A Princeton and Harvard grad, Hegseth was CEO of the conservative veteran’s advocacy organization, Concerned Veterans for America, beginning in 2006.
He has 20 years’ experience in the military, having served in the Army National Guard as an infantry officer from 2002 to 2021 and leaving service as a major, according to military service records.
He also worked as a guard at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from June 2004 to April 2005.
Hegseth has been awarded two Bronze Stars from his combat service.
In one June interview on Fox, Hegseth bemoaned the state of the US military’s procurement system and the threat posed by China’s growing military.
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