need it. you are a former army infantry officer. yes. you spent ten years in the army, multiple tours in iraq. you have a silver star, is that right, or two? silver star. you have a silver star and two bronze stars. right. there are many people in your basically similar to your shoes, they re former military and they re taking their skills to spirit of america. why did you decide this was something you wanted to do? yeah, so a little bit of background. after i got out of the military i worked in the outdoor industry around environmental health issues. i spent a lot of time mountaineering, living a hippie lifestyle. about four or five years ago, i looked around and saw problems in syria, afghanistan and israel. i went back to grad school and found out about spirit of america by a friend of mine. what drew me to spirit of