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I did some research, Fan Dan ...

... You'd think the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was renowned for diving on top of grenades when in fact he was dragging and dropping computer documents.

The Hill in May reported that Buttigieg spent all of six months in Afghanistan, from mid-March to mid-September of 2014. He didn't even miss Christmas at home. In his time there, he “coordinated intelligence sharing and targeting deconfliction” methods across military operations.

More from the report:

"Military officials who reviewed the documents ... note that [Buttigieg] likely did not engage in direct combat, which would have earned him a Navy combat ribbon. ...

Before his deployment to Afghanistan, Buttigieg was sent to Camp McCrady outside Fort Jackson, S.C., where he trained to become a “dirt sailor,” which is military slang for “Navy personnel assigned to Army-style jobs in combat zones.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...s-wearing-thin