however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1770 five until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his council of war, made up of all of the other generals in the army. the other generals kept voting against his plan. unanimously. [laughter] mr. bell: in the summer of 1776, washington suggested launching an infantry attack on boston across the ice had forme

part of what is called, "army belonging". voiced by soldiers to show there is emotional as well as physical support for new recruits. the adverts answer questions such as, "can i be gay and join the army?" whilst a muslim soldier explains how he can still practice his faith. all aimed at groups not seen as the traditional target audience, but minorities who may have been reluctant to sign up. our traditional cohort would have been white, male, caucasian, 16 to 25—year—olds and there are not as many of those around as there once were. our society is changing and so it is appropriate for us to reach out to a broader base. the army has been struggling to recruit, made all the more difficult by a lack of a major campaign like afghanistan or iraq. war is often the best recruiting sergeant. it is also competing in an era of relatively high employment. the regular strength of the army should be 82,000. but it is currentlyjust over 77,000 strong. a shortfall of more than 4,000. but some former soldiers question whether the army i

the british army was rescued. winston churchhill assumed power, exerting his full authority and his gigantic personality over the british war effort. and making it clear as he put it in the house of commons on june 18th, 1940, that hitler would have to break us and this island or lose the war. . . >> in a letter to his mother, queen mary, the day france surrendered. personally, he wrote, i feel happier now that we have no allies at all to be polite to and to pamper. he spoke for the whole nation, perhaps thinking of brexit, he still does. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> this, i have to read these questions. more important, i have to answer them. [laughter] what is your favorite korda family motion picture. that, of course, is a question i had not expected and is -- [laughter] is difficult to answer. the kordas made many, many movies. my uncle alexander made his first movie in august of 1914 when he was 21 years old and never stopped making movies all of his life until his death in 1956. i think

however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his command style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1775 until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his council of war, made up of all of the other generals in the army. the other generals kept voting against his plans unanimously. , [laughter] mr. bell: in the summer of 1776, washington suggested launching an infantry attack on boston across the ice that had for

the was lee with revolutionary army. watch them brought his service -- washington abroad his servants and aids. andbrought his servants dogs. it was getting crowded in there. the washing -- the massachusetts government asked washington white house he would prefer. there was a big house about a mile away, a wealthy young man had commissioned the mansion for himself in 1759 and married there and raised a family there. in the 1750's, almost the entire neighborhood consisted of this man's relatives. brother-in-law and sister. bute estates were large, this man paid more property tax than any other householder in cambridge. his estate was the largest. wealthhe had all this and kindred, israel fortune came from sugar slave labor plantations in jamaica. early september 1774, massachusetts had a militia uprising that ended up the 4000 men surrounding house of thomas alber, who had become lieutenant governor of massachusetts a few weeks before. they forced him to find a resignation, they forced other officials in town to sign resi

he is given only one small army. they call it the army of the ohio. it's not. sherman gives thomas a 25,000 man army under scofield. scofield positions himself between hood and northern alabama and nashville. hood begins his march towards nashville and scoville then starts a retreat. so you've got 30,000 confederate troops and a 25,000 man union army. and they are both racing north to try to get to nashville. scofield wants to get to nashville because it is fortified. hood wants to get between scofield and nashville, and he wants to attack nashville and destroy scofield and that will leave george thomas with these consolidating troops, getting together a small force in nashville. scofield both meats, both converge in the city of columbia, tennessee. scofield got there first. and he fortifies. and he ishree corps, sitting there south of columbia and he has two choices. one is to attack scofield head-on or the other is to try a flank. he decides to try a flank. he leaves all 100 at columbia and he takes the other two corps and he takes them east and crosses the r

he is given only one small army. they call it the army of the ohio. it's not. but john scofield sends a small -- sherman gives thomas a 25,000 man army under scofield. scofield positions himself between hood's army and northern alabama and nashville. so hood begins his march towards nashville, and scofield then starts a retreat. so you've got 30,000 confederate troops and a 25,000 man union army. and they are both racing north to try to get to nashville. scofield wants to get to nashville because it is fortified. hood wants to get between scofield and nashville, and he wants to attack nashville and -- attack and destroy scofield and that will leave george thomas with these consolidating troops, putting together a small force in nashville. hood and scofield both meats, bothth meet, are converging in the city of columbia, tennessee. scofield got there first. and he fortifies. so hood has three corps, and he is sitting there south of columbia and he has two choices. one is to attack scofield head-on or the other is to try a flank. he decides to try a flank. so he

