Remember 9/11? Most Military Recruits Don't.
The NPR Politics Podcast
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🗓️ 5 September 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Nicole in Pax River, Maryland. |
| 0:02.5 | After 11 years, today's my last day in the U.S. Navy. |
| 0:06.0 | This podcast was recorded at 1.10 pm on Tuesday, September 5th, 2023. |
| 0:11.7 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, |
| 0:13.7 | and I'll be a civilian for the first time in my adult life. |
| 0:16.7 | But I'll still be thinking about those deployed and stationed overseas |
| 0:19.2 | like my older brother Tim and his wife Courtney, |
| 0:21.5 | currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan. |
| 0:23.5 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:27.5 | Thank you for your service. |
| 0:29.0 | Seriously, very appropriate time stamp today too. |
| 0:31.5 | Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Tom Bowman, I cover the Pentagon. |
| 0:37.0 | And I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics. |
| 0:39.0 | And next week marks 22 years since the September 11th attacks. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm sure most of our listeners remember where they were that day. |
| 0:47.0 | And those attacks had a profound effect on the U.S. military, |
| 0:51.0 | a huge spike in recruitment followed as America went to war in the Middle East. |
| 0:55.5 | And Tom, you reported recently from a boot camp in South Carolina, |
| 1:00.0 | where most of the recruits who were there, |
| 1:02.0 | either weren't born on September 11th, 2001, |
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