text:  Other representatives say, listen, this is an important race, and we need a new generation of leaders. We need a young face, and we think you'd be perfect for it. And after considering, we jumped in. I was a Navy SEAL officer. My wife was a Marine Corps officer. We met in the military. We both served multiple deployments, combat deployments overseas, Iraq, Afghanistan, South America. I've been in 93 countries and was wounded in battle. I was proud to lead my SEALs on hundreds of missions around the world, from the mountains of Afghanistan, the deserts of Iraq, to the jungles of South America.