BROUGHT TO YOU A WEEK AGO.
CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER NOW SUSPENDED GOING
ON ANTIMILITARY RANT ABOUT
THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF
THOSE WHO SERVED.
EVEN ENRAGED WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL JOHN
KELLY YESTERDAY.
>> THE LOWEST OF THE LOW.
THEY ARE NOT TALENTED
PEOPLE.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO
17-YEAR-OLDS?
>> YEAH.
WELL, I THINK THE GUY OUGHT
TO GO TO HELL.
I JUST HOPE HE ENJOYS THE
BRIAN: OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED
TO HIM ON RADIO YESTERDAY.
WE HAD THE FACEBOOK LIVE UP.
HE WENT ON TO SAY SOME
EXLETTIVES WE HAD TO DUMP.
IS HE REALLY ANGRY.
HERE TO WEIGH IN U.S. ARMY
FOUR STAR GENERAL DAVID
PERKINS.
COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE
U.S. TRAINING INDOCTRINE AND
IN BEFORE THE INVASION OF
IRAQ IN KUWAIT.
YOU CONTACTED ME BECAUSE YOU
SAID LISTEN, I WANT TO
ADDRESS THIS.
THIS IS YOUR GIG.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF TELLING
THOSE 17-YEAR-OLDS THE ARMY
AND THE MILITARY IS AN
OPTION.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> LET ME JUST TELL YOU
PRESIDENT SOLDIERS AND
RECRUITS THAT COME INTO THE
UNITED STATES ARMY.
RECRUITS TO THE UNITED
STATES ARMY, LAST YEAR WE
RECRUITED ABOUT 135,000
TOTAL ARMY SOLDIERS ACROSS
THE BOARD.
96% OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
COMPARED TO 82% FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
14% HIGH HIRE HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
WHEN THEY CAME IN THE ARMY,
WE SPENT OVER $160 MILLION
IN TUITION ASSISTANCE AND
ANOTHER 7,000 GOT A COLLEGE
EDUCATION.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY HIGHLY
EDUCATED.
CORPS IS THE LARGEST
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING
ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED
STATES.
LAST YEAR $367 MILLION TO
15,000 ROTC CADETS COAST TO
COAST FROM HARVARD TO
BERKELEY.
TUFTS TO OHIO STATE HAVE
BECOME A PART OF THAT
ORGANIZATION.
BRIAN: THIS TICKED YOU OFF
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A
DIFFERENT PERSONALITY YOU
SIMMER BELOW.
YOU KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS MAYBE
IN CHECK.
JOE MONTANA LIKE.
BUT YOU STILL WANTED THIS
TO -- THIS REALLY GOT TO
YOU.
LET'S LISTEN TO THIS TEACHER
GO AFTER THE QUALITY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO SERVE.
>> THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO YOU KNOW OVER THERE.
>> THAT IS JUST NOT AN
ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE
SOLDIERS IN THE U.S.
GOOD REASON IS THE MOST
HIGHLY RESPECTED INSTITUTION
IN OUR NATION BECAUSE, NOT
ONLY THE EDUCATION LEVEL BUT
OF THE CHARACTER AND
COMMITMENT OF THOSE THAT
SERVE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AND YOU
HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM, THE
PASSION THAT THESE PEOPLE
COME IN TO THE ARMY WITH.
AND THE SKILLS THEY BRING TO
THE ARMY.
WE HAVE DOCTORS, LAWYERS,
COMBAT INFANTRY MEN.
SOLDIERS.
MORE THAN ANY EDUCATIONAL,
CIVIC, OR CIVILIAN
INSTITUTION HAVE COME OUT OF
IN FACT, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE
NINE SOLDIERS IN THE WINTER
OLYMPIC GAMES.
SO NEXT WEEK WE HAVE
SOLDIERS KOREA BRONZE AND
AFGHANISTAN EARNING BRONZE
MEDALS OF HONOR.
BRIAN: YOU KNOW THE QUALITY
OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE.
YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF TEACHERS
WHO FEEL LIKE THAT AND FEEL
FREE ENOUGH TO BLAST YOU THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE.
THAT GOES RIGHT AGAINST WHAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO DO AND
THAT'S RECRUIT THE BEST AND
>> I WILL JUST ECHO GENERAL
KELLY'S COMMENT.
THE REASON I AND MY FAMILY
SERVE.
BOTH MY FAMILY.
GENERAL KELLY'S FAMILY HAS
SERVED IS SO THAT PEOPLE
AND OBVIOUSLY HE IS TAKING
FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT
LIBERTY THAT WE FIGHT HARD
AND AFFORD HIM.
I WOULD OFFER TO HIM AS
SOMEBODY WHO IS ALSO
INVOLVED IN TRAINING AND
EDUCATION.
AS AN OPEN-MINDED PERSON WHO
WANTS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS HE
CAN.
SO I INVITE HIM PERSONALLY
TO COME TO MY HEADQUARTERS.
I WILL INTRODUCE HIM TO OUR
ARMY, HIS ARMY.
I WILL LET HIM SEE HIS
SOLDIERS.
I WILL TAKE HIM DOWN TO THE
ARMY CYBER SECURITY OF
EXCELLENCE.
I WILL TAKE HIM TO FOOTER FORT
LEAVENGOOD.
SEE THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE.
TAKE HIM TO WALTER REED AND
TALK TO WOUNDED WARRIORS.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS LET THEM
DESCRIBE WHY THEY PUT
SACRIFICE ABOVE THEIR OWN
PERSONAL SAFETY TO SERVE
THEIR NATION AND THEN I WILL
TAKE THEM WITH ME THE NEXT
TIME I HAVE THE HONOR TO
REPRESENT OUR LEADERSHIP AT
ARLINGTON FOR A FUNERAL AND
BRIAN: WOW.
EXTREMELY WELL SAID.
HAVE TO KEEP IT FROM GENERAL
KELLY IF YOU DON'T MIND ON
THAT TOUR BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK HE WILL BE AS
DIPLOMATIC.
VERY WELL SAID.
FIRST TIME WE MET IT WAS
INFANTRY SECOND DIVISION
TOOK TO TAKE BAGHDAD.
AND THERE'S THE FLAG THAT
YOU GUYS FLEW.
YOU WERE JUST LIEUTENANT.
BRIAN.
BRIAN: I HAVE AGED.
HAVE YOU NOT.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE DESERT
AND HAVE YOU BEEN FIGHTING
FOR OUR WARS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I HAVE
AGE SOD POORLY.
JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO KNOW
YOU.
WE COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER
PERSON IN CHARGE OF
RECRUITING.
SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT WEAR
THE UNIFORM OF OUR NATION.
THEY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I KNOW YOU ARE VERY
SINCERE ABOUT IT.
IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM AND