Great tribute to a veteran. I did not know all this.
Many people may have forgotten about his time in the U.S. Army.
He is the son
of an Air Force General, and a accomplished Golden Gloves boxer,
and he
graduated from Pomona College with a B.S. degree, and then
became a Rhodes
Scholar from Oxford University .
He joined the U.S. Army at the prompting of his father. After
graduating
from Officer Candidate School he attended and graduated from both
Army
Airborne and Ranger training in the very top of each class. He was
selected
for U. S. Army Special Forces Training but refused so that he could
attend
pilot training where he earned his wings, and became an accomplished
U.S.
Army helicopter (gun ship) pilot, and achieved the rank of Captain.
He was about to be promoted to the rank of Major, and appointed to
teach
at West Point when he resigned his commission from the A rmy to go into
music
and acting. You can tell in this video that his time in the military
means a lot to him.
Award
was given in 2011
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