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. master 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. that 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 unite

wearing the uniforms of the regular united states army, representing united states corps of artillery that was the regular army garrison of fort mchenry. what we will do right now, the united states army old guard along with naval detachment from the united states ship "constitution" we will now unroll the large flag. we will unfold it. you will see what they mean when they say broad stripes and bright stars. as the flag is unrolled, i think speak a little bit to the project that brought this particular flag about that we're about to hoist today. last year, the maryland historical society launched the stitching history project. two noted individuals, the ceo of the maryland historical society and the director of education spearheaded the project. the first stop was to heirloom weavers because what they did was they researched from the smithsonian institution the accurate weave of the material. there's very few places that can do that. it was a custom job. heirloom weavers did that. they are in redline, pennsylvania. the material did, indeed, come from the united states. [ applause ] t

president of the united states, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant first class bennie g. adkins, united states armyrgeant first class bennie g. adkins distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an intelligence sergeant with detachment a-102, 5th special forces group, 1st special forces, during combat operations against an armed enemy at camp a shau, republic of vietnam, from march 9 to 12, 1966. when the camp was attacked by a large north vietnamese and viet cong force in the early morning hours, sergeant first class adkins rushed through intense enemy fire and manned a mortar position continually adjusting fire for the camp, despite incurring wounds as the mortar pit received several direct hits from enemy mortars. upon learning that several soldiers were wounded near the center of camp, he temporarily turned the mortar over to another soldier, ran through exploding mortar rounds, and dragged several comrades to safety. as the hostile fire subsided, sergeant first class adkins exposed himself to sporadic sni

wearing the uniforms of the regular united states army, representing united states corps of artillerye will unfold it. you will see what they mean when they say broad stripes and bright stars.

officer in the united states army intelligence service. deep impression for me. before, i hads flown in an airplane for the first time, traveling from the united states to west germany. just that i before, i had made a trip in an overnight sleeper on a train, traveling from frankfurt to west berlin. but by far the greatest --ression made upon me then greatest impression made upon me then was coming face-to-face for the first time with the difference between democracy and totalitarianism. between freedom and communism. shortly after arriving in west berlin, i went to a large refugee center operated by the united states army to receive thousands of refugees fleeing ,ommunism in east germany poland, and czechoslovakia. during my time there, that's number reached over 3000 persons per week. those brave east germans, cze poles, all were demonstrating that the appeal of democracy was and is universal. in response to that human time, withast german government, the help of the soviet allies, built the infamous wall. i believe then -- believed then is believe now that the

these are some of the most talented officers in the old united states army united states army and they were making a commitment to meet up in the be the new confederate states army so davis even though the the north had twice as much the population and several times the industrial resources and commercial resources that are valuable the south still had a lot of advantages which made it possible although he expected a difficult and a long war also to be confident they could win in a sense of surviving. >> you can watch this and others online booktv.org. >> here's a look at books being published this week. thanks mac military historian patrick o'donnell recounts the origin of the u.s. navy seals in 1942 known as the maritime unit. from the united states navy memorial in washington, d.c. is over half an hour. ..

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it didn't have a corps of a regular united states army. it was the united states that had the core of the regular united states army a. so to organize -- army. so to organize the troops and to create an army was the first task. and davis, because of his experience as chairman of the senate committee on military affairs and as secretary of war, was quite capable of doing a good job with that. his secretary of the navy, steven maori, turned out to be a very good secretary of the navy. the person that davis appointed as secretary of the army turned out not to be very good, roy walker. so davis, in effect, from the very first day was sort of his own secretary of war. that led to problems later on. >> host: uh-huh. didn't he have five secretaries of war? >> guest: he went through five secretaries of war, and some of them felt that the office, that their office was nothing more than being a mere clerk. but it was an advantage in the initial stagings of the war because davis -- stages of the war because davis did a very good job. he also sent rafa