and so they served directly under army command. they were in the army. but they didn't receive their recognition as veterans until 1977. and the uniform that we're looking at was worn by all of shau. olive. she was from maine. her uniform she wore in the when they gave testimony before congress in 1977. and she really was very succinct. this is my uniform. look at the buttons the united states army buttons. they're united states army collar for the signal core and as an officer. event though i was not an officer i was supposed to be given the consideration of an officer of my rank. and so she said i was in the united states army. >> so this was 1977. did congress pass a law? >> they did. they gave the remaining 48 cig kal noer telephone operators full veteran status. along with the women service pilots from world war ii. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we are back at our set here at the world war i museum. and the memorial in kansas city. we have about 45 minutes left to go. we're very much enjoying your telephone calls. keep them coming in. lot

army combat units were flown in by the air force to reinforce army troops already in thailand on maneuvers. the soldiers moved in a long time frontier basin commonest and filter the mouse. the presence of our military forces in a critical moment was sufficient to deter an open commonest aggression against peaceful thailand. again, in india when communist chinese attacked in aggression -- niscent of u.s. help was prompt. ine, the air force flew urgently needed arms of the request of india's government. from the bamboo curtain to the berlin wall, we are maintaining our commitments. standing firmly with our allies against communist designs for will conquest. this law has become a clear-cut symbol of tyranny in modern times. our forces hold constant alerts to maintain this frontier of freedom and each soldier realizes the importance of his own role. despite periodic delays, our forces maintain their right to travel through communist east germany to reach west berlin. the red flag is a constant reminder of the danger that threatens every freeman. directing the men on our global fund here are th

however, his army was pretty safe. as result, in this headquarters, general washington had the time to learn about his army and his commando style and what worked best. he had the luxuries of making mistakes. he stayed in cambridge over eight months from july 1770 five until april 1776, longer than he stayed at any single headquarters during the entire war until newberg, new york. he felt his job was to drive the british off by force, to sour london on continuing the war. he tried to a concept by bringing on a second bunker hill battle, inflicting lots of casualties on the british. not quite acknowledging that the first battle of bunker hill, the americans technically lost. he took a very aggressive approach. he brought land after plan for attacking the british to his council of war, made up of all of the other generals in the army. the other generals kept voting against his plan. unanimously. [laughter] mr. bell: in the summer of 1776, washington suggested launching an infantry attack on boston across the ice had form

it is the first integrated combat unit of the continental army. it is comprised of former slaves that have been freed by their enlistment, free blacks, native americans, and european americans who are joined together in this common venture. but the biggest enemy the americans have, that general sullivan has, is the weather. because his gunpowder has been damaged and the roads are in rotten shape and because his men are not in the best condition, and he no longer has that french bombardment support, again caused by the weather, he is not able to launch an effective attack the way he wants to. the battle is not much of a battle. it is simply sullivan's troops trying to move, getting bogged down, the british able to maintain their defensive positions for well. in the end, it is a major defeat for the americans. sullivan's goal is to dislodge the british from this important port. he completely fails in accomplishing that. sullivan decides to save what is retreathis army and back up the island, get off the island, before the british can counterattack.

army. as lincoln once said, mcclellan has the slows and has to be removed. to call mcclellan controversial in the 21st century is misleading, because students of the war have largely made up their minds about george b. mcclellan. and not in the general's favor. they are unlikely to be interested in rethinking their position. hence, the title "mission impossible." when mark grimsley recently published a brief piece discussing the origins of mcclellan's image as a feckless commander and suggested some revision, the response was both immediate and predictable. in the next issue of the publication "civil war monitor," letters appear to utterly dismissive of grimsley's efforts and unwilling to consider any other interpretation in the by now standard interpretation of mcclellan. i think opinions about mcclellan are almost baked in and unlikely to change. in his own day, mcclellan had many warm friends and warm political supporters and, of course, no shortage of critics and enemies. he had the mis

remember it's also part of the army and served as prime minister and he was he disobeyed the army and announced his intention to run for presidency and likewise of course don't forget that semi and then was also very brazen in his approach to the president's presidential candidacy he appointed he shamed going into the former top auditor who was ousted by sisi after claiming that more than seventy five billion dollars was being lost in corruption and then in his speech and mounting his presidential candidacy accuse the army of mismanagement of egypt it was very brazen this is why i don't necessarily think that it's a surprise remember this is a country where presidents don't leave by elections they either die in power like demand of the nuts or they're either killed like anwar sadat or they're ousted by a mass movement like hosni mubarak the problem is for egypt for cease right now is he struggling to find a puppet's candide it he's struggling to find somebody that when he wins ninety five ninety six percent of the vote everybody can say oh that's ok that's a legitimate amateur if it i

