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rudolph the red

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4. I was a Marine from 2002 - 2012, when I was medically discharged

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2014, 04:00 AM

Feb 2014

The SpecOps guys operate under different rules, they are rotated in and out based on specific circumstances. They are usually in harms way for maybe 1-3 months at a time, but each rotation can be counted as a deployment. Whereas, the typical Marine/Soldier/Airman is there for 6-12 months. By that definition, I was deployed 36 times.

The whole 10 deployment outrage is a farce that people who have no idea how the military works can latch on to.

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I was a Marine from 2002 - 2012, when I was medically discharged rudolph the red Feb 2014 #4