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sarisataka

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3. Extended deployment suck

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2024, 09:40 AM

Jun 2024

But it comes with the job.

My friend's dad served in WW2. His ship left Pearl Harbor for three weeks in February 1942. The next time he saw Hawaii it was 1946.

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Extended deployment suck sarisataka Jun 2024 #3