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]]> I never had asthma during my entire life until I volunteered to serve my country. My service in Iraq exposed me to burn pits, where the U.S. military disposed of...

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O’Connor knew at age 7 that he wanted to be a soldier and spent four years in Army ROTC at Arizona State University to earn a commission in the infantry. Garcia decided much later to enlist, about a year after high school. O’Connor wound up serving in Afghanistan, Garcia was deployed twice to Iraq.

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]]> Units of the Old Guard stand in formation during an Army retirement ceremony on Nov. 1 at Fort Myer. (Cronkite News Service photo by Chad Garland)...

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