traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his you noit and the united states army. -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> master sergeant first class jose rodela. aster sergeant jose rodela served as a company commander b-36, company a, fifth special forces group, first special forces against an armed on september 1, 1969. hat afternoon, master sergeant rodela's battalion were under gun fire. ignoring the enemy fire, master sergeant rodela began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy overrunning the entire battalion exposing himself to enemy fire, he moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was wounded in the back and head while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodela assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket positions before returning to the battalion's perimeter. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united

highest tradition of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states armyapplause] staff sergeant melvin morris. the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant melvin morris, united states army or conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant melvin morris distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as commander of a straightforward strong from company delta, special forces group airborne, first special forces during combat operations against an armed enemy in the vicinity of chile republic of vietnam on september 17, 1969. on that afternoon, staff sergeant maurice is affiliated companies encountered an extensive enemy minefield and were subsequently engaged by a hostile force. staff sergeant maurice learned by radio that a fellow team commander had been killed near an enemy bunker immediately reorganized his men

traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his you noit and the united states army. -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> master sergeant first class jose rodela. aster sergeant jose rodela served as a company commander b-36, company a, fifth special forces group, first special forces against an armed on september 1, 1969. hat afternoon, master sergeant rodela's battalion were under gun fire. ignoring the enemy fire, master sergeant rodela began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy overrunning the entire battalion exposing himself to enemy fire, he moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was wounded in the back and head while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodela assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket positions before returning to the battalion's perimeter. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united

military service and reflect great credit upon himself, husband unit and the united states -- his unit and the united states armying on behalf of her uncle, private fist class leonard m. kravitz. in the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class leonard m. kravitz, united states army, for conspicuous to gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class leonard m. kravitz distinguished himself by act of call the an try above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an assistant machine gunner with company m, fifth infanty regiment, 24th infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on march 6 and 7th, 1951. after friendly elements had repulsed two probing attacks, the enemy launched a bonsai charge with heavy supporting fire, and despite staggering losses, pressed the assault with ruthless determination. when the machine gunner was wounded in the initial phase of the action, private first class kravitz immediately seized

highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states armyuse] >> sergeant ashley randall, accepting on behalf of her grandfather, private domencio rivera. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private domencio rivera, united states army, for conspicuous ball an try can at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private rivera distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an automatic rifleman with second platoon, company g, 7th infantry regiment, third infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on may 23, 1951. early that morning a large hostile force emerged from a dense fog and viciously attacked privacy rivera and his comrades. private rivera immediately responded by firing with deadly accuracy until his weapon jammed. without hesitating, he threw his rifle down and began to engage the enemy with his pistol and tremendous fades. at on

. >> specialist santiago erevia united states army president of the united states of america authorizedy act of congress march 3, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist santiago erevia united states army for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. the specialist santiago erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator and the company first battalion airmobile 501st infantry 101st airborne division air mobile during the search mission near the public of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after reaching an insurgent perimeter, the specialist was designated by his platoon leader to render first aid to several casualties and the rest of the team moved forward. as he was doing so he came under hostile fire from the bunkers to the left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the elements he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved into full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to

specialist alvarado areflect great credit upon himself and his unit and the united states army. >> richard conday. accepting on behalf of his father sergeant first class felix m. conday falcone. he distinguished himself by act of gallantry and intrepidity. during combat operation against armed enemy republic of vietnam on april 4th, 1969. while entering a heavily wooded section on the route of advance, first class conday falcone and his company encountered a bunker complex later identified as a battalion command post. following air strike on the helpful secured enemy position, his platoon was selected to assault and clear the bunker fortificatio fortifications. sergeant first class falcone throwing grenades as went. the hostile fire increased he crawled to the blind side of the entrenchment position and jumped to the roof and tossed a grenade into the bunker. without hesitating he proceeded two additional bunkers both of which he destroyed in the same manner as the first. rejoining his platoon, sergeant first class conde-falcon 100 meters through the tree and undercoming hostile fire and s

