Heros journey to help vets tell their story and transition to civilian life. Youre going out there every single night knowing youre facing eminent threat. Pete former cia contractor matt best, joined the army at 17 years old. Deployed five times to iraq and afghanistan after leaving the rangers he continued Service Working with the cia as contractor deployed around the world. Cofounder of article 15 clothing and black rifle coffee. He helps with Addiction Treatment and boot Camp Campaign organization for families. We are the greatest country in the world. Pete former Seal Team Six member, killed Osama Bin Laden rob oneill. He deployed over dozen times participating in 100 combat missions. Has two silver stars and four bronze stars with valor to name a few. His charity, grateful nation, assists special on vets transitioning to the next career. No matter what the situation i was in this past year, as truss straighting and tragic as it was, it will not take away how i feel about being a veteran and how i feel about our military. That flag does stand for strength. Were never going to back down. Pete navy seal chief, eddie gallagher. Highly decorated war hero. Navy achieve man medal and silver star for valor. Chief gallagher was found not guilty charged with mistreating a isis terrorist. Ness years of service, 8 combat tours resulted in dozens of tears rifts killed or capture. Well discuss the big issues tonight. Highstakes raids, culture of our most elite military teams. The current state of our wars, that are not over. Divisiveness in our country here at home, and what it means to be a veteran in america today. Thanks for being here. Great to have you. What a fantastic group. I have really been looking forward to this for quite some time. Just so happens recently, guys like you, special operators, we have all special operators, navy seals wellrepresented here, army rangers and green berets. Our country came together to celebrate albaghdadi is dead. I would be remiss if i didnt take the audience inside of the team room as youre planning for a operation like this. So few people ever do that. Rob, start with you, for obvious reasons. What are you thinking, what are you preparing for . Obviously i wasnt there for this one but i was on one, on one that went into pakistan where we thought the chance of dying were pretty high. I know these guys went in there knowing a fight is coming the chances of coming back are pretty good. Not all of them. Maybe some of them. One of the situations where you have the plan, you know what could happen. Potentially all the contingencies. Instead after handshake you get a hug from your brothers ready to launch. No one is panicking. Saying youre not scared youre lying. What an opportunity to go after this guy, to into fly with all your brothers into syria for head of isis. Im get goosebumps. Word i get they did outstanding job from the walls to the tunnels. I can hear the heavy metal music playing in the team room. Couple hugs, pat on the backs, lets go boys. Pete is that what it is . What the is team room like before Something Like that . How are you preparing . Very similar what youre already doing. The stakes are little higher. We got super amped up about that. We practice and do our job, why we signed up for the military, rid the world of terrorists that want to kill my family. People are amped up in the team room and ready to get it on. That is phenomenal. Those guys are here reese we should be in reverent for them. All the rehearsals you do, days and days of work that go into the on, especially on like that before they actually launch and go do it. Two things come to my mind. One absolute humility of these operators. It never ceases to amaze me all the years i was around these nice just how how many bell they really are. Just how committed they are to the work. The second thing is the relationship they have to practice. The hours and hours and hours that geese these guys and their brothers did this for the time to come. People dont understand the number of quality reps go into that moment. Something to take into consideration with that, think about the unit that was out there. Those guys go after terrorist they know will either try to kill them or kill himself. Pure heroism there. The American Public should look at those guys, all those units of special operations be thankful they are on our team. Pete absolutely. What is it about the training that allows guys to do that . I would look at guys senior to me on targets dangerous. They didnt seem worried. They were pour raying calm. I was thinking i want to be as cool as him. I will start doing that. You learn by watching him. The guys up behind you are watching you. It is humility and professionalism the plan will not happen, everything will go to hell when you get there. Just the preparation that gets you through it. There is such a cool factor. Looking how cool my guys are. You walk out, here the whine of the engines, like, chicks dig us, man. Pete [laughter]. Is there, especially you, rob. No, no. Pete but is it their moment, is it in the helicopter . Is it in the team room before . Is it when you realize youre touching down . Is it moment when the switch flips. Two minutes out when the door opens. Once youre on target, get the one minute out call, know youre hitting the x, straight on mode. You cross the Mission Decision line. It is go time. Pete what is going through your head . Youre thinking about the mission itself. That is all, i cant speak for every operator but i know when i go out, mission all im thinking about, what i have to do to protect my brothers to the right and left. Before i go on the mission i put Everything Else