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Originally Posted by carasdad

Sad but so very true! Not every OP is known or televised...we did brief OPS...that if under 30 days there was no combat pay...and short Special OPS are not reflected on your DD214..so the VA does not acknowledge them. Many units are used briefly as you say in El Salvador..Columbia..Ecuador etc... to deter drug Cartel. It will not show on your DD214...so you get zero....zip...nada..

we were in germany for 8 yrs total
out of that 8 he was home 4yrs , maybe,
i know where he was, they taught him German and russian in language school,
oh sure i didnt really know, but ya know, ya know??? make sense
anywhos since he was never home i handled his pay checks fiances et al
never saw a combat pay, nope nothing on DD214 either
hmmmmm he musta been hiding in the kaserne, ay thats the ticket