On this edition of the Morning Briefing, host Eric Dehm and Producer Jake Hughes discuss Jake's current attempt to stop smoking, which has been very succesful! They also touch on what caused both of them to start smoking and when it's toughest to avoid the temptation. Then Kate Germano makes a return visit to the show. Kate was the Battalion Commander of the USMC's female recruit battalion at Parris Island and gives her thoughts on a recent number of "firsts" for female Marines and a lawsuit filed by the family of a recruit who killed himself on the Island.