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...The brothers visited each other whenever possible. Mike once showed up in civilian clothes at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Chris’s home base. An officer there, thinking it was Chris, yelled, “Goski! What are you doing out of uniform?” Mike performed a lazy stretch and said, “I didn’t feel like putting it on today.”

...Mike won a spot in the Special Forces selection course. A third of the class gave up after standing in formation for hours in a cold North Carolina rain. He trained as an explosives expert, graduating in 2008 to become a Green Beret.

...Like his brother, Chris moved to an elite force. In August 2009, he earned a spot in the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, the Marine Corps equivalent of the Green Berets. Mike gave him a .45-caliber Springfield 1911 pistol to mark the promotion

1 posted on 09/23/2017 12:07:03 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I can’t get the full story at WSJ.com

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2 posted on 09/23/2017 12:11:01 PM PDT by Mears
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To: DUMBGRUNT
May be the whole article at this site...

http://www.cetusnews.com/life/Brothers-in-Arms--The-Tragedy-in-Small-Town-America.Bkms2OszoZ.html

4 posted on 09/23/2017 12:45:53 PM PDT by moovova
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