Contingency over seas in the near future . You would have to do one of two things. You would either have to grow the force. We believe that the force is 186,000 marines. And elsewhere, we could take services that are deployed in the far east and okonawa. We did that in the combat in iraq. And its only through the past few years we have been able to reestablish our presence in the pacific. We have some options. The other option is we go all in. We activate our reserves and we go and do what needs to be done. We have done that before too. You can do that for a short period of time but as you mentioned, that is not sustainable. What is a short period of time . In your best estimate i dont want to hold you to it. But we are wrestling with Big Decisions about the middle east and Irans Nuclear capableility and there are some in the senate that i believe are tempted by the idea that we can go in and bomb iran and set off what could be a war much bigger than any contingency we have been trying
Whether we would based on a standard allow women to serve in infantry artillery tanks light armory reconnaissance, we formed a task force of volunteers. And we put them together as a unit. They trained up and went to 29 palms and the Warfare Center and did a series of tests. And the tests are complete and it will provide information to inform about whether or not he will request the waiver. And i have not seen all the data. I have seen some of it. And when we first sent volunteer female marines inligsed to determine their ability to complete that course. The number that went they had an about a 36 Completion Rate and again, we are still looking at this. We are we have not made any sort of predecision. So again whatever we do, it is about individual standards. It is about the capableeableility of the unit and that unit becoming better, or at least as good as it is now. So that decision is is going to come. I believe we have ainformation, we are working with the army. And im sure i know
Shooters he plan for taking his own life. This is an awful night for lafayette, an awful night for louisiana, an awful night for the United States. And our team on the ground with the latest on the shooter, the heroes and another American City reeling this morning. And we do say good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news this morning. Youre looking live at the multiplex in louisiana where the gunman opened fire in the middle of a movie last night. Heres a look at the scene. A Massive Police response. Moviegoers overcome after the attack. We have some stories of real heroism this morning. The two teachers credited with saving so many lives, amy. This is what we know right now. The shooting began about 7 30 last night. About 20 minutes into a screening of the movie trainwreck. Two people and the gunman are dead. Nine others injured. Pr police now identifying the gunman. He is John Russell Hauser and has no connection to lay fayette. Hes from alabama. We do have Tea
Heroes and another American City reeling this morning. And we do say good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news this morning. Youre looking live at the multiplex in louisiana where the gunman opened fire. Heres a look at the scene. A Massive Police response. Moviegoers overcome after the attack. Stories of heroism, the two teachers credited with saving so many live amy. Yes and, david, this is what we know. It began around 7 30 last night, about 0 minutes into a screening of the movie trainwreck. Two people and the gunman are dead. Nine others injured. Authorizes say the killer was a 58yearold white man. We do have Team Coverage and hear from some of the witnesses on the scene and investigators asking who was this suspect in his 50s. Abcs ryan owens starts us off from the scene this morning. Ryan, good morning. Reporter david, good morning to you. Still a very active scene here. Take a look behind me. See all the cars in the parking lot. Thats because people ran
Latest on the shooter the heroes and another American City reeling this morning. And we do say good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news this morning. Youre looking live at the multiplex in louisiana where the gunman opened fire. Heres a look at the scene. A Massive Police response. Moviegoers overcome after the attack. Stories of heroism, the two teachers credited with saving so many live amy. Yes and, david, this is what we know. It began around 7 30 last night, about 0 minutes into a screening of the movie trainwreck. Two people and the gunman are dead. Nine others injured. Authorizes say the killer was a 58yearold white man. We do have Team Coverage and hear from some of the witnesses on the scene and investigators asking who was this suspect in his 50s. Abcs ryan owens starts us off from the scene this morning. Ryan, good morning. Reporter david, good morning to you. Still a very active scene here. Take a look behind me. See all the cars in the parking lot.