The hospital has confirmed Olsen was hurt during the protest, but could not say how he was wounded.
And:
Keith Shannon, 24, who said he served with Olsen in Iraq, told Reuters his friend suffered a two-inch skull fracture.
Lastly:
Olsen served two tours in Iraq from 2006 to 2010 with the 3rd battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Shannon said, adding that he and Olsen deployed together and were assigned to a tactical communications unit.
2006 to 2010. That's some mighty long tours.
I think it should read he served two tours between 2006 - 2010. You can’t be deployed your entire enlistment. First you have boot, then your MOS school. Typical journalist stupidity.
I smell some BS!
V34 is a combat unit, they would not have base elements assigned to them. He may have deployed to Iraq in support of V34, but I’m sure that he was not part of that unit.
There a big difference being deployed to Iraq as part of a base/support unit vs being deployed with a combat unit. These pr!#ks always say they were part of a combat unit - but they never are.
This jerk is not only part of the ‘10%’ - he’s in the top 1% of it!
he was a reservist it sounds like