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Oct 05, 2022
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Now on his first deployment, Navy Fireman Donald Marks joined the military to see the world in all its primitive glory, but he's been shocked to discover that countries outside the United States have roads, cars, and even running water.

“Dubai is amazing!” wrote Marks in a recent letter to his mother. “I thought the Middle E…

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