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Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Whaley died Thursday during nighttime live-fire training.

The Marine Corps was blunt about what will happen to Marines who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine by its Nov. 28 deadline: You will be kicked out. 

Been doing great reporting on the issue of military readiness. the number of training deaths and plane crashes. what will be the impact on the military if the cuts and caps you just talked about remain in place? >> just a few examples, leland. the army is flying today fewer hours than any time in the past 30 years. 70% of marine corps jets and helicopters cant fly and out of 542 u.s. navy f-18 super hornet jets, half of them cant fly today. according to the head of naval aviation only 31% of tho...

Because sailers were overstretched. it brings up a larger question. if an airline had four or five crashes in a year, theyd be getting a new ceo. if a crew ship company had two or three boats run into things and run into ground and other ships, theyd be getting a new ceo. is senior military working -- worried that at some point they are going to be facing some really tough questions if these kinds of mishaps, accidents continue? >> i mean, i think so. but, you know, lets not forget that there ar...

Organization, david kim, joins us now to talk about it. david, nice to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> how did you get involved? why did you decide to be a part of this? >> my wife and i founded the organization. we were trying to do it by the experience i had when i was a young army officer 20 years ago, we were sent down to panama during operation just cause to remove noriega from power and comrade sergeant was killed in combat five days before christmas in 1989 and he had a baby daught...

Its 50/50. after one year of republican control of the congress, we have yet to do anything to cut spending. a at the same time, military members that need training and munitions are not getting what they need. every time the public hears continuing resolution, they should think more of the same. more depriving the military, more funding of obamacare exchanges. those are the types of things that republicans promised to be against and thats why were fighting for real reform, not just kicking the ...