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Just by coincidence i get a call from one of our former battalion commanders with us in iraq. he said, hey, sir, i have to tell you about a this great thing i just learned about arturo cruz. he said, all of his nco battle buddies would come on a yearly basis to his grave site in tampa, florida, and visit the grave, made sure it was taken care of. they did it every single memorial day. he said it not only says so much about specialist cruz but talks about the professionalism of the nco corps and ...

Acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of security while serving as personal detachment commander, 4th infantry brigade team, 4th infantry division in afghanistan on august 8, 012. on that day captain groberg was leading a dismounted movement to include two brigade commanders, who battalion commanders and an afghanistan national army brigade commander. as they approached governors compound, captain groberg observed an individual walking close to the formation. while the individual made an a...

Captain florent groberg. acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, serving as a personal security detachment commander, 4th infantry brigade combat team, 4th infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in kunar province in afghanistan on august 8th, 2012. consisting of several senior leaders to include two brigade commanders, two battalion commanders, two command sergeants major and an afghanistan national army brigade commander. as they a...

Security threat, one that turned out to be true. major jason brezler saying he was trying to do the right thing but the brass didnt like how he did it. listen to this. catherine harris has the explanation. >> on the eve of his hearing fox news with with with a letter from six members of congress who served in the marines questioning why he could be discharged for trying to help fellow marines in afghanistan. it reads his battalion commanders during the event in question and today support him com...

Security threat, one that turned out to be true. major jason brezler saying he was trying to do the right thing but the brass didnt like how he did it. listen to this. catherine harris has explanation. >> on the eve of his hearing fox news with with with a letter from six members of congress who served in the marines questioning why he could be discharged for trying to help fellow marines in afghanistan. it reads his battalion commanders during the event in question and today support him complet...

Congestion, for its smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they dont throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like im doing my part to help out the environment. i met these young fighters, these battalion commanders. i met 1 of them. theyre tough. >> we have a senator over there who had his picture taken with kidnappers. i dont know how good a job were going to do vetting those who are going to get t...

And they show no signs of letting up. >> kasie, you recently wrote about john mccains trip to syria. rand paul has accused mccain of posing for a photo with men who may have been involved in lebanese shiites. this is a claim the senators office denies. heres what senator mccain is saying about it today. >> i found out that these individuals are very tough. theyre battle hartened. theyre very dedicated. they are not al qaeda. they are not extremists. i met with some 19 battalion commanders, both ...

Sizeable force. he has battalion commanders he is in communications with. is it a perfect organization, of course not, because theyre fighting as an insurgency, no insurgencies are perfect. there is a point that congressman rogers has, and that is every single day, more and more extremists flow in. whether it be from iraq, whether it be from yemen, whether it be from libya, theyre flowing in all of the time. these extremists. but they still to not make up a sizeable portion. for example, theres ...

You know there is one of the most well-known, probably well-equipped groups is actually aligned with al qaeda in iraq. how do you prevent weapons from falling into their hands? >> well, by identifying those people who are on our side. the general has a very sizeable force. he has battalion commanders he is in communications with. is it a perfect organization, of course not, because theyre fighting as an insurgency, no insurgencies are perfect. there is a point that congressman rogers has, and th...

>> which rebel groups did you meet with and what was their message to you? >> the overall commander of the syrian resistance was my escort, and i had a long meeting. they selected the people that we met with, which was a group of battalion commanders, who were fighting as far away as aleppo and around syria. their message was, to be frank with you, they do not understand. they do not understand why we wont help them. >> in terms of arming the rebels, though, as you know, one of the concerns, cer...