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telclaven

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12. It's what I did

Reply to byeya (Reply #9)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:33 PM

Jul 2013

Three years humping a mortar tube around before applying to OCS. Made me a better officer (I hope). At least my troops respected that part of my history.

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