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Blake Bourne | 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade - Army

5:54   |   He had joined the Army to go find the bad guys. It took him seven years after 9-11 but Blake Bourne was finally going to be deployed when he got a call from his commanding officer. Instead of a rifle platoon, he was going to command a support platoon. He wasn't even sure what that was, but when he found out, he was mad.

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