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Pete Hegseth

Captain Pete Hegseth is currently deployed to Afghanistan, where he is an instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. He is scheduled to return in the Spring of 2012. Pete previously served in Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their 2005-2006 deployment, serving as an infantry Platoon Leader in Baghdad in 2005, and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in Samarra in 2006. He also served in Guantanamo Bay for a year with his National Guard unit. Pete holds the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman's Badge for his time in Iraq. Pete graduated from Princeton University in 2003 and is currently on leave from a masters program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Pete was the Vets for Freedom Executive Director from 2007-2010, growing the organization to over 95,000 members. Pete is a Fox News Channel military analyst, and has made hundreds of television appearances on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC; including frequent commentary on The O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, and Hardball with Chris Matthews. He has written numerous op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Post, and is a contributor to National Review Online. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

If you would like to receive email updates during Pete's tour in Afghanistan, sign up at www.petehegseth.com


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Knox Nunnally

Knox is a former Marine Infantry Captain who served three consecutive deployments to Iraq with the Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. He holds a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart. Knox is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and lives in Austin, Texas.

 

 

 

 

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Wade Zirkle

Wade is a former Marine Lieutenant who served two deployments to Iraq, first with Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (Camp Lejeune, N.C.) and most recently with the Camp Pendleton, California-based infantry unit Second Battalion, First Marines (2/1) in 2004. Wade fought in the invasion of Iraq and the First Battle for Fallujah and is a recipient of The Purple Heart. In 2006 he returned to Iraq for the third time -this time as a civilian reporter- where he was embedded with the Iraq Army in Ramadi. Wade is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and is from Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Wade currently serves as the interim Executive Director of Vets for Freedom.
 


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Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan 501(c)(4) organization which focuses primarily on educating the American public about the importance of achieving success on the battlefield by applying our first-hand knowledge to issues of American strategy and tactics. Vets for Freedom PAC is a federal political action committee which aims to support those candidates who recognize the importance of achieving success on the battlefield. Vets for Freedom and Vets for Freedom PAC are separate organizations.