The last draftee
I came across him yesterday. He is Jeffrey Mellinger, command sergeant major of the Army Materiel Command, and a bigtime Iraq vet. He was conscripted in 1972. As far as is known, he is the last draftee on active duty. He also has jumped out of perfectly good airplanes 3,700 times. Maybe Clint Eastwood will ...
I came across him yesterday. He is Jeffrey Mellinger, command sergeant major of the Army Materiel Command, and a bigtime Iraq vet. He was conscripted in 1972. As far as is known, he is the last draftee on active duty. He also has jumped out of perfectly good airplanes 3,700 times. Maybe Clint Eastwood will play this guy next.
I came across him yesterday. He is Jeffrey Mellinger, command sergeant major of the Army Materiel Command, and a bigtime Iraq vet. He was conscripted in 1972. As far as is known, he is the last draftee on active duty. He also has jumped out of perfectly good airplanes 3,700 times. Maybe Clint Eastwood will play this guy next.
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