Alex Gallo
Alex Gallo is a "graduate of the United States Military Academy and served as an infantry officer in Samarra, Iraq, in 2004. He received a Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Iraq. Currently, he is a masters in public-policy candidate" at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[1], where he is "the course assistant for Bill Kristol's 'Can America be Governed?'"Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Gallo is an advocate for wounded Veterans. He planned and led the first Harvard-wide fundraiser for wounded service members engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.
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Gallo, who "grew up in Knowlton, New Jersey as a third-generation Italian-American", served as a U.S. Army captain and as "the executive officer of a company of 360 soldiers within the 1st Infantry Division, deployed in late 2003 when Iraq took a turn for the worse. Gallo led dangerous missions to hunt down insurgents, fought in the battle of Samarra and engaged in reconstruction efforts."[2]
Gallo "received his commission after West Point and was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia during the 9/11 attacks. ... Gallo soon found himself in Germany and Kosovo and then deployed to Iraq."[3]
Alex Gallo is president of The Armed Forces Alumni Association at Harvard University. His wife, Ann L. Gallo, was "a movement control officer in Iraq and current co-president of the Harvard Business School Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA)."[4]
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- ↑ Alex Gallo, "Duty, Honor … Reelection? Conduct unbecoming senators," National Review Online, July 18, 2007.
- ↑ Thomas Park, "From North New Jersey to Iraq," The Citizen/Kennedy School of Government, February 21, 2007.
- ↑ Thomas Park, "From North New Jersey to Iraq," The Citizen/Kennedy School of Government, February 21, 2007.
- ↑ Charles L. Melvoin, "Here from Over There. Harvard's military veterans look like normal students, but their identity as soldiers rarely," The Harvard Crimson/Harvard University, April 18, 2007.
By Alex Gallo
- "We can succeed in Iraq," The Citizen/Kennedy School of Government, December 6, 2006.
- "Duty, Honor … Reelection? Conduct unbecoming senators," National Review Online, July 18, 2007.
External articles
- "Alumnus and Army Captain Speaks at Skeptics," Blair Academy, January 24, 2007.
