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Military Transition – Retooling for a New Mission

Posted on 23. Feb, 2009 by garett.

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A portion of my Army Commendation Medal I received for service in Iraq reads, “SPC REPPENHAGEN displayed professionalism and personal courage when Hib Hib Iraqi Police Station came under attack. The police station sustained a volley of RPG fire and he immediately began plotting and coordinating an indirect fire mission. SPC REPPENHAGEN’s quick thinking under [...]

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Yes We Are.

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by garett.

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I stood in the freezing January morning under the shadow of the Washington Monument, wedged in with thousands of other spectators listening to the incoming President’s inaugural address. I wore a small button that read “HOPE,” which I had been given. Although I wore hope on my collar I had doubt in my heart. It has been four years since I was in the Diyala River Valley in Iraq with my fellow scouts…

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