repeatedly testified before the committee on armed services, put the lives of our service members at greater risk. >> julie: well at least 42 u.s. service members were killed in non-combat accidents this summer including the two deadly warship collisions you heard about back in the pacific, two marine corps plane crashes and two army helicopter crashes and house armed services committee chairman also expressed that u.s. troops are not being given the resources they need and much of the gear that they have is just plain old. for example, julie, the average air force plane is about 27 years old and some of them are much older than that. >> julie: that's just clear wrecklessness to be putting our servicemen and women in these dangerous machines basically. you served in the united states navy as a fighter pilot. >> yeah. >> julie: i can't imagine what this does to morale. when i was in the service i got out in 2009 before the budget control act of 2011 obviously before these budget cuts were implemented and there was a