[laughter] thanks, sir, george casey, 36 chief of staff of the united states army. [applause] i found this little -- it will shock you when i tell you it is an irish ditty but it is a little story about a brick layer. he was a brick layer and he was actually writing to his boss to explain why he was not at work on this particular day. it's called "the sick note." i would describe it as analogous to what it's like to be serving at this level at this particular point in time. here's how it goes -- dear sir, i write this note to you to tell you of me plight and at the time of writing, i am not a pretty sight my body is all black and blue me face a deathly gray i write this note to say why patty's not at work today while working on the 14th floor, some bricks i had to clear now to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea the foreman was not very pleased he being an awkward sod he said i would have to carry them down on the letter with me hod. clearing all the bricks by hand, it was so very slow so i hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below but in me

cooperation of our soldiers in local product -- projects encouraged the united states army and the germaneople to create an atmosphere of goodwill and friendship. youth activities became an important part of the army participation in the life of west germany. across the border, east berlin reflects the influence of its soviet masters. as early as spring of 1950, the soviet union begins arming east german forces under the guise of people's

it didn't have a core of a regular united states army. it was the united states. so to organize the troops and to create an army was the first task. davis because of his experience as chairman of the senate committee on military affairs and secretary of war, was quite capable of doing a good job of that. his secretary of the navy steven mallory, turned out to be a very good secretary of the navy. the person that davis appointed as secretary of the army turned out not to be very good and that would be rory walker. so davis in effect from the very first day was sort of his own secretary of war. that lead to problems later on. posted didn't he go through five secretaries best guess so he went to five secretaries of war and some felt that their office was nothing more than being a mere clerk but it was an advantage in initial stages of the war. davis did a good job. he also sent to rafay also assumes that turned out to be a great naval hero of the confederacy to the north to purchase arms. this was before the war began and he sent agents abroad. the initial steps in cr

akr acronym i use this evening, so given these competing definitions of strategy, how did the united states army define strategy as it was looking to the possibility of dethrow -- and here is the 1961 definition of strategy from the dictionary of united states army terms. are you ready for this? i have to take a deep breath to make sir i get it all out. this is the definition of strategy. the art and science of developing and using the political psychological during peace and war to avoid the maximum support to national policies in order to increase the probabilities of victory and to lessen the chances of defeat. that is a useful definition, is it not? it is so vague as to the almost too broad to be useful. now critics of the vietnam war will shy away from this very, very broad definition, and if there's one word that is most associated with american strategy in vietnam, it is the one word of attrition. critics of the war maintain that william westmoreland, the commander of macv from 1964 to 1968 prosecuted a ground campaign in south vietnam in the 1960s and he employed a strategy of attrition.

thanks, sir, george casey, 36 chief of staff of the united states army. i found this little -- it will shock you when i tell you it is an irish ditty but it is a little story about a brick layer. he was a brick layer and he was actually writing to his boss to explain why he was not at work on this particular day. it's called " the sick note." i would describe it as analogous to what it's like to be serving at this level at this particular point in time. here's how it goes -- sir, i write this note to you to tell you of me plight and at the time of writing, i am not a pretty sight my body is all black and blue me face a deathly gray i write this note to say why patty is not at work today while working on the 14th floor, some bricks i had to clear now to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea the foreman was not very pleased he being an awkward sod. he said i would have to carry them down on the letter with me hod. clearing all the bricks by hand, it was so very slow so i hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below but inme hasted to do t

company c, second battalion airborne, 503rd infantry regiment, 173 airborne brigade nd the united states army. [applause] >> let us pray. to god's greatest mercy and protection we commit ourselves. inspired by the actions of sergeant kyle white, strengthened bydy vice providence, that we go our way in peace. to be of good courage, we hold fast to that which is good, render to no evil, no one evil for evil, rather we be strengthened in the faint-hearted, may we support the weak, we help the wounded and honor all persons. may the blessing of god be with us today. we pray in his holy name. amen. >> amen. >> that concludes the ceremony. but not the celebration. i hear the food here is pretty good. [laughter] and the drinks are free. who gave a big shout on that? i heard somebody. i hope all of you enjoy the hospitality of the white house. i hope we all remember once again those who are fallen. we are grateful to the families who are here and to kyle and all who serve in america's armed forces. we want you to know that we will always be grateful for your extraordinary service to our country. thank

