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>>steve: a brooklyn man claims he was fired after posting a copy of his paycheck on instagram. the employee said he loved his job but said his paycheck is frustrating. although the posting was supposed to be private, it made its way back to his boss who accused him of breaching a confidentiality contract. >>gretchen: the ban on women in the combat units has been lifted six months ago. >>peter: how are these women handling the training? our own anna kooiman has that story. >> good morning. i headed to camp lejeune in jacksonville, north carolina, where women in the navy are now part of what onc...

>> there's been material that's come out in the last 15 or 20 years that backs this up. in october he announced that there were going to be a thousand advisors coming out with a hopefully having all of the advisors out by 1965. now since then, in the last 15 years, his national security adviser mcgeorge, maxwell taylor, chairman of the joint chiefs, robert mcnamara, said they don't think that kennedy would have sent combat units to vietnam which is what johnson did. throughout his presidency six or seven occasions he was urged by his advisors to send combat units to vietnam and every single ti...

It has been slow to happen. >> well some do but this is a huge leap forward and just as you say, this is it. young women who want to become army rangers or navy s.e.a.l.s may be able to do that, michaela. pardon me, the pentagon will unveil its implementation plan today, setting the timetable when, if and how women can finally join all these front line combat units, armor, artillery, special forces, that may be the last one, but indeed it is now going to have women in the front line combat units they have banned from. >> barbara i wanted to offer you water from my "new day" mug to clear your t...

First announced by then secretary of defense leon panetta. really it's going to come down to execution and how they plan to do this, and this is something that we're going to be watching to make sure that it is carried out and the intent of this policy change is brought to fruition. as you talked before, women have been serving in these ground combat units for quite some time now. we've seen unfortunately over 130 women since september 11th who have given their lives, paid that ultimate price through their service in these combat units. it's now just about time that we're changing the policies...

Fact that these are service men and women who are serving all of us in the line of fire, in combat units, some of these veterans we're talking about, their life in the war zones. >> and often young people whose care is entrusted to their superior officers. this is not -- rape is not just a regular crime. it is not like being held up. it is a crime with longlasting ramifications for both men and women. one of the things that the officer brought up is the degree of -- especially in the military, of a blame the victim mentality. you have some people who have come forward and then been subject the...