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So the 2009 Enlisted Promotion List for the Oklahoma National Guard was published... a few weeks ago, never mind the fact it was due out in Aug of 2009. And yours has come out #20 on this list, on head of my little brother who is also in my home Battery (a company size element) but being Artillery we have different words for the same meanings. So goodie me.... just bide my time, wait for the 19 other guys to either get promoted or passed over for various things, But wait... there’s more.
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Cause you just might get it, and all of it. So even as a young private I'd been pinning for a sweet combat patch for a while. Mind you, as I write this I'm on year 4 of 6 and have been a speclist since Oct 07. I asked and asked my unit admin to send me over as filler or something. "No, you’re too valuable here in rear." He'd keep telling me, so later that year while in my second semester of college, I get this phone call at lunch, and its my section leader, "Hey Mansell,
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Matthew Mansell
| Affiliation: | National Guard |
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| Rank: | Specialist |
| Branch: | Field Artillery |
| MOS/AOC: | 13MA1 |
| Location: | Fort Sill, Oklahoma |
| Hometown: | Cyril |
About Me: SPC. Mansell, just returned from Iraq, in Aug deployed with Bravo Battery 1st BN 158 FA Oklahoma Army National Guard. Working on Active Duty for the next year with the First Army on OWT (Operation Warrior Trainer) at Fort Sill, OK. He works with mobilizing unit and helps them prepare for their year in Iraq/ Afghanistan.
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