it reflects well on him, his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> let me ask the members of congress who helped to make this happen to join us far photograph and get our secretary, our two secretaries right here. ome on up. >> swing around here. so everybody can get a good picture. [applause] >> on this veterans day, the chame of the house armed services -- the chairman of the house armed services committee issued a statement. >> c-span veterans day coverage continues -- continues tonight at 7:00 eastern with selections from this year's white house medal of honor ceremonies, followed at 8:00 by the traditional wreath laying ceremony at warling national cemetery. en the u.s.o. gala featuring general martin dempsey. as well as discussions on veteran's mental health issues as well as other selections from the medal of honor ceremonies. on ast week, a conference marines. >> we thank the united states navy for that film. and now i give to you general p.x. kelley. >> put that old cane away. it's tough getting old, let me tell you. but what h

so our skill set in the united states army, in the united states military at large, but the united states army in particular, the skills, the capabilities that we have to be prepared to train to is a wide range and it is global in nature. so when chief of staff of the army talks about a globally responsive andregionally engaged army, that's what he is talking about. you can see it manifest itself where we have forces over the years. we put the forces into being so that we could start building muscle memory of tactical units as they would cycle and rotate through various commanders' regions of the globe. it would allow the combatant commanders to engage -- routine engagement to build the network among allied and friendly nations to the united states. you see it manifest itself like that. or you can see it manifest itself in a contingency operation where we have american soldiers go to something that is perhaps a little bit month dramatic like the first infantry division with respect to iraq. my message is the world has lots of hot spots, all over the place. the united states is a global po

united states forces. the giant planes airlift men and equipment back to united states safely and on schedule. >> it is important to realize that for the first time in our history, an entire armye with all of its heavy equipment was transported 12,000 miles on an ally's call for assistance to help stem the tide of aggression in their country. united states military officials have devoted considerable effort to the evaluation of exercise delawar and the contributions to the defense of the free world. they believe the success of the exercise has given a strong boost to the central treaty organization. united states and iranian fighting men have gained invaluable experience, both in staff and command function and combined operations in the field. this effort helps prove the differences in language and customs need not be a barrier to allies working and fighting together for a common cause. the exercise demonstrated that joint operating procedures enhance the combat power of allied forces. the exercise helped strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries. as for the united states armed forces, exercise delawar is evidence of the effectiveness of a joint task force co

[laughter] thanks, sir, george casey, 36 chief of staff of the united states army. [applause] i found this little -- it will shock you when i tell you it is an irish ditty but it is a little story about a brick layer. he was a brick layer and he was actually writing to his boss to explain why he was not at work on this particular day. it's called " the sick note." i would describe it as analogous to what it's like to be serving at this level at this particular point in time. here's how it goes -- sir, i write this note to you to tell you of me plight and at the time of writing, i am not a pretty sight my body is all black and blue me face a deathly gray i write this note to say why patty is not at work today while working on the 14th floor, some bricks i had to clear now to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea the foreman was not very pleased he being an awkward sod. he said i would have to carry them down on the letter with me hod. clearing all the bricks by hand, it was so very slow so i hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below but inme has

. >> santiago areceivey, united states army, the president of the united states of america authorizedby 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 gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. santiago j. erevia distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator in first battalion air mobile, 101 airborne division near tam ky republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the plaptoon and moved forward. he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a course of action. with heaven my fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to the other gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. and him under intense fire an

for the united states marine corps where the 35th commandant, jim amos, past command to the 36th commandant, joe dunford, and i will tell you what, i am proud to be a member of the united states army also have the privilege of eating chairman of the joint chiefs. if you could see the pride with which those young men and women stood tall and passed in review and were there for this ceremony honoring their outgoing commandant and their new commandant, it just made you want to stand taller and straighter. it's hard to stand straighter at least at my age. but the point is, the pride of the young men and women who served is absolutely inspiring. that is why, jd and all of you who served with the uso, that's why you do what you do because you want to match their pride with your commitment. it was just unbelievable. here i am again tonight so this is the trifecta for me. one week, three events where you can feel good not only about the military but about the country. now you can. let's give the country around of applause. [applause] i already mentioned jd and christine and we want to welcome you -- by the way, there is nothing on this teleprompter. everybody else had something on the tel

