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Old 08-24-2009, 04:49   #17
Richard
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If I remember correctly it was started during the first Bush administration as part of the drawdown after the end of the Cold War.
QMP was around as long as I was in the Army - for both Os and NCOs. However, the first really BIG purge I recall was in 1973.

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