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Rob served in the marines for 5 1/2 years, two tours in afghanistan and iraq. it was while he was in afghanistan that he was fighting as a combat engineer. his job was to detect i.e.d.s. unfortunately on july 22, 2010, he missed one, losing both of his legs. rob could not let any of this slow him down. we caught up with him again in philadelphia yesterday. hes a dedicated athlete. he won a bronze medal in the para olympics in 2014. he has cycled for veterans across country to raise money. and no...

Your family has service but your brother. >> my brother was injured out in mosul, iraq. he was injured right above his right here and shattered the skull above his eyebrow all at way around and rendered him quadriplegic. pete: after that happened to him it motivated you to serve it? >> was a promise to him if anything happened to him i would promise what he started. it was to put on the shie legacy you are all combat engineers. >> my dad did nine years as combat engineer and my brother did four ...

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A private first class, a combat engineer and did win several awards, including an army good conduct medal as well as an army commendation medal and combatted action badge. when he was captured this afternoon he did have his army identification with him. in august 2016 he was discharged from the army. a couple months later is when he walked into the fbi and they in turn, turned him over to the medical facility. but the family very, very surprised. the aunt tilling reporters, im so sad god be merc...

Serve one tour in iraq, that was from 2010-2011, february 2011. i would know that that was not a very active time in iraq. that was just before they pulled out at the end of that year. he was a combat engineer, he was separated from the national guard from the alaska national guard for performance we are told by the spokesman out in alaska. he joined the national guard, the puerto rican national guard and 2007 and that is when he deployed to iraq. his family says, has told reporters, he did suff...

Thats what we just learned at the press conference and he told agents that u.s. intelligence had infiltrated his mind and were forcing him to watch isis propaganda videos. santiago appeared agitated and incoherent during that interview, indicating he was suffering from some kind of mental condition. he mentioned his deployment to iraq. from april 2010 to april 2011 as a combat engineer with the puerto rican national guard. weve confirmed that with the army. after returning to my he joined the ar...

Military records show he signed up for the national guard in 2007 while he was living in puerto rico where the family is from. records show he was on duty as a combat engineer for ten months in iraq, returning five years ago. he was discharged last august. family members say he went to alaska looking for work where he had a son and was receiving psychological counseling there. some of those who were with him on the flight from minneapolis to ft. lauderdale say he got in to some kind of altercati...

Treatment. his aunt and uncle in union city, new jersey, say they believe he developed problems after an overseas military assignment. he showed up for the national guard in 2007 while living in puerto rico where the family is from. the records show he was on duty as a combat engineer for ten months in iraq, returning five years ago. he was darischarged last august. family members say he went to alaska looking for work where he had a son and was receiving psychological counseling there. some peo...

Mental problems after a military deployment overseas. government records show se signed up for the national guard in 2007 while he was living in puerto rico. thats where the familys from. those records show that he was on duty as a combat engineer for ten months in iraq and returned five years ago. he received a general discharge last august apparently after failing frequently to report for duty. family members say he went to alaska looking for work where he had a son and was receiving psycholog...

He had. he was radicalized. that unfortunately is one of the things were dealing with and will continue to deal with it until we come up with the proper strategy, proper alliances to go after this thing in a coherent way. to date we have not. >> we referred here -- >> no, no it looks like its probably not but we dont know for sure. >> were getting word of via abc news he was honor i belieably discharged. he was a combat engineer, honorably discharged from the national guard. so nothing that at l...