together with leaders from the regular army, army national guard, and army reserve, i am approaching this endeavor through the priorities i outlined previously. first, taking care of our people, our soldiers, civilian professionals and their families. next, readiness. ensure the army's ability to deploy, fight and win across the entire spectrum of conflict, especially the high end. third, modernization. build greater capability and capacity in longer-term to ensure clear overmatch in the future. finally, reform. improve the way we do business to free up resources, time, be money and manpower that will make the total army more lethal, capable and efficient. given these priorities, the army is currently undertaking five acquisition reform efforts designed to promote unity of effort, unity of command, efficiency, cost effectiveness and leader accountability. first, a three-star-level task force is mapping out a new command. army futures command. that will consolidate the services modernization enterprise under one roof. second, the army is executing eight directives intended to improve

army. they were the professional soldiers. many of them had served with him in 1916 into '17 during the mexico punitive expedition, when he chased after into mexico when he crossed over into new mexico. when war was declared, of course, we relied on the regular soldiers, but there were like 120,000-something, not remotely close that would be needed when the u.s. would go overseas. so then president wilson, what he did was he federalized the national guard, like this caller had mentioned, and they were the militia troops. they were state troops that originally were funded by state governors, but once they became part of the regular army, they were given the same nomenclature, they were given u.s. army uniforms, guns, and they were also trained the same way. it's interesting about the national guard is the fact that most of the regulars, including pershing, didn't really care for them. they felt that they were weekend warriors or they would get together monthly in these fancy national guard a

recruiting for the army is a constant battle. every yearfor army is a constant battle. every year for seven years now, more soldiers have left the army then signed up. there is a lot of internal debate about how best it should be done. i love the idea of the army... the army says it is belonging campaign has already sparked a significant surge in interest, but others say that this new series of ads can do is too collecta ble new series of ads can do is too collectable —— to political correctness and the snowflake generation. last month, plans were ditched to use the be the best slogan on the internal reports stated it was elitist and noninclusive. this new campaign does include the slogan, but it is not given the prominence it once had. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. as well as more on plans to clamp down on plastic waste and tackle britain's "throwaway culture". it's part of the government's 25 year plan to protect the environment. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest

army program from its "big picture" series. it follows an army advisor through fort bragg training, persian language school in california, and two-year assignment in iran. helping to create a special forces there. the cold war goal was to combat communist guerrillas fighting in iran. this is about 30 minutes. ♪ [speaking foreign language] ♪ ♪ >> it is a long way from iran to fort bragg, north carolina. halfway around the world, you might say. but that is where the story begins. it is my story, but it could be the story of a great number of other u.s. army advisors. who served in nearly 50 countries overseas. ♪ my name is captain paul weinman. my assignment with the military assistance advisory group in iran is as an advisor to the imperial iranian army special forces group. but before you teach, you have to learn -- the hard way. at fort bragg, we learned our special forces lessons well. lessons that would make us into tough, well-trained soldiers able to handle any situation in some far-off land. north carolina, or nor

army program from its "big picture" series. it follows an army advisor through fort bragg training persian language school in , california, and two-year assignment in iran. helping to create a special forces there. the cold war goal was to combat communist guerrillas fighting in iran. this is about 30 minutes. ♪ [speaking foreign language] ♪ >> it is a long way from iran to fort bragg, north carolina. halfway around the world, you might say. but that is where the story begins. it is my story, but it could be the story of a great number of other u.s. army advisors. they served in nearly 50 countries overseas. ♪ my name is captain paul weinman. my assignment with the military assistance advisory group in iran is as an advisor to the imperial iranian army special forces group. but before you teach you have to , learn -- the hard way. at fort bragg, we learned our special forces lessons well. lessons that would make us into tough, well-trained soldiers able to handle any situation in some far-off land. north carolina, or nort

both volunteered to go to war and fought in the same army infantry unit. in "our year of war," daniel bolger recounts their journeys from middle america to vietnam at the right of the war and home again. as we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. the author, daniel p. bolger, served in the u.s. army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. he commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq. earning five bronze star medals. one for valor and the combat action badge. he is a contributing editor for army magazine and the author of eight other books. he currently teaches history at north carolina state university. chuck hagle has long served our country. he was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u.s. senator from

