{"id":60895,"date":"2021-01-11T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60895"},"modified":"2021-01-10T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T14:46:03","slug":"e-4-mafia-why-the-u-s-army-has-so-many-specialists-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/01\/11\/e-4-mafia-why-the-u-s-army-has-so-many-specialists-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"E-4 Mafia: Why The U.S. Army Has So Many Specialists | Snapshot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u6mR8Rkprqg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Battle Order<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Oct 2020<\/p>\n<p>Why does the U.S. Army have so many Specialists? 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