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You. this has been a pretty fascinating story. there's a batallion marines, made up of texas reservists, that will be deploying to afghanistan. but the unique thing about this unit, it has five sets of brothers. and we brought them all together for the first time. a deep bond runs through this line of marines. but this is a brotherhood beyond the uniform. >> i didn't realize we had five sets of brothers right away. >> reporter: the u.s. marine corps's first battalion, 23rd regiment, is a family. an infantry unit made up mostly of texas reservists and includes five sets of brothers. all about t...

Back here in the states. the u.s. marines, definitely a brotherhood but members of one infantry units take their roles a step further. ed lavandera joining us live with the story of five sets of brothers heading to war. how did you find this story, ed? >> reporter: it kind of started with an article out of houston, profiling one of the brothers. there was a line in there mentioning that these went the only set of brothers. it is not completely out of the norm for something like this to happen. we brought these five sets of brothers together for the first time. a deep bond runs through this lin...

The uniform. >> i was almost surprised when i heard it myself. i didn't realize we had five sets of brothers right away. >> reporter: the u.s. marine corps' first battalion 23rd regiment is a family, an infantry unit made up mostly of texas reservists and includes five different sets of brothers. all about to deploy to the war in afghanistan. will and reuel hernandez, matthew and jonathan fossler, josh and daniel beans, bobby and cody henrichson, francisco and hector varying egan. have you leaned on each other? >> yes. gives us a sense of home. >> reporter: their brotherhood eases the pressure...

Of being in a combat role? >> are we doing a lot of arm wrestling insurgents? >> no, but you carry a lot of weight on your back and take it a long distance if you are in an infantry unit. my argument is, i agree, women should be equal to men and serve, but have the staple physical standards for women and men. as long as women should meet the standards, they should be there. >> why aren't the standards the same? >> i don't know. it is way above my rank. i kept my mouth shut. >> all 71? >> i could max out push ups and the two-mile run. >> bill, you are neither male nor female at least until the ...

As strong or as capable as men of being in a combat role? >> are we doing a lot of arm wrestling insurgents? >> no, but you carry a lot of weight on your back and take it a long distance if you are in an infantry unit. my argument is, i agree, women should be equal to men and serve, but have the staple physical standards for women and men. as long as women should meet the standards, they should be there. >> why aren't the standards the same? >> i don't know. it is way above my rank. i kept my mouth shut. >> all 71? >> i could max out push ups and the two-mile run. >> bill, you are neither male...