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  • Brother-at-arms Sgt. Jordan, Michael's kin, soldiers on

    11/29/2004 9:47:23 AM PST · by presidio9 · 37 replies · 1,492+ views
    ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | November 28, 2004
    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Retired basketball great Michael Jordan's older brother James stands just 5-feet-7 but he's standing tall for America. Army Command Sgt. Maj. James Jordan has asked to stay in the Army for a year beyond his mandatory retirement date so he can complete a full year-long deployment to Iraq with about 500 other members of the 35th Signal Brigade. "We are currently at war," Jordan said yesterday before his unit started shipping out. "We are doing things, and it requires leaders to do certain things. That's what I am, a leader." Under normal conditions, the 47-year-old Jordan would...