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FACE OF DEFENSE: SOLDIER SHARES LESSONS LEARNED, EMPATHY
December 11, 2008
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:

Some servicemembers' careers are defined by a single deployment. For Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Matthews, frequent deployments have become a way of life.

Matthews' most recent deployment landed him here, where he now enjoys sharing what he's learned about deployments, as well as some empathy, with others.
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