He doesn’t need a lot of introduction but for those who live under a rock LTC (Retired) Alex Vindman is a former Army officer who served last on the National Security Council in the White House as the Director of European Affairs. That was the capstone assignment of an illustrious Army career that included service as an infantry officer in Iraq where he as injured in an attack and received the Purple Heart for his combat wounds. You got to know him during the impeachment of Donald Trump when he first uttered the words “Here, right matters.” And made fans amongst millions of patriotic Americans.

Since his retirement from the Army he has been hard at work on his PhD through Johns Hopkins University and is currently doing…well a lot from supporting the efforts of VoteVets and serving on the staff of the national security blog Lawfare with a fellowship of the Pritzker Military Foundation. He is the bestselling author of his memoir ‘Here, Right Matters: An American Story” and is a regular on television and on the speaking circuit. Alex has traveled to Ukraine to see the situation on the ground himself as recently as two months ago and is intimate with the constantly changing landscape of that war.