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Retirement ceremony could have been retirement e-mail

How does "Honorable if Unexceptional" sound for a plaque?

By Blondes Over Baghdad · Army Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 6 July 2023 · 1632

Seriously. He could have written a goodbye note on the break room dry-erase board.

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – Soldiers and family members gathered for the retirement ceremony of Lt. Col. Joshua Caristi have agreed that this retirement ceremony totally could have been a retirement e-mail.

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Retirement ceremony could have been retirement e-mail

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