are now the protests started peacefully but since monday night they've taken a violent nature of the army and the police have accused protesters of attacking government officials of trying to take up the shopping centers of blockading roads for example whereas the protesters in response have accused the security forces of using a heavy hand and conducting a heavy crackdown all of that is in response to the government's announcement at the beginning of january of the two thousand and eighteen budget plan and now this budget plan has seen a dramatic increase in taxes on basic goods so you have for example fuel increases you have tax hikes on food items and all of this is of course being met with fury and outrage on the streets of tunis at the same time we do witness some of the protests happening in another country also focused on the economic situation and that of course is iran but there is a noticeable difference while there has been international outrage against the situation in iran and the way the government is dealing with it there when it comes to tunisia basically the international

army core of engineer. it took the county approximately three years to obtain the permit and required 20 acres of mitigation at a cost of over $3.5 million for a permit only valid for five years. this is not an isolated example. additionally our counties note there are challenges within the existing army core structure which includes cumbersome and complex requirements, the lengths of time it takes to complete water studies, limited fundish and competing hc requirements. congress has a unique opportunity to address this issue and we're encouraged by the senate's stated commitment to complete a bill this year. we continue to look forward to addressing challenges for public safety infrastructure. we would also like to address funding needs because our countries would not have been able to accomplishing the multitude of projects that wooevl rr been able to carry out in the past several decades. finally we encourage congress to provide framework of meaningful consultation between state and local government part

jean were based in the town of a fleeing the army says a ground assault could happen soon. the lebanese army has found the bodies of nine syrian refugees they froze to death in a snowstorm trying to cross the border into lebanon soldiers are looking for others caught in the blizzard and u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has provoked widespread international opposition. the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement that's what. yes yes yes yes. and she has not. used any. changed. to the or. something but i'm isn't much the actual possibility he was the one he was to the signature mogul probably i'm. just well i mean you watch the dross on mccartney has just what i mean he was no horse so watching the court missed him blubbering him and he has no asterisk i just saw. with supreme. court so it was just me but saw on top of the transformer drug use in the water here what'

of the iraqi army in the u.s. led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter on scorched earth it took of precision i haven't yet seen a single house and mine still untouched by fighting the neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there it's the same story wherever you look cities and towns that house the medians a devastated husks even now in mosul you are never far from the stench of rotting bodies or unexploded bombs help reconstruction no one seen any of that module be it the module. i did they enter was little when it was. doing. she said a little hungry i'll get a lot of you know she be going to school in the citizen not. what else is there to do in mosul is why she's been sent to still don't know hala questions like did you feel that if she ever put it to you. as strange the u.s. had pledged to help and do what it's bombs did they're already helping fund reconstruction iraq says it needs one hundred billion dollars to rebuild and the united states has doubl

his army needed that week. wheat his probing force lines up, sits ben and waits for this to finished so they can continue on their path south to the american line of defense. the american command was general burgoyne's movement. so horatio gates ordered an the british line at the wheat fields. the attack commences. it fails. general benedict arnold, horatio command, reports the situation to general gates and says, general gates, you send a stronger force. he then says, give me some men funwe shall have some before sunset. general gates approves of the attack that general arnold devised. attackough the initial against the british line at the was unsuccessful, there was a massive attack in less than an hour the british beaten off the field, scattered with the americans in hot pursuit. the british all run, the survivors, anyway, run to the redo ut,ight infantry onortification built freeman's farm. the british get into that fortification and the americans make a mass attack on it but it's unsuccessful. however, oth

we have tripled the army special forces, and increased the number of the army's combat ready divisions by 50%. we streamlined the military chain of command and made the vital job of recruiting, training, and equipping our fighting men are primary function of the individual service secretaries. i would like to repeat general marshall's words. general marshall said "the soldier's heart, spirit, soul are everything. unless the soul sustains him, he cannot be relied on. he will fail himself and his country in the end. it is morality that wins the victory. staying power, the spirit which endures. the will to win. l to wean." shares security with mcnamara , the top security team which includes the three service secretaries. when secretary mcnamara is away from the pentagon, deputy is in charge. the secretary of the army heads the department which provides the soldiers -- or tactical nuclear response. the secretary of the navy has the mission of ensuring our navy and marine corps are capable of dealing with everything from the cuban crisis and counterinsurgency to nuclear war. the secretary o

