# Military Members

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**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-members/248607/5 "2009-11-24T18:45:24Z")

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> [@for the hamburg/southtowns peeps](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-the-hamburg-southtowns-peeps/26280/15):
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> 5 years active, US Navy. Deployed x2 to Persian Gulf in support of Iraqi freedom and the ongoing fight in Afghanistan and what was known as “boots on the ground”  
> 1- USS George Washington CVN-73, 6 months 6 days  
> 2- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN -69 8.5months
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> deployed to Iwakuni Japan for 4 months
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> been all over the place, enjoyed it. what drove me to leave was the lack of cooperation when negoiating for new orders.  
> If i could have gotten the orders i wanted, i would still be doing it today. i had a great time doing what i did, and have no regrets for joining.

How was living on the ship?

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