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Reunion as part of a va initiative, part of a three day retreat to connect combat units and back in touch with their battle buddies. >> after the funeral, the independence fund reached out to the va to try to develop some type of program or system, what can we do to program this pandemic? >> 70% of all veterans who commit suicide are not registered and therefore are not being helped. the presidents executive order seeks to change that by bringing them into the system. >> bret: up next, the presi...

The va teamed up with a veteran nonprofit run by the wife of a member of this very unit who lost his leg in afghanistan and suffers from a traumatic brain injury. the independent sun created a pilot program, 3d retreat called "operation resiliency." the idea is to reconnect these particularly hard-hit combat units, get them counseling, and back in touch with their battle buddies to halt this epidemic. what they have found is that 70% of those who kill themselves actually have not even registered...

To make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isnt. ♪ ♪ its the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪ >> martha: of the heated debate of woman on the combat field. women have no place in combat units. heres a quote. "the obama era of integrating women into combat is a misguided social experiment that threatens military readiness and waste resources. "the next defense secretary should end.

The access to the weapons disturbs me. as the lt. governor said. as the lieutenant governor said, if you have a weapon in your home, you have to secure it. >> the lieutenant governor talked about arming teachers and the fact that the armed guards that were there prevented more deaths. in addition to hardening targets do you think its a viable option -- >> absolutely. >> to arm teachers. >> pete, i have been training law enforcement for 25 years and trained military unit around the world. theres ...

The access to the weapons disturbs me. as the lt. governor said. if you have a weapon in your home, you have to secure it. >> the lt. governor talked about arming teachers and the fact that the armed guard likely prevented more deaths. do you think its a viable option? >> absolutely. >> to arm teachers. >> pete, i have been training law enforcement for 25 years and trained military unit around the world. there is no problem teaching people to run into a crowd with a weapon. but you have to give ...

Pilots, tammie jo shults, brought the plane down safely. she was a navy fighter pilot before. and so many were moved by these images. the pilot immediately going back into the cabin when they landed, hugging the passengers. martha raddatz tonight on the pilot, and how passengers are now describing her. >> reporter: as one of the first women to fly navy fighter jets, tammie jo shults had exactly the kind of training for just this kind of emergency. unflappable and deliberate, guiding her crippled...

And if you look at the short-term, its just not encouraging. they got stronger. they actually reconquered land they had lost previously in the last 12 months. >> yeah, and that had to do, i think, with the change in strategy. you had american forces fighting the taliban as combat units. now weve pulled back to this advise and assist mission. and thats obviously not working. weve seen the taliban resurge and take back territory they lost. now the united states is implementing another tactic. they...

Vietnam maintain its independence and not fall under the domination of the communists. >> kennedy lied to the public and congress saying we would need only advisers, even though his own military experts told him that south vietnam would be lost without an immediate commitment of american combat units. >> we still seek no wider war. >> i now saw that johnson was continuing a pattern of presidential lying. each president wanted to avoid the stigma of losing indoe china to communist on his watch. i...

And the congress, saying we would need only advisers, even though his only military experts told him south vietnam would be lost without an immediate commitment of american combat units. >> we still seek no wider war. >> i now saw johnson was continuing a pattern of presidential lying. each president wanted to avoid the stigma of losing indochina on their watch. it wasnt that we were on the wrong side, we were the wrong side. it was a crime carried out from the star by fourpresidents. and now a ...

Americans. >> when policy was changed we had a plan which was implemented. a number of women in marine divisions increased almost to 1000. the marine corps running 9% of the forces, the number of women in combat units is small, we have our first infantry officer and artillery, quite frankly talking to the units out there, they are out there doing their job, they are marines and we expect them to perform. jillian: thank you for your time this afternoon. we hope to check back with you soon. stick ...