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Unarmed Forces Podcast: Vincent "Rocco" Vargas

An episode of the One Sentence Or Less podcast, hosted by Combat Flip Flops, titled "Unarmed Forces Podcast: Vincent "Rocco" Vargas" was published on November 24, 2016.

November 24, 2016 · One Sentence Or Less

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Rocco talks the release of his new children's book. My Military Dad Does Things Differently
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