| Military Service | | Branch | U.S. Marine Corps |
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| Duration | 2003-2011 (8 years) |
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| Positions | - Infantry Officer
- Platoon Commander (1st Battalion, 8th Marines)
- Marine Special Operations Officer
- Marine Raider
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| Deployments | 5 tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan |
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| Notable Actions | Led rifle platoon in Battle of Fallujah (2004), primary combat advisor to 700-man Afghan commando battalion |
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| Awards | - Silver Star
- Bronze Star for Valor
- Purple Heart
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| CIA Service | | Position | Special Activities Officer, Ground Branch |
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| Duration | Brief attachment during military service |
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| Writing & Journalism | | Novels | - Green on Blue
- Dark at the Crossing
- Waiting for Eden
- Red Dress in Black and White
- 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
- 2054 (co-authored with Admiral James Stavridis)
- Halcyon: A Novel
- Sheepdogs
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| Memoirs | - Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning
- The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan
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| Publications | - The New Yorker
- The Atlantic
- The New Republic
- The New York Times Magazine
- Esquire
- TIME
- CNN
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| Recognition | Included in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Travel Writing. Books nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. |
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| Current Role | Contributing writer at The Atlantic, Senior Fellow at Jackson Institute (Yale) |
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| Journalism Coverage | Covered Syrian Civil War since 2013 from Istanbul, covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Russia-Ukraine conflict |
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