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A special forces prior-enlisted Marine. A scholar. A journalist. A business owner. 

There are so many sides to Andy and his illustrious career. He is a man who puts himself in harm’s way to bring light on the parts of war we’d rather see stay hidden. 

Andrew Milburn most recently ran the Mozart Group, a crowd-sourced, donor-funded private military organization operating in Ukraine.  

He was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the United Kingdom where he attended St Paul’s School, University College London (Philosophy Hons) and Westminster University (Law).  While at university, he traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia – including a solo trip across Iran at the height of that country’s war with Iraq.
 
After university, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps as a private.  He was subsequently commissioned from the ranks, and as a Marine infantry and special operations officer, has commanded in combat at every grade. 

As the commanding officer of the Marine Corps’ special operations regiment, he was selected to lead a multinational task force given the mission of defeating ISIS in Iraq.
 
He retired in 2019 and wrote a critically acclaimed memoir When the Tempest Gathers, and several articles for national publications. His paperback edition will come out this week. 

Since retiring, he has continued traveling and visited Somalia (several times), Niger, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Jordan, Mongolia, and the Philippines. 

He most recently started a Substack account where he analyses the conflict in Ukraine: 
https://amilburn.substack.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/andymilburn8?s=21&t=98_03W66gnbBPtsR3cT_TA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmilburn2023/

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