out of my head, my family. You have to put that in the back of your mind. You cant have anything that will distract you while youre on the on and compromise your brothers life. That is who youre there for. Orientation on the ground. Which building is my team hitting and how do we get there . Just let the tactics take it. Because everything changes. You get dropped off in the wrong spot. Get over it. What could go wrong will go wrong, usually. Anything you can get i kill including nothing. Pete what about the factor, baghdadi wearing suicide vests, his wives wear suicide that is whole another variable. How do you plan to for people that ready to blow themselves . You plan to get injured. That is part of the courageous part of what these guys do. Youre going out there every single night, facing an imminent threat. I look at special operations similar to sports team. You have a plan about, you the plan never foes according and you have to call audibles on target. Make a gamechanging play. Im sure that happened that night. Pete youre right. I want to go to the sports analogy of the locker room, when you leave the locker room, throwing balls and strikes. Stakes are higher. Those are the risks that you accept. Youre talking about with the suicide vest going on target. We train how to deal with a guy with a suicide vest but, in the end, there are definitely risks that are taken. Yeah, youre going to have to possibly give your life you know, to get the job done. Pete the buys who, pound their chest the most from the enemy, propaganda videos, when it comes to the barrel of a rifle, im an American Special rate tore are they cowardly or fight . The leaders are good sending other guys to their deaths. It doesnt affect them. If they send them to martyr themselves they get a piece of it. When it comes down to their own lives theyre cowards. Even midlevel leaders theyre cowardly at the end. By the same token a lot of work our sf guys did in rural afghanistan going against hardcore taliban insurgents, the guys were good, they were good and they put up a hell of a fight and, had a lot of respect. Pete there are elements you come up to, obviously have a healthy respect for . There is hardened fighters out there. In afghanistan mainly. The foreign fighters in iraq, killing people with their hands tied behind their backs, blowing people up. The taliban have been fighting there forever there are elements i have respect for. More high threat level going after in afghanistan. Pete absolutely. Much more to talk about. When we talk about a team, and the units that you operate in, there has been some criticism. On the other side of this break well talk about it. Well talk about something these guys know about, as i mentioned the current culture within our most elite units, what it is like to be a warrior when politics gets involved as it always does. Eddie is laughing. If youre enjoying this conversation, check out the extended version of this over at fox nation right now. Well be right back. Most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. But to businesses, were a reliable partner. We Keep Companies ready for whats next. man we weave security into their business. second man virtualize their operations. woman and build ai customer experiences. second woman we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. Like 5g. Almost all of the fortune 500 partner with us. woman when it comes to digital transformation. Verizon keeps business ready. Quitting smoking is freaking hard. St, like quitting every monday hard. Quitting feels so big. So, try making it smaller. And youll be surprised at how easily starting small. Can lead to something big. Start stopping with nicorette male anchor . An update on the cat who captured our hearts. Female anchor how often should you clean your fridge . Stay tuned to find out. Male anchor beats the odds at the box office to become a rare nonfranchise hit. You can give help and hope to those in need. Here, it all starts withello hi . How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone wifi up there . Uhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. Pete welcome back. Recently the current culture within the teams of our special operator communities has been under fire. I want to ask this group right here, if it is warranted. Eddie, i will start with you. In august commander of Naval Special warfare command says the force drifted from navy core values of honor. So there have been some accusations at the Seal Community, hey, you guys are not just that disciplined anymore. What do you say to that criticism . I say that is completely wrong. There is no culture problem or ethics problem in the Seal Community. We are some of the most professional, determined individuals fighting for this situation. I do think that there is certain entities like the new york times, cnn, who report on any little negative thing they can find on the Seal Community and put that out there and, there are people in the community, mistakes are made, that has been going on since the beginning of the military but no, i dont think there is a culture or ethics problems. Pete the reports are out there. Of course the leadership of the navy is then pressured and it rolls yes. Pete is that a cycle that is happening . I believe so, yeah. At this current time. When you have, certain leaders who, you know, come out with that statement saying we have a problem. Then their only solution is to, do uniform and grooming standards, youre not really bringing anything to the table or any solutions. Pete so are haircuts the answer . The answer here was, like room inspections and haircut and uniform inspections things like that. All