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Florent Groberg
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Proud American / Army CPT (Ret) / Infantry / Author / Medal of Honor Recipient / Blessed - Chitown Fan
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    Part of my service was making sure evil never succeeds in destroying our democracy and that includes protecting free speech. If someone chooses to comment, that’s their right. I fought for that. Tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up and bring my son his milk bottle. I’ll kiss my
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    Replying to @LauraLoomer
    @LauraLoomer Oh boy… Thirteen years ago today is my Alive Day, the day I nearly lost my life, and four of my brothers, including three Army leaders, never came home. I’ve served under presidents from both parties and will always honor my oath to this country. Yes, I spoke for 60
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    Bush and Obama
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    August 8th. Alive Day. A day that reminds me of the cost of service. Honoring CSM Kevin Griffin, MAJ Thomas Kennedy, MAJ Walter Gray, and USAID’s Ragaei Abdelfattah. Service is more than wearing a uniform, it’s standing shoulder to shoulder, running toward danger so others
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    This is my heaven! Blessed for these weekends at home with T & O!
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 16, 2024
    I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Medal of Freedom and what it symbolizes. I believe it's important to recognize the contributions of civilians, and I appreciate the efforts of both past and current presidents in this regard. However, I feel that it's not quite
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    Acyn
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    Aug 16, 2024
    Trump: When we gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom… It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor— it’s actually much better because everyone who gets the Congressional Medal, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many
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    Florent Groberg
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    Jul 19, 2017
    So this is how terminator started!? cnn.com/2017/07/18/pol…
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 17, 2025
    35 years young! My queen on her birthday
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    Florent Groberg
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    Oct 7, 2017
    Today marks 16 years of war in Afghanistan.. I wrote this piece for the post google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
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    Florent Groberg
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    Jul 28, 2016
    What does one do before speaking in front of Millions of people? He watches #StarTrekBeyond by himself in a suit!
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    Florent Groberg
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    Nov 12, 2016
    One year ago #potus put the Medal around my neck. I hope to earn it the rest of my life. #honor
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 13, 2017
    Ignorance @ its highest level. The world stood up against such hatred and we won't allow weak minded fools bring us down once more.
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    Florent Groberg
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    Aug 9, 2025
    Replying to @FlorentGroberg and @LauraLoomer
    Appreciate your dad’s service!
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    Florent Groberg
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    Oct 3, 2018
    Strength doesn’t always mean lifting the most weight or being the strongest person in the room. Sometimes Real strength is the courage to be real with yourself and admit...
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    Jason Kander Withdraws From Kansas City Mayoral Race, Citing PTSD (Published 2018)
    “Instead of dealing with these issues, I’ve always tried to find a way around them,” Mr. Kander wrote on Facebook.