united states army. e president of the united states of america authorized by active congress, march 3, 1863, awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j. erevia, united states army. for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 santiago j. erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator in company c first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near tam ky, republic of vietnam in 1969. after breaching and insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia was designated by platoon leader to render first casualties and the platoon move forward. he came under fire from four bunkers to his left front. though he could have taken cover with the rest of element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to c

the military service and reflect rate credit upon himself, his unit, and the united states army. [applause] >> excepting on behalf of her .ather, private pedro cano distinguishedcano himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving with company c, eighth infantry regiment, for infantry division during combat operations during an enemy in germany on december 2 and third, 1944. on the afternoon of the second, americans launched an attack against german emplacements but were repulsed by machine gun fire. armed with a rocket launcher, private cano crawled through a mighty area under fire and successfully reached a point within 10 yards of the nearest emplacement. he quickly fired a rocket into the position, killing the two gunners and five supporting rifleman. without hesitating, he fired into a second position, killing two more gunners and proceeded to assault the position with hand grenades, killing several others in dispersing the rest. when an adjacent company encountered heavy fire, private cano crossed his company front, crept within 15 yards of the nearest emplacement,

. >> specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army. esident of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life abofr and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 sanity yag a&e j. erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio and telephone operator in company c first baa tallian air mobile 501st air infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear missions near tam ky, republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching a perimeter specialist 4 erevia was designated by his platoon leader to render aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon move forward. as he was doing so he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course

. >> specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army. the president. ica authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army, for conspicuous gallantry. he distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator in company c, first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near the republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching an insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon moved forward. as he was doing so, he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to call from one wounded man to another gathering ammunition. armed with two

i worked for the united states, united states army and presidio, san francisco. i worked for the national park service. and before i retired, i worked for the united states park police. i understand fully conflict of interest. when we san franciscans created this commission, we created a commission where our commissioners are diverse commissioners, as i see it, you seated, that you all would adjudicate all matters in the proper manner. high standards, very high standards. and as you know he, on this matter we are one or two in the audience who participated in -- on the relevant and pertinent deliberations. we did. you commissioners today will be bombarded with statements where those stating what they're going to state will not have the empirical data, the real facts. but we are lucky, very lucky that we have some astute commissioners who can discern and that their heart is in the right place. this is about morals. this is about ethics. this is about standards. this is not about selling out the community and our values. thank you very much. >>> good afternoon. my n

and that is is a great job you do not only to the monument to the united states army. nd the united states of america. contrast this enormous effort to the cultural property to get it returned to its rightful owners. with the action of the soviet union coming from the east to berlin, and they were intent on doing just the opposite, stripping germany, stripping its museums of everything that they could. it was movable and taking it back to russia as the competition for the enormous losses. so here we are doing exactly the opposite of trying to preserve and get it back to its original owners when the soviets are trying to compensate themselves for their losses. with respect to the report, we had lawsuits being brought against the swiss banks and we began to realize there was a broad story then the amount put in the swiss banks by victims. and that story was how did the germans finance the effort for 12 years when the currency was not accepted as international currency. may he rest in peace was in the history and state department came to me and said we ought to look into t

his selflessness at his own detriment is held in high regard by the united states army. [ applause ] >> richard conday accepting on behalf of his father, sergeant first class felix m. conday. sergeant first class distinguished himself by acts of gallant tree above the call of duty by serving as an active platoon leader, third brigade, 82nd airborne division during combat operations republic of vietnam on april 4th, 1969. while entering a heavily wooded section, first class and his company encountered an enemy bunker complex. following tactical artillery on the heavily secured army position, the platoon was selected to assault and clear the bunker fortifications. moving out ahead of his platoon, he charged the first bunker claul crawling to the roof and without hesitating he proceeded to two additional bunkers, both of which he destroyed in the same manner of the first. sergeant first class advanced 100 meters through the trees before coming under intense hostile fire selecting three men to accompany him, he maneuvered towards the enemy's flanked position. carrying a machine gun, he a

