<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2004/gi-jeremy.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>G.I. Jeremy</title><excerpt>When Captain Jeremy Wedlake ’99 joined the Army, he expected to travel. His latest destination is Iraq, which reminds him a little of his home in Turlock, Calif. “Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, Iraq is green and fertile, a lot like Central California,” he says. “But it’s hotter: In August we saw a high of 147 degrees.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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