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An incredible milestone has been reached by a cnn hero made possible by her desire to remind american military men and women serving abroad they are noter forgotten at home, and one day she may be joining their ranks. anderson cooper reports. >> reporter: caylee became a cnn hero as she was a sophomore. and she and her organization sent hundreds of dvds and cds to the troops. >> there is absolutely nothing i would change, because it has made a difference in people's lives. >> reporter: today she is on an rotc program. >> it is part of the center here

Few years away. we are going in the right direction. >> the labor department says that nearly 14 million people are looking for work right now, including the 8 million who lost a job in the last recession. >> shepard: thank you so much. harvard welcoming the united states military back to campus for the first time since the vietnam war. the university banned the rotc program at first because of antiwar protests during vietnam, later over the policy on gays in military. now that the pentagon is in the process of ending don't ask, don't tell, rotc is back. harvard's press signed the agreement to...

Launching towards space right now doesn't have the speed to reach orbit. about an hour ago, nasa launched a rocket carrying a satellite named glory. the rocket did go up but unfortunately, it never separated. nasa expected to provide an update a little bit later on. it lifted off from the air force base in california. harvard university and the navy signed an agreement this afternoon that will allow the rotc program on campus for the first time since the vietnam war. right now, harvard students participate in the reserve officers training corps. they have to go next door to m.i.t. to do that. ...

Federal grants to colleges and krufrts that deny rotc or military recruitment on campus. why would the president need to ask these institutions to do so? >> we're talking about harvard, yale, stanford. military issues go back a long ways for the institutions to vietnam even and kind of their anti-military views of students. and you know, at standford university right now, the students specifically have concerns that lesbian, gay and by sexual students are included in the rotc program but we haven't caught up with other nations when he it comes to gender identity such as canada and the united k...

Is starting college in the fall, can you believe it? >> can't believe it. >> i just turned 40 and i have one going to college. anyway, i'm hoping he goes into the rotc program. >> shannon: we are glad you channeled into something like this this people can enjoy. thanks for telling us all about it. >> shannon: we tried to be professional when was here but if you did grow up watching silver spoons i'm not sure we accomplished that. there are a lot more things ricky wasned while rick here. the film festival features films that honor the suc succes and accomplishments of service members. glenn clo...