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A pastor and chaplain is on a mission to help struggling veterans find peace.

Weapons and research. russia used hypersonic missiles in combat, firing the kinzal missiles to devastating effect in ukraine. and last summer, china tested a hyper hypersonic missile that went around the world. director of the navys strategic systems programs knows the u.s. is behind moscow and beijing. >> yes, they deployed weapons that we havent. up until just recently, there hasnt been a real driver for us to take that technology and put it into a weapons system that we can deliver to our war...

(FAITHWIRE) – A pastor and chaplain is on a mission to help struggling veterans find peace. Greg Wark, co-author of the new book, “The War Fighter’s Soul, Engaging in the Battle for the Warrior’s Soul,” revealed the dire circumstances many men and women in uniform face when they come home from battle. And while the…

Soldiers with the 138th Field Artillery Brigade conducted a live event during their annual training at Fort Knox and Greenville.

L-e-o, that stands for low earth orbit. >> reporter: none of these guardians are actually going to space. theyll be operating u.s. military satellites from the ground. or analyzing satellites from russia or china. >> youre dealing with little blips on a little computer screen. >> reporter: its a different type of war fighter, one that has to strain their eyes and flex their mind more than their muscles, which leads to the other big difference about this basic training. >> we want to build guardi...

Updated. you think they are or will be giving ukraine the targeting information so we can up the ukrainians, kill as many russians as possible? >> i think its moral and ethical, imperative for the united states to provide that tactical intelligence. i can tell you from my own experience serving in war zones in the middle east and south asia it is critical for the war fighter to have that locational information and its important to know where russians plan to attack so ukrainians can get off the ...

Last two wars. i have a lot more faith is ukraine, nato allies in the area. i have a lot more faith in them to negotiate a peaceful end to this than our own government. that maybe the most unpatriotic thing i have ever said on television. its not because i dont love this country. i have faith in every single war fighter that may put our our uniform and end up in conflict. i dont have any faith in our political leaders right now. you talk about members of congress who understand this we dont have...

How special is someone like a colin powell, especially in this day and age? >> i think people in his model are increasingly rare in our society today. we need more leaders like general powell who canries above partisanship and enjoy the start the stature and a solid reputation among democrats and republicans whose word is valued by people of both parties. hes going to be greatly missed. he its us a lot about the limits of warfare, for example, as a war fighter. he taught us the pottery barn rule...

There to unpack. those are guys i know personally. but the main theme of this second half of our interview is the rules of engagement didnt support us. they worked against us. they didnt allow us to defend ourselves. you think politicians at least today owe the war fighter, the responsibility of understanding where they are coming from and maybe spending more time listening and pressuring the administration to fight a war in a way to win it. katie: a lot of times we hear about endless wars and b...

These refugees from afghanistan are not vaccinated. >> the american warrior is the best equipped, best trained war fighter anywhere. >> um-huh. >> we need to make sure this doesnt demoralize that whole class of people that raised their hand and swear to give their life in defense of the republic. im really concerned how demoralizing this has been and we need to remind them every chance we get that their sacrifice was not for not. that they were defending the principles we stand for and that the ...