the united states marine corps and the united states army. this is a bipartisan bill. yself and 52 others. we have the language of this bill has been introduced in the united states senate. the predicate here is the belief in peace through strength, a belief of what we want to do is deter potential adverse sears and we need to restore capability and tonight we are focused in on the posture act. the co-authors and i, we share deep concern for the entire joint force. but today, we are focused in on the land forces and you will hear five general points. and they are number one, that the drawdown plan currently from the administration is a plan to continue into 2018 for several more years here and at the culmination of that, our land forces will be at pre-world war ii levels and given the unjernt and ambiguous environment we live in, we believe this is very high risk and we want to change that and essentially preserve 67,000 troops and end strength in the united states army and united states marine corps. that is number one. second point is the assumptions that were made w

i was a gunnery sergeant in the united states marine corps. i was the only female to deploy in one of the first units in iraq. i wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. i hope to bring a sense of unit cohesion. i can't make you do. i can't make you listen. but i'm gonna be there to motivate you and to mentor you every step of the way. for those that may be lacking in that area, helping them to establish what it means to have teamwork. i'm here to guide and to mentor you. the argument -- that needs to stop. it's not just about yourself anymore. it's about your team. what can you do to better enhance your team? ♪ i'm noah galloway, i actually was in college when september 11th happened, and i dropped out of school immediately and enlisted in the army. once i got into the military and made that first deployment, then i was like, "this is home for me." back in my second deployment in 2005, i hit a trip-wire i.e.d. while driving a humvee. i didn't wake up for about six days. woke up christmas morning 2005 to news that i'd lost my left arm

. >> reporter: this young man is in his own right a hero to the united states marine corps and a lotf other people. 9-year-old christian fegowa was just two years old when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer and treated at walter reed. by age 4, yes, 4, and with only kidney left, he was doing speaking engagements to raise money for childhood cancer programs. >> i've raised more than $20,000. >> reporter: tonight at the ritz carlton in pentagon city, he was one of six young people recognized as a military child of the year by operation home front, an organization supports military families. each recipient gets $10,000, a laptop and a heartfelt thank you for the multiple relocations, new schools and extra responsibilities. >> when you talk about what we ask our service members to do, we have them go out in a variety of different places, but they have a family. >> reporter: christian wants to be a marine like his dad. but whatever career he chooses will no doubt benefit from his inspiring energy. >> school is on the weekday, and the cancer walk is on sunday or saturday. and helping the

. >> reporter: this young man is in his own right a hero to the united states marine corps and a lotple. this 9-year-old whose dad is a marine was just 2 years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer and treated at walter reed military center. by age 4 with one kidney left he was doing speaking engagements to raise money for childhood cancer. >> i've raised money of over $4,000. >> reporter: christian was one of six young people recognizeded a a military child of the year by homefront, organization that supports military families. each gets a certificate, laptop. >> when you talk about what we ask our servicemembers to do, we have them go out and serve this nation in a variety of places but they have a family. >> christian wants to be a marine like his dad, but whatever career he chooses will no doubt benefit from his inspiring energy. >> school and everything is on the weekday, but the cancer walk is on sunday or saturday and it's helping the homeless on sunday or saturday. >> and we're told at any given time there are 1.9 million children living with their milit

. >> reporter: this young man is in his own right a hero to the united states marine corps and a lot of other people. 9-year-old christian was just would when he was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer and treated at walter reed. by age four, yep, four, and with only one kidney left, he was doing speaking engagements to raise money for childhood cancer programs. >> i raised over more than $20,000. >> reporter: christian was one of six young people recognized by operation homefront, an organization that supports will military families. each recipient gets $10,000, a laptop, and a heartfelt thank you for the multiple relocations, new schools and extra responsibilities. >> when you talk about what we ask our service members to do, we have them go out in a variety of different places, but they have a family. >> reporter: christian wants to be a marine like his dad. but whatever career he chooses will no doubt benefit from his inspiring energy. >> school and everything is on the weekday. and like cancer walks on saturday or sunday. and then helping the homeless on saturday or sund

