This begs the question:  How many tours did Dirty Dan do over there?  Nick Palladino did five, back-to-back.  Three with the 1st Cav and two with us.  How many others besides the Marines and SEAL teams did multiple tours?  This could be another interesting sidebar to AFVN history.

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Joe Ciokon, JOCM, USN (Ret'd)  (1968) - 4