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Ep 228 | John Frankman | Sacrificing Your Career on Behalf of Your Values

Seeking Excellence with Nathan Crankfield

John Frankman is a Catholic man who loves the United States of America. After spending several years in seminary at Mount St. Mary's University, he joined the US Army as an Infantry Officer. I first met John at the Mount. We then met up again during our Infantry training as well as during our time in Ranger School. John went on to do much cooler things than I did, eventually becoming a green beret in the US Army Special Forces. John had plans for his next assignment at West Point. All of his hard work seemed irrelevant to his commanding officers as soon as he made one pivotal decision in the fall of 2020. He made a choice based on his conscience and filed a religious exemption that was denied by some and ignored by others. In today's episode, John shares his experience of having his career come to an end due to an unlawful and immoral order. To learn more, you can find John's content here. To support the podcast, click here!