Michael Holmes
Male, Person
1966 –
Who is Michael Holmes?
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Holmes, U.S. Army National Guard, communicated alleged disclosures regarding use of information operations on visiting VIPs while Holmes was the leader of the Information Operations Forward Support Team at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Among the alleged targets were American Senators John McCain and Carl Levin, government ministers, and European diplomats. Media reports stated that the unit was subjected to a retaliatory campaign when it resisted the order to influence the targets, including a subsequent reprimand against LTC Holmes.
Holmes's national service began in the U.S. Army and the National Guard in 1985, and is a miltary intelligence officer with training in information operations. He attended Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, before graduating from Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, in 1983. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army in 1987. He earned a Master of Arts in Diplomacy with a concentration in International Terrorism in 2008. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Information Operations Qualification Course, the U.S.
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