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Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Whaley died Thursday during nighttime live-fire training.

The Marine Corps was blunt about what will happen to Marines who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine by its Nov. 28 deadline: You will be kicked out. 

Been doing great reporting on the issue of military readiness. the number of training deaths and plane crashes. what will be the impact on the military if the cuts and caps you just talked about remain in place? >> just a few examples, leland. the army is flying today fewer hours than any time in the past 30 years. 70% of marine corps jets and helicopters can't fly and out of 542 u.s. navy f-18 super hornet jets, half of them can't fly today. according to the head of naval aviation only 31% of those jets are fully mission capable. when the navy deployed three aircraft carriers earlier this yea...

Because sailers were overstretched. it brings up a larger question. if an airline had four or five crashes in a year, they'd be getting a new ceo. if a crew ship company had two or three boats run into things and run into ground and other ships, they'd be getting a new ceo. is senior military working -- worried that at some point they are going to be facing some really tough questions if these kinds of mishaps, accidents continue? >> i mean, i think so. but, you know, let's not forget that there are military crashes at training deaths every year. leland: more dying in training death than in co...

Organization, david kim, joins us now to talk about it. david, nice to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> how did you get involved? why did you decide to be a part of this? >> my wife and i founded the organization. we were trying to do it by the experience i had when i was a young army officer 20 years ago, we were sent down to panama during operation just cause to remove noriega from power and comrade sergeant was killed in combat five days before christmas in 1989 and he had a baby daughter due in march. and so while i didn't know him personally, i was inspired to help young children li...