Iraq War veteran is fighting to bring troops home

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Iraq War veteran is fighting to bring troops home

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_271/iraqwar.html

<snip>“I’m a guy who grew up poor. It was just that simple,” he said of his joining the military.

He graduated from the Naval Academy in 2003, with a five-year commitment. But in a strange twist of fate, the Navy commissioned too many officers, and in November 2004, it requested volunteers to waive their active-duty requirement.

“I was quick to jump on it,” Bouthillette said of his decision to leave the service. “I was not going to work hard to support the war machine anymore. Once I came to that realization, I could no longer do it.”

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