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Always been there for me, no matter what, and he aint never changed or turned his back on me on nothing. >> mcmillen and tunstall had been friends for about three years when we met them at holman. >> it done got to the point to where its like if im thinking about something, before i can get it out, he can say it. and its vice versa. >> do you identify as gay? >> do me -- do i do? yes. >> youre gay? >> yes. >> i was fascinated by the friendship between kenyatta and tommy. kenyatta is openly gay a...

When we shot our "extended stay" series at holman a year later, gilbert was still trying to get his transfer. >> bobby had a very close relationship with his mother. for her to visit him, it took a lot. it took money. it took time. none of which she had. i think she was his sole support system emotionally speaking and knew he was going to stay in prison for the rest of his life, but at least he wanted to be closer to her. >> hey, mr. gilbert, how are you doing? >> we followed gilbert to his revi...

The fbi has active investigations in all 50 states alaska coming on recently and that theres thousands of isis wannabes would-bes, supporters that are on-line and theyre just really having a hard time keeping track of them all. they have all these open investigations. so theyre at this highest state of alert, almost all the time. >> colonel reese, the spokesman for the u.s. militarys northern command which oversees bases in the united states, says this is the new normal. i guess the question is ...

Adhere to the same ideology peers who attend the same places of worship people who go to school or college with them. but, you know, there is usually one or two individuals in their environment that ultimately supports them. and ive coined as peer pressure and peer support system where you have somebody who is not only supporting you in your endeavor, but also pressuring you to carry it out. and ideology is extremely strong. so, you know they need this kind of support system to make this ideolog...

Pakistan. that in this struggle this lonely struggle in the u.s. is where his extremist views really found a new way, a new form. >> let me go to you. in terms of a pattern were seeing obviously each of these suspects is different. but the pattern in terms of -- its usually a pair of young men. one of whom seems to be more radicalized and offers a sort of radical tutelage to a younger or another man, whether its a brother, as in the tsarnaev brothers or the koachi brothers or in this particular ...

Return to my home this week the rage made sense to me. how did it make sense to you? >> well because there are no men, there wasnt that kind of support system i had when i was there. when i was there, the city was full of rec centers, full of baseball league. there were summer jobs. all those were gone. so i feel like theres all this rage and anger, and theres no men to guide it. theres no infrastructure in place for jobs or for rec centers, for young men to vent out this energy. >> the little l...

Awareness is super important. you know? and getting to see it. because people who arent over there, who rrnarent over there fighting a war for us an important amazing thing for us dont know what its like so its hard to see the down sides or something that would happen with someone whos suffering from ptsd. so you know i just want to raise awareness and do whatever we can so people can see the telltale signs and get help with families and friends and everything to help our veterans. like bobby an...

Working dogs, but when theyre retired, we want to make sure that these dogs are transferred back to u.s. soil for their retirement. >> jeff, you were in the marines. sena was your dog. you came home without your dog. you say that you suffer from ptsd. >> me and sena spent every waking minute together. we shared food, water and slept together in holes. we were very instrumental in the warfare together. everything i witnessed he witnessed. when i came home and was abruptly separated with him, ever...

So you went to capitol hill to make sure that they come with their war dogs? >> we want to make sure that theyre transferred back to u.s. soil. >> jeff, you were a marine, you come home without your dog. you say you suffer with p.t.s.d., why was she important to you? >> we spent our waking days together. we slept together in fighting holes. as a veter ran, we were very strumtal in the warfare together. everything i witnessed, he witnessed. so when i came home, everything i had to do at that poin...

Got to meet. so, i wont -- it comes when youre not expecting it. i can just be sitting around doing nothing and then it will hit me, and its difficult. but i have a great support system. my husband is great. my kids are great. and they always have my best interests at heart. >> you -- >> can always count on them. >> you have said you live your life with the thought of bailey watching you. cue tell our viewers about that? >> at the time of the bombing i was young. i was only 22, about to turn 23 ...