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From 1965 to 1991, a group of specially-trained forces conducted perilous missions inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. These warriors were part of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division. Each team consisted of 10 members and their main duty was patrolling the then-U.S. section of the DMZ. Their DMZ mission continued for three months, then another 10-member team replaced the previous one with another three-month operation inside the buffer area.

From certain. >> it's hard to imagine the afghan army and police pulling together these factions. so i think bad news in afghanistan is what we ought to expect. >> reporter: for the u.s. military 2015 will focus on preventing old wars from getting worse, which means those conflicts will continue to be a drain on american resources and perhaps a distraction from what could be the real security challenges, like iran's nuclear problem or cyber warfare. the u.s. now seems to be in a semi-permanent state of war unable to break from the past. for "meet the press," i'm richard engel turkey. >> i'm jo...

Problem or cyber warfare. the u.s. now seems to be in a semi-permanent state of war unable to break from the past. for "meet the press," i'm richard engel turkey. >> i'm joined by daniel p. bolger and sarah chezshays who served as a special adviser. welcome to "meet the press" to both of you. general, let me start with you. it was your veteran's day op ed that got a lot of people's attention which had the headline about why we lost both wars. the wars haven't ended even though we're saying they have ended as far as 2014. what are we in right now? what is this is war we are fighting? how would ...

>> i'm joined by daniel p. bolger, author of "why we lost a general's inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars" and sara shays who served as a special adviser. to admiral mike mullen when he was chairman of the joint chiefs of is staff. welcome to "meet the press" to both of you. general, let me start with you. it was your veteran's day op ed that got a lot of people's attention, which had the headline about why we lost both wars. the wars haven't ended, even though we're saying they have ended as far as 2014. what are we in right now? what is this is war we are fighting? how would you ...