Reform or ideology? Dispute over the future of the American fight against terrorism

As Washington State Standard writes, Kent grew up in Portland, Oregon, and at the age of 18 enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving for 2 decades, among others, in the 75th Ranger Regiment and peculiar Forces, with eleven combat missions in Iraq and another areas of the mediate East. According to Fox News, Kent indicated that his political views had evolved after the death of his wife, Shannon Kent, a U.S. Navy officer who died in the 2019 ISIS bombing in Syria. Fox News describes him as "a man posthumously decorated soldier" and a veteran who decided to transfer experience from Iraq and Syria to politics.