Garett Reppenhagen was a US Army Cavalry/Scout (with the 2-63 Armor Battalion) and completed a nine month peace keeping mission in Kosovo and served as a Sniper in Operation Iraq Freedom II in Baquaba Iraq. Garett was honorably discharged on May 31st 2005 after being involuntarily extended by a ten month Stop-Loss. Since returning from Iraq Garett has become an advocate for veteran’s rights and benefits in the Washington DC based organization Veterans For America. Garett has been seen on BBC, CNN and other news programs as well as many newspapers and magazines. Recently the lyrics of a poem he wrote “Letter from Iraq” was turned into a song by the punk band The Bouncing Souls. Currently Garett is on the Board of Directors for the Iraq Veterans Against the War.