Page 25 - Combat Situation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

White house. joshua wheeler, 11 bronze stars, multiple recognitions, shy of his 40th birthday, the white house going through hoops to describe how he did die. >> there's no diminishing his contribution to our country's safety and security, and certainly no diminishing his sacrifice, but he was part of a different mission than the military operations that were carried out under the orders of president bush in 2003 and 2004. >> all right. retired u.s. army colonel mcknight with us. danny debt with cam bat situation in mogadishu many years ago. tried to say at the time that was not a combat situa...

It was a complete failure. >> the white house is accutely aware that the my lai scandal could bring about a disastrous withering away public support for the vietnam war and mr. nixon's plans for a staged withdrawal of american forces. >> what happened in the my lai case was not a combat situation. he shot in cold blood old men, women and children and we as a country fail to recognize an act of cold-blooded murder, then we are no better than -- >> why not convict the battalion commander of -- >> why not? >> hold on. hold on. >> secretary of defense, every single one of them that put the man in ...

>> okay. the video does show you throwing something on the officer. i'm going to find you guilty of that. year ds. 10/23/14 and take 90 days. you can appeal it based on that. >> yes. can i have the picture? >> the picture there is yours and the paper there is yours. >> the decision means collins is back in the intensive detention unit for at least another year. and he will also lose 90 days of good time he earned toward decreasing his 60-year prison sentence. outside the hearing room collins was still determined to prove his case. if to nobody else, us. >> this is the woman right here, right? ...

The combat situation. the leadership for that young captain or major leading these units, it has to make special provisions for females to have some privacy. it's unreasonable burden. >> you would like to see all-female unit perhaps. >> over 100 women have successfully passed marine corps training. well over 100. there's your all-women force. i think the general is wrong. 13 years of warfare have proven women can live in completely horrendous conditions along side i men. they've been doing it on convoys throughout afghanistan and iraq. they have been in combat, fought, died in combat in fact. ...

Will they even get to do 20 years? >> hold on. let me go back to your point because i think you said you knew someone in the military. a 29-year-old who had both of her hips replaced and toior point that this is some of this is incredibly arduous physically, but wouldn't women to a degree have to walk into these experiences or these challenges eyes wide open, a, and, b, everyone's body type is different. i've even some ready tough playedies. the female i into was 22 helps. when you're in a combat situation you'll gary gear that's 70-pounds plus along with a kevlar jacket and weapon. you're doi...