of thousands of people in any event on the river between new jersey and new york city, colorado native peter had 900 jumps under his belt, he completed two combat deployments. family members remember the decorated seal is a courageous warrior fiercely loyal to his country. the following seal honored in a memorial day ceremony on the intrepid ship in new york city. a group of good samaritans of into action after a dallas officer s squad car plunges 30 feet into a creek. a dozen people helping flip the cruiser onto its side, stolen pickup truck hitting an intersection sending him over a bridge, the driver still on the loose, the officer has a collapsed lung. you might check the bottom of the pool before you jump in.
joshua wheeler and i keep thinking that he is so emblematic of the age and rank right now the combat veterans we have that populate not only the armed forces but delta force, the best of the very best on the mission just like his that took his life in iraq. well, yeah. you know, one of the numbers that struck me was this noncommissioned officer had 14 combat deployments. i talked to a group this morning here in minnesota and reminded them we have had 59,000 killed and wounded fighting in iraq and afghanistan. and other areas of combat. so, you know, i was very, brian, very impressed by secretary carter. i think we have fortunate we have a guy of his experience and jus judicious thinking and resolve. he is an apolitical guy. i think he just reminded us
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florida. there were a couple cameras around. they said yeah, they re doing a documentary. yep. you had no idea til this week that it was a super bowl ad. that s right. so they didn t play the music and you weren t forced to walk slowly down as you were pulled by clydesdales? so when you see this it was friday. correct? you see it together. what was your reaction and where did you view it? she wasn t going to let me watch it until we were together fort first time. that was really neat. we watched it when we got here in new york city. i think my reaction was really that so many folks deserved this so much more than me. i really hope that the message that gets out is that for all the people who have been on two, three or more combat deployments, folks who have come back injured or not at all, they re the real heros. we hope this highlights that. the last line is all soldiers deserve a hero s welcome. i know this will be part of a social media thing that bud riser is doing f
i would say the conundrum probably for those in the media even and for those who practice po politics is, well, we ve been drawing the line at a more moralistic way for the last decade or so, so why shouldn t petraeus be held to the same standard? well, i m not actually saying that he shouldn t be held to the same standard but i think a lot of americans don t appreciate the incredible strains we put on these people s personal lives, on their marriages when we send them to multiple combat deployments that are year long. in petraeus case one that was 18 months long. he had four combat deployments. it s very hard to imagine that that didn t affect in some ways his marriage. again, i kind of use the petraeus case as a rheaume nation about what we expect, what i call america s warrior monks. we expect them never to take a drink, never to philander. they have no privacy zone. your e-mails can be read, as we saw in this case.