that is going to do is lower morale and hurt recruiting. I mean some of the guys were doing bad stuff, i mean there is no excuse for that, but instead of blasting it out to the media, handle it internally. There is a way to do it. A couple of bad eggs making entire Community Look bad. I dont know the culture doing it. There is bad stuff in virginia beach. There is bad stuff overseas. Maybe people got complacent, seal teams have so many successes. Done so well. Pete they brought an entire seal team home early . They fired the command master chief who i went to seal training chief with, 30 year mark, almost retire. What does it do to him personally . You have to think about that couple e5s affect this guys life . Putting that command master chiefs name out to the public. Never wanted it out there. He never wanted it out there. He is a legend. Seeing it across the formation of specialops. We have similar issues in the special forces community. One of the things i always caution, lets not forget weve been at war for 18 year, right . Three times longer than world war ii. The preponderance effort being put forth by the special Operations Community and 99. 9 of it is good. Absolutely. Even for our congress to even, you know opine there is morality problem in the soft formation, that is laughable. You know to me, that that accusation would even be leveled. I think what we need to do is take a deeper look at the operational tempo were running these folks. Take each case individually but to put out there that there is morality problem in the special operations formation i think is ludicrous. Theyre broad brushing everything. Theyre all immoral. Pete talking about honor too. Basically saying honor is gone. It is ridiculous. If there is one bad apple in the bunch doesnt mean everybody is bad. These men and women raised their right hand to serve our country in hardest way possible and ridiculous statement. Absolutely ridiculous. Some people treat it like a talking point instead of someones lives affected. Pete politics always comes into play. New york times said you had a reputation as a pirate, more interested in fighting terrorists than adhering the rules. Would you take that almost as a compliment . Yeah. I am interested in fighting terrorists and i enjoyed doing it. I definitely adhere to the rules though. I wouldnt consider myself some, you know, off the wall pirate that does whatever i want. Yes, do i enjoy going overseas and fighting the nations enemies . Yeah, he is correct. If that is his version of a pirate ill take it. You know. Someone say that statement. That is crazy. I just med eddie today im thankful a guy enjoys going to protect his country at highest level possible. How phenomenal individuals will step up and risk life, limb, and defend the homeland. Brilliant. I would be a pirate now. Pete eddie, youve, youve been in the middle of, you effectively had guys on your own team at some level turn on you. Is there a culture inside of the seals of the way they view the battlefield that is different . No. I know that has been thrown out there a lot with the whole millenial issue. I do believe these guys are joining now knowing full well theyre going into battle. I mean, i joined back in 99. There really wasnt a war going on back then. These guys are, joining when were actually in a war. So i think that says a lot about them. As far as you know these small group of individuals that, decided to concoct this story, you know, when you live with individuals for two years, you know, there is certain personalities that do not get along. That happens every deployment ive been on. You know, there is always personality issues. These guys took it a little too far. Made up a story to try to ruin my reputation and when ncis got involved it went off the rails. But know pete ncis is not like the tv show, is it . Not at all. That is part of the problem. Tv show makes them look cool. Theyre not. Pete what does it do to morale, the idea you spent 17 years or 19 years fighting for our country. At a moments notice ire your command or someone else turns on you and now youre in the bringing . Scariest situation the effect it has on actual operators right now serving overseas. Theyre watching what happened to me, the whole kneejerk reaction, guilty until proven innocent. I dont want them secondguessing themselves to pull that trigger when they need to. Rules of engagement get so strict that you have a marine out there who is worried about stepping on a landmine, getting in a gunfight initial is if i get in a gunfight and i shoot back will i be in trouble . Rules of engagement typed up, someone shooting at them, that will give themselves a sense of this is dangerous. That is good point. Politics get involved whether rules of engagement. People making policies or decisions are not in gun fights every single night. Ive seen Young Rangers get killed because of that. Oh, we wont drop ordnance on the building we dont want to be loud in the neighborhood. Were sending young man to knock down the door and they get shot. Insanely unfortunate. Politics and war is a very scary things. Pete that is great way to end it. On the other side of this break well talk about the wars were in right now. Are we winning, are we losing, should we stay, should we go . 