highest traditions of the military service and reflect incredibly upon himself, his unit, and united states armyed joseph r biden, the president of the united states. will the celiz family please accompany the president? attention, orders. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has posthumously awarded medal of honor to sergeant first class christopher celiz, united states army, for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. this was while engaged with the enemy in afghanistan, but as a special forces unit comprised of partner forces in the 75th ranger regiment, he led an operation to clear an area of enemy forces and disrupt future attacks against the government of afghanistan and allied forces. shortly after his team reached the final objective, a large enemy force attack placed effective fire on him and his team, preventing them from moving to counterattack. realizing the danger the attack posed to his team and the operation, he voluntarily exposed himself to intense enemy machine gun and small arms fire to retrieve and deploy a heavy wea

secretary of the -- secretary austin, the enlisted adviser, chairman carmen lopez, leaders of the united states army, the vice president of the united states and the second gentleman, and i'm jill's husband, jill is here. as we add these three names to our nation's roll of honor, i want to recognize matthew williams, stand up. [ applause ] thomas payne. netter beyers. each of you know what it means to stare down danger. we're grateful for all you three have done and so many more. the family of first class sergeant alwyn cashe, this has been 16 years and coming. representative murphy, representative walz, thank you for your continued efforts. sergeant cashe's commander, commander in arms, medical team, and family, who worked with dedication over so many years to make this recognition possible. october 17th, 2005, sergeant cashe was commanding a bradley fighting vehicle on night patrol in iraq. they came under enemy fire. an improvised explosive device detonated, igniting the vehicle's fuel and engulfing it in flames. the sergeant turned back to the vehicle without hesitation. in the process, sergeant

case numbers have exploded in many countries in the united states. army cronies. now the dominant strain accounting for 73 percent of all infections. just a week ago, the figure was 12 percent in new york virus cases were surging just ahead of holiday season gatherings. oh 03. 0, one happy new year. this is just a test. new year's eve in times square has not come early, but the on the chrome wave has hit the u. s. sooner than many experts expected. nearby and new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. it definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so it kind of feels like that early parent who didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can um got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to charge for the holidays, but depending on the result

gift one of her sons a position in the united states army who's so gloriously achieved the just reward we ask for. we can buy this time has come quite accustomed to pope's personality and his relentless ambition. one of the things i love about how lincoln handles some situations, he does it in charm. it's very plain and easy to understand but firm. he writes back and he says i fully appreciate general poems blended achievement with invaluable results but you must know later general and the regular army are not as plentiful as blackberries. [laughter] despite this, his victories along the mississippi were enough to promote john pope to major general march 211862. pope service in the west was not done. immediately or take part in the following campaign of the siege against. publican illustrates one of those personality traits learned about, insubordination. during the campaign, siege of crime would advance his column to quickly, disobey the structure of movie no faster than the other elements of the union army, in this case that command of the will. also disobey order from henry hallett

give one of her sons a position in the united states army who has so gloriously achieved the just rewardasked of him. lincoln by this point in time has become quite accustomed to pope's personality and relentless ambition. one of the things i love about how lincoln handles these delicate situation is he does it in a very folksy sort of charm. plain and easy to understand but firm. lincoln writes back, i fully appreciate general pope's splendid achievements with invaluable results. but you must know major generalships in the regular army are not as plentiful as blackberries. despite this, his victories along the mississippi were enough to pressure lincoln to promote john pope to major general march 21st, 1862. pope's service in the west was not done. pope would immediately take part in the following campaign of the siege against cornith. now, during this campaign, pope would once again illustrate one of the personality traits we learned about: insubordination. during the campaign, pope would advance his column too quickly. he would disobey halleck's stricture of moving no faster than the

