Mike is the editor-in-chief of The Havok Journal and a retired U.S. Army Major and Air Force veteran with 20 years of active service across both branches. During his career, he led surgical teams as an Operating Room Officer-in-Charge at the hospital, medical center, and combat-support levels, later serving in senior clinical, administrative, and inspector general roles before retiring in 2019. Over his 23-year civilian and military nursing career, he deployed to Guam and twice to Iraq, leading surgical and clinical teams in both peacetime and combat environments. He holds a B.S. in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an M.A. in Military History from Norwich University.
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