Welcome to Veterans CONNECTED! In part one of this discussion, Eric Hommel speaks about how diving sparked his interest in the military, being enlisted in the Navy during the Cold War, writing his book, “The Losing Game: How to Lose a War and Fail Veterans” and more.

MORE ABOUT ERIC…

Born and raised in New York City, Eric W. Hommel is a prior-enlisted U.S. Navy Cold War submariner, and retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (with a fine arts degree). He is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (as a ground battle-space commander, and commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province). In Iraq and Afghanistan, he worked under U.S. Army command. He spent ten years attached to the Pentagon, with three of those years working and traveling with Congressional Representatives as a military Legislative Liaison.

Post-military, he is recognized as a stability operations expert, having trained government officials to go to war for over a decade. Eric’s previous post-9/11 writing is published in UNITY OF MISSION, chapter 9—“Hope Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (Air University Press, 2016).

You can find Eric currently giving personalized tours of Arlington National Cemetery; visit Vigilance Tours for further information.