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Many have criticized the president for pulling out of syria but President Trump has doubled down and on his decision saying he has no interest continuing what he calls endless war in the region. Nobody better to talk about it, than these guys who have been fighting at times feels like an endless war. I mean islamists declared war on us. We dont get to declare that war over. But when you look at sir, you look at iraq, you look at our footprint, is the president right says maybe it is somebody elses fight . No not to say he is right or wrong but what is to say this is the way weve always done it. We havent won a war since world war ii. We had the war in afghanistan won in 2005 but we decided rebuild it. This is not a soldiers job to rebuild schools in places they dont want it. People back here make decisions whether or not you get elected next cycle. Rebuilding a nation, democracy you will not instill. It needs from the ground up. Afghanistan since alexander the great has been fighting. They want their tribes. They want their valleys. Pete you think this decision is part of an overall learning curve over the last two decades that says we tried to do really big things in this far off place. Then you look around, you realize, well, theyre still doing things the way they were . They dont want our way of life over there. That is just the bottom line. We went over there. Were trying to americanize these people because, we love our country and we love the way we get to live here. We think in our heads, oh, they will think the same way. We dont want it. We live in top down world. We have Central Government everything projects from the top down. For first 10 years in afghanistan that is what we tried to project. Afghanistan most of these places where terror groups set up shop, theyre bottom up societies, tribal, clan, culture is at the epicenter of it. If we try to undo that minimalize that, taliban, al qaeda can drive through that exploit that all day long. I think what well have to do, well have to understand these places where the bad guys set up shop, well have to be there for a long time. Were going to have to work with locals who live there to help fight testimony. Pete what does be there mean . Be on a base nearby so we can execute the kind of raids against albaghdadi . Does that mean living in villages . Training their forces . When you look at the experience of all these tours, what works . What should we be doing, what should we not be doing . We need to educate ourselves more. What i say we need to be smart about being stupid because we need to realize, no matter, your intentions, if youre in a certain place for a long enough time, youre an invader. They will stop liking i remember tracking mud on white carpet in iraq, dry hole, woman and child living there, i looked at mud on carpet. I see why they hate us. What are we doing . It is going to be about education but you need to keep a presence somehow but how, there is a lot of people, im not the guy making the decision. Im fortunate not to be that guy. We have depth and breadth in specialops, they can do amazing Surgical Strike capability. You have advisors working on local level. Weve been doing that in colombia for 50 years. Most people dont know we have a presence. If you look the way colombia turned last couple decades, that has to do with long term presence of specialops. Direct action and also advisory. We have that capability. I think as we go forward on this thing, my ask, politicians get to know this enemy and this narrative a little better. Get to know our specialops capability a little better. And exploit this amazing strike on baghdadi. Lets not let another one emerge. If you ask most politicians difference between sunni and shia, they couldnt tell you. Pete there in good thing on that too, you saw when the Trump Administration came in, how prevalent isis was, right . It is because which were handcuffing guys out there, not letting them strike the way they needed to. We literally turned it over, guys, commanders in tent, what do you have to do, lets go. What happened to isis couple month . Pretty much eradicated. Pete that is what president said. We knew where they were. We couldnt call airstrikes. They werent calling airstrikes. To get the hands dirty what the amazing guys can do, as you were saying. He is absolutely correct. I just happened to be in mosul when President Trump took over in office and the team that we relieved, they were, it was taking them half hour to call a strike in each time. They would have to go through five different chains of command to drop one hellfire missile. As soon as trump took over, it was a complete 180. I mean, they put all the come and in ioic, tac leads on the ground. We were making the calls. I mean the message was sent to us, annihilate isis, go. Pete you mentioned allies. Folks indigenous forces working with on the ground, the kurds. There is a lot made are we abandoning the kurds are we not pursuing different strategy in syria. Anybody have a take . We left the kurds dry historically in america. From personal experience i lived in kurdistan quite a while. They are amazing, amazing people and our National Obligation to insure their safety. Theyre phenomenal people. Theyre my brothers. Local communities, especially against this enemy they serve as really strong antibody for the long haul, for the long game. Pete all right. Next, on modern warriors, well talk about increasing divide in our country. If you enjoy this conversation, sign on to fox nation to view the extended verse of this conversation. Everything your trip needs for everyone you love. Expedia. For everyone you love. vo thewith every attempt, strto free itself,piders web. It only becomes more entangled. 