. >> the united states marine corps -- >> is that you? >> the best decision i ever made. >> you look good there. a young greg kelly. >> thank you. i was in the process of learning to fly that jet. they take care of their own. marines look out for marines. the marine corps law enforcement foundation, they raise money for the sons and daughters, their education, of marines who have died. who we've lost. >> last night they honored hedge fund manager steven cohen -- >> because this guy has been he has given time and money, a lot, to the marine corps law enforcement foundation which, again, is all about helping the sons and daughters of fallen marines. >> yeah. with us this morning is the executive director of cohen veterans' network, anthony hasan. nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> what kind of work do you guys do? >> right now we're trying to address the problem. as you know, men and women have deployed over the last 14 years of war, they're still deployed, and when they come home, things aren't always easy. so we're trying to address

charles the goals, united states marine corps. lettersoing to read two from my husband, who also was a marine in vietnam. we got married in december in washington, and he left in march. on our daughter's six-month birthday. this is may 31, 1968. my darling, linda, today i was a very lucky man. about 11:00 this morning, i was back at the bunker, battalion cp, and walking towards the command bunker when i heard the familiar sound of incoming mortars. even before the first round hit, i yelled incoming. and dived for the nearest whole. sheltered the first round, landed about 20 meters away. within 10 seconds, the marines died into the very same hole on top of me, which was only big enough for two people to begin with. rounds continue to land all around us the next minute or so. then there was a pause of about 30 seconds, and one last round landed right on the opposite edge of the foxhole. fortunately, all the shrapnel went forward in the same direction the round was headed, and none of it came back into the foxhole. round, which one co

. >> united states marine corps. >> world war ii. >> we're on until 10:00 a.m. this morning and i'm sorry for that. >> i don't think they stepped foot on japan. >> stone cold -- >> new kids on the block. a bunch of babies. >> yeah. we're getting in that territory. >> all right. >> a sore loser, first, have to be a loser at the ballot box to be a loser? >> true. but what is the definition of colluding? willie, in the special computer you have there? >> the old dell from '96. >> collusion. >> conspiracy -- >> oh. it's not going too well. >> are they colluding? but, i mean, mark hallprin, are john kasich and ted cruz engaging in collusion? >> high level cooperation -- >> which is -- >> doomed to fail. >> they are so bad at it. >> okay. we're on until 10:00 a.m. eastern time today. >> pace yourself, america. >> super size edition of "morning joe." this is exciting. when you finally wake up. can we get joe extra shots in his coffee. we need some smelling salts. mark hall per ring along with willie, joe, and me. it's voting day. it's going to be exciting! >> the collu

marine corp who had made such sacrifices in serving their country. the commandant's thoughts were these. his enormous respect for these individuals who lost their lives. his comment was this that the united states marine corp chooses not to single out any unit or individual in the corp by naming combat vehicles after them since, quote, all of our marines sacrificed in iraq and afghanistan. and the other thing the commandant said to me was the commandant believes there are better ways in keeping with the history and traditions of the marine corp to recognize the ultimate sacrifices made by the lima company. in addition to that, mr. chairman, while we certainly recognize this enormous loss, the other thing we have to recognize is this, almost every year, i will have a member, a very good member, come to me and they want us to name from this committee a ship after one of their cities or some other thing that's happened. we have rejected that historically knowing that once we open that door, every single year someone would have a great wonderful reason why we should name another ship. and this year was no exception. we had a wonderful member come and we just couldn't comply with that request becaus

[inaudible] major general united states marine corp. wrote a book called war is a racket. he was brought into the fill philadelphia and the please department had fraud and they brought him to the fix it. it brought the rool it is as easy to shoot and wound someone as takill. he taught that to the marines. there are killings after that and a bit of a better situation resulted. this reminds me very much what is going on in fob nob 48 now where young people are killed and shot when they could easily be talked down or waited out. it seems there is way too much energy being dispensed trying to account for what cannot be accounted for in the use of homicides of people in san francisco. chief, i suggest that you instruct your officers that it is in deed just as easy to shoot to wound somebody as shood chute to kill. >> next speaker. [applause] >> good evening. [inaudible] i'm sure you all remember last year [inaudible] in brazil the police were shooting down at homeless children to clean the area before the game. i'm sure that reminds you of something that happened on [inaudible]

