Halfway through film school, he was deployed to Iraq for the Bush administration's "surge" in 2007. He served as a convoy commander in the airborne infantry, earning a bronze star, then returned ...

The citation for Hegseth’s first Bronze Star, received in 2006, states he “contributed immeasurably to the success of building a free and democratic nation for the citizens of Iraq.” ...

PHOENIX — A U.S. Army veteran who earned a Bronze Star in combat in Iraq wants to send some people who fake their veteran status or medals to prison. But state Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake ...

and then to Iraq in 2009 and Afghanistan twice (2005, 2011). He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor at the Battle of 73 Easting in 1991, and awarded a Bronze Star Medal in Afghanistan in 2011.