master sergeant frye's distinct actions reflect great credit upon himself, the united states army europe, the united states army, and the department of demps signed, howard v. barometerberg, lieutenant general, deputy chief of staff, g-1. [applause] >> at this time a plaque is being presented to master sergeant frye, and i reads: department of the army, 2014, exceptional sexual assault response coordinator or the year. 18th engineer brigade. united states army europe. thank you, thank you, thank you for your service, sergeant. [applause] sergeant major and master sergeant frye, thank you so much. >>> ladies and gentlemen, at this time i'm pleased to welcome our 38th chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno. sir. [applause] >> good morning. it's great to see so much of the leadership here. i want to thank everyone for coming today as we kick off sexual assault awareness month. it really is an important opportunity for us to have a discussion about what we all designate as the army's top priority, combating sexual assault, sexual harassment. first off, master sergeant frye, thank yo

while i was in high school any father was serving in the united states army core and was the senior listed. my father was the one who operated equipment and while he was overseas when a memorial candle stick park was good morning. i was also president of the young california democratic's club for those of you who remember the historical democratic's were the next best thing to the communist sz. two many of the members were from military clubs and some of the soldiers being called killers were our fathers and brothers we knew although they were kim people they were not killers >> thank you. next speaker and. >> i'm james and supervisor breed was talking about polished presentations and stiff i'm not polished but my company i can hire and have 5 hundred unskilled workers hired by the end of a year but i can't present that in a polished way i'm not a business person major. it doesn't it goes without saying i can hire those people and get it going but can't get anyone behind me because you've got good legislator aids when i tell them i can hire someone at the 20 to $25 an how are they look at

master sergeant richard fry, 18th engineer brigade, united states army europe. thank you, thank you. thank you for your service, sergeant. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time i am pleased to welcome our 38th chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno. sir. [applause] >> good morning. it's great to see so much of the leadership here. i want to thank everyone for coming today as we kick off sexual assault awareness month. it really is an important opportunity for us to have a discussion about what we all designate as the army's top priority, combating sexual assault, sexual harassment. first off, nasser sergeant fry, thank you for your leadership. what you've shown us, that's what it's going to take. it's about leaders, about leaders taking control and about as helping to change the mindset and a culture in order for us to do with this problem so want to thank you very much for that. sector of the army thank you for your leadership it has always sergeant major, thank you dr. altendorf, thank you very much as well. i truly app

duty keeping with highest traditions and reflect a great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. >> his brother proudly accepted the medal from the president. two dozen soldiers served during world war ii, korea and vietnam. >> in silicon valley veterans received special medals received their service. thanking veterans to help fight communists. today one of the ten companies in the world >> about 300,000 u.s. men and women fought this p n.that car >> new legislation designed to give california car owners you, the right to collect data on your vehicle. when owners make new purchases they give consent to collect information. >> our cars collect data, information systems, guidance systems and phone systems. and we should have information on that data. >> senate will consider the bill next week. >> competition is driving down prices of ride services today lift announced and earlier this year they started search pricing. and cars of sorts on the agenda, take a look at this, city council making weather to ramp up involvement in so called pod cars like this one. local company is lookin

c-span: the united states army. >> guest: united states army. c-span: what year? >> guest: this is 1954, during the famous army-mccarthy hearings. a lot of people have a misunderstanding--misconception about the army-mccarthy hearings. they assume that it was mccarthy investigating the army that was being televised here for the nation to see. in fact, it was mccarthy who was in the hot seat. it was mccarthy who was the accused, of allowing his staff members, including roy cohn, to blackmail the army by threatening investigations in order to get david schine his special treatment as--as a new draftee into the army. c-span: you say there was tears by joe welch, joseph welch, after the hearing was over, and you're--you're suspicious. >> guest: well, it's an interesting story. it's--it's told by an eyewitness to the events, who... c-span: somebody you talked to? >> guest: not someone i talked to, someone another historian talked to, and--and gives the account in one of the footnotes to his book. he doesn't mention the--he doesn't mention who the person is. i think i h

speaker not understood] and i served four tours of duty in iraqi freedom as a sergeant in the united states army. as a math major -- (applause) >>> and elected student ar and chicano resident, it is a shame our noncredit educational and cultural programs are in danger of facing reductions that will result in decline of opportunities and enlightenment to our collective multi-cultural awareness and development. most importantly, i am also astounded at the continued existence of unchecked power of bob ar dwell a. (applause) >>> the power to raise nonresident admission and [speaker not understood] board approved measures such as the performing arts measure, reckless implementation that pushes out students unfairly. this is a contradiction to the principle of accountability. if one fails at their task [speaker not understood]. this is not logic or reason. this is not just justice and most importantly this is not the voice of the people. (applause) >>> there is a people outrage that built the legal action that called the acc sanctions into question and the court started with the people to save the col

