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jmowreader

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8. The services have Olympic athletic programs

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:39 PM

Sep 2019

My view is, if the Army will send a guy to Fort Carson to run track or play rugby sevens, I have no issue with sending Lt. Toth to Philadelphia to play offensive line.

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The services have Olympic athletic programs jmowreader Sep 2019 #8