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Who served with the u.s. army for eight years until combat injuries suffered in iraq forced him to retire. he says before his trip to israel in 2012 he was living in darkness, and greg served with the marines as a scout sniper in both iraq and afghanistan. he just returned from israel less than a month ago. great to have you back. >> you said this group saved your life. now, that's pretty dramatic. how did they do that? >> the thing was is that at the time coming back from iraq i was feeling depressed. i didn't have anyone to, you know, counter any things that i was going through. didn't know ...

Who served with the u.s. army for eight years until combat injuries suffered in iraq forced him to retire. he says before his trip to israel in 2012 he was living in darkness, and greg served with the marines as a scout sniper in both iraq and afghanistan. he just returned from israel less than a month ago. great to have you back. >> you said this group saved your life. now, that's pretty dramatic. how did they do that? >> the thing was is that at the time coming back from iraq i was feeling depressed. i didn't have anyone to, you know, counter any things that i was going through. didn't know ...

And along with judy harrison, who served with the u.s. army for eight years until combat injuries suffered in iraq forced him to retire. he says before his trip to israel in 2012 he was living in darkness, and greg served with the marines as a scout sniper in both iraq and afghanistan. he just returned from israel less than a month ago. great to have you back. >> you said this group saved your life. now, that's pretty dramatic. how did they do that? >> the thing was is that at the time coming back from iraq i was feeling depressed. i didn't have anyone to, you know, counter any things that i w...

And he'll easily clear the $300,000 mark by the end of august. >> it is a tragic irony. >> this attorney is representing more than 100 victims or family members in a civil lawsuit against hassan and the government. he says because the government classified the attack as workplace violence and not terrorism, no soldiers are eligible for pushl hearts where the benefits that come with combat injuries. >> and you couple that with the fact that this person is drawing his salary while in prison. and you can imagine how the victims feel. it seems that it's just pouring salt on this very open and pain...

Great before opening fire inside this building on base. when the day of the shooting he was making $6,000 a month in base pay. as the months rolled on, the checks kept coming. he benefitted from mandatory pay hikes that pushed his salary past $7,000 a month. the u.s. government has paid him $280,000 since the shooting. and he'll easily clear the $300,000 mark by the end of august. >> it is a tragic irony. >> this attorney is representing more than 100 victims or family members in a civil lawsuit against hassan and the government. he says because the government classified the attack as workplac...