I don't know that it is a fact, no on questioned it, until you did.
So, if what you say is true, then 1 year for soldiers, 1 Year for Marines. That throws out the AP's assertion that the Marines are in for the long haul and the soldiers are rotating. Are you going to let the AP play you like that?
I guess AP misquoted General Hamm. It would not be the first time.