president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded the in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant first class, united states armyant first class adkins had risked his life above and beyond the call of duty as serving with fifth special forces group, during combat operations against republicic my at -- of vietnam. when the camp was attacked by the forces in early morning hours, he rushed through intense enemy fired and manned a mortar position, continually adjusting ire. >> he temporarily he ran through ex ploding mortar rounds. as the hostile fire subsided, sergeant first class adkins exposed himself to fire while carrying his comrades. when sergeant first class adkins and group of defenders came under small arms fire from members of the group that had defected to fight, he went a ide the camp to help comrade. when a resupply air drop landed outside the camp perimeter, he again moved outside of the camp walls to retrieve the much needed supplies. dug the early morning hours of march 10, 1966, enemy forces launched their main attack and within two hours, sergeant adkins was the only man firing a mortar weapon. se

when ist thing i heard stopped at some place in the >> on behalfplace of the united states army, we are you here today and into the army. we are glad to see all of your happy, smiling faces. during a few days you will be with us here at this camp, you'll be converted from a civilian into a full-fledged soldier. you will be interviewed by someone who inquired into your past life he for you came into the army. >> what machines? tool grinders, drill presses -- company, halt. chaplainn come to the at any time. if you get in trouble with your girlfriend, comes to the chaplain. he will give you some advice. if you get in trouble with your first sergeant, come around and see the chaplain. if you are financially embarrassed, that is simple, too. just come around and see the chaplain. it is my duty to tell you what will happen if you don't it along. -- don't get along. used a form of recognition between members of the military service. the average man when he first learns to salute, he is awkward. would you salute officers, stand erect -- when you salute officers, stand erect. make sure your thu

a couple weeks ago we put out in the association of the united states army, a lot of international officers are there. what it has done now is started them thinking, you know what, maybe we ought to have a concept -- not all armies do -- they don't have a tradoc, some say that's a good thing. but they'll decide that. but we need to have a concept. we need to thing long term about what it is we do. we're being asked, actually, to go over to europe, many of us, to sit down with them and run through this intellectual exercise we're going through. it's not only valuable for them, but for the u.s. we're never going to do anything alone. this is a joint and coalition world. the army's never going to do anything as an army, single service. we'll have a joint role. you see the word joint in everything. the word joint is probably more prevalent than the word army in our document here. and the idea of a coalition is prominent, because there are very few things the united states is going to do by itself. what we don't do is focus on what you have to do is avoid some of the pitfalls, again, sometimes a

"i am a united states army general and i lost the war on terrorism." did we lose or is it incomplete? >> looking at the two phases we fought so far, iraq until 2011 and afghanistan until 2014 are lost in the others remain undecided. it's tough to say that. i wish i could come to your tonight and say we are doing ok and it will improve -- but i don't see it. those campaigns are complete or almost complete and they failed. then something good come from that and we do better next time? absolutely. i know we are continuing operations around the world to chase the remnants of al qaeda. all of those things are positives but we should not kid ourselves that these counterinsurgency campaigns were failures. >> iraq and afghanistan were failures. >> as a u.s.-led insurgency. >> was it a failure to go into iraq? >> the initial invasion? it was something we looked at and now looking at the end -- the intelligence people may argue otherwise. it's difficult to tell. just as recently as the last few weeks, the new york times pointed out there were quite a few chemica

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 specialist kyle j. white, united states army. specialist kyle j. white distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator with company c, second battalion airborne, 503rd infanttry regiment 173 airborneberry good during combat operations against an armed enemy in afghanistan on november 9, 2007. on that day, specialist white and his comrades were returning to an outpost with village elders as the soldiers traversed a narrow path surrounded by mountainous rocky terrain, they were am burked -- ambushed by enemy forces from elevated positions. pinned against a steep mountain face, specialist white and his fellow soldiers were completely exposed to enemy fire. specialist white returned fire and was briefly knocked unconscious when a rocket-propelled grenade impacted near him. when he regained consciousness, another round impacted near him, imbeding small pieces of slap instead in his face. shaking off his rounds, specialist

