As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom I understand both the gravity of giving the order and the challenge of carrying it out.
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice I had freedom of expression.
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