duties, your increasing sense of responsibility, you excel at everything you did in the united states marine corps. and thankfully you are still here and you've decided to keep on serving area and i for one look forward to seeing you in new york city whatever it is we can sit down over a cup of iced tea and plot out the next phase of battle comes to mind but it's struggle. released. so thank you for your service . that sense of gratitude, i must say, doctor duffy. like kate, i didn't know what happened when i left the army in 2010.over 20 national news stories puzzling the abrupt circumstances of my departure. you would think as a psychiatrist that i would have had some clue. i scoured. i scoured the literature on bullying in the workplace, some of it yet but it was just totally inadequate to describe what i had witnessed over time and what i had experienced. all of that was amplified even more over these last several years when in working with senator joe legrand and so many targets of modeling, so many survivors of military sexual trauma, to know that two thirds of the situations where the men a

that trooper, trooper dermyer leaves behind a wife and two children, a veteran of the united states marine corps. two other women were inside that bus station also shot. both of them are expected to be okay. as for the suspect, he was shot -- he was killed in the shoot-out. state police have yet to release his identity but say he is not from the richmond area and has a lengthy criminal rap sheet. carol? >> so confusing. so this trooper was part of an anti-terrorism training program. are they going to review the program? >> reporter: actually, carol, that's one of the things they're talking about right flnow. they said it's too early into the process to specifically say they're going to abandon or change this program in any way, but colonel flaherty said they would look at every aspect of what happened here today and make changes where they're necessary. >> all right. ryan nobles reporting live from richmond, virginia. thank you. >>> and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the democrats are waging a fierce battle for new york, and the title of home town hero. clint

no one understands better than him as a former member of the united states marine corps and its obligations to preserve the safety and the security of this nation. so all i can say is that the united states army needs this man, mr. eric fanning's leadership. it is not fair to the men and women of the united states army to be without the leadership of a secretary of the army. mr. fanning is eminently qualified, eminently qualified to assume that role of secretary of the army. so i would urge my friend and colleague to allow me to -- to not object to the unanimous consent agreement that i am just proposing. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 477, the nomination of eric fanning to be secretary of the army, that the nomination be confirmed, the the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the sena

[inaudible] major general united states marine corp. wrote a book called war is a racket. he was brought into the fill philadelphia and the please department had fraud and they brought him to the fix it. it brought the rool it is as easy to shoot and wound someone as takill. he taught that to the marines. there are killings after that and a bit of a better situation resulted. this reminds me very much what is going on in fob nob 48 now where young people are killed and shot when they could easily be talked down or waited out. it seems there is way too much energy being dispensed trying to account for what cannot be accounted for in the use of homicides of people in san francisco. chief, i suggest that you instruct your officers that it is in deed just as easy to shoot to wound somebody as shood chute to kill. >> next speaker. [applause] >> good evening. [inaudible] i'm sure you all remember last year [inaudible] in brazil the police were shooting down at homeless children to clean the area before the game. i'm sure that reminds you of something that happened on [inaudible]

the united states marine corps is successly flying and dropping and shooting live weapons with the f-35 b today. in addition, industry committed to and successfully delivered 45 airplanes last year including the first aircraft produced in the italian assembly facility in italy. from a production perspective, we have delivered a total of 176 of our test operational and training aircraft to date. on the cost front, the price of purchasing f-35's continues to decline lot after lot, a trend i believe will continue for many years. i expect the cost of an f-35 a with an engine and fee in then year dollars, less than $85 million in fiscal year 19. as i said before, the program is changing, growing, and accelerating, but it is not without its issues, risks, and challenges. let me highlight some of these areas and what we're doing about them. on the technical front we have a number of risks i would like to mention. aircraft software and our maintenance system known as alice. we have seen stability issues with our block 3 software. we believe we have identified the root cause of these problems

[inaudible] major general united states marine corp. wrote a book called war is a racket. he was brought into the fill philadelphia and the please department had fraud and they brought him to the fix it. it brought the rool it is as easy to shoot and wound someone as takill. he taught that to the marines. there are killings after that and a bit of a better situation resulted. this reminds me very much what is going on in fob nob 48 now where young people are killed and shot when they could easily be talked down or waited out. it seems there is way too much energy being dispensed trying to account for what cannot be accounted for in the use of homicides of people in san francisco. chief, i suggest that you instruct your officers that it is in deed just as easy to shoot to wound somebody as shood chute to kill. >> next speaker. [applause] >> good evening. [inaudible] i'm sure you all remember last year [inaudible] in brazil the police were shooting down at homeless children to clean the area before the game. i'm sure that reminds you of something that happened on [inaudible]

