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The country's mood in the early 70s made it even tougher. >> it was definitely a unique time period in west point's history. almost all of my professors were vietnam veterans so vietnam was a constant threat in every class. protestors came on campus a lot. we were aware of the public disagreement with the war. i was personally spit upon port authority in new york. we were aware of some of the -- aware of a lot of the public discontent. we soldiered on. that was our job. >> in the midst of all of the drills, predawn revel res and weapons training david petraeus met someone special. >> dave was ...

Beirut, it's a fact in iraq and this was not an intelligence fairly. we're not blaming anybody. you can throw billions of dollars at this but there are cars everywhere that can be set off using gasoline as well as propane and how do you detect that? you can't. >> shepard: the hope is if a man becomes a naturalized citizen, makes 13 trips to pakistan and claims he got bomb making instructions, you would hope that would be the person that raises a red flag. do you buy this idea that he had five months of weapons training in pakistan as he claims? or bomb making training? >> no, the pakistani set...

United states and could take part in martyr dom operations. they undertook light weapons training. the defendant here, zarein ahmedzay, was a cab driver who would have expertise on it is targets. they decided to go after the new york city subway system. he waffled a little bit on whether or not to go ahead and they decided they would proceed in the holy islamic month of ramadan but they were under scrutiny by the f.b.i. and decided to dump the chemicals they were going to use and the group was arrested. in his concluding remarks he said he was thankful no one was hurt but he said he feared oth...

Belonging to one of its members. but he died a few months ago and his family cut off the militia's access to the property. now they do a lot of their training on public state parks. and even use a public gun range for weapons training. kind of interesting to see you guys mixed in with the normal, average folks. >> that's what we are, you know? >> what's expected of someone to join the militia? >> you have to own a rifle. you have to know how to take the rifle apart in the field to clean it. then you have to be able to shoot nine-inch paper plate at 900 yards eight out of ten times. >> this is ...

He needed a shave and had to lose some weight. we saw him at the very beginning, talked to his family back home yesterday. today the critical weapons training that he will need to su vief on the battlefield. jason carroll has been following this young man every step of the way. it's always something interesting. weapons training. that had to be something for him. >> can't get through basic training without passing this crucial part. for privates like will mcclain, the stress isn't just about passing a weapons test but learning whether or not he'll be deployed to fight a war. >> i need a burst....