Interview with Noah Melgar, April 15, 2010
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
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Noah Melgar joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 2005 after his freshman year in college. He is currently a military policeman in the Marine Reserves and has served in Iraq and Uganda. In this interview Melgar discusses joining the military and the reaction his mother and his father, a former Marine, had to his decision. He discusses the duties of a military police officer and his experiences in the military police, particularly one experience controlling a riot in a Palestinian refugee camp. Melgar also discusses guard duty on the Iraqi border, the difference between normal duty military and reserves, and non-combat deployments. In addition he discusses returning to school after returning home.Interview Accession
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bootcamp From Combat to Kentucky Higher education military specialization training transitionInterview LC Subject
Anbar (Iraq : Province) College students--Kentucky--Interviews Melgar, Noah Melgar, Noah--Interviews Military service, Voluntary--United States. Northern Province (Uganda) Refugee camps Refugees Rutbah (Iraq) United States. Marine Corps Reserve United States. Marine Corps--Military police University of Kentucky Veterans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky Veterans--Kentucky--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Melgar, Noah Interview by Joesph Tyler Gayheart. 15 Apr. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Melgar, N. (2010, April 15). Interview by J. T. Gayheart. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Melgar, Noah, interview by Joesph Tyler Gayheart. April 15, 2010, American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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