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Vindman deployed to Iraq and got a Purple Heart while serving for 20+ years. Insinuating he has divided loyalties because he immigrated to the USA when he was 3 is a dubious and partisan claim IMHO. He swore an oath to the constitution like a lot of us.
As did I (minus the Purple Heart). But the FACT he had divided loyalties was common knowledge in the NSA. It was never any secret.
He continues as their advocate to this day:
https://youtu.be/jF2upxeyGUo
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...e-fight-russia
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...russia-attacks
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...hal-free-world
and as far as his Army career, he did indeed serve and get wounded in Iraq but was basically a political officer for over half of it:
Vindman commissioned into the Army in January 1999 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University, in New York, according to personnel information provided to Army Times by service officials.
He originally joined the infantry branch, serving in South Korea and Germany before deploying to Iraq in September 2004 through September 2005. He was wounded by an improvised explosive device while there in October 2004, but served out the rest of the deployment.
In 2008, Vindman became a foreign area officer for the Army. He served in this role at U.S. embassies in Kiev, Ukraine and Moscow. He also earned a graduate degree from Harvard University around this time.
At one point, he served in Washington, D.C., as a political-military affairs officer for Russia under the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
While there, he said he authored the principle strategy for managing competition with Russia.
The Army confirmed that prior to his current duties, he served on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon from September 2015 to July 2018.In the summer of 2018, he moved to the National Security Council in the White House.
He submitted retirement paperwork in July 2020.