it s the army s version of man overboard. dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. okay. or a soldier is taken captive. slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment in afghanistan regarding bad leadership within his unit. and what i was seeing from my first unit all the way up into afghanistan, alls i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were literally, from what i could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed.
dustwun stands for duty status whereabouts unknown. it s the army s version of man overboard. dustwun is a radio signal put out overt radio when a soldier goes missing in the combat field. okay. or a soldier is taken captive. slow simmering and methodical. bowe formulated a plan. he would create a crisis, a dustwun, in order to call attention to another crisis. bowe says he had serious concerns, concerns that began back in basic training and which persisted throughout his deployment in afghanistan regarding bad leadership within his unit. and what i was seeing from my first unit all the way up into afghanistan, alls i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were literally, from what i could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed.
that logic you provided go how you deploy and whether women are up to these standards as we ve been reporting they are rather than having a blanket and total ban and 161 women, of course, already have given their lives in afghanistan and iraq. we pay the ultimate price, they pay this price, why not let the military decide case-by-case rather than saying never. never a woman. let the military decide but that s not what s happening. the military is being pressured to make the decision. the marine corps said they are considering lowering the standards. equal opportunity doesn t exist on the combat field. you want to be the best when you go and swing that first punch. let me take it to anu for a response, lowering standards. your response? the marine corps has its own separate set of problems. it is right now the backwards force in the military. they are not they re not
president after all of that blood-soaked ground they gave up now in the hands of isis. what would you say to the president? well first of all, he needs to show the honor and respect to our men and women who served and sacrificed and have given so much to the memories of our fallen heroes and their families not just with lip service but with actions from our government. we have seen in his administration that lacking sorely where there is the scandal with the va. other issues naf i they ve had, not getting the support they need when they come back home. he and his wife stand out there and say they support the troops. when we look at their action on the combat field, they don t give them rules of engagement to make them successful. they re not taken care of within they come home. it s sad. it s disgraceful. it sure is. i had colonel north on my radio show yesterday, i have the greatest respect for men and women, it s the highest calling
usually see. shepard: much has been made about this being classified work place violence, and much of that is political in nature. no secret. but the effect of that is what? well, i believe that from the victims standpoint, they feel that they are not allowed to receive benefits they would have, had this been termed a combat these injuries combat-related. shepard: could you have made the argument this was combat? they weren t on the combat field at the time but certainly ready to be there. not the way the law is written at this time. the ucmj has no offense of terrorism. the government could have charged it under a federal statute but they chose not to. as the law is written now, what qualifies you to be able to receive the purple heart or combat-related special pay, doesn t apply to this situation. will this case motivate changes