. >>> the official national museum for the united states army is planned for construction in a few yearsn, d.c. the museum will display for the first time the army's vast selection of artifacts. chip reid gives us a sneak peek. >> reporter: so what is this room we're walking into? >> we have over 150,000 artifacts of various sizes and types. >> reporter: magic? >> indeed. total darkness is our greatest ally in preserving this collection. >> reporter: chris semancik is chief of collections at the u.s. army's museum support center a massive climate-controlled facility at ft. belvoir, virginia. here, the nearly 240-year history of the u.s. army is preserved. >> every piece of equipment that a soldier would carry or wear from the revolutionary war all the way up to current operation. boots, canteens, helmets. >> reporter: and what do you have here? >> this is the powder horn of levi gashet. he was a minuteman and answered the call on april 19, 1775, to respond to the crisis of lexington and concord. >> reporter: so this really symbolizes the u.s. army? >> it's quintessential americana. >> re

the more soldiers came out, the more indians were attracted to him, and he was baffling the united states army officers. red cloud set up three different attacks on a fort here, a supply train 200 miles away and on a wagon train 200 miles away from that. this never happened before. and he would attack, and instead of celebrating as was the american indian custom, he would attack the next day and this warriors disappeared. it was true gorilla warfare fan we didn't know how to handle it. the soldiers had seen stuff, but they were not used to supply trains where the soldiers had all their penises cut off. and ties of people alive set on fire with their eyes burned out. this might be the first time of u.s. soldiers making a pack to kill themselves rather than being captured. general grant and sherman said enough is enough. we will send out on army to fight red cloud. they sent out thousands of mounted infinity. they were learning how to ride on the fly and that was another advantage the sioux had. so 3,000 soldiers combed the west looking for red cloud. in 1866, this hard charging man finds red cl

. >>> on this day in 1942 the united states army first started training dogs for the canine corps. s back then, carrying messages through the trenches and giving soldiers comfort. the united states stopped training dogs for military purposes after world war i, but then brought it back during the second world war. a whole new program. this time around the animals went through intense training before they hit the front lines. one dog managed to attack a team of italian soldiers on its own. forcing them to surrender, as the story guess. but man's best friend went to boot camp 72 years ago today. i have a dog. i can think of a few italians i would like it to attack. not any armies, just some particular ones who hang out in the wrong places at the wrong time. >> we got this great news on jobs, right? the jobless numbers were better. and february retail sales were great. so that's why it started off in the green this morning. and then investors started worrying bat slowdown in sales in china and in the economy in china, and on top of that. worried about the russian thing going on. so ther

my father was the united states army that served from korea to vietnam.i am ther therefore at least any brat.

my father was the united states army that served from korea to vietnam.i am ther therefore at least any brat. i often say if they had a service within the colors would be black and blue. my son was a soldier in the first armored division, second lieutenant in command of the tank platoon which i'm confident is doing nothing to improve his driving skills. so while i've not been a soldier i've been close to the soldiers and in many respects have felt a sympathetic kean and tried to understand them and that experience of combat which in truth only they can relate, only which they can understand. i do this because i think it is important for the human experience and important also for american history to understand the greatness of those that have been the soldiers. we are not a military people in our history we are the people of a republic. they are suspicious of military life. of ththe republic is democratic. military life we do not have kings and even in the 19th century there were americans who wonder why we had a standing army for them was this not a reli

united states. what the options are, retired army brigadier general. james jeffrey joins me as well. ral ryan, i appreciate you being with us. in terms of the military options for the united states, do you agree with senator john mccain, in that there aren't any? >> yeah, i think in the near term, there are none. he's correct in that. you know, we spent the last 24 years in nato trying to convince the russians that we're not a threat to them. and now we see that those claims are confirmed. all the nato members have reduced their numbers and readiness, including the united states. and so today we don't have a near term or immediate reaction we can give. the military reactions, the advice that the joint chiefs are giving the secretary and president on more longer term about helping -- as the senator pointed out, helping the ukraine, helping nato members, especially those bordering russia with increased capability and advice. >> in general, in terms of ukraine's military capabilities, there's no doubt russia's forces are much larger, much better equipped. they put much more money into it

