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>> do you feel you were neglected by the medical professionals at walter reed? >> at that time, yes, absolutely. a couple of my staff from the old unit, the medical unit i belonged to, they flew in out of pocket to take care of their old first sergeant back then that was actually my first support group and the only support group i had. >> what type of opiates were they giving you in california? >> i remember having still morphine pills, vicodin, percocet, codeine. >> how long were you taking the...

>> do you feel you were neglected by the medical professionals at walter reed? >> at that time, yes, absolutely. a couple of my staff from the old unit, the medical unit i belonged to, they flew in out of pocket to take care of their old first sergeant back then that was actually my first support group and the only support group i had. >> what type of opiates were they giving you in california? >> i remember having still morphine pills, vicodin, percocet, codeine. >> how long were you taking the...

Neglected by the medical professionals at walter reed? >> at that time, yes, absolutely. a couple of my staff from the old unit, the medical unit i belonged to, they flew in out of pocket to take care of their old first sergeant back then that was actually my first support group and the only support group i had. >> what type of opiates were they giving you in california? >> i remember having still morphine pills, vicodin, percocet, codeine. >> how long were you taking these narcotics for? >> i w...

Reconstruction con to my face and also my jaw, they did bone graphing. >> did you have a big support system? >> when i came home i had no support system whatsoever. i think that was very hard. from germany they shipped me to walter reid. i never saw -- i never saw anybody to be honest with you. >> thats troubling. >> i was asked one time why wasnt i eating my food in front of me? and i told them what food? >> do you feel you are neglected by the medical professionals at walter reid? >> at that t...

>> i have extensive reconstruction con to my face and also my jaw, they did bone graphing. >> did you have a big support system? >> when i came home i had no support system whatsoever. i think that was very hard. from germany they shipped me to walter reid. i never saw -- i never saw anybody to be honest with you. >> thats troubling. >> i was asked one time why wasnt i eating my food in front of me? and i told them what food? >> do you feel you are neglected by the medical professionals at walte...

Wall that fell into an adjacent thrift store. six people killed and another 13 were injured. is the word god offensive? the pentagon says it is. they made an air force base scrap a tribute video for servicemen because according to top brass it was too religious. they said mentioning god could offend atheists and muslims. the district based on this dodge super bowl ad was called god created a first sergeant. base officials had signed off on the project but the air force said it was taken off. the...

Abuse cases are often handled through the military even when there is jurisdiction between both the civil and the military. >> what kind of rank would these people -- id be terrified if i was just an enlisted guy having to report the crime. >> and thats why congress is suggesting is you remove it from the chain of command. your first sergeant is going to be outranked possibly by the as still plant. y assailant. you dont want the pressure on the first sergeant. there will be pressure. but let the...

Mccoy. she was a private in the army. she says she was sexually assaulted many times and earlier this year she testified before a committee. thank you so much for joining us. first of all, briefly give us your story. >> well, i served in theist army between 1987 and 1991. and during that time i experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment multiple times in different situations. and i didnt report it because basically i was scared. by the time i was exiting the -- getting closer toward the end o...

Marathon for fallen heroes and then suddenly youre back into a war zone. what were your feelings? let me start with you, if i may, first sergeant madori. >> feeling we did a great thing. we went in there. we did what weve been trained to do. there were a lot of first responders in there with us, boston fire, the policemen, everybody, the first responders from there, the medical tent. it was really good. we just did what we had to do to take care of the people in need. >> first lieutenant, steven...

The trigger. the explosive rounds from 25-millimeter bush master chain gun leveled iraqi guard post to help clear a path for the invation. >> im shooting. >> enemy responded firing mortars about a few days later ambushing the battalion. it lasted a hour. waltly never leaving his big gun. >> they were looking out to see what i could do. seen a couple of iraqi troops. fired upon them. >> what do you remember most about it? >> the lack of sleep. the long hours. basically pushing my body to the max....