I must confess I did not ask Sgt Seavey for his bonafides regarding his service other than having a nice conversation with him along with kristinn and a few others outside the event. I don't much care which branch they serve but to express my gratitude for their service to country.
I scanned through the rest of the thread to catch up and, MI, I also wonder why RepublicNewbie went out of his way to put "..Marine...(Not a Marine..." in the title. Unless, THAT was the original title of the article and subsequently changed. Did you ever get an answer?
No, I never got an answer from the poster of the thread, but a got allot whinny Freepers to complain that I asked.