we know that he spent some time in the marine corps, and now it seems as if we have the answer to that question. nbc s pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins me now with that answer. we have the official marines service record and he did see combat in afghanistan. it looks like in 2010. from his service record we know what he did, what his mos was. he was a machine gunner. it looks like he was in active duty for about three years, dates of service from 2008, august 2008 to march 2013. now, he got out as a corporal. he did have several awards. he had a navy unit accommodat n accommodation, a navy meritorious unit accommodation. he served with the second battalion, third marine regiment, and he was deployed to afghanistan from november 16, 2010, to june 2011. it was at that time that you have president barack obama s surge in afghanistan, so it does