Then he invited the troops, some of them headed to their second combat tours, to ask him "tough questions."

The youngest marines here already know much of what veterans tell; there are 22-year-olds on their third combat tours.

They returned from their first combat tour on March 12, 1943.

Bacon volunteered to serve a second combat tour in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969.

Some were returning to the States with combat tours completed.

He served a combat tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot.

By May, 2006, he was halfway through his second combat tour.

The truth was that Irvin would not have voluntarily gone back for a third combat tour.

The military would also reduce the length and frequency of combat tours.

Nine months later, she was underway for another combat tour off Vietnam.