DerbyDad03 wrote:

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Since no one else has actually answered your question with any
authority, I don't feel bad tossing out my opinion of what may been
the cause of the policy change:

It's sad that there are no Iraq/Afghan vets or people close enough to
them to ask that post here on this group.

Shows, in part, what a small group they are-- and how big a sacrifice
they've been making for the past decade.

Jim