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Do that. we talked about the overwatch. we have the unmanned aircraft and other drone systems that have very good optical and other means of looking down. we look what happened around the gate. we identified patterns. highly trained people to take a look at that we also have our aircraft that we fly locally. av-64s that i mentioned and other manned aircraft that come off of the carrier that we have off of the coast as well as u.s. air force aircraft that we bring up from out of afghanistan. everything from f-15s to ac-130 gun ship. the ac-130 gun ship has a highly targeting capability. we know...

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And i wasn't the only one that might have been on that plane that night. but it does, you know, help you reflect on the importance of destiny. and the fact that life is fragile, sometimes. and you have to be very careful. it also helped me take a harder look at the missions we did with our ac-130s. and if that meant anything, my heart to their family goes out to them. i hope that reflected on me to make better decisions on air crews that would follow in the foot steps of stray 59. >> we've all heard the song. i want to play five seconds of it and ask why it has significance to admiral mcraven....

Following this story in eastern syria. ben? >> reporter: yes, good morning, george. well, there was intense overnight bombardment of that slim sliver of land just along the euphrates. what we heard was what sounded like ac-130 smepecter gunships, which are used for attacking personnel as opposed to vehicles or buildings. we understand from a spokesman from the syrian democratic force that's there are perhaps a few hundred jihadis left along the euphrates and that some of them have made it clear they have no intention to surrender, that they plan to fight to the death. but we know there are als...

That's disturbing to read let's put up the picture again of the ac 1:30. they are able to jam the ac 130. what are these doing question mike what are they for us? >> it's a highly capable gunship, but it provides gunfire. the russians are trying to interfere with the hf and uhf radio frequencies. i don't think they're being as effective as they would like to be, but this is all putin. they have brought all of that to syria to test out our u.s.-led coalition and our partners. >> martha: how do we fight back against that? >> first of all, this is not going to stop the anti-isis public operations...