9.8K views · 75 reactions | Coming up on NBC Nightly News with Kate Snow: Aaron Gilchrist reports on challenges faced by veterans who worked as medics in searching for civilian jobs. Catie Beck has details on a new warning over kids and button batteries. And much more. Join us at 6:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm CT. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook

WATCH: A bear escaped after being trapped inside a van, accidentally locked by its owner, in Asheville, North Carolina. After the automatic doors failed to open, they had to be unlocked manually, but the bear already had other plans. Credit: Nicole Minkin Lissenden | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

589K views · 3.7K reactions | WATCH: Sgt. Chesty XIV, who has served as the Marine Corps official mascot since 2013, retired on Friday. The English bulldog will then march in his last parade, and his successor, Pvt. Chesty XV, will assume duties as the next mascot on Saturday. . Sgt. Chesty's owner tells NBC News that he'll take up skateboarding in his retirement. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas | Facebook