So you felt like it went on for far too long. Yeah, I mean, when I was there, that would have been year 1314. I was there in 2014, started in 2001. And by the way, we thought we were the ones turning out the lights. Like, I thought I was one of the last people there. And then it went on for years. And after that, would you describe your deployment as? Was it calm, or were you seeing combat? I mean, I wasn't, like, breaking down doors, but, you know, it felt like combat when they were shooting rockets at us. (48:00–48:10)
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