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Old 02-04-2018, 11:29   #1
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BIO of Robert Mueller, USMC

Found this BIO of Robert Mueller

Says he was a Marine but went to Army Jump and Ranger School at Benning in 68.

Anyone hear of jarheads going to these schools in the 60t's??

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A lot of people are going to try to convince you over the next few days that Robert Mueller is a bad man trying to destroy America. Here is who Robert Mueller really is….

• Born August 7th, 1944 in Manhattan
• Grew up outside of Philly
• Graduated High School in 1962
• Won award as school’s top athlete
• Went to Princeton
• Graduated with a degree in Politics in 1966
• Went to New York University
• Graduated with Masters in International Relations in 1967
• Partially in response to a friend getting killed in Vietnam he enlisted in the Marines in 1968
• Attended officer training at Parris Island
• Also attended Army Ranger and Army Jump School
• Was sent to South Vietnam where he served as a rifle platoon Commander
• In April of 1969 he was shot in the thigh, recovered and returned to active duty
• He earned the following medals while serving in Vietnam
o Bronze Star with Combat V; Purple Heart; Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medals; Combat Action Ribbon; National Defense Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross…and several others
• He returned to America and earned his law degree in 1973 from Virginia Law School
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Old 02-04-2018, 11:53   #2
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Even if he did make those schools I have known plenty of people that served that were dirt bags. John Kerry comes to mind right off the top of my head.
Yes,, He is..

I also received a note from the FOG's on the list, Marines didn't have jump nor ranger, so it was fairly common for them to be sent to Benning's School for Boys..
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Old 02-04-2018, 11:55   #3
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Marines did go thru Ranger school ....

I'm a grad of Ranger class 72-5 (class was actually in '71 because of the fiscal year, graduating just before Thanksgiving) and we had Marines going thru the course then so I'm pretty sure they were doing it in the 60's. I remember ragging one of them because he went on sick call and 'besmirching' the reputation of the Corps by pansying .... lol. Needless to say, it didn't go over well, but you have to remember everyone was mentally geared to avoid any display of weakness ... because you never knew what might precipitate a recycle ... and no one wanted to go through a recycle ... as it was the course then was eight weeks, two days and thirteen minutes long ... and nobody wanted to spend a second longer.

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Old 02-04-2018, 17:44   #4
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Marines have been going to Jump school and Ranger school for a long time
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Old 02-05-2018, 06:52   #5
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Marines in jump school

March '69, had 3 marines in my jump school class. In '70 had a SEAL in my Arabic language class while I was in 6th Grp. Ten students, 3 instructors, good ratio.
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Old 02-05-2018, 07:17   #6
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I went through jump and Ranger schools in late 1968. Had Marines and SEALs in both classes.
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Old 02-06-2018, 15:31   #7
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The USMC has never had its own jump course and has always gone to the Army's school. And only in the rare cases where their jobs require it, like recon or ANGLICO
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