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All Marines are rifleman first, according to Marine who is admin clerk second

All Marines are rifleman first, according to Marine who is admin clerk second

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Oct 05, 2022
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WILMETTE, Ill – On Saturday evening, Private First Class Mark Vance told a collection of fellow New Trier High School graduates “Every Marine is a rifleman first.” Vance, whose primary Military Occupational Specialty is as an Admin Clerk—“not at all like a secretary,” according to Vance—spends virtually all day, every day typing.

Vance's comments confuse…

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