to ready its first combat f-35 squadron to be operational later this year could also the united states marine corpss successfully flying into deeply into the sites for training and droppindropping a shooting lifes with the f-35 be today. in addition, the industry committed to and been have been successfully delivered 45 airplanes last year including the first aircraft produced in the italian assembled -- assembly facility in camry italy. from the production perspective, we delivered it to the 176 of our test operational and training aircraft to date. on the cost front, the price of purchasing f-35 . continues to decline lot after lot of a trend i believe will continue for many years. i expect the cost of a f-35 a within engine and then dollars to be less than $85 million in fiscal year 19. as i said before, the program is changing, growing and accelerating but it's not without its issues, risks and challenges. let me highlight some of these areas and what we are doing about them. oonon the technical front we haa number of risks i would like to mention. mention. at the top of the list of aircraft so

united states marine corps successfully flying and training and dropping and shooting live weapons with its f-35bs. in addition, we have successfully delivered 45 airplanes last year, including the first aircraft that was produced in italy and assembled in their factory in camry. from a production perspective, we've delivered 132 aircraft to our test operational and training sites. on a cost front, the price of purchasing an f-35 continues to decline continually lot over lot. this is a trend i believe will continue for many years. i expect the cost of an f-35 with an engine and fee to decrease from about $108 million this year to about $85 million in 2019. as i said before, the program is changing, growing and accelerating but it's not without issues, risks and challenges. so let me highlight a few of those areas. on the technical front, we have a number of risks. at the top of my list are both software and maintenance system known as alis. on the software front, we've seen stability issues recently with our block 3 software and we're currently in the process of fixing and flight testin

remembrance of corporal richard vana, a member of our greatest generation and a veteran of the united states marine corps. corporal vana sadly passed away earlier this month at the age of 92. having lived a long life with public service at its core. serving during world war ii, corporal vana was a member of the marine raiders and fought in the battle of okinawa. for 99 straight days. it was during this battle that corporal vana and another marine rescued a wounded soldier, taking him to shelter. without this heroic work of both men, the marine surely would have died from his injuries. corporal vana's outstanding service to our country did not go unnoticed as he was awarded two purple hearts. upon returning home after the war, corporal vana operated a community cab and was a founding parishioners of st. stevens church. a family man, corporal vana was a loving husband and father, finding joy in his 28 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. corporal vana's passing is a loss not only to his friends and family but to our community and our nation. mr. speaker, my thoughts and brave are with this soldier's f

vietnam and they said, they asked the commandant of the marine corps are you lowering your standards to accept draftees and he said the united states marine corps will never lower its standards. however we no longer meet them. [ laughter ] now i'm of the same view here. i don't want to lower our standards but i think you're just going to have to change things around a little bit and take account of reality. >> george do you have? >> before we get to the trump question and the japan piece, i think donald trump fails to understand how much japan already contributes to the alliance over there and that it would actually cost the united states more to bring them back from japan than to leave them deployed there. not to mention the disadvantages of having nonproliferation in the region. do you want to talk about how this is -- >> can i interrupt for a second. >> first, i have to say that i would pay my own money to have you explain that to trump. [ laughter ] >> it could be a new reality. "shark tank" and now some version there of "think tank." >> thank you. i sort of expected to get this kind of question. we are very much in -- very muc

when i i was 17 years old when i joined united states marine corps. >> served in marine corps from 1969er returning home worked as a tractor trailer driver later in retail today a doting grandfather to five-year-old grandson. >> -- 3:15 then we go home, and then i feed him help him with his homework. play time. >> he still has bills to pay and retirement is on the horizon, to make ends meet he turned to lyft and uber. >> economic decision, , plain simple they cut my hours, i need to make i need to splent income. >> every morning after he takes grandson to school, he gets ready to go heeds to his car, and opens his uber app, he is one of 50,000 veterans in vert spours now signed up to dri for uber over the last 18 months, it is a program call uber military. >> this is an excellent opportunity for veterans to get back on feet. >> recent years national unemployment rate for inadvertency dropped in new jersey w where ricky lives its is 5.4% higher than national average. >> what would you say is number one benefit to driving, uber. >> controlling, your hours, that you work. >> what lessons f

