27 months in the life of a young soldier

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	27 months in the life of a young soldier

NoRest

9-24-2009 1:37 AM

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9-24-2009 4:27 AM

merrie

Amazing gallery of photos of soldier from deployment to
return home, to marrying his sweetheart. Very heart-warming.

9-24-2009 12:19 PM

chestnut501

I'd like to see more clips like this on CM. Thanks NoRest

9-24-2009 12:30 PM

beanz

Let`s see how he is going in another 27 months, eh ?

9-25-2009 1:50 PM

Steve Savage

Let`s see how he is going in another 27 months, eh ?

Very good, beanz.

We're all familiar with "Stop-Loss."

The military, unable to attract enough volunteers to overcome the rate of attrition, despite the dire unemployment situation which would appear to favor recruitment, has, in essence, become the "Hotel California."

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