Youve upheld your oath. Thank you, thank you my friend. Thank you for being my friend. May god bless you all. May god protect our troops. [applause] general milley thank you all for being here. The last time youll hear me in uniform, that alone is cause for applause. Mr. President , distinguished guests, family, friends. Thank you all for being here today. Mr. President , thank you for your unwavering leadership guiding our great nation and the trust you placed in me when you were inaugurated you didnt have to do that, but you did. And i appreciate it. Your steadfast commitment to our troops and their families, strengthen the military, making us stronger and more capable than ever before. And i see you in the breach, ive seen you on the watch. And i know firsthand that youre a man of incredible integrity and character. So thank you for your leadership. Secretary austin. Thank you for leading our department with character and courage and also incredible integrity. You served our nation
On capitol hill with lawmakers fielding questions about healthcare and well spend some time talking with veterans only and get your experience with the v. A. System. If you live in the Eastern Central part dial it at 2027488000, 2027488001 or send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com or send an email. Veterans only and the lines are open. Take a look at the numbers. This is from the Veterans Affairs department. These are the number of veterans that get benefits and healthcare through the v. A. System. About 9 million are enrolled in the v. A. Healthcare system and nearly 7 million have a Life Insurance policy administered by the v. A. And four4 million are active and 1 million get education benefits and. 3 million receiving a v. A. Pension and about. 1 v. A. Vocational rehabilitation beneficiaries. That is the different benefits and healthcare that the v. A. Offers. Heres the veteran population about 22 million veterans 9 of those are female. The rest males. Look how it breaks down by war
Im oliver north and welcome to war stories. With war come casualties. Tonight, we focus our war stories cameras on the brave men and women who care for those of us who get wounded on the battlefield. These are the warriors of military medicine. Theyre the medics, corpsman, nurses and doctors who often risk their own lives to save the lives of others. Im here tonight because a Navy Corpsman braved enemy fire to save my life in vietnam. Were here at the National Museum of health and medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in washington, d. C. A place where some of the best medicine in the world is practiced. Theyve come a long way since leeches were part of treating sick and wounded troops. Now its hightech surgery usually within minutes of being wounded that saves the lives of thousands of countless service personnel. It will always come back to the basics. Training someone whos willing to brave enemy fire when an american is wounded on the batt battlefield. Someone whose eyes may b
Jack it seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, sick at home, openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. [baby crying] jack in the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this 10,000 miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. Jack this day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather, it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war and the way it is being fought, while the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first and today, down there in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. We will travel directly to the headquarters of the Third Marine Amphibious force for a briefing by the operations officer. Gentlemen, i will give
Camera, but over the phone he told me he is sad and surprised, calling the coach a good quality guy who created a fantastic tennis program. Police say hes now in jail with bail set at 1. 5 million. Richmond police say Normandie Burgos thought he was motoring someone for a tennis lesson but was instead met by detectives who arrested him accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys for two years. When detectives arrested him here at this tennis court yesterday, he almost seemed like he was resigned to the fact that he was caught, his demeanor. Reporter burgos has been accused before. In 2006 by leave it his tennis players in marin county. He was tried for child molestation and sexual battery. That the case ended in a hung jury. They are now mill valley and the District Attorney over there in marin county looking into the cases again to see whether or not they are going to go forward with retrying it. Reporter im terribly shocked and saddened by this experience. Reporter the Vice Presi