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Said, hey, i have to get rid of my corrupt generals. have i to professionalize my force and he asked me in 2011, could you help us do that. so from a european command perspective, u.s. army europe perspective and especially interesting the special operations command europe perspective under a guy named general mike recast, all of us pitched in to start training from the colonel level all the way down to a new nco corps. i'm going to throw out sargeant major davenport who taught them into building a professional sargeant's corps which i think we're seeing is the back bone of any army. >> you ta...

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>> how common is it to hear the f-word being used against a gay person or someone who is -- as a joke? >> you know, i don't think it's a majority of people that use it but it's a very vocal minority. you may hear it anywhere from once daily to a couple times a day. >> commander liphold, what do you make of this from a command perspective? >> from a command perspective this kind of action isn't tolerated. quite, frankly, anderson, leadership starts at the top and there was a shortfall here with captain honor. but i don't know what the circumstances are. navy clearly adjusted course for a reason...

To operate. >> how common is it to hear the f-word being used against a gay person or someone who is -- as a joke? >> you know, i don't think it's a majority of people that use it but it's a very vocal minority. you may hear it anywhere from once daily to a couple times a day. >> commander liphold, what do you make of this from a command perspective? >> from a command perspective this kind of action isn't tolerated. quite, frankly, anderson, leadership starts at the top and there was a shortfall here with captain honor. but i don't know what the circumstances are. navy clearly adjusted course ...