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I Reenlisted to Return to Afghanistan, Only to Find Myself in Kuwait

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Jonathan Raab wanted to do his part to wrap up the war, but was sent a thousand miles away from it.

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I was at a wedding, having a beer with an Army officer who had served multiple combat tours overseas, when I told him I would be deploying to Kuwait.

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“That's great, man,” he said.

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