{"id":22606,"date":"2011-03-16T19:24:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22606"},"modified":"2011-03-16T19:24:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T23:24:47","slug":"petraeus-admits-son-served-in-astan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22606","title":{"rendered":"Petraeus admits son served in A’stan"},"content":{"rendered":"

So aside from the fact that we both spent more than a day in uniform, General Petraeus and I were both fathers sweating our sons’ deployment to Afghanistan last year. Associated Press<\/a> link;<\/p>\n

Petraeus replied: “I may not be at this table, probably won’t be, in 2015, but I’ll tell you that my son is in uniform, and Lieutenant Petraeus just completed a tour in Afghanistan, which thankfully we were able to keep very quiet, and left in November after serving as an infantry platoon leader. We’re very proud of what he did. He thinks he was doing something very important.”<\/p>\n

His son, 2nd Lt. Stephen Petraeus, served in Afghanistan as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, my son is an Air Force Sergeant who works in a hospital and his son is an infantry platoon leader, but ya know, just having a son or daughter so far away in a dangerous place is a life changing experience. I don’t have to tell a lot of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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