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Bills would ease shift into civilian life as military shrinks

Gabriel Bowman left the Marines nearly two years ago with a plan. He鈥檇 hit the books hard in his home state of Washington, earn a degree and launch himself into a new career in law enforcement.

Now a student at the University of Washington Tacoma, the two-time Iraq veteran is lobbying lawmakers to help other veterans find their own footing in the civilian world. The downsizing of the military has given many of them a nudge.