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Were casting judgment on someone affiliated with a different political spectrum and just going after them for the sake of with ever entertainment. But for me, how do we have patriotism of september 12th without the tragedy of september 11th . That is what the country needs to go back to and understand that we probably get along more than we think we do. Mark twain said being a patriot loving your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. Just because you dont agree with someone in office, doesnt mean you cant get along diversity and appreciate it. Veterans get along so well because we serve with diversity. I served with every color, race, sexual orientation. We came together as brothers and sisters. There is beautiful takeaway going back to that. Instead of saying youre conservative, youre liberal we cant get along. Pete i dare somebody to try to say it better than that. That is good. People get along. America is not at civil war. Not the stuff you read at twitter. America picked new mexico, texas, helped people in florida for the hurricane. Were not going to be civil war. Pete what about the idea that youve got kids being raised, theyre told they need to be seen by their identity group. The only problem this country has, there is no problem. We have so much freedom, so many right, it is like, we have it so good here that people are trying to find stuff to complain about. I think a lot of that is leadership. Why im excited to see number of veterans coming out of service we have. Those are great folks to lead us through this. Who can see through that identity politics, in and out Group Behavior and lead us into something bigger you know . Why we need more veterans in congress. Democrats and republicans, veterans will get in the same room to talk. Nope, dont like you. Saying youre a target, saying i dont like that. We got to do something here. No kidding. People need to chill out you know . Love is free and beer is cheap. Chill out. Chill out. Pete but in the age of donald trump nobody is chilling out. What is it about him . I was in the airport obviously in new york yesterday to come here and a woman stopped me and was asking about the raid that killed baghdadi. Trump said it was better than the one that killed bin laden. Do you hate him, do you hate him . No. Why do you hate him . He is mean. Okay. That is progressive way, if it doesnt go their way they complain about it. It is all cast towards President Trump. It is not going their way. Makes him stronger. Pete do they hate him or people or millions of people that voted for him and the way they live what they believe . I dont think they know what they hate. If you look at statistics where america has come since he took office, i mean he has been doing a hell of a job you know. I think, you know, when obama was in office, no, i didnt vote for him. I didnt agree with his, whatever his policies but i didnt go around complaining, this is my president. Im going to serve the next four or eight years under him. And you know, do what im told. Hopefully there will be a shift afterwards. Nobody was complaining and yelling like these people are doing now. I think throwing the civil war stuff around is ridiculous. If you ever been to a country that is in civil war you know dial it down a little bit. That is okay to think your own thoughts, internalize it, think about it, develop your own opinion. Dont listen to everybody at your own dinner table, think whatever they think, make it your own. That is not how we create free society. Amazing americans took down baghdadi, to honor them, have civil discourse how we do things in this country instead of talking civil war . Were born and raised in america, the greatest country of all time. Relax a little bit. This is awesome. The land of opportunity. All it requires a little bit after hard work im a dumb dude. Became successful. Im serious. Im a knuckle dragger with a little bit of military experience. You did that on 100 looks. High cheekbones. [laughter]. Pete that is a great place to leave it, right . I agree. More vets running for office, would be a very good thing. Next on modern warriors were talking about the importance of giving back. What the transition to civilian life is really like. Check out fox nation for extended version. We might be playing what which talk about at commercials breaks. Which is dicey. Uhoh. Pete and funny out takes from these guys. If your gums bleed when you brush, you may have gingivitis. And the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums, and possibly. Tooth loss. Help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. Leave bleeding gums behind. Parodontax. Male anchor . An update on the cat who captured our hearts. Female anchor how often should you clean your fridge . Stay tuned to find out. Male anchor beats the odds at the box office to become a rare nonfranchise hit. You can give help and hope to those in need. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music playing ] [ squeaking ] [ screaming ] elliott . [ gasps ] elliott. You came back my son. My, my family. Lots changed since you were here. Its called the internet. Whoa whoa holiday movies. Im dreaming of a White Christmas family. Home. Woo [ gasps ] woohoo woo ill be right here. Pete we are back. As we honor our veterans today. Were also forced to look at the difficult transition that we all face when coming back to civilian life. Weve experienced the shock of going from the battlefield to back here at home. How do you fulfill that purpose . What is it about that process that is so difficult . What do we need to do, what are we getting wrong . I had veterans who have been in combat many, many times, they rather go back to combat than fill out a resume because combat makes sense. They dont realize what theyre qualified alone. Loyalty alone, ability to handle stress, solve problems. Give these guys six months, you have the best