give one of her sons of position in the united states army. so gloriously achieved the just reward we asked for him -- now, lincoln by this point in time, has become quite accustomed to pope's personality and his relentless ambition. and one of the things that i love about how lincoln handles some of these delicate situations if he does it in a very folksy charm way. it's very plain and easy to understand, but firm. lincoln rights back to these benefactor's. he says, i fully appreciate his splendid achievements with her invaluable results, but you must know that major general ships and the regular army are not as plentiful as blackberries. despite this, his victories along the mississippi were an off to pressure -- to major general, march the 21st, 1862. pope service in the west was not done. pope would immediately take part in the following campaign of the siege against current. and during this campaign, pope would again illustrate one of those personality traits that we learned about, insubordination. during the campaign, the siege of curren

so we operate the bay model for the united states army corps of engineers in sausalito.cademy called the bay academy, which focuses on e-learning modules and developing curriculum, stem- and steam-based curriculum for school systems. we have a studio in house called studio aqua where we help other institutions develop their programs. we're also working with a braille-based program for children with visual impairments. it is important for the visitors to remember that without a healthy ocean, our planet is in peril. we would like our visitors to walk away with, to understand the complexity of oceans, to understand our interdependence on oceans, to understand the significance of protecting the ocean, and also realizing the price of inaction. ♪ >> it's time to take art to new heights. ♪ >> our work is inspired by nature. we always take that cue and then blow it out of proportion a little bit. we have flowers and mushrooms and even a protozoa that we've made into really large pieces of art. ♪

that career was put on hold as bob was commissioned as an officer for the united states army through mercer's rotc program and was then called to defend our nation in vietnam. while in vietnam, he served as an army infantry man and military intelligence officer with the 173rd airborne brigade and with the fifth special forces, or more commonly, the green berets. bob returned to georgia. he moved to washington to report the happenings inside this building for the people of atlanta. while in washington, bob continued to pursue his goals while studying legislative affairs at george washington university where he went on to receive a master's degree. bob left the atlanta constitution and began an il-luss russ career -- illustrious career in the united states congress, working for both the house of representatives and the united states senate. accumulating an incredible 24 years of combined service, bob has truly seen it all but never lost his commitment to the people of his beloved peach state. he serves as chief of staff to two of my pred setters -- predecessors, as well as staff direct

good bye. meanwhile, in the united states, army crown has now become the dominant, very end, did accounts for some 73 percent of all infections just a week ago, the number was 12 percent. the white house is planning to distribute millions. a free rapid test in new york virus. cases are surging, just as the holiday season gets under way. 5. 03. 0 one. ha peter. this is just a test. new year's eve in time square has not come early, but the on the cross wave has hit the us sooner than many experts expected. nearby and new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. it definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested on exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that early parent who didn't, we didn't really know was happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can. um got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to charge for the holidays

reflects great credit on himself and his unit and the united states army. signed, joseph r. ence]. >> sergeant plumlee please come forward. >> attention, the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, awarded the medal of honor to staff sergeant plumlee for risking his life and going above and beyond the call of duty. plumlee distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty on august 28, 2013 serving in c-company the first spatial forces airborne for operation enduring freedom. ten insurgents with suicide vests poured through a breach. sergeant plumlee raced towards the explosion. he reacted using his body to shield the driver and engaging the enemy insurgents with his pistol. without cover, he advanced to the enemy with only a pistol. upon reaching cover he killed two insurgents. one with a grenade and the other by detonating the insurgents suicide vest. under intense enemy fire plumlee joined up with another soldier and border patrol another counter attack. under fears enemy fire, plumlee moved from cover and advanced withi

the secretary of the -- secretary austin, the listed adviser, colin lopez, the leaders of the united states armyd the vice president of the united states and the second gentleman. i'm jill's husband. jill is here. [ laughter ] >> as we add these three names, i want to req knights the previous recipients who are here today. matthew, if you would stand up, please. thomas payne. and edward biers. each of you know what it means to stare down danger. we're grateful for all you three have done, so many more. the family of sergeant first-class alwyn cashe. this has been 16 years in coming. representative, thank you for your efforts along with the team, and sergeant cashe's commanders, commander in arms, his medical team and the family, who worked with such dedication over so many years to make this recognition possible. okay 17 sergeant cashest was commanding a bradley fighting vehicle on night patrol in iraq. they came under enemy fire. an improvised explosive device ignited the vehicle. the sergeant extracted himself, without hesitation turned back to twinge wish the flames on the driver. in the proc

