serviceyears branch birth_place allegiance unit party awards birth_date rank birthname article_title name alma_mater
2003 -- 2014 united states army minneapolis , minnesota , u.s. united states individual ready reserve republican bronze 2 -rrb- expert infantryman badge combat infantryman badge star -lrb- 2 -rrb- army commendation medal -lrb- 6 june 1980 major peter brian hegseth pete hegseth
 pete hegseth princeton university
pete hegseth

peter brian hegseth -lrb- born june 6 , 1980 -rrb- is a former executive director of vets for freedom and was a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the counterinsurgency training center in kabul with the minnesota national guard in 2011 -- 2012 .
hegseth is a fox news channel contributor and lost the republican party endorsement for the united states senate election in minnesota , 2012 , to kurt bills .
he is currently the ceo of concerned veterans for america .
