Jon Soltz
American political pundit
Jon Soltz served as a United States Army officer in the Iraq War and is chairman and co-founder of the veterans advocacy group VoteVets.org. Soltz served in both the Kosovo campaign in 2000 and later in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Based on his service, Soltz became an outspoken critic of the execution of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Soltz deployed in 2011 as part of Operation New Dawn in Iraq.
Military service and background
Soltz was commissioned in 1999 from the University of Pittsburgh Army ROTC and attended the Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Following his graduation he was stationed in Germany from 1999–2003. Between June and December 2000, he served as a tank platoon leader in the Kosovo War. Between May and September 2003, he served as a captain during Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he worked deployed logistics convoys with the 1st Armored Division.
Leaving active duty in 2004 and transferring to the U.S. Army Reserve, in 2005 he trained soldiers for combat at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He took a leave of absence from VoteVets.org in January 2011, to deploy as part of Operation New Dawn.
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