. - the flood control act of 1965 gave the united states army corps of engineers permission to buildflood control projects, including the lake pontchartrain and vicinity, and the louisiana hurricane protection project. these projects were meant to protect the people in the event of a disaster like katrina. but the plans fell through... quite literally. give me the context. describe to me what failed. the flood walls collapse was a major vector of the city being flooded. the corps of engineers was saying at the time: "oh, this was so powerful a hurricane, these walls were overtopped." i.e., water was coming over the top, pushing them over from the top. - yeah. the high-water mark was halfway up the wall. they were undermined from below. this was poor construction and the corps of engineers actually sued a contractor who, in the 1990s, said: "we're not digging the support for these walls deep enough. we're just hitting muck. they're not anchored in anything." right. and the corps went to court, said: "you do as the contract says." and the court supported the corps, and the company did

but he says an interesting incident in connection with general armistice defection from the united states army is related by general hancock. occurred in los angeles early in 1861. on leaving los angeles to present hancock with his uniform. he also placed in his hands for safekeeping valuable papers. armistead also presented hancock a little prayer book which is still the letters -- in the latter's possession. they are telling the same story and this is seven years before al myra's book. he says he got the prayer book and she says she got the prayer book. so that is to say i think they did come together. they are both at seven days and they don't license of the third day of gettysburg. do they know they were fighting each other? the answer is probably and the third day of the battle army intelligence would have been pretty good but the point is they were talking about fighting each other. they weren't longing for one another. i'm not even sure low was armistead snacktime -- nick-name. there's scant evidence of that. i deal with it in the appendix of the book. the appendix is entitled lo and be

and so it's theoretically possible that somebody could leave the united states army national guard andpect in my view the governor of oklahoma is doing a great disservice to his guard members if he goes down this road. >> and he does appear to be committed to going down the road. but again, it will be -- he will be writing the check and they will be cashing it in terms of their careers and in terms of impact on their livelihoods. former secretary of homeland security during the obama administration, pentagon general counsel jay johnson. it's nice nice to see you come back soon. >> thank you. >> much more to come tonight. stay with us. . >> much more to come tonight stay with us i needed him to be here. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ [music: "i swear"] j

i'm sitting with patty justice who served in operation enduring freedom in afghanistan in the united states army nurse corps medical training support battalion, how are you doing today patty? >> doing great thank you. >> my first

i'm sitting with patty justice who served in operation enduring freedom in afghanistan in the united states army nurse corps medical training support battalion, how are you doing today patty? >> doing great thank you. >> my first questions were read from originally? >> original from mexico city new mexico. i was born there, because my father was a vice president of the steel mill. he was looking for something to do a bit more extravagant and that's how i

he is a retired colonel in the united states army reserve. he has a military record spanning more than a quarter century as an aviator and jag officer and he was awarded the legion of merit and a bronze star for his military service. he's the author of legislation, trucking extremism within armed services. so to get our conversation started, violent white supremacy currently poses one of the most lethal threats to american democracy and security. senator jones, you have prosecuted one of the most infamous hate crimes in american hit, and now you're a senior fellow at cap action, and you worked on the team that recently released the comprehensive national blueprint to end white supremacist violence. can you talk about the key federal actions needed to curb white supremacist activities in our government institutions and our military specifically. >> thanks, nicole, and thanks everybody for joining us today, especially my friend congressman brown for being here. this is such an important conversation, and caps national policy blueprint on combat