and served in both the army and navy. we reached out to him. we got his interview, and then, we interviewed two vietnamese veterans that were out in california. one was a pilot, who flew both propeller planes and jet planes, and the other was a nurse. in the nurse served both men and the army of the republic of vietnam. it was interesting, we said, while, why did you serve the ? he hated the french. why did you serve the arvin? the army of the republic of vietnam. he loved his country and loved working with americans. he had a large family and as things were going bad for south vietnam, he had to figure out what to do with his children. one of his sons, he gave to an american who was serving with doctors without borders over in vietnam, gave him to this american. the american brought him home, raised him. the son graduated from west point in 1985, and that's the year his vietnamese parents finally got out of vietnam and came to america. so we interviewed his vietnamese father about what it was like to be a nurse serving i

the german army is recruiting an increasing number of minors according to figures from the country's defense ministry over two thousand teenagers are now volunteering for germany's armed forces that's three times more than six years ago and germany is one of the few countries worldwide that allows under eighteen's to volunteer though only in a non-combat role teenagers can apply if they are seventeen and have parental consent the german military is currently conducting a recruitment drive sending officers to give talks in schools nationwide the campaign also features an online reality show. the program follows army recruits for twelve weeks and is one of germany's most popular online projects however its role in making the military more attractive to young people has drawn criticism the united nations for example is concerned that the recruitment drive specifically targets children german army has defended its methods insisting that the training is done under strict supervision earlier we spoke to a regional and p. from germany's left party martin delta he's against the idea of focus

need a definition on >> the army of the republic of vietnam. army. vietnamese >> so what was the atmosphere at that time both in this country vietnam, how long had the why, een going on and again, was hue so significant? >> the atmosphere in vietnam war which had been going on for the vietnamese almost without interruption since the early 1950s, and for americans, which was -- hue we had heavily invested forces kind of rs earlier was at a stalemate. believed stmoreland that the viet cong were ncapable of any kind of major offensive. that the most they could do would be to attack american perimeter, sort of in the far rural area. highlands or tral paddies.ce the southeast government was a tremendously unpopular one in but was being -- sort on life support with american aid. with half a know, million american troops in south almost become an american colony. north vietnam was battered. united states had been heavily bombing in and around hanoi, the capital, and along the ho chi minh trail and they by it and it had slowed their ability to mount in the s

carter, the army corp. component of the program that was established by wrda in 2014 has yet to get off the ground. that's the army corps portion. the epa has already implemented their portion. what are some of the challenges the corps is facing in implementing this program? and at this current pace, how long will it take for the corps to catch up to where epa is? >> thank you for question. indeed the wifia program for the corps has not been funded. and part of what has been going on is there is -- the corps has no history with a loan or loan guarantee program. so developing the guidelines and understanding how will those projects be scored in terms of the risks to the government have been some of the primary challenges. so as basically as those issues get worked through with either congressional or administration involved in those discussions of how do you score the risk, as those progress, then funding could be provided and the corps could start providing these loan and loan guarantees which could assist

i love the idea of the army... the army says its belonging campaign has already sparked a significant surge in interest, but others say that this new series of ads panders to to political correctness and the so—called "snowflake generation." and the so—called "snowflake generation". last month, the new defence secretary, gavin williamson, halted plans to ditch the army's be the best slogan which has been used for decades. an internal report stated it was datist, elitist and noninclusive. this new campaign does include the slogan, but it is not given the prominence it once had. andy moore, bbc news. thousands of tourists have been left stranded after heavy snow in the alps cut off towns and villages across switzerland, france and italy. visitors are being airlifted out of zermatt, one of switzerland's most popular ski resorts, where around 13,000 people are stuck. a british skier, john bromell, from lincolnshire is still missing in france after bad weather hampered rescue efforts. mr bromell‘s friends say he's

it's the first integrated combat unit of the continental army. it is comprised of former slaves that have been freed by their enlistment of free blacks, of native americans and of european americans who are joined together in this one common venture. but the biggest enemy that general sullivan has is the weather. because his gun powder has been damaged and because the roads are in such rotten shape and his men are not in the best and doesn't have the french bombardment support because of the weather he's not able to launch the attack the way he wants to. the battle isn't a battle and is sullivan's troops trying to move, getting bogged down and the british maintaining their positions very well. so in the end it's a major defeat for the americans. if sullivan's goal is to dislodge the british from this extraordinarily important port, he completely fails in accomplishing that. so what sullivan decides to do then is save what's left -- save what there is of his army and retreat back up the island and get off the island before the british can counter

