TC (Ret.) Pete Chambers joined the army in 1983. After his first Honorable Discharge he had a break in service to complete college and medical school at the University of New England. He completed a primary care residency and worked as an emergency room physician and was commissioned as a peace officer serving his community as a SWAT team physician and sheriff’s deputy. After the United States was attacked on 9/11, he returned to the US Army and the Special Forces. He is a graduate of the Special Forces Qualification Course, earning the Green Beret. He has multiple combat tours, deploying in the capacity of Special Operations Flight Surgeon and Green Beret officer conducting missions around the globe. He is a combat decorated and disabled veteran and awarded the Purple Heart, for wounds received in combat.