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The speaker's unit deployed to Iraq between 2006 and 2007.

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Sources
4 context
Said
1 time·
Confidence
20%
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The post says the speaker's unit was 'coming over in 2000 ah, six to seven,' which reads as 2006 to 2007, so the extraction is faithful. None of the sources identifies the speaker's unit, so they cannot confirm or refute its deployment dates; the sources describe other units that deployed in 2006-2007.

What was said

… He's nice to me. Gun or a fucking guitar to range. I knew that I was gonna be bored overseas because everybody was saying that, you know, they didn't have a single place to stay. All most of our guys were in O i f one and two, and then we were coming over in 2000 ah, six to seven. So all of their stories were, "You're gonna be bored on base, like, or you're gonna be bored in a truck." And I was like, "Fuck it, I'll bring a guitar. I'll be the there's always a guy that has a guitar in combat. Fuck it, I'll be that guy." …
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What we found

Context. The claimant's own passage places the unit's arrival in Iraq at roughly 2006-2007, but the passage is not evidence and cannot corroborate the claim.

Context. Sources cover other units that deployed to Iraq in 2006-2007, such as the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division, 3-61 Cavalry, and Charlie Company, 9th PSYOP Battalion, so they concern different referents.[1][2][3][4]

Context. No source identifies the speaker's unit or its deployment dates, so the claim cannot be graded against the sources.

Sources

4 sources: 2 primary, 2 not rated

  1. 13rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment (US Army) community oral ...scholars.csus.edu · primary source · cited for: context
  2. 2CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATEcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
  3. 3Guard unit recognized for record deploymentnationalguard.mil · not rated · cited for: context
  4. 4Mission Beyond the Battlefield: Retired PSYOP Master Sergeant to Receive Purple Heart Nearly Two Decades After Iraq Blasteinpresswire.com · not rated · cited for: context

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