I graduated High School in New York City in 1994, enlisted in the US Army in January 1995, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in December 2003. In 2019, I retired from the U.S. Army as a Major after 24 years of service. My military career took me to many places around the world, most recently I was part of a special group of military advisors called Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Hands stationed at the United States Central Command, MacDil...