WHO IS DAN CRENSHAW?
Daniel Reed Crenshaw
[1]
(born March 14, 1984)
[2]
is an American politician and former
United States Navy SEAL
officer serving in the
United States House of Representative
for
Texas\’s 2nd congressional
district
since 2019. A member of the
Republican Party
, he was elected in the
2018 midterms
While serving in the
Helmand Province
of Afghanistan in 2012, during his third deployment, he was injured by the detonation of an
improvised explosive device
; he lost his right eye and required surgery to save the vision in his left eye.
[16]
After the injury, he was deployed to his fourth and fifth tours of duty in
Bahrain
and
South Korea
.
[16]
As a Navy SEAL, he earned two
Bronze Star Medals
, the
Purple Heart
, and the
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
with
valor
. He medically retired from military service in 2016 as a
Lieutenant Commander
.
[16]
~CNBNews editor
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