. >> this is me when i was 17 years old when i joined the united states marine corps. >> reporter: ricky in retail. today, he's a doting grandfather to his 5-year-old grandson aidan. >> i pick him up around 3:15 and we go home, i feed him. help him with his homework. you know, have play time. >> reporter: but he has bills to pay and retirement is on the horizon to make ends meet, he turned to lyft and to uber. >> it was an economic decision. plain and simple. they cut my hours and i needed to make -- i needed to supplement my income. >> reporter: every morning after he takes his grandson to school, he gets ready to go he heads to his car. and he opens his uber app. he's one of 50,000 veterans and veteran spouses who have now signed up to drive for uber over the last 18 months. it's a program called uber military. >> this is an excellent opportunity for veterans to get them back on their feet. >> reporter: in recent years the national unemployment rate for veterans has dropped, but in new jersey where ricky lives it's still 5.4%. which is higher than the national average. what would you s

[inaudible] major general united states marine corp. wrote a book called war is a racket.e was brought into the fill philadelphia and the please department had fraud and they brought him to the fix it. it brought the rool it is as easy to shoot and wound someone as takill. he taught that to the marines. there are killings after that and a bit of a better situation resulted. this reminds me very much what is going on in fob nob 48 now where young people are killed and shot when they could easily be talked down or waited out. it seems there is way too much energy being dispensed trying to account for what cannot be accounted for in the use of homicides of people in san francisco. chief, i suggest that you instruct your officers that it is in deed just as easy to shoot to wound somebody as shood chute to kill. >> next speaker. [applause] >> good evening. [inaudible] i'm sure you all remember last year [inaudible] in brazil the police were shooting down at homeless children to clean the area before the game. i'm sure that reminds you of something that happened on [inaudible] i

on april 12th, 1996, the governments of japan and the united states announced the futenma u.s. marine corps air station would be returned to japan's administration within five to seven years. one condition was that its functions would be moved to a new location within the prefecture. the city of nago was agreed on by both countries. the central government has been attempting to proceed with the relocation. it says that the move is the only way to settle the issue, and to address safety issues. the okinawa prefectural government under the current governor opposes the plan. it wants a new deal that would end operations at the base within five years, but without the condition of relocating to hanaco. the government's cooperation in the relocation plan they say is necessary if operations at the current location are to cease. further talks are scheduled for later this week, but both sides are maintaining their positions, leaving little prospect of the stalemate ending. >>> many major japanese companies are looking to hire a large number of graduates next year despite uncertainties in the global

vietnam and they said, they asked the commandant of the marine corps, are you lowering your standards to accept draftees, and he said, the united states marine corps will never lower its standards. however, we no longer meet them. [ laughter ] now i'm of the same view here. i don't want to lower our standards but i think you're going to just have to change things around a little bit and take account of reality. >> george, do you have? no? before we get to the trump question and the japan piece, i have to say my own peace that i think donald trump fails to understand the fact that -- you know, how much japan already contributes to the alliance over there and probably cost the united states more to bring them back from japan than to leave them deployed there. not to mention the disadvantages of having nuclear proliferation in the region. but do you want to talk about how this is being viewed -- >> can i interrupt for a second? >> first, i have to say that i would pay my own money to have you explain that to trump. [ laughter ] >> it could be a new reality. "shark tank" and now some version there of "think tank." >> thank you. i sort of

he served our nation in the united states marine corps for attending the united states of alabama school of law. elected to be probate judge and later circuit judge. chief justice of the alabama supreme court in 1994 marked the first time a republican had served on the court since reconstruction. mr. byrne: he brought dignity and brace to the supreme court along with his consummate professionalism. he raised the court to a higher level. whether you were a lawyer or party, he treated you with respect and fairness. most importantly, justice hooper understood that judges don't make the law but decide cases with wisdom and fairness. so on behalf of alabama's first congressional district, i want to share my deepest sympathies with his wife and his four sons, justice hooper will never be forgotten. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minu

. >> chad dermyer was a member of the state police counter-terrorism unit, a married father of two and a marine corps veteran. just 37 years old. he and other troopers were taking part in an exercise when a man suddenly opened fire sending frightened passengers scrambling to safety. abc's david kerley has more on how the deadly attack unfolded. >> reporter: officers moving innocent bystanders away moments after the chaotic shooting. > this man was like get down, get down. threw me to the ground. crawl, crawl. >> reporter: virginia state police in the midst of an exercise at the richmond greyhound busta trooper encounters the suspect right inside the door. >> while he was talking to this individual, he pulled out a gun and shot the trooper. >> all units be advised active shooting. >> passengers fleeing the terminal as ambulance crews arrived at the still chaotic scene. >> a mass casualty. >> reporter: the trooper who approached the gunman was shot at close range. two civilians suffered gunshot wounds. the suspect was killed. >> the shooter is down. >> reporter: as the s.w.a.t. team stood down, police

