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Bound by service: Two Branches, two journeys, one enduring call to serve

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Two veterans, Robert Lorinza Jones and Earl Ruff Jr., reflect on decades of service across the Marine Corps and National Guard. From Vietnam to Desert Storm and the Pentagon on 9/11, their stories reveal hard-won lessons in discipline, leadership and the lasting power of military brotherhood.

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