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Victor_c3

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6. Are Iraq/Afghanistan War Vets really milennials?

Reply to Taverner (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:53 PM

Jul 2013

I served in the earlier end of those conflicts (Iraq, Feb 2004 - March 2005) and I was born in 1980. I kind of thought I was a gen-X-er.

Maybe I just have the terms and the year mixed up.

However, the OWS thing being filled with war vets makes a lot of sense. I know I came back with a completely different outlook on things after my experiences in the war.

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