Peyton is a retired Tactical Air Control Party Specialist who lives in Utah with his wife and son. He served as a conventional TACP, a TACP instructor, and with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron supporting 2/75 Ranger Regiment; he deployed eight times to Afghanistan beginning in December 2001 with the 10th Mountain Division and once to Iraq during the surge. For The Havok Journal, he writes from the perspective of a retired combat veteran on war, veteran life, and related public issues, and he works with transition groups including The Honor Foundation and Elite Meet.
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