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Credit for. he did talk about it in the campaign. he stopped as president. ill give him credit for that. hes in the chain of command of the individual who was in that court and i would have thought that that would have been beyond the pale, but he didnt do that. afterward, he made a statement and i hope what happens is we dont get distracted of what happened and where i just disagree with my good friend, desertion isnt about a personal thing any way. you serve in a unit to protect the people on ...

Take control. ask your doctor about nonprescription ibgard. u.s.-backed forces say 90% of the isis stronghold in syria has now been liberated. that is raqqs ea we are talking about. nearly 200 of their families have surrendered in that city. n ir nick joins us with more. >> reporter: we just dont know when the city will be labor rated and how long it will take and for a number of reasons. firstly, this is an incredibly fluid combat environment where there is more real information coming out fr...

>> no. >> this one. >> this is us in afghanistan. >> i mean, and we were in, you know, some harsh -- >> we were probably in the extremist combat environment as you can fathom. it tested you in every way, physically, mentally, emotionally. >> we are it. when you need the army, we are the vanguard, the spearhead, the praetorian. >> 15 years. >> wow. since vietnam. >> yeah. >> were talking about people, you know, as a unit weve been deployed doing some pretty crazy crap. wow. you get into a unit li...

As most humans would have been. i heard one young man interviewed today say that, like the movies, they could tell where the gunfire was by seeing the dust come up from the ground by seeing particles fly up from objects that were hit and they knew when they had to move when he was obviously pausing and reloading. but all of which is to say he couldnt believe he was in a combat environment. >> yes, i mean, at one point, and i may have taken video at this point. i dont know if i caught myself on t...

Film. its about what happens in war. >> it would turn into americas longest war. 16 years of fighting, dying and the anguish of those who survived and the families left behind by the fallen. >> a stream of combat environment as you can fathom. it tested you in every way physically, mentally, emotionally. >> then captain mark nooch led a team into the mountains of northern afghanistan in the fall of 2001. team 595 rode horse back with thousands of local fighters to begin the liberation of the cou...

Of special operations forces in afghanistan that led the way to bring down the taliban that sheltered osama bin laden. >> any talk about war, its about heroism and sacrifice and loss. its not a pro-war film, its not an anti-war film, its a film about what actually happens in war. >> reporter: it would turn into americas longest war. 16 years of fighting, dying, and the anguish of those who survived and the families left behind by the fallen. >> stream of combat environment as you can fathom, it ...

Is this why you walked 2,200 miles? >> yes, maam. 22 for me is a very significant number, and its more of a symbol now to help educate the american people on the epidemic of veteran suicide. >> why is this issue so personal to you? tell us about your own struggle. >> well, i served in the army for 15 years. and i attempted twice, while i was still in the service. it was very difficult for me when i transitioned back from a combat environment, back to civilian life. i had a family, i didnt know h...

It actually works in a combat environment. basically pushed out the back of a c-130. i think it weighs out at about 25,000 pounds when it comes off the aircraft. >> when youre talking about a big underground tunnel complex, describe for me if youre sitting in this room, if youre in a tunnel, no matter how far underground or deep, the capacity, you can kill everybody? >> well, it depends on the proximity of the blast to the tunnels and how extensive the tunnel network is. but when you drop this t...

Destroy targets over a widespread area and thats what they were dealing with here. they also felt it was such a remote area that they would not run the risk of civilian casualties. that said, u.s. aircraft will be doing that post bomb damage assessment. they will be flying overhead looking to see how much damage was caused and whether it really met the expectations and to make sure that there were no civilian casualties. because it was the first time it was used in a combat environment after yea...

Eventually -- there was the wind down in iraq but this was still during some of the very heavy periods of combat. and during that time, he engaged in military activities that resulted in him getting a couple of very significant medals. he got the iraq campaign medal with a star. that means he was in a combat environment. he was also awarded a service combat action badge as a driver and mechanic. so here is the obvious question that we dont know the answer to. he was in a position to be driesk a ...