army in our document here. the idea of a coalition is prominent, because there are very few things the united states is going to do by itself. what we don't do is focus on what you have to do is avoid some of the pitfalls, again, sometimes the army folks have. which is, the way we're going to get along is, you just act like the army. well, that's not how they do things. okay? they do things differently. so we can't say, you know what, here's my army operations center. doctors without borders walks in the back. you know, nato coalition partner walks back and says, look, if you didn't buy any radios, i'm not going to talk to you. or you didn't go to the army general staff college, you don't know how to take part in our military decision-making process. if we say we're going to be the foundation for the joint force and integrate all partners, we have to say, when we're sitting at our operations center in west africa, and the world health organization walks in, it should be, we've been expecting somebody like you. we have a way to integrate you into what we do. our staff is built that you can operate on our staff w

i'm a staff sergeant in the united states army. i take my so you -- soldier and you say what's good for my unit, what's good for my soldier. that's what we do for our veteran clients. we say what is good for you? how can we help you? and how do we maintain our employment services? that's it. any questions? >> we have a question from councilmember lara. >> thank you for being here. those of you who know my relationship with swords, is exactly what i felt i was going through. when i was in the military, i had trouble getting around for employment. me going to swords, i was a client. they worked with me on my resume and made sure that i took advantage of all of my benefits that made me unique. i was offered a position and since then in five years 5 years i have had a lot of opportunities within the organization and it's unanimously that my superiors would say that i have displayed above reproach and that my relationship within the community has also grown. i really want to thank you for sharing that part of your story and approaching

i am a united states army general and i lost the global war on terrorism.e lost it or is it incomplete? >> well, it may be incomplete but i can only look at the two phases that we fought so far. iraq from 03 to 11ib and afghanistan that's from 01 to 14. those campaigns were lost and the others remain undecided. so i think it is tough to say that. i wish, charlie, i could come to you tonight and say hey we're doing all right, it's going to improve. i don't see that. those campaigns are complete or almost complete and they failed. now, can something good come of that, can we do better next time? absolutely. and i think the effort with isis is like that. i know we're continuing operations around the world to chase the recommend informants of al kiedz and prevent attacks in our own country. a all those things are positive but we should not kid ourselves that these two counterinsurgencies were failure. unfortunately yes. we had a failure to go into iraq. you mean the initial invasion. i don't know that it was a failure but i know it was something that we looked

so this was a plan put into action by united states army and u.s. army europe well before current security crisis in eastern europe. we did that with restructuring of forces in europe to better integrate with nato. we knew we didn't know what would be next, operation contingency. we wouldn't do it alone. if we were going to respond to each other, we needed to train, work, live together and to understand and build that inner operability. the next exercise we did confined to that, we were going to use nato response force dedicated by united states army come from the united states twice a year to exercise our contribution to the nato response force brigade size element. this was in the fall. due to sequestration we couldn't bring it over. we didn't want to die on the vine, used brigade hair quarters, mechanized battalion from czech republic, platoons from nine different nations, czech artillery. we created a multinational brigade and gave them a full exercise against full spectrum of military probabilities they would encounter. that was the full princip

and the united states army, in 1945, was unparalleled in the world. the united states military was unparalleled. the navy, the air force, marines, of course, the army air corps. but in 1945, it was unparalleled in power. you could say the soviet military was pretty significant, and it had a lot of numbers, and they did an awful lot of damage to nazi germany. but the united states military was something to behold in the fall of 1945. after the signing of the missouri. the japanese signing on the missouri. five years later, only five years, that military of 10 million strong, 300 aircraft carriers, 50,000 b-17s, 89 combat divisions, that military in five short years went from the most powerful organization on the face of the earth to an atrophy organization that was in the army of occupation of japan. where platoons had three squads, supposed to have three squads, ended up having two. where a company commander or lieutenant instead of captains, captains instead of majors, there wasn't enough ammunition to shoot on the rifle range. they weren't doing regu

state militias or volunteer his regimens. they didn't have a core of the army. it was the united states that had the core. so, to organize the troops and create an army was the first task and davis because of his experiment on the military affairs and secretary of the war was quite capable of doing a good job of that. the secretary of the navy stephen valerie turned out to be a good secretary of the navy and the person that appointed the secretary of the army turned out not to be very good at that so davis was his own secretary of war. he went from five secretaries of war into some of them felt it was nothing more than being a clerk but it was an advantage because davis did a very good job. he also sent rafael for turned out to be a hero in the confederacy to the north to purchase arms before the war actually began and he sent agents abroad to begin purchasing arms, so the initial steps of creating the army that did very effective jobs then the question was what do we do with his army. >> host: do you defend the entire confederacy? >> guest: that is what he hoped to do and part of the reason he hoped to do

