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Raymond L. Jones

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Born

in Landstul, Germany

Website

http://www.armyknucklehead.com/

Genre

Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor and Comedy

Influences

US Army

Member Since

November 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/Raymondjones5

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Raymond Jones is a twenty-five year combat veteran of the United States Army. He has deployed five times including three tours to Iraq and two to Afghanistan. His combat tours to Iraq includes time as Maintenance Officer, a Battalion Fire Support Officer (two tours), and an Operations Battle Major on a Brigade Staff. His combat tours to Afghanistan include time as Mobile Training Team Leader and an Artillery Subject Matter Expert on a corps level staff. He entered his military service as a private in 1989 in the Texas Army National Guard, transferred to active duty in 1991 with a tour to Germany (1991-1994) and a tour at Fort Carson Colorado (1995). He transferred back into the Texas Army National Guard while he attended ROTC at Tarleton St ...more

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What Now Knucklehead?

My latest work has just been published.
Ever wonder what the story of a soldier is all about? Well, this soldier has a story to tell. In fact, this is His-story, not history. The life and times of a soldier who enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard at the young age of seventeen and ended up retiring twenty-five years later from active duty after five deployments - fifty-fours months - between I Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 31, 2014 03:21 • Tags: afghanistan, iraq, memiors, veteran, war

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“When in doubt - make'em laugh.”
― Raymond Jones, This Page Intentionally Left Blank FM 101 Knuckleheads

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“Everyone's a knucklehead at one point or another.”
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“When in doubt - make'em laugh.”
― Raymond Jones, This Page Intentionally Left Blank FM 101 Knuckleheads

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