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How do you become a Combat Artist? Marine veteran's unlikely path | Military Times Reports

How do you become a Combat Artist? Marine veteran's unlikely path | Military Times Reports

In a novel story for how she became a Marine, Elize McKelvey found herself in boot camp one day after graduating from art school.
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