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The Capristo family in Berkeley has seen the impact of the mortgage crisis on the military first hand. Army staff sergeant Felipe Capristo answered his call to duty in 2001. He enlisted into the Army Reserve and spent two years on the front lines in Iraq beginning in 2004.
It was his second stint with the military. He spent six years in the Marines from 1978-1984.
“He wanted to do it for his country; he feels a lot of pride working for the Army,” Felipe’s wife Socorro Capristo said.
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