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“What’s the strangest thing you saw over there that most Americans would never believe?”

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Your record

My service.

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CPT Aaron W. Kletzing
United States Army
Branch
U.S. Army · Regular Army
Primary specialty
Field Artillery Officer (13A)
Rank at separation
Captain (O-3)
Date of rank (CPT)
1 Jun 2009
Commissioning
USMA West Point · 27 May 2006
Service dates
2 Jul 2002 – 30 Aug 2011
Place of separation
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Discharge
Honorable
Deployment
Iraq
Deployment dates
8 Dec 2007 – 28 Feb 2009
Time in theater
447 days
Units I served in
U.S. Army Medical Command patch
2010–2011
Warrior Transition Battalion · Fort Knox
Fort Knox, Kentucky, under U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM). Where Soldiers with serious medical conditions receive care and time to recover. Honorable discharge on 30 August 2011.
To Conserve Fighting Strength
25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning patch
2007–2009
25th Infantry Division · 2nd Brigade Combat Team
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Deployed with the brigade to Iraq from 8 December 2007 through 28 February 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Based at Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad, under MND-Baghdad.
Tropic Lightning
75th Fires Brigade patch
2006–2007
Field Artillery Officer Basic Course (FAOBC)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Army’s branch-specific schoolhouse for Artillery Officers, under the 75th Fires Brigade.
King of Battle
428th Field Artillery Brigade patch
2006
Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Army’s multi-branch initial Officer training phase, under the 428th Field Artillery Brigade.
Lead the Way
U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets patch
2002–2006
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Four years as a Cadet in West Point, New York. Graduated and commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer.
Duty, Honor, Country

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