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Group, from what i've read it's about 80% of the people who want to become a navy s.e.a.l., that dream just does not come true because we're talking about the best of the best here. give us similar insight into the training you experienced and what many others experience when they want to become a s.e.a.l. >> i can't go into too many details on the training for obvious reasons but roughly you come into the navy and after two years of training you are qualified as a s.e.a.l. and then you'll work in your platoons at a conventional s.e.a.l. team for a couple of tours, and during these tours six t...

Or thousands or the tens of thousands? how large an army do they have? because they're talking about some of these cities are 700,000 people. >> it is a very impromptu force. they don't have specific battalions or platoons. people just show up and the numbers are big. i would certainly say thousands. thousands of armed people that are driving in the direction of sirte right now. manufacture them are civilians. they'll pick up a gun for a day. they'll go out to the front line, go back to their jobs the next day. the more they gain momentum, the more people are joining the cause. they're not par...

Accountable in any way. we obtained some of the photos that the soldiers took of themselves and their victims. some of the photos seem continue kate there may be other crimes involving other platoons that haven't been charged yet. that's what's most disturbing about it and that's why we decided to publish some of the photographs because it looks like there may be crimes that haven't been prosecuted yet. >> i was going to read this. i don't think i'm going to. willie, take it. i am going to talk to chris a little bit about whether we do this. >> take one setback. what is a kill team? that's not...

The infantry. we're talking about women, battalions and platoons of women kicking down doors. if you are under 5' 3" and a male you cannot do the minimum 30 pushups or whatever the standard is, you are not allowed to serve. if we have a uniform standard and the women are able to maintain the same standard as men kicking down doors, that is similar standard. >>clayton: the final word to you. >>guest: we have women right now who are assigned, attached in female engagement teams in afghanistan because they absolutely increase combat effectiveness in counterinsurgency environments particularly in ...

They think the virtual fence was working, was it working, cancellation of it was a good idea or bad idea? how do you come down on it. >> it was a great idea to cancel it. it's far past due. we knew not just two years ago, four years ago. it spans two administrations that they should have canceled this a longtime ago. now our taxpayers have footed a bill for over a billion dollars for a virtual fence that really hasn't benefitted us at all. and we need to get back to the basics, and i'm a combat engineer in the army, where i helped with our platoons, help build and support the border patrol, bu...