reaction to the initial announcement president of the one accuse the us of building a terrorist army on his border and vowed to destroy it video news agency rapidly film tuckey's military equipment on the border with syria as i was preparing for a military operation and despite washington's eventually denial on wednesday to listen it was reinforcing the u.s. intention to stay. but to be clear the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring that isis cannot reemerge isis as a so-called caliph it is dead job done the world can patent self on the shoulder mission accomplished and all that what's left of isis has gone underground and not the sort of thing you can fight with tags and jets so why is the united states now building an odd me in syria but considering syria already has an army that can reliably keep isis in check why would they need a second one but ok politics the us really wants to stay in syria we're going to stay for several reasons stabilization and assistance in the vital north and northeast. protection was syrian democratic forces but fo

part of the us led coalition the turkish president isn't happy about america building an army of its should. now america's acknowledged it's established an army of tara along our country's border it's up to us to drown this army of terror before it is born that's tough coalition trained fighters are about to be attacked by a coalition member what kind of alliance is that add to that the u.s. apparently told no one it was building in.

army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not received a reply. of president putin believes the one and only way out of the korean crisis is no matter how hard it may seem the russian leader gave his view while talking to a puddle of russian journalists what does the if was missing it. it seemed like a vicious unbreakable cycle the north launches ballistic missile united states and south korea respond with ever more frequent war games the north launches another ballistic missile or more war games but this cycle is now on pause and these competition between donald trump and kim jong un well vladimir putin says that there's a clear winner. has definitely won this round he's achieved his strategic goal he's got a new clip payload a long range missile that can reach any place that he sees as an enemy now he wants to come the situation he's a

decision makers are talking about creation of an a standing army for border protection you know the army off to north to involving around three thirty thousand you know combat proven soldiers what we are here talking about their emergence or a creation of an a standing army i think with this subject shift of the narrative raise the alarm it will say bells in an encore of this era of history see the advance of torso russia back as a force us. into a city center you know controlled by. radical elements within h.t.s. so our anchor also has been a little bit disturbed by this a recent development and this is some complaining about this advance this attack is to r.t. deep walt. create a sort of friction in the at any rate they are going all out here where i mean russia turkey and iran there's also want to do you want to talk about this way but i mean this is quite a military force isn't the thirty thousand many countries don't have that do you think this will be that call of some sort of our military so if this is to go on. it may well be but i think i think the highlight here i think what we

of the iraqi army in the u.s. led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter on scorched for the turk of precision i haven't yet seen a single house and moonsault untouched by fighting the neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there. it's the same story wherever you look cities and towns that house millions devastated husks even now in mosul you are never far from the stench of rotting bodies or unexploded bombs help reconstruction no one seen any of that. i did they enter was little when it was. doing. well she's never hungry alex get over it you know you go to school and this is not . what else is there to do in mosul like she said it was i'm just it was during the holocaust that to me that if she ever put it to. me. as strange the u.s. had pledged to help and do what it's bombs did they're already helping fund reconstruction iraq says it needs one hundred billion dollars to rebuild and the united states has doubled its pledge to one hundred fifty million doll

cost fatally undermined syrian army resistance. the man blamed for the army's collapse was the minister of defense. a man who defend tree rise to power in syria. hafez assad. the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. and both sudeep. did this yes he and that the on that and for that he could look at the clock but it is up but i. assume. at the end of the six day a fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. me a yet dowen. a no been a while you have if he hasn't. been many dead there the how more. people. like i did to hug. and kiss their. mammon. when i heard. a human puppet arrest me. when i didn't hear see. or hear. he would be. more open and. under heavy popular pressure nasa rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency. and attempts to regain the lost arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem a

army center of military history, department of the army. the retired colonel, he was commissioned to the aviation branch of the army i 1988. he has seen service in the pentagon and served overseas in and afghanistan 30 study history at west point and served as the chief of doctrine and less and learns at the u.s. army aviation center of excellence. ladies and gentlemen, please charles lowry jr. [applause] good.s: evening. i would like to begin by thanking the staff of the national archives for partnering with the center to host this great event. all historian see the national archives as a personal live on a, -- nirvana. i would also commend their outstanding vietnam exhibit to you if you have not seen it. tonight we celebrate the release of the 12th volume in the cmh's official history series, the united states army and vietnam. in staying the course, dr. eric -- chronicled the u.s. army operations across vietnam from october 1967 to september 1968, including of course, the tet offensive. on the morning of 28 january, 19 68, the north viet

