Young Republicans Serving in Our Military

Many Young Republicans are serving our nation in our military. Operation Yellow Elephant thanks every single one of them for their service to our country. Their willingness to sacrifice for our common good shows that they have the courage of their convictions and are rightly recognized as credible leaders for our communities, states and, indeed, the entire country.

Here are some specific examples of YRs identified in the comments in the past day or so:

Lieutenant Federico Sanchez, two tours in Iraq.

Todd Goberville, YR State Chairman in Florida, USMC 1997-2001.

MAJ William Bradley Carver, serving in Iraq.

MAJ Robert Houghteling, serving in Iraq.

CPL Ruben Meastre, serving in Iraq.

Michael Shelnutt, serving in Iraq.

CPT Roger Woods, has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bill Justice, USMC in the mid-1990s, reported the following:

Kevin Meislin

Jeremy Schwartz

Dan van Wagenen

Matt Basik

Jason Dominguez

CPT Brian Smith

Steve Stivers

Phil van Treuren

Seth Benae

Steven Fischer

Jason Frankenfield

MAJ Kevin Kelly

SSGT Jonathan Jenkins

Nick Miccarelli [whom OYE has previously praised here]

Daniel Pritchard

Jason Seacrist

Howie Acuff

Joe Baker

Lance Frizzell

Paul Knight

Shane Howard

LCDR Eric Vetter reported the following:

Matt Smargesse

1LT Toby Johnson

CPT Roger Woods [possible duplicate; see above]

MAJ James Martin

Chad Rager

CPT Richard S. Danielson

MAJ Bubba Deckert

MAJ Edward Morris Gray

Kim Collins

CPL Mark D. Kidd

Jennifer Berry

Kyung "KC" Choi

Michael DiMartino

Mark Fang

Janice Cain reported that Jesse Purdon, active in both the FL and MI YRs, was a national officer until he left for boot camp. Ms. Cain, please provide details if you can. Has there been any media on this? Send us an e-mail; click here.

We already noted that Presidential nephew George P. Bush has joined the Naval Reserve, and praised him for his commitment to our nation. Given the demands being placed on the reserve component and the National Guard, we certainly expect he will be called to active duty.

The images, and probably the vast majority of the names, came from the Florida YRs.