. >> how could he, major in the united states army, communicate on the internet with al quarterback can i, leader of al qaeda and n yemen and an american citizen, and we not find out about -- detect that. do you know? >> no, sir, other than to say in general, i believe he took advantage of the protections afforded our citizens. >> could you do in the a favor and evaluate how we missed major hasan? i believe in privacy and transparency but i believe any system that going to protect an american -- america from an attack has to be able to pick up a communication from a major in the united states army, one of the leading terrorists in the world. if we can't do that, something is wrong. so would you please go back, evaluate how we missed major hasan. we need to change the law to catch future major hasans i would like to help. the boston attacks, is it fair to say that our ability to pick, intercept communications, identify the perpetrators fairly quickly and gave us some lead time about anything they may have been planning in new york? >> yes, sir. >> when it comes to being at war with radic

we see more indications of fewer and fewer units of the united states army that are operationally ready. that must be of great concern for you in case of the unthinkable and that is an outbreak of conflict. is that correct? >> yes sir, that is correct. on the korean peninsula, the isure of the fight potentially high intensity combat or the time and space factor is a tough problem for us. the delivery of ready forces on a timeline is important. admiralable -- lockyer, do you believe the balance is set to change the power, at least in the western pacific echoplex i would agree. i would agree. the acquisition of an aircraft carrier, in other words, incremental steps that probably would not sound too many alarm bells, is that what you think their strategy is? influence andr dominance of that part of the world? their maritime strategy is pretty clear. they don't hide it from anybody. they have certainly tailored to their defense spending heavily in the maritime domain. so it is an incremental strategy. it is not to be done all at one time. my sense is that they look at their strategy and the

and that is, it's a great tribute not only to the monuments men but to nazi's army and united statesof america. contrast this enormous effort to save cultural property, to get it returned to its rightful owners, with the action of the soviet union coming from the east to berlin, and they were intent on doing just the opposite, stripping germany, stripping its museums of everything that they could that was movable, taking it back to russia as war compensation for their enormous losses. so here we are doing exactly the opposite, trying to preserve it, trying to get it back to its original owners while the soviets are trying to compensate themselves for their losses. with respect to the reports, we had lawsuits that were being brought against the swiss banks, and we began to realize that there was a broader story than the amounts put in swiss banks by victims. and that broader story was, how did the germans finance a war effort for 12 years when their currency, the reichsmark, was not accepted as international currency? and to his enormous credit, william sweeney, may he rest in peace,

francisco planning department, the san francisco recreation and parks department, united states fish and wildlife service, army corps of engineers, all with unanimous approvals. the plan to upgrade sharp park's safety, its infrastructure improvements, and the habitat enhancement project must be approved and the appeal raised by wild equity must be denied. golfers of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds, abilities have and should continue to employ the gift given to the city of san francisco, the city of pacifica, the residents of san mateo county, and, yes,

and i am not speaking on behalf of the united states army or the department of defense in any way. this is only my opinion. and lastly, to extrapolate from your book to the situation today, you give us the key to underi understanding the violence that is rocking iraq today. the problems you describe or being tackled in the course of the surge and i am talking about the awakening and the sunnis splitting from al qaeda and the power sharing pack that takes place and insulation of iraq from terrorist sanctions in iran and the containing of the shiites military groups. all of those acts unravelled to create the situation that is standing today. if we were to continue on with the violence chart, we would see it creeping back up to probably back to 2006 in iraq. probably in the early part of 2006. so, you know, hopefully, some sort of forces will intervene to keep it from going where it was at the end of 2006 because at a certain point it is corrosive and there is nothing to stop it. but you identified the things that need to be done to prevent that outcome and unfortunately the dynamics

