geraldo: in the ten years we have been covering the war this this region we have seen the devastation that those improvised explosive devices can do. in the early days we drove around in open topped vehicle then unarmorred humvees and now they have massive vehicles but still the improvised explosive devices most of which are made with ammonium nitrate do inflict considerable damage. you can see how tearing fenders apheter entire front part of the cab bin structure there. other vehicles as we move on, broken axels, other damage to the front. you can see them lying here or there. this one got torn up pretty well by a substantial explosion. but what you don t see is damage inside the cabin itself. that is why these marines drive around in these heavily armored vehicles now. this is why we have essentially defeated the ied as a weapon
headed your way? not too much. just enough to keep me inside my vehicle. and keep your attention. geraldo: and what kind of injuries did the marines suffer here. in. a wide array ranging from lassations to the chest all the way to concussion grade three concussions and each of them just as severe as the other. geraldo: and how is the morale, colonel worth, the commanding officer of the first battalion, now is the morale? the morale is good. they have done a fantastic job of keeping their thoughts positive and realizeing that we are doing something important for the people of afghanistan. geraldo: the way we fought this war before this surge was from the air and, you know, long distance and i think it did a lot to alienate the local people. is different now? though we use m raps. geraldo: the big armored vehicles. absolutely. we use those for protection when we have to be on the roads we spend much of our time
against our troopers. obviously some still get injured, obviously they can be enormously frustrating and complicating to the mission because it takes time to clear them but when you look around at the damage that they do to the heavy metal and understand how few of our marines and gis, other gis are injured as a result of these explosions you can see how far we have come in protecting our troops from what was really the enemy s best weapon. thanks, geraldo. joining me now in the studio, retired u.s. army colonel david hunt. a lot of people want to know are our troops finally getting the resources and support that they need over there? absolutely. what geraldo is showing, the marines and army and special forces guys, we have been there nine years and we have been supplying them. one of the hardest places to fight in the world but they are getting the support they need.
inroads into the afghan population in ways we can only do with their security forces. geraldo: will they stand alone when we leave? the president wants to start withdrawing in a year or so? it will take some time but they will be better prepared than they are right now today and they will learn some lessons from what they have done over the last eight years we to remember as well. they will do fine. geraldo: colonel, thanks for the hospitality. first battalion sixth marines. thank you. any of you guys have greetings for the folks back home. taylor swift, i can t wait to see you when i get back home. taylor swift. a beautiful thing, sir. can t wait to see you when i get home. geraldo: let me get somebody a little more up close and personal. hi to my beautiful wife i love you. and all my friends and family back in the northwest. i will see you soon.
dyson onboard docked with the station on sunday. now, back to geraldo at large. for all your headlines gorgeous to fox news.com. geraldo: welcome back live to forward operating base marjah. in a couple of minutes i will show you how the new vehicles have been protecting marines lives. before the break i told you i was going to tell you what the troopers did with, what these marines did on easter sunday. here is the battalion chaplain. he is captain terry buehle. how was easter sunday for the marines? they say there are no agen no s in foc holes or trenches. is that true? it was a normal day for them. they got to eat a good male, had some steak and had an easter service for them. it was a two hour line but well worth it at the end. a lot better than the mree. in terms of their faith and