with one point of view, but i wonder what you have heard today from our veterans, especially of afghanistan? how are they doing? they re not doing well. like you said, the veteran population, the military population is very diverse, but i would say if there is one general consensus right now it is anger. it is a lot of anger about the fact that we aren t getting our allies out. it might be anger as to the way in which we are doing the withdrawal, that the withdrawal didn t happen faster, but at the end of the day it is a lot of confusion, it is a lot of anger, and everybody who served over there, everyone who supported the service members going and deploying to afghanistan is looking at the imagery today and the last couple of days in utter shock and disbelief. i don t think anyone expected it to be this bad or happen this quickly. even though the veteran community is incredibly diverse, there is a consensus around absolute shock, anger, horror. michael crowley, i have
on military veterans and very healthy military population here. i think there s a general sense of disappointment. reporter: bruce retired from the air force as a colonel, last serving at langley air force base which is now being stripped of $10 million for that cyber operations and training facility at a time when cyber attacks are one of the greatest threats to national security, along with others that will now be ignored, says democratic congresswoman elaine luria. i know firsthand from having spoken to the commanders at the bases where this impact is going to happen that it is going to impact our mission and security. reporter: not just the security of the nation, but those serving it, whose priorities now may not be addressed. it s like your husband, your neighbor, your wife who s going on a deployment and you don t want to think their ship wasn t maintained properly or they didn t have the tools they
127 projects from firing ranges to aircraft hangers to child care. both at home and abroad. whose budgets are being gutted. in virginia the four losing $77 million a naval ship maintenance facility. two warehouse projects. and a cyber operation facility. in a place with such a historic and important military heritage. 40% of the economy is related to military funding. that hurts. both financially and emotionally. our community is fabric that built on military veterans and very healthy military population here. and in the region. there s a general sense of disappointment. bruce retired from the air force. last serving which is now being stripped of $10 million for the cyber operation and training facility. at a time when cyber attacks are
whose budgets are being gutted. in virginia, the four that are losing $77 million in funding are a naval ship maintenance facility, two hazardous materials warehouse projects and a cyber operations facility. in a place with such a historic and important military heritage where 40% of the economy is related to military funding, that hurts both financially and emotionally. our community is a fabric built on military veterans and very healthy military population here in the region. i think there is a general sense of disappointment. reporter: bruce retired as a colonial last serving at langly air force base being stripped of the training. at a time when cyber attacks are one of the greatest threats to national security along with others that will now be ignored says democratic congresswoman
very healthy military population here in the region. i think there s a several sense of it. reporter: he last served as langley air force base. at a time when cyber attacks is one of the greatest threat to national security along with others that will now be ignored. a retired naval commander whose district is also affected. i know first hand from having spoken to the commanders where this impact is going to happen, it is going to impact our mission and security. not just the security of the nation, but those serving it whose priorities now may not be addressed. it s like your husband. it s your neighbor. it s your wife who s going on a zploimt and you don t want to think their ship wasn t maintained properly. it hits home a lot in a community like this where everyone is so tied to the military.