shaving our heads any time soon. >> only half the women who ap

there's an old saying an army lives on its stomach, so when thanksgiving rolls around, the united states army has a reputation to live up to. as fox 5's tom fitzgerald reports from ft. meade maryland, many soldiers this year are thankful to be back in the states. reporter: if you think you've got a small army to feed at your house, well, meet u.s. army colonel ed rolf steen, just back from afghanistan, the colonel is garrison commander of ft. meade in maryland. he said overseas are here on base serving a first class thanksgiving is a major mission for an army at war. >> there's a lot of stress put on us being away from family and friends, but in truth the resiliency of being there with my comrades, you do the best you can. reporter: the army like any family has its traditions. one of the oileddest is having the entire senior leadership -- oldest is having the entire senior leader shill don their dress uniforms to serve their soldiers. -- leadership don their dress uniforms to serve the soldiers. >> it was really great. i was intimidated, usually not intimidated by the people that serve you fo

we have the honor of having general chiarelli, vice chief of the united states army since august 4th,08. he has commanded at every level from platoon to core, commanded the united states european command, director of operations readiness and mobilization at headquarters. we also have admiral ferguson. we're delighted to have you with us. he is the vice chief of naval operations, navy personnel command and chief of legislative affairs and chief of naval personnel. also general joseph dunford, assistant commandant of the marine corps. general dunford has gone to the u.s. army ranger school, marine care amphibious warfare school and u.s. army college and a distinguished career and we appreciate the expertise he brings to this panel. last but certainly not least is general breedlove. we appreciate you being with us. general breedlove is vice chief of staff of the u.s. air force at georgia tech graduate and we enjoyed the graduate university of virginia playing you the other week. it may be the one bright spot we will have this year but thanks for your help and cooperation in that. he is a

theory or belief that pre-emption would be a better thing to do since that is what seals and united states army special forces believe we should do and every situation especially a bosnia, did you see indication in iraq and afghanistan where special warfare operators like yourself try to prevent it in the first place would be the better strategy. >> there's a tremendous amount we could learn from these stories. a tremendous amount we can learn from studying what happened in bosnia and rwanda and cambodia but when we think about actually acting preemptively we need to think broadly about all of the tools at our disposal. the fact is often times we actually have a lot of the answers right around us. we just haven't figured out a way to use those tools effectively. one of the things i write about in the book is a lot of times as americans we tend to invest in buildings and institutions instead of actually making connections to people. just as i look at this audience right here i can see answers in this audience. steve culbertson runs youth service america, program engaging hundred of thousands of

"the times" he's an 87-year-old man that escaped nazi-occupied vienna and drafted in to the united states armyshoot pictures assisting camera men along the burma road supply line. let's recap. wedding lawsuit guy is suing a family-run company started by an 87-year-old who escaped the nazis andrn

he was a united states army infantryman who was deployed in iraq. he was driving a truck.burned over 40% of his body. we were with j.r. last night. he was so inspirational, carol. he talked to "showbiz tonight" about what it was like to make it through this. listen to what he told us. >> that's how life is. sometimes things that you want are going to be thrown at you. some things you don't want are going to be thrown at you. but you have to be willing to step up to the challenge. you have to maintain a positive attitude, be patient and just fight. and understand and believe that if you do those things, good things will come to you. and one day you, too, will be able to hold your own personal trophy. i think that's the biggest thing we've been able to prove this whole ten-week journey that we've been on. >> carol, what an amazing inspiration this guy is. and don't forget, he beat out -- he's now the biggest celebrity -- and he beat out all the other celebrities. of course, he beat out ricki lake. there were 11 in all that included chas bono, kristin c cavallari from "the hi

united states congress. i'm privileged to serve on the house select committee on intelligence. my father honorably served in the united states air force. my stepfather in the united states army. navy. i think for every one of us who are here on this stage tonight, i think we all want to send our very best happy thanksgiving greetings to all of our men and women in uniform who are serving as overseas, here in the united states and also to their families. happy thanksgiving. we appreciate, we love you and we want to get you home as soon as we can. >> my name is jon huntsman. i believe this week in particular that there is still much to be grateful for in this, the greatest nation that ever was. i'm here with my wife of 28 year, mary kay, who is fortuitously sitting in the new hampshire box up here. we are the wife -- or we are the parents of seven kids, two in the united states navy. twice elected governor of the great state of utah. i've lived overseas four times, three times as the united states ambassador. i'm honored and privileged to be here. wolf, cnn, heritage, aei, thank you all for making tonight possible. >> let's get right to the questionses. our leadoff question is f