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This flight. this flight was on kind of the far left of the airport. you can see its highlighted right there. so, it was kind of the we say on the outskirts of the airport. he wasnt really walking all of the way through. thats just a little bit of perspective. and we all know that security around airports varies airport by airport. right? >> all correct. but in my experience the security plan usually adopts or incorporates a layered approach. what that means is various levels of security checks ...

So on, "it would be nice to hear from the president on this." a lot of them wanted to see him in the theater more often. and there i actually would push back against the troops and say, you know, secretary of states of defense are expendable, presidents arent. having the president come to a forward operating base i think is too risky. i think the presidents visit to kabul are the extent of what he should have done. but you just have the sense that -- i mean, these young men and women out there r...

Ended up getting his ak-47, walked into the forward the operating base and gunned down marines who, because of the rules of engagement werent allowed to carry weapons on their own operating base. >> what do you think is happening here? they are saying now in the letter who requested with this investigation of him? apparently his immediate chain of command didnt recommend punitive action the guy just used the wrong e-mail account. thats all hes accused of. >> youre right. it seems political corre...

Ended up getting his ak-47, walked into the forward the operating base and gunned down marines who, because of the rules of engagement werent allowed to carry weapons on their own operating base. >> what do you think is happening here? they are saying now in the letter who requested with this investigation of him? apparently his immediate chain of command didnt recommend punitive action the guy just used the wrong e-mail account. thats all hes accused of. >> youre right. it seems political corre...

A proven technology that can significantly reduce fuel. we have proven to reduce fuel on forward operating bases by 65% and which reduces the fuel burden tremendously, the logistical burden of convoys and security and then troops to support the security. jon: we had the video up of what has happened to so many of the convoys in iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere, many times they are sitting ducks and if you hit one even with small arms fire, you get something like this. so napoleon said an army ...

Quipped with tomahawks are somewhere in the red sea, moving in the opposite direction what would you expect to see if it was going home. meaning if she is moved into the mediterranean, that would bring a total of nine destroyers focused on syria. there are indications that the uss kersage, which played such an important role in the libya conflict could be retasked to the mediterranean. no orders however on that front. she would join the uss san antonio, amphibious ship with 300 marines on board,...

Military and burundian another. but they have a base at mogadishu. they line them up every month and pay them $200 in cash and its being run -- >> i saw it when i landed. looked like a forward operating base and i started asking around and got forces to confirm thats what it was. >> two huge stories. yesterday and today, one about nsa getting all the phone records for three months from verizon. today about the nsas prism program, the servers of nine different internet companies including google....

Though they were our wives or our children. >> if there wasnt a war going on, the canyons separating jordan and syria could be a tourist attraction, but for syrians escaping the violence, it has become the valley of death. a jordanian military journal pointed out to us where the syrian artillery landed on the roofers and refugees must take down these hills to safety, where jordanian soldiers drive them up the other side. they arrive at a forward operating base, 50 at a time, truck after truck of...

But in this instance, the m.o.d. was unaware of the pregnancy. this is the first time a british soldier is known to have given birth on the front line, although more than 170 servicewomen have been sent home after that learned they were pregnant. this fueled debate if medical checks, routine pregnancy testing are needed before women are deployed to the front line. >> the soldier in question was extremely lucky that she was actually at camp bastion when she gave birth because there shes a properl...

Although more than 170 servicewomen have been sent home from iraq and afghanistan after discovering they were pregnant. this unusual case has fueled debate for medical checks, routine pregnancy testing are needed before women are deployed to the front line. >> the soldier in question was extremely lucky that she was actually at camp bastion when she gave birth because there shes a properly established medical facility, which could look after her properly. but if she had been sent out on patrol o...