sentiment it that they re sick and tired of the political gamesmanship and finger pointing in washington which they see as basically juvenile, one-upsmanship, whether it be in congress or in the white house. they say if this shutdown continues over the next couple of weeks, 5.5 million veterans and their families are going to be adversely affected. listen to what some had to say this morning. millions of men and women who are transitioning or already transitioned from military service will be forced to depend upon charity. unless the stalemate is resolved by the end of october, 4 million members may not receive disability compensation, pension or gib payments. reporter: there are a lot of concerns as well about military readiness. there is a ma green group here, marine reserve group. as we know the u.s. military heavily depends on reserve units right now. they are unable to train even though they re scheduled to deploy to afghanistan in 2014.