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Of congress and demand that they stand up for that women and girls out there who will never have an organization defending and fighting for them like gun rights groups or other organizations. we need to stand up for our wives, our daughters, our sisters, our mothers. >> tucker: it cannot be a social experiment. it has to exist to defend the country. anyone who is effective in doing that should be serving in a combat unit. and so i agree with you completely. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank...

Troops, to help with the evacuation of americans there on the ground. >> reporter: we know that one of the set of troops sent in along this 5,000 u.s. forces group, had they were a combat unit for one specific reason because when you look at the equation that were dealing with right now, eric and arthel, it is a recipe for disaster. the taliban has freed thousands of taliban insurgents and al-qaida fighters, many who fought against the americans over the past 20 years. many of them have a person...

Nuclear reactors on an aircraft carrier, were simultaneously conducting strikes into iraq and afghanistan, im supervising the operation of eight nuclear reactors, i didnt turn to the reactor operator next to me, say, are you a democrat, a republican? we had a mission to accomplish. i think that that idea of, you know, this is not a partisan issue. i think it is an issue of doing the thing that is right and i understand for myself, this could very well be a political liability, but i came to cong...

Weve had two of these retreats already, bring together combat unit and unit retreats. va provide resiliency training. rebuild accountability they have as combat unit and camaraderie. make sure they understand they are not alone. senior leadership of the combat units, you know what, it is already to not be all right. it is all right to seek the help you need. since weve done two so far, weve gotten eight guys who started to seek va and department of defense mental health help. >> that is very goo...

Class, you are still in -- you are with guys still serving. is this a crisis you are seeing from the active component as well? >> absolutely it is. but it is something that the, you know, the community itself, the department of defense, the army is really combating in collaboration with all the agencies and now the private sector. so i think the focus and really with this executive order the focus of all these different agencies combined going to combat this epidemic of suicide. pete: some veter...

>> laura: transgender people who have served in the military say we just want to be part of the grating fighting force ever. these are patriotic people. they want to serve their countr country. the injunction doesnt necessarily meet all transgender people cant serve. there is a long list of -- most people probably cant serve. for instance service members who have been stable for three years and their biological sex prior to joining the military can serve. people diagnosed with gender dysphoria c...

To fighting war whether in a combat unit or supportive units. for both soldiers it is hard to come back. you are going from a close communal organization, your platoon to this sort of individualized modern society that is basically hard on everybody. i think a certain amount of ptsd is just the transition from a close human environment in combat to this which has its upside but is pretty disconnected. >> what is the answer for them? >> the answer for them is the same for all of us. we need to fi...

You were in the outfit? >> 8th company. combat unit. >> by golly. you and i are just about the same age. >> im 96. >> im 92. i still chase girls. i lie, too. >> im jake. >> reporter: with family and friends gathered, the men shared stories of their time during the war and spoke of the physical and emotional wounds that remain decades later. >> boy, you are lucky to be here. >> youre right. >> yeah. >> yeah. it went right through me. and then it went down my back. >> lifes been pretty good for yo...

Those stairs and over the years in the entire history of the festival thank you forty six compared to one thousand six hundred and eighty eight men so its a strong statement to a festival that you know was really kind of dragging its heels in terms of the embracing this seismic change that were seeing happening all over the industry and the reaction to that protest today was actually the signing of that initiative that theyve called fifty fifty for twenty twenty so whereby can has apparently ple...

>> is your airplane on fire? >> no, it is not on fire but part of it is missing. they said there is a hole and someone went out. >> shannon: cool under pressure. joining is now arizona republican congressman martha mcsally, retired air force colonel who wants to honor speech 25. what did you think when you heard this? >> she is a badass. >> shannon: i think we can say that at 11:00 p.m. >> i think we can. she was a fighter pilot. they wouldnt let her be in a combat unit. i am so grateful for her...