employee of your life. Its a real. For me, when i took the uniform off everything about my identity was wrapped up in that. I left my identity, my purpose in the team room. It nearly killed me. I will be honest. It nearly took me out. It wasnt that i figured out there was a lot of stuff that i did in that world very relevant in this world. That connection to purpose, that connection to our story as warriors is, weve got to keep that. The military doesnt get to keep that. Thats ours. Pete eddie, obviously your transition is on going. You plan to be a part of organizations that fight for other guys that are being taken on by our government. Yeah. So i think that is just like they were saying, it is purpose aspect of it. While youre serving, whether you do five, 10, 15, 20 years, you have a purpose in the military. Its a, its an awesome one. Youre doing a righteous job and when you get out, the military does a great job of bringing you in, training you up, to go fight the enemy, kill the enemy but they dont do such a great job helping you when you detach. Honestly, nor should they. They have been in global war on terror for 20 years. Were now realizing hey, we dont need to depend on the government to take care of us. We looked after each other while we were in, you know. You love your brother while youre in. You look at him. It doesnt matter what branch youre from, or what job you did. I mean, were all the same. We need to take care of each other, make sure, you know, were not getting lost out there. Pete thats a big message. We have to look each other in the eyeballs when we get home. The way the transition process works we get isolated by definition of transition. We get detached from our teammates. That is dangerous thing for high performers, to become isolated and detached from your purpose. A lot of easier to go to war than send somebody to war. Mom, family, wife is thinking worstcase scenario. Posttraumatic stress based on sending me. Pete we agreed, your wife andrea is tougher. Andrea might be the toughest person in your family. Definitely is. The toughest person i know. I mean through my 20 year career, i deployed over and over and over. She held down the home front while i was gone. It take as special kind of woman, spouse to be able to do that, raise three children. Pretty much youre a single mom. Im gone. 75 of the year, every year. My wife molly and my boys, cody, cooper, braiden. Theyre my heroes. I dont think we say thanks enough to our military families. Theyre amazing. Thats a good point. Thank the dependents and spouses first. Pete well give you guys a chance to give one findal sendoff. Well be right back. This is the Epson Ecotank color printer. No more buying cartridges. Big ink tanks. Lots of ink. Print about. This many pages. The Epson Ecotank. 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What does the flag mean to you . Why are you a patriot . I was raised that way. A lot of family in service. Come from the mountains of Western North carolina. About as poor as you can get. But man, just a proud bunch of people and really proud americans. And so, you know for me the flag represent my family, my heritage, culture of service, culture of family, you know, whats great about this country. So every time i see it it is not just my time in the service but all the people that came before me from my family and my community. Pete excellent. Mat . America. The flag obviously, it stands for unity and it is very unfortunate in this era, people think that the flag is divisive. It is the complete opposite. It is unifying. You know, one nation under god, all of us can come together, very diverse culture here in america, stand for the greatest country ever in the land of opportunity and really that flag provided me an amazing opportunity to serve my country. I got paid to jump out of planes and helicopters. How cool is that . I was given that opportunity. That is what the flag stands for me. Come into business, having opportunity to succeed, chase my dreams. Where a lot of other countries it is impossible no matter how hard a worker you are, sit in the social programs. Im just thankful to be a part of it. Know your history or doomed to repeat it. Reminds me of george washington, betsy ross, 13 colonies, will beat back the empire that is it going to try to squash them. Again war of 1812 too. Africanamerican soldiers fighting civil war with the flag to defeat slavery, to the liberation of europe a couple of times. Just unity on september 12th, 2001. It is, it is all of us. We are one country under that flag, the greatest country in the world. Pete amen. Strength. That is what it means to me. This country, has been through a lot in the past. I mean we still remain the greatest country in the world. That is because, of the people in the United States and i think, thats what that flag represent. I know a lot of operators carry that flag either in their plates or someone on the kit as they go on ops into battle because the flag does stand for strength and were never going to back down. Really wellsaid. Guys, thank you so much. What and i amazing opportunity i get to sit here. America gets to watch, hear who you are as men, patriots, leaders, following through with the service. Thank you for spending time tonight. Thank you for watching modern warriors. Lou good evening. President trump energetically rallying enthusiastic supporters in battle creek, michigan and around the country for that matter last night. The Democratic Party did wait has done for the past three years. The radical dimms and the leftist media concocted more bizarre and sinister narratives. 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