previously he served 25 years in the united states army working in counterintelligence, human intelligenceh special operations forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. he ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. he won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. in 2013 he was inducted into the united states special operations command hall of honor for lifetime service for us special operations. most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the national security council. doctor andrew hammond is historian and curator at the international spy museum his interest in intelligence came from the period of service in the royal air force, with documents to the royal navy. he specializes in military and intelligence history and author of the forthcoming book entitled struggles for freedom, afghanistan, us foreign policy, and the story of 9/11, with mi

i submit if you're a soldier in the united states army, you can't be a member of that gang or extremist a member of the united states military. membership in groups like that allow them to legitimatize their organizations, incite military members as leaders. the army is a team. we fight and win as teams. and being a member of a hate group is antithetical to everything american. serving in the military is a privilege and not a right and our soldiers need to know that. we need to gather information to know which folks might succumb to that hateful rhetoric. >> and an essential feature of military service, general eaton, is, of course, obeying the chain of command. we've seen examples where that's been broken, one being, and you mentioned this in your piece as well, the commander of the oklahoma national guard refusing the commander in chief, that's the president's order for vaccinating members of the military, claiming that the oklahoma governor somehow was his commander in chief. explain to folks at home how damaging that can be if soldiers, members of the military, decide i'm not going

van born dame known as one of the greatest indian fighters in the united states army and he received a silver serving set from the citizens of port gibson. try saying that when you're in a hurry. silver serving set. he was given several swords and the sword he has in his hand is the one from the state of mississippi. he joined the state army. they had provisional armies. he rises to the rank of major general which means, absolutely nothing. he wanted a rank in the newly minted national government and accepted a currency. let's get into earl van dorn. the federal troops are starting to withdraw or most of them have been withdrawn from texas but there is one last contingent and van dorn shows great audacity, or i don't know if i would have pulled this. he doesn't have any naval forces. the state of texas does not have any navy. the last remnants of the union army are pulling out and they have transport ship. it's called the star of the west. to make it such a small world, this is the same vessel that was charged with reenforcing fort sumpter in april of '61 and turned back by the confe

and in the united states army crime is now the dominant variance by far accounting for 73 percent of all infections just a week ago. the number was just 12 percent in new york. a virus cases are surging. and just ahead of the holiday season gatherings. oh oh, oh, so one happy new year. this is just a test. new year's eve in times square has not come early by the on the chron wave has hit the u. s. sooner than many experts expected nearby and new yorkers line up to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that really part of the content we didn't really know was happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're targeting every single promotion that we can um got dull, vax boosted regular testing. i am plenty of travel for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably stay put in your back. ame

father would hate that statement he became known as one of the greatest indian fighters in the united states army and he received a silver serving set from the citizens of fort gibson try to say that when you're in a hurry from the citizen apart gibson and his career i should say he was also given several swords over his career one from the state of mississippi this is van dorn circa 1860 and the sword he has is the one from the state of mississippi. getting to the war in 1860 and 61 he was on leave from the army when the civil war broke out he promptly resigned and joined the provisional army of mississippi basically the state army while montgomery is organizing the confederate state they have provisional armies, he gets into that any rises to the rank of major general in the provisional army of the state of mississippi which means absolutely nothing. however, he wanted to rank in the national government and therefore excepted a courtesy in the confederate infantry in march of 61, on april 11 he was given command to the department of texas, let's get into earl van dorn the federal troops are sta

and so it's theoretically possible that somebody could leave the united states army national guard andederal pay. in that respect, in my view, the governor of oklahoma is doing a great disservice to his guard members if he goes down this road. >> and he does appear to be committed to going down this road. again, he will be writing the check, and they will be cashing it in terms of their careers and in terms of the impact on their livelihoods. former secretary of homeland security during the obama administration, jeh johnson, it's really, really nice to see you. come back soon. >> thanks, rachel thank you. >> all right, much more to come tonight. stay with us. e to come tonight. stay with us (tiger) this is the dimension of imagination. ♪ ♪ for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab te