we have four decorated military heroes, we've got a navy seal united states army, a 19 year nnery sergeant from the marine corps who's a female and badass, and we got an army ranger sniper and they're each going to lead teams of four normal civilians through these military teambuilding challenges. now, you watch the crazy, outlandish reality competition series, there's just a really good moral dna to this because you listen to the military heroes we've got, they think there is a large gap between military folks and civilians. and these guys have so much real life experiences being in some crisis situations. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and having to manage large groups to move efficiently. soait's basically that passage of knowledge so these civilians can kind of learn through these mentors and evolve through this challenge and if they can make to the end, welnel theygs.. a a hefty paycheck. they could win up to a a million bucks. so it's really cool to see these really decorated heroes ss on some knowledge that has really been kept to the smilitary t these civilians and let them solve these teambuilding exercises in a w

united states of america. i joined and throughout my early years of the marine corps. something always to me back to vietnam. by the time i got back through quantico, and pensacola, where navy pilots go to train, i am walking through the naval aviation museum one day going, god, i am almost done, i am going to be an american naval aviator. how cool is that? i am looking at all these planes and pensacola, and i see one little plane hanging on the ceiling. observationle 01 plane, with the markings of south vietnam, from the south vietnamese air force. do know what that plane is from? a vietnamese pilot who landed that plane on the last day of the war, waved to his whole family. wow, a record of my past. in the museum of my future. when i got to my first squadron, i realized that he did not matter what your rank was, what your color was, it mattered if you could fly. as a helicopter pilot, you have marines in the back of your helicopter. as a firstbe trusted lieutenant flying cap -- helicopters in the persian gulf war, was one of the greatest responsibilities i ever had. the war was very brief. overwhelmingly v

marine corps basic training? >> we don't go through basic training. we have such a specialized mission, to perform music for the president of the united states and as directd by the marine corps. there's a certain amount of education and experience that's required to perform at the level that our musicians perform at and the expectation is that training and experience would happen before we join the marine corps. we have a rigorous and competitive audition process. those marines are fully trained to do their job when they come into the marine corps. basic training is an important right of passage but i think the measure of a marine is what that marine does through the duration of their career. the level of commitment and attention to dowty that they have and their commitment to serving the marine corps in whatever their particular job is. by that measure or marines are as dedicated to their specialized mission as all of our brothers and sisters are. >> you will not be directing at the white house correspondents' dinner. why not? >> i won't. i have my share of leading the band at the white house on a regular basis and around town for a number of special ev

allied governments and the navy's working increasingly closely with the united states and its navy, as did the u.s. marine corpscoast guard, and air force. then what happened? you know what happened. then came the demise of the soviet union itself. after the end of their colossal naval building program and operations. the u.s. navy developed a new concept, called from the sea, for dealing with the immediate, post-cold war world. so it has evolved navy thinking. their current strategy is a thing called the cooperative the strategy of the 21st century. this is also available online, it is unclassified. it was published a year ago this month. our alliances have endured and even expanded. a strong naval alliance of japan has continued, and is often front-page news today, as you all know. but my time is up. i look forward to your comments and questions, i give things back over to my colleague. >> i guess we have a slide. the first slide should be, there you go. i saved the best for last. hello, thanks again for coming. thank you peter, i am showing a picture of the ship from 30 years ago, i was the officer in charge

such a specialized mission to perform music for the president of the united states as directed by the commandant of the marine corps. there's a certain amount of that isn and experience required to perform, and it's expected that would happen before we join the marine corps. so marines are fully trained to do their job when they come in to the marine corps. basic training, recruit training is an important rite of passage , but i think the measure of a marine is what that marine does through the duration of their career and the level of commitment and attention to duty they have. >> you will not be directing at the white house correspondents dinner. why not? >> we have a history with a lot events outside the white house that have some sort of residential affiliation. -- presidential affiliation feare. ceremonialstrong component to what is traditionally done for the white house correspondents dinner. >> often the band is performing well something is going on at the white house. some ceremony. eye on whatkeep your i o is going on and the band? challenge to real the operation and the just ask of any event, especially a