. >> united states army. >> isn't that nice to see? applause continued for several minutes as each branch of the military was called out at the marin veterans memorial auditorium. the event honors all u.s. military who served in the line of duty with a special emphasis on marin's own heroes. one of the highlights of the event is the flyover of three fully restored vintage world war ii p-51 mustangs. a legendary plane, this year's flyover is being called the mario gilatti memorial flight in honor of one of the area's most staunch supporters of veterans. >>> petaluma prides itself on hosting one of the largest veterans day parade north of the golden gate bridge. thousands took in the sights and sounds. more than 200 groups marched in the procession. this year's grand marshals were world war ii veterans from pete l petaluma. the parade also featured flyovers and a classic huey helicopter. >> in san bruno, the city held one of the largest events in the bay area at golden gate national cemetery today. >>> just ahead, the scars of war. >> i

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united states rights and a free berlin. the communist threat to west berlin is clear. our commitment to that city is firm. whatever the future, however the explosive berlin crisis may develop, the state army must inevitably continue to play a key role. >> join american history tv saturday for all day, live coverage of the world war i centennial symposium from norfolk, virginia. you will hear from scholars about the war that inaugurated the 20th century. craig and include lee sean mcmeekin. that is next saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on american history tv. camhe 2015 c-span student video competition is underway, open to middle and high school students to create a documentary on the same "the three branches and you." talking about how a branch of government has affected you or your community. fore are 200 cash prizes students and teachers totaling $100,000. to get started, go to studentcam.org. c-span has toured cities across the country, exploring american history. up next, a look at a recent visit to colorado springs, colorado. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. is soden of the gods park magnificent. many of the people do not realize

, so we are always maintaining that advantage that quite honestly our nation expects of the united states army. the way that training indoctrine command does that is we write our operating concepts for the army. and that's really our first attempt with regards to all of the products that we produced to say what is it that the army is going to have to do as we try to describe the future i tell folks, not predict it, but describe the future. and then describe the role of the army in that and that will lead us to what capabilities. and from this operating concept, drives another series of documents, what we call our war-fighting concepts and specifically our capabilities documents. so this is really the broad initial process of coming sort of to an intellectual visualization of what it is that the future's going to look like and what it is the army does about it. so this is not the end-all be-all document. people say i read through the whole document and it doesn't discuss what color the new bayonet is going to be. eventually we will get to the color of the new bayonet. that is not the role of th

he is a retired lieutenant general of the united states army. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ is asetrack live multimedia theater work drying on the experience of your screens deployed in afghanistan. it lays at the brooklyn academy of music or november 15. it comes to bam including outreach to veterans communities. here's is a look at the opening sequence. bravo company second platoon. i'm from indiana. i'm 21. i was in newport news, virginia. one a bravo company, second platoon. >> it's in my blood. >> my name is corporal sean smith. first platoon 81. >> captain john campbell, bravo company. gilligan. deming. corporal [cross talk] lance corporal. >> bravo company first platoon. i'm squad point man. i was at the front. no question about it, we are the best. .> my name is aj czubai i grew up in fort worth and i'm united states marine. >> joining me now for a conversation about basetrack live is anne hamburger and edward bilous on the juilliard school and aj czubai a former marine who served in iraq and afghanistan. it is based on his story. i'm pleased to have

our headlights so that we will always maintain that advantage that our nation has with the united states army. the that we played, we write our operating concepts for the army. that's really our first attempt with regards to all of the products that we produced to say what is it that the army is going to have to do? we try to describe the future and i say not predict it, but describe the future. describe the role of the army in that and that leads us to what capabilities. it drives another series of documents, what we call the war fighting concept and the capabilities document. this is really the broad initial process of coming to an intellectual visualization of what it is the future is going to look like and what it is the army does about it. this is not the end you will and be all document. i have a number of talks about this. people say i read through the whole document and it doesn't discuss the color of the new bayonet. eventually we will get to the color of the bayonet. this is not the role here. i need to contextualize that. shortly after i got into the command and the staff of the ar