north korea woke up tomorrow and said it's time now to take the south. 440,000 members of the united states armyy. we do have a lot of technology available to our troops. every soldier goes into battle with an array of technology and equipment not possessed in world war ii. but you still need trigger pullers. so this budget by president obama guts our defense. it is the smallest army since 1940. the smallest navy since 1915 and the smallest air force in modern history. if you went into iran tomorrow to have to neutralize or stop their nuclear program, you're going to need every b-2 and f-22 you can get. the f-16 and f-18 are great planes but they're not stealth. so if you're going to modernize your military for future conflicts, this budget will not allow you to do it. the idea you're taking off what kind of wars you're going to fight assumes the enemies of our nation will agree with you. >> senator durbin, the last word to you. in fact, the "wall street journal" made much the same point as senator graham did, saying, look, the pumps of fielding a large army is to minimize the temptation for agg

are operationally ready but we see more and more indications of fewer and fewer units of the united states army that are operationally ready. and that must be a great -- of great concern for you. in case of the unthinkable and that is an outbreak of conflict. is that correct? >> yes, sir, that's correct. on the korean peninsula, the nature of the fight is potentially high-intensity combat and time and space factors also present a tough problem for us. so the delivery of ready forces on a time line is important. >> admiral locklear, would you agree that china's efforts are under way to change the balance of power in at least the western pacific? >> i would agree. >> and that may be carried out in an incremeble fashion such as the -- incremental fashion such as a requirement over the acquisition a, the of an aircraft carrier, in other words, incremental steps that probably wouldn't sound too many alarm bells, is that what you think -- what do you think their strategy is to assert their influence and dominance of that part of the world? >> yes, sir. well, their maritime strategy is pretty clear. t

thank you for your continued support to the united states army. i look forward to entering your questions. >> thank you, colonel. member,man, raking other this in which members, -- distinguished members, good morning. thank you for this opportunity. i have been director since august, 2013. my office is lead for the navy casualty assistance program. it includes benefits and entitlements. we do this across three command tears. -- tiers. the casualty assistance call offer assignment. and our network of more than 6000 trained officers worldwide. manner incuss the which the casualty assistance was rendered to families who perished. when we first learned of the incident, all established protocols and procedures were initiated. kin weree -- next of notified. the extent of thiese casualties became known. representatives notified next of kin provided follow-up assistance. warfare community is unfortunately well versed in casualty notification they established the call center and family.teams for each this command and control structure koppelman at our own

the united states army has been in poland and we have a perfect right to move in poland and we shouldhe ukraine military with anti-tanks and aircraft missiles and training teams to get their army up to snuff. these things show the united states recognizes its military and so does putin. >> will this president do any of this? or all of that? >> no. i don't see it. i talk today a friend of the pentagon and i said tell me your plans for events in central europe and he said bob, we have none. the essence of military presence is having a plan worked out with nato allies and that hasn't happened. >> is this all putin wants? this peninsula? >> no, no. we are only seeing the opening of this guy. he has been a russian imperilist of his life. >>> as you can see, senator john mccain is not happy about what the president is doing with ukraine and he is going to be here so stick around. the president delivered a budget a month late. more programs for poverty is what can called for but budget hawks say they don't work if you look at them. mike emanual live. how much of this is a political document?

were members of the foreign 42nd regimental combat team, the most highly decorated unit in the united states army second world war. we do our nation proud by going back and to take a look again at what people did for this country. >> and i should read a bit more about staff sergeant melvin morris, 72 years old. he was the only african-american that identified as part of the review. he's a former green beret. he was wounded three times in september of '69, recovering the body of his fatally wounded master sergeant from the jungle ambush in south vietnam. so incredible men. david, your reporting on some of the lingering effects, including moral injury, i think, something that people should recognize. you think, what are we seeing as far as our government to do more as it relates to moral injury? >> just beginning, tamron, to recognize that there are -- that people come home from war, not necessarily with ptsd, but not okay. people struggle with the bad things that happen to war. people, for example, i've written about many army medics who couldn't save mortally wounded troops and feel not just grie