One of the candidates running for US Senate here in Colorado, is a fella by the name of Jon Keyser.
He was a State Representative for Colorado CD-25, having won that spot in the 2014 election. He served only ONE year of a two year term,
QUITTING at the beginning of this year's legislative session so that, as he says, "I can focus on running for US Senate."
Apparently he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
The thing is, that one year in CD-25 is the ONLY time he has ever served in ANY political office.
But that isn't what he's pushing his campaign on ... his political experience, or lack thereof. No, he's running on the fact that he is a graduate of the Air Force Academy (Class of 2004 ... Majoring in Spanish and International Development) and ...
"Although he initially planned to be a pilot, Jon decided that, with simultaneous ground wars going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, he could make the biggest impact by serving our country in ground combat.
Jon became an Intelligence Officer and he quickly sought out and volunteered for a sensitive deployment to Iraq. There, he served on an elite special operations team conducting capture/kill missions against our nation’s highest priority targets, including notorious Iranian-backed insurgents and members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq." (Taken from his US Senate web page ... see below)
He's also touting that he is the recipient of a Bronze Star. His ONLY citation.
"As a first lieutenant, Capt. Jonathan Keyser served in Baghdad, Iraq, from November 2006 to May 2007, as National Security Agency and Central Security Service Foreign Affairs Directorate liaison officer at the United States Embassy in support of OIF. He was frequently subject to lethal direct and indirect enemy rocket, small arms and mortar fire.
According to his citation, Capt. Keyser developed and implemented a unique and effective technique to provide critical force protection and situational-awareness data to ground counter-terrorism operations. His collaborative efforts with Iraqi intelligence elements provided real-time intelligence support to coalition special tactics units, resulting in an incalculable number of Coalition and Iraqi lives saved. During his deployment, Capt. Keyser participated in 31 direct action and counter-terrorism missions, resulting in the capture or elimination of 107 high-value enemy individuals.
1/19/2010 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Col. John Bansemer, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, awarded the Bronze Star to two 566th Intelligence Squadron Airmen Jan. 15 for meritorious service in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom." (See link below)
The thing of it is, not only is he touting the fact that he was on
SpecOps teams conducting capture/kill missions and that he was awarded a BS, he can't seem to keep his story straight on just how many of those
capture/kill missions he was on. At one time he said 81, then another it was 89, and still another it was 91. I think at last count he was up to 102
capture/kill mission.
One of my FAVORITE quotes from his US Senate web page is ...
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The final mission he participated in was to capture or kill the terrorists who, only a few days prior, wounded or killed multiple members of his team. When Jon left Iraq and returned to Virginia, he walked off of the airplane, rented a car, and immediately drove to Arlington National Cemetery to attend the military funeral of a member of his team.
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Jon's web pages ....
US Senate page ....
http://jonkeyser.com/meet-jon-keyser/
His Bronze Star Citation ...
http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123186237
His Wikipedia page ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Keyser
So, as you can see, USAF Reserve Major Jon Keyser is a Real American Hero
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