marine corp last year ordering all positions will be opened to women. >>> cdc issued a serious warning of the zica virus. the virus appears tobagoer threat -- a bigger threat to the united states than previously thought. officials learned yesterday that zica is linked to illnesses which attack the brain and spinal cord. officials say the mosquito, which transmits zica appears to live in twice as many states as first thought. thought. >> what we are learning is not reassuring. we have learned that the virus is linked to a broader set of complications in pregnancy. not just microcephaly but prematurity, eye problems and other conditions. >> there is still no vaccine for the zica virus. the first vaccine candidate for the virus should be available in september. >>> coming up in our 5:00 hour, several cars stopped traffic and spin donuts on the bay bridge. the investigation now underway. why the chp needs your help to track down the people involved. >>> new information in the death of a british tourist in san francisco. the newly released sketches of the suspects police hope will land them behind bars. >>> good morning. we are looking at a commute that is still not filled in yet.

united states stands for. >> the bottom line is, if you look at the marine corps, we're the service leading in the number of sexual assaults. we talk about the fact that we have cultural problems. one of the ways we make units more combat effective as we prevent people from doing stupid things, by disrespecting persons of the other sex just because they were girls, as dan would say. if we change the culture in the military and expand the quality of the pool we are drawing from, it will have an impact that is favorable or national security in terms of combat effectiveness. >> my comment is, i am trying to stay in the marine corps fight here. >> one little point before your story. what kate said assumes that the fault is all-male. there problems with the females, too. females come on to men, too. this is a day one-sided thing. we are all human beings. just a little bit of discipline will take care of this -- it is human nature. you are fighting against hormones. you know? and don't misconstrue what i am saying here. i am talking about sex in general. i'm not saying it is human nature to sexually assault or an

united states of america stands for. >> the bottom line is if you look at the marine corps, we are leading in a number of sexual assaults. why is that? we talked about having a cultural problem. one way we become more effective is prevent people from getting .n trouble the bottom line is if we change the culture in the military, and expand the quality of the pool be our drawing from, it will have an effect that is positive and favorable for national security. is -- i'm trying to stay out of the marine corps fight here -- >> can i make one little point before your story? > he had the floor>. >> what kate says is it assumes the fault is all-male. .he fault is also females .e're all human beings it is human nature. you are fighting against hormones. you know? don't misconstrue what i'm saying. i'm talking about sex in general it is human nature to rape were sexually -- or sexually assault. women in combat units will be at higher risk with the most alpha of alpha males. no privacy, in the dirt training, and off in the furthest reaches of the globe with no privacy. there is a risk of assault, but also the natural what happen

united states marines unable to get aircraft off the ground because they don't have the right parts to repair the aging fleet. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin traveled to two marine corps give us a firsthand look at the cuts that are putting our nation at risk. >> this is the -- when the landing gear door came off, this is the hole it made in the intake on the way down to the engine. >> reporter: he is a maintenance manager for squadron of hornets deploying overseas. this particular jet bombed moammar gadhafi's compound in libya in 1986. it's still flying. they tried to cannibalize the hinge from a museum jet on display on the u.s.s. york town. >> very, very old to be flying for an aircraft. these are designed to fly for 6,000 hours. >> reporter: the marines are extending them to fly 8,000. budget cuts that reduced the force to 30,000 fewer marines and wars that were supposed to end but didn't are making it harder to patch the old planes together. >> imagine taking a 1995 cadillac and trying to make a ferrari, make it faster, more t frame so the aircraft is constantly breaking. >> we don't have enough to do the added work. >> reporter: sometimes it takes 18 months to g

we have such a specialized mission to perform music for the novet united states as directed by the commandant of the marine corps. there's a certain we have a very rigorous audition process. the marines are aware to do their job. and serving the marine corps and by that measure. our marines are dedicated. there's a strong ceremonial component to what we have done. and so it is led by our senior enlisted and the drum major of the marine band. it's a great opportunity for him to conduct that ceremony and have some involvement in the presidential support event. >> often the band is performing while something is going on at the white house, some ceremony and how do you keep your eye on what's going on and the band. you shall the link between starting and stopping. >> there is a real challenge to the operation and logistics and especially at the white house because we are trying to make music and responsible for providing the sound track for an event and make that event even more special. but there are a number of moving parts and any commitment we have at the executive mansion. so you have to be ready to change on a