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And when they come home and their service is done, civilian employers who hire a sergeant major or a command sergeant major from our armed forces are hiring someone who can do anything because theyve already done just about everything. its why this has been a tough week where he was posted over the recent years at forts benning and carson and stewart and for all those who encountered these deployments. there are 14,000 americans serving right now tonight in afghanistan where the u.s. has indeed ...

I want to give that to malcolm, our military veteran on the panel. what is going on? >> you know, inside of every administration, you find these individuals who are, you know, inside the military chain of command who have a loyalty more to the president of the united states than they have to the constitution of the united states. and they will come out and they will talk smack. and invariably, there is supposed to be a chain of command that is supposed to stifle this. certainly in that public af...

But one would sense that there really needs to be a specific effort targeted towards veterans, service member, people who are seeing combat, even people who are not seeing combat. i wonder, is there any groundswell in congress in the hour since this happened at ft. hood to better attend to our service members in terms of mental health? >> first lets say this. for the last five years we trussed up mental health more than any other section in the defense budget -- sorry in the appropriations commi...

The hours leading up to specialist ivan lopezs deadly rampage gave no hint of what was to come. >> so you see him come down the stairs, he says good-bye and thats the last you saw of him hours before the attack? >> yeah. >> reporter: ayesha bradley says lopez moved into his apartment building about a month ago. he, his wife and young daughter were friendly approachable in every way, she says, normal. you said hello to him, you talked to him? >> yesterday. >> reporter: what did he seem like? >> h...

American express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. welcome back to "taking the hill." im patrick murphy. today were talking about how the military can be an agent of social change. president truman desegregated the armed services 16 years before the civil rights act was signed. the military recognizes now same sex marriage but civilians in only 17 states and washington, d.c. have similar rights. now the military face as new challenge. sexual assaults. can it...

Trivia team, congressman tim walls of minnesota is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier ever to serve in congress. he earned the rank of command sergeant major and congratulations to todays winner, karen. just karen. well be right back. ..still eatk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! im feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! theres nothing like being ...

Big a deal. it is the top of the heap. it is the apex of the career army personnel status to which very few people ever hope to ascend on the enlisted side of the arm ranks. army ranks. this is a pictures of the leadership of the fourth combat brigade of the armys 4th infantritory division based in fort carson, colorado. its between 3500 and 3800 soldiers not counting a lot of support personnel. on the left, you see here the brigades commander, colonel james mingus on the right is the command se...

Above command sergeant major but its sergeant major of the army. theres only one person who holds that rank in the entire u.s. army at any one time. only one person. so really command sergeant major is it. the way the army describes it, "enlisted soldiers who attain the distinction of being slengted by the department of the army for participation in the command sergeants major program are the epitome of success in their chosen field in this profession of arms. there is no higher grade of rank an...

Only one person. so really command sergeant major is it. the way the army describes it, "enlisted soldiers who attain the distinction of being select by the department of the army for participation in the command sergeants major program are the epitome of success in their chosen field in this profession of arms. there is no higher grade of rank and there is no greater honor perhaps slightly wiser and more experienced than the first sergeant, the csm is, command sergeant major is expected to be c...

The army ranks. this is a picture of the leadership of the fourth combat brigade of the armys fourth infantry division based in fort carson, colorado. its between 3500 and 3800 soldiers not counting a lot of support personnel. on the left, you see here the brigades commander, colonel james mingus on the right is the command sergeant major. the rank i just explained. command saturday major, in this case, it is kevin j. griffin. both of these two men specifically, the leaders of the entire 4th bri...