Report: Former Aide to Top General is Now Homeless
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Robert Freniere, who at the peak of his storied military career worked as a special assistant to McChrystal as vice director of operations of the Joint Staff, is living out of a van in the Philadelphia suburbs after hitting a sustained run of bad luck following his retirement from the Air Force in 2006, Philly.com reported.
Throughout his 30 years in the military, Freniere, 59, worked his way to the rank of colonel and earned three graduate degrees. But despite his varied accomplishments, he couldn’t even find work as a janitor.
“Well, I’ve tried that,” Freniere told Philly.com about being turned down for even the most low-level custodial jobs.
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