got up from the national shouts and he went down and he started say the army boric was with a few or men just on top and all of a sudden numbers of. committed as it hits just start a foreign minister. my father was shot on the leg and he was brought to an. air head that way and as he was landing on the ground you shuttled the fourteen times to this day the british army and the british government deny that they shot any wounded people let alone innocent. irish men or women that day well at that shop an awful lot of men women children people the clergy was. about a two hundred yards from. a catholic priest the first of two catholic priests some might know the famous picture of the priest carrying that bloody handkerchief during the bloody sunday killings for which there was a british inquiry why do you think so little published is being given to the. so-called mass ago which actually involved in the deaths of priests if you look at the iconic picture. and on the. sex thing says that which was less than fifty yards away he left the house with a mental mom who was the first one to be whe

army corps of engineers. it took the county approximately three years to obtain the permit which mandated them to clear 13-acres of vegetation and required 20 acres of mitigation at a cost of over $3.5 million for a permit that is only valid for five years. this is not an isolated example. additionally, our counties note there are challenges within the existing army corps structure which includes cumbersome and complex requirements, the length of time it takes to complete water studies, limited funding and competing agency requirements. congress has a unique opportunity to address this issue. and we are encouraged by the senate's stated commitment to complete a wrda bill this year. we look forward to working with you to identify ways which we can address challenges within the section 404 permitting program for public safety infrastructure. we would also like to address funding need because without wrda and the army corps, our counties would not have been able to accomplish the multitude of projects that we've

today how do you know it was the british army there was a. militarist she was shot from the hand retired and soldiers we have statements from the soldiers they shot my mike they said that they returned fire that they were being shot and ballistics have proved that there was. mammy thing she didn't have any guns i read. john thank you well from the relatives of those killed at bally murphy to british army veterans who dispute their accounts well joining me now in the green outside parliament is roy brinkley from justice for veterans and allan barry who served in the british going to the gods join the height of the troubles in the one nine hundred eighty s. thanks for joining how era can i just ask you. surely there cannot be an amnesty for veterans of the british army who have killed priests killed priests in the priests whenever. there's plenty of evidence to suggest that there were priests who were members of the are right and there's also plenty of evidence to suggest that priests colluded with terrorists or right terrorists in order to hel

enough to worry the head of the british army, who tonight gave this rare public warning. i believe our ability to pre—empt or respond to these threats will be eroded if we don't match up to them now. they represent a clear and present danger. they are not thousands of miles away. they are now on europe's doorstep. the uk is already seriously outnumbered — russia has more than 2500 tanks, among them the most advanced in the world. in contrast, britain has fewer than 300 and the uk's challenger tank, here on an exercise, is now over 20 years old. this intervention by the head of the army is as much an appeal for more money for defence as it is a warning about the threat posed by russia. over the next ten years, the ministry of defence needs an extra £20 billion to modernise the armed forces and without that money, they could face another round of brutal cuts. so how does britain's defence spending compare? last year its budget was £35 billion. while russia's was £44 billion. but the uk is still part of a nato alliance who together spent £657 billion, including a us

he was often named as a potential army commander. it is hard to imagine that given his personality, but he was highly effective and anomalous on the battlefield for the army of the potomac. >> anyone else want to comment on that? george? >> kearny reminds me of the quotation attributed to teddy roosevelt's daughter, and that is if you can't say anything nice, sit by me. [laughter] kearny, if you dislike george mcclellan, read kearny's letters. he hates mcclellan in spades. they are delightfully critical, negative, colorful. i think kearny is worth a great deal of study, and he certainly provides a lot of fodder on many issues. >> one little-known footnote to phil kearny, his death place at chantilly is really the origin of the civil war preservation movement. back in 1986 and 1987 when there was a proposal to develop the land at chantilly where kearny and stevens were killed on september 1, 1862, some local folks got together and said we have to do something about that. we got together in my living room in july 1987 and out of that w

i took my friend in the pakistani army to do it. i said to myself he had been out of the cia for 20 years, going to call his friend in the pakistani army and they are going to take a helicopter over afghanistan and he is that close that they can shoot this footage, my goodness. this tie that i thought might have ended with, 20 years later, certainly very strong so that is my way of saying the links are still there. what they said to me was it could certainly be using me, they wanted the coleman family to allow the parents to see their grandchildren and allow me to bring them over to see them but i would have to bring a letter from the us government which means something official. with the last three weeks that is what we were trying to do so it is difficult for me to believe entirely that the haqqanis would allow any of their men to kill a girl. about this. children being born in a baked mud hut in a compound in tribal areas on the afghan border cannot do this alone, they have to do this with mothers, with women to nurture those chi