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omicron variant are between 50% and 80% less likely than those to end up in the hospital the united states army's close to developing what it's been describing as a super vaccine which protects from an array of covid variant and coronaviruses including omicron and its one shot. scientists at the walter reed institute have been working on a vaccine since early 2020. researchers are currently analyzing phase one of human trials. the vaccine has not been tested on the omicron variant yet. remember, to get a drug you have to get past phase one, phase two and then phase three. it's not here yet, but it might be. >> despite all of the good tidings, hospital across the country are bracing themselves for a possible new wave of covid patient, but this time they'll handle it with fewer staff. according to the bureau of labor statistics, 450,000 health care workers have left the industry since february 2020 which is basically when covid started and the highly infectious omicron variant is threatening to exacerbate staff shortages. the cdc has had new guidelines saying doctors and nurses who test positive

i'm sitting with patty justice who served in operation enduring freedom in afghanistan in the united states army nurse corps medical training support battalion, how are you doing today patty? >> doing great thank you. >> my first questions were read from originally? >> original from mexico city new mexico. i was born there, because my father was a vice president of the steel mill. he was looking for something to do a bit more extravagant and that's how i was there. >> how long did you live in mexico city? >> removed her nest eight years old after the evaluations convex united states precooked any memorable stories from your time in mexico city? >> went to a british school, bilingual as well. after that came up here to the united states. unfortunately had a very thick spanish accent which my mother was absolutely a port about. we had to relearn the english language up here. >> did you miss it? >> we move to several places here. after we moved here, my father decided to consult for field companies. our first destination was florida. that wasn't too bad, we were with spanish wasn't too bad at all.

historians, this military proclamation will mark the zenith of john pope's military career in the united states army. a narrative that continues into modern works, that for everything after this military proclamation for the next several weeks, across july and august of 1862, that everything is downhill for john pope. and it will eventually lead to his banishment to the west and a fall from grace in which he will never recover. tonight's, as we make our way through this program, and talk about the events that will lead to that fall of grace, i'm going to challenge you to think differently about this moment, in the summer of 1862, to think differently about this idea of john pope falling from grace in the eyes of the lincoln administration, in the eyes of many other commander officers in the federal armies and i'll challenge you tonight to think about that word banishment, used by popes contemporaries in 1862 and utilized by historians ever since. so where does our story begin, then? to understand john pope, and understand the events that will eventually take place in 1862, you need to understand whe

all right -- van dorn became known as one of the greatest indian fighters in the united states army and he received a silver serving set from the citizens of port gibson. try saying that when you are in a hurry. silver serving set -- from the citizens of port gibson, in recognition of his gallantry. he was also given several swords over his career. one from the state of mississippi. this is van dorn, circa 1860, and the sort he has in his hand is the one from the state of mississippi. hegetting to the, war in 1860 d 1861, van dorn was on leave when the civil war broke out and he resigned and joined the provisional army of mississippi, basically the state army, remember, montgomery is organizing the confederate states that had provisional armies and so he gets into that and he rises to the rank of major general in the provisional army of the state of mississippi which means absolutely nothing. he wanted to rank in the national government and therefore excepted a courtesy in the confederate infantry in march of 61, on april 11 he was given command to the department of texas, let's get int

previously he served at 25 years in the united states army, working in counterintelligence and humanligence and with special operation forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. iran a wide range of intelligence special operations in panama, bosnia, the first and second iraq wars in afghanistan. and the col. chris costa earned two bronze stars for his work in afghanistan and later was assigned to the naval special warfare development group where he served as the first civilian squadron deputy director and in 2013, he was inducted into the united states special operations command: honor for lifetime service to u.s. special operations. and most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism in the national security council. doctor andrew hammond is a curator and historian at that international spy museum and its interest in intelligence came from the royal air force with second and british army in the royal navy and he specializes in the military intelligence history and is the author of a book entitled struggles