>> PHIL HARTMAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS PREMIERES ON REELS AT 9:00
P.M. EASTERN, 8:00 PACIFIC.
>>> WERE HONORING THE MILITARY
AS WE GEAR UP FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.AR UP FOR MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND.
WE MAY HAVE FOUND THE MOST PATRIOTIC FAMILY IN AMERICA.
>> WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT
THEYRE DOING FOR OUR COUNTRY.
MEET THE LEES FAMILY FROM AIDAN, MICHIGAN, MOM AND DAD AND THEIR,
MICHIGAN, MOM AND DAD AND THEIR 12 CHILDREN, INCLUDING A SET OF
QUADS.
BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE
FEARSOME FOURSOME WERE ONLY SOME OF THE KIDS TO GRADUATE FROMSOME
OF THE KIDS TO GRADUATE FROM NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
THREE OF THEIR SIBLINGS ALSO
GRABBED THEIR DIPLOMAS.
WHATS NEXT FOR THE QUADS?
THEYRE ALL PLANNING TO JOIN THE
MILITARY.
MILITARY.
ROSE IN THE AIR FORCE P, BRYCE,
THE NAVY, MASON, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD., THE AIR
NATIONAL GUARD. AND ONE QUAD COULDNT WAIT.
BROTHER, NEVIN, IS ALREADY A
MARINE.
MARINE.
AND A FIFTH CHILD IS JOINING THE MARINE RANKS, AS WELL.OINING THE
MARINE RANKS, AS WELL. THEY CREDIT THEIR
BROTHER-IN-LAW, MATT, AN AIRMAN, FOR HELPING THEM TO CHOOSEIRMAN,
FOR HELPING THEM TO CHOOSE DONNING THE NUNN FORM.
AND THEYRE WITH US HERE IN THE STUDIO.YRE WITH US HERE IN THE
STUDIO.
>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> ROSE, YOU JUST GRADUATED A
FEW YEARS AGO, RIGHT?
>> I DID, YEAH.
>> WHO IS THE RING LEADER HERE? WHO SAID, LETS SIGN UP?ER HERE?
WHO SAID, LETS SIGN UP? >> IT WAS ME.
>> SHE ROLLS HER EYES.
OKAY.
OKAY. WHY?
WHY?
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO DO THAT? >> WELL, I NEVER -- JUNIOR YEAR,
THE WHOLE COLLEGE THING, FOUR TO
EIGHT YEARS, IT NEVER REALLY
CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
AND DURING THE SUMMER, I HAD
MARINE AND NAVY RECRUITERS
CONTACTING ME.
CONTACTING ME. AND THAT JUST REALLY INTERESTED
ME.
ME.
>> AND WHAT BRANCH ARE YOU GOING TO BE? WHAT BRANCH ARE YOU GOING
TO BE? >> THE NAVY.
>> ROSE, AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE.
AIR FORCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD,
NAVY, UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS.
CORPS.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE, ROSE, WHO WAS GOING INTO WHICH BRANCH OF
THE MILITARY?
THE MILITARY? >> PERSONALLY, I WAS GOING TO GO
INTO THE NAVY.
BUT I STARTED LOOKING INTO THE
AIR FORCE AND THEY HAVE JOBS
THAT ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR MY
PROFESSION THAT I WOULD LIKE IN
THE FUTURE.
I THINK THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO
ALL OF US.
WE CHOSE IT, DUE TO THE JOB WE WANTED.E IT, DUE TO THE JOB WE
WANTED.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU, MASON?
>> ITS MORE CAREER-BASED FOR ME, PERSONALLY.EER-BASED FOR
ME, PERSONALLY. COLLEGE IS NOT GOING TO BE THE
ROUTE.
ROUTE.
>> IM SENSING A THEME HERE. >> YOURE GOING TO BE IN THE
MARINES.
MARINES.
YOUR BROTHERS IN THE MARINES ALREADY.THERS IN THE MARINES
ALREADY.
ARE YOU GETTING THE SCOOP FROM HIM?YOU GETTING THE SCOOP FROM
HIM? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. FIRST, I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING
INTO THE NAVY, AS WELL.
AND I GUESS, I WOULD SAY, KIND
OF NEVIN PUSHED ME TOWARDS IT.
HE HAD ME TALK TO THE MARINE
RECRUITERS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO
GO OFF TO BOOT CAMP.
AND AFTER TALKING TO THEM, I
DONT KNOW.
DONT KNOW.
I JUST FELT LIKE THAT SUITED ME
MORE.
I DONT KNOW.
LIKE, THE BROTHERHOOD WITH THE MARINES ARE MORE ABOUT.ITH THE
MARINES ARE MORE ABOUT. >> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
EXCITED?
EXCITED?
>> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. MORE EXCITED, I GUESS.H.
MORE EXCITED, I GUESS. >> ROSE, WITH QUADS, YOU HAVE
BEEN TOGETHER FOR ALMOST EVERY
WAKING MOMENT OF YOUR ENTIRE
LIVES.
LIVES.
ALL OF YOUR 18 YEARS. WHATS IT GOING TO BE LIKE TO
BREAK UP THE BAND HERE?
>> WEVE BEEN CLOSE-KNIT.
I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR US.
IM PERSONALLY A LITTLE SAD.
I DONT KNOW ABOUTY BOIB SS SS S
>> WE HAVE NEVIN ON THE PHONE.
HES AT CAMP LEJEUNE.
HE IS IN TRAINING.
YOU BEAT YOUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS TO THE PUNCH.
>> I DID DECIDE TO BEAT THEM TO
THE PUNCH.
THE PUNCH. I COULDNT WAIT.
I HAD TO GRADUATE EARLY TO GET
STARTED, MOMAAM.
STARTED, MOMAAM. >> YOURE SO INCREDIBLE.
IT MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE TO SEE
HOW MUCH YOURE ALREADY DOING
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
IS THERE A SENSE THAT YOU TWO TALKED ABOUT YOUR JOB YOU TWO
TALKED ABOUT YOUR JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THERE A SENSE OF SERVICE AND PATRIOTISM?SENSE OF SERVICE AND
PATRIOTISM? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I, PERSONALLY, HAVE WANTED TO
SERVE SENSE I WAS LITTLE.
I THINK ITS A GREAT WAY TO HELP
OUT OUR WORLD.
>> WE HAVE YOUR PARENTS HERE.
THEYRE JUST OFFCAMERA.
I CANT IMAGINE HOW PROUD YOU
ARE OF YOUR CHILDREN TODAY.
WHATS IT LIKE?
>> VERY PROUD.
ITS GREAT.
ITS GREAT. I COULDNT BE ANYMORE PROUD.
THEYRE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR
THEIR PEERS.
THEIR PEERS. YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR OUR
GENERATION.
GENERATION. THEIR MOTHER HAS DONE A
PHENOMENAL JOB OF RAISING OUR 12
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
>> WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO
WITH EVERYBODY GONE?
>> SLEEP.
>> MOM SAID SLEEP.
>> THATS AWESOME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MOM AND
DAD.
AND TO ALL OF YOU, BEST OF LUCK. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US.T OF LUCK.
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US. >>> STICK AROUND, WE HAVE A LIVE
CONCERT.