yod to provide it as the army traveled. but the infantry used to use mostly shoe lever a lot back then. >> you'll notice a lot of the uniforms are blue, instead of the usually field gray. some of the units still-hunt been issued field gray. the guy disappearing on the left is named walter -- he's a correspondent, went with durborough. he's with durborough for the rest of the trip into poland. somewhat controversial, some people thought he might be a spy. i don't know, but he certainly was pro-german. but after the united states got into it, he then works very arduously for the americans and was involved in making some very pro-american propaganda films. so an interesting person. these guys look pretty squared away, i think. >> so in this part of the film they're sort of working their way towards the front? is that right? tell us where they're going. >> yeah, most of it is in the front and they're working their way to get to the front for a battle. >> yeah, they're working to get to warsaw. >> was poland an independent count

army advisors. they served in nearly 50 countries overseas. ♪ weinman.s captain paul is as anment in iran advisor to the imperial iranian army special forces group. before you teach, you have to learn. the hard way. at fort bragg, we learned our special forces lessons well. lessons that would make us into tough, well-trained soldiers able to handle any situation in some far-off land arid north carolina, or north iran. a job is a jump. the same intention as you go out the airplane door. the same big lift in your chest as you see that parachute billowing out. ♪ >> when you land, it may be the same ending to a flight am a but your job is just beginning. >> you five students know your part in this exercise. you have been dropped presumably into enemy held territory. where guerrillas are operating. you are to link up with the guerrilla force in your area, train them in the tactics we have been teaching you and follow through on a bridge destruction mission. let's synchronize our watches. the time is

part of what is called, army belonging. voiced by shoulders to say there is a motion and physical support for new recruits. _by physical support for new recruits. —— by soldiers. the adverts answer questions such as can might be gay and stilljoin the army whilst a muslim soldier explains how he can still practice his faith. all aimed at groups not seen as the traditional target audience. at groups not seen as the traditionaltarget audience. but minorities who may have been relu cta nt to minorities who may have been reluctant to sign up. our traditional cohort would have been white milk occasions, 16 to 25 rolls and there is not as many of those around as once aware of. society is changing and so it is appropriate for us to reach out to a broader base. the army has been struggling to recruit, made all the more difficult by a lack of a major campaign like afghanistan or iraq. war is often the best recruiting sergeant. it is also competing in an era of relatively high employment. the regular strength of the army should be

together with leaders from the army, army national guard and army reserve, i'm approaching this endeavors through readiness. ensure the army's ability to deploy, fight and win across the entire spectrum of conflict, especially high end. third, modernization. build greater capability and capacity in long-term to ensure clear overmatch in the future. improve the way we do business to free up time, money and man power to make the total army more lethal, capable and efficient. the army is currentliundy undertaking efforts to for unity of command, efficiency and leader accountability. first, a three star level task force is mapping out a new command, army futures command that will consolidate the services modernization enterprises under one roof second, the army is kexecuting directives to refine how we generate requirements, simplifying our contracting and sustainment processes and evaluating our progress through metrics to enable us to deliver capabilities to soldiers faster. these directives leverage authorities contained in the ndaas. third, the army has stood up eight cross functional tea

army center of military history, department of the army. a retired colonel, he was commissioned to the aviation branch of the army in 1988. he has seen service in the pentagon and served overseas in iraq, and afghanistan. he studied history at west point and served as the chief of doctrine at the u.s. army aviation center of excellence. ladies and gentlemen, please charles lowry jr. [applause] charles: good evening. i would like to begin by thanking the staff of the national archives for partnering with the center of military history to host this great event. see the national archives as our personal nirvana. i would also commend their outstanding vietnam exhibit to you if you have not seen it. tonight we celebrate the release of the 12th volume in the cmh's official history series, the united states army and vietnam. in staying the course, dr. erik villard chronicled the u.s. army operations across vietnam from october 1967 to september 1968, including of course, the tet offensive. on the morning of 28 january, 1968, the north vietnamese m

there is no civilian capacity and those even our larger army. and lightning joe collins was that stereo typical four-star general. and not a man of small ego. >> and that ultimately takes over in korea. >> and a personal friend of eisenhower. to say im here is a personal representative that my decision is final and then he says i'm here's the personal representative of the american people they heard what you were saying they would disagree as you walked out of the room and he did not get fired amazingly make that is my point. he made it at two stars that is remarkable. that would not happen today. [laughter] so i made sure i had the president in my corner to be a subordinate but with that strategy for vietnam. >> with all these areas vacated with the counterinsurgency she for how the vietnamese army will go control those areas and had to do with winning over the people. called operation brotherhood which was an organization in reality funded by the cia but this that brought over filipino doctors and nurses to provide medical care in the newly li