when i was a kid, my favorite movie was top gun . this is this hollywood story of camaraderie and courage. best fighter pilot in the navy, sir. it had hot guys, fighter jets, and the best makeout scene i had ever seen. i was totally obsessed. and i wasn t the only one. in fact, this movie inspired a major recruitment boom for the u.s. military. i feel the need. the need for speed! offscreen, behind this slick portrayal of fearless fighter pilots, a scandals was brewing. more than two dozen women say they were sexually assault by hundreds of so-called top gun pilots. it is the latest chapter in what s become known as the tailhook scandal.
reporter: despite an uncanny physical rezsemblance, this isnt craig s body double, but rather, his personal trainer and close friend simon. i have a military background. so i was, um, in the navy, myself. um, then i transitioned out of the out of the navy into the fitness world. out of the blue, i got a few calls from different um movie productions to actually look after their actors. with that kind of like that military mentality. in the beginning, from casino royale, daniel, he had a firm vision of kind of what he wanted. and what he wanted to portray. he always, from the very, very beginning, he never wanted a trainer. he wanted a train partner. so whatever he did, i did. so sometimes, a bit complicated because didn t know who was training who.
another book on the list, to unit cohesion and the ability to fight and win wars. when you go to basic training, whether enlisted or an officer, your brother down to say the superficial differences don t matter when we come together as a team to close with and destroy the enemy. in the navy s case as we try to maintain global dominance on the high seas, all it has to do with is catering to the latest fads of the current administration which is trying to push these theories throughout government and the pentagon is the one as you pointed out so well. they have not cracked that they re going to the navy. i checked the army s reading list, the joint chairman list reading list have not been infected with this list. but it s bad for the sailors. martha: let me ask you this. what is the point of as you call
the navy is not without mistakes. captain cotton pointed out multiple times, collisions, fires, scandals, break down of good order and discipline. remember when we surrendered to the iranian fish boat? plenty of mistakes from the navy. what about rising powers like china who want to exploit sea power to expand their orbit of control? i don t understand how you can think these types of things are good when you ve had enough missteps and a huge challenge on your hands with the threat the navy is facing. martha: are you concerned about our leadership in the military today? big time. right now after january 6, there s an extremist working group that still working right now to determine political idea on of incoming soldiers or sailors, air men and marine. even veterans. it s not a good place for the environment of the pentagon.
just happened with a naval admiral today. i want to give you a sampling of some things included in books like this, the notion that capitalism is racist and racism a capitalist. how do these books get on your reading list? it s obvious to me and others that the murder of george floyd and the events surrounding that, the discussions in this country about racism that go back for years and years are still a painful part of our culture. talking about them, understanding them is the best approach. offering books like kennedy s for people to read. they don t have to read with everier is shun that he makes. i don t accept every assertion that he makes and i wouldn t think that all sailor dos as well. you re saying as a senior lieder of the navy that you want