Mark Green

Education

Green graduated from West Point Academy in 1986. He attended Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Career

Prior to running for office, Green founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Align Doctor of Medicine a healthcare emergency medicine staffing company. He served as an emergency medicine physician in Operation Red Dawn, which saw the capture of Saddam Hussein. From 1987 through 1990, Green served as an infantry officer in the United States Army.

His first duty assignment following graduation from the United States Army Ranger School was with the 194th Armored Brigade (United States) at Fort Knox.

There he served as a rifle platoon leader, scout platoon leader and battalion adjutant for an Infantry Battalion. Following the Infantry Officer"s Advance Course, then Captain Green served with the famed 82nd Airborne Division as an airborne battalion supply officer and a rifle company commander.

Following a traumatic event where his father"s life was saved by a team of surgeons and critical care doctors, Green requested the United States Army send him to medical school. He did his residency in emergency medicine at Fort Hood Texas.

After his residency Doctor Green was selected to serve as the Flight surgeon for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Green decided to become a doctor after his father spent 45 days in an intensive care unit He obtained his medical degree from the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in 1999. He completed his residency in emergency medicine in 2002.

He then served as a special operations flight surgeon in the United States Army, including tours of duty in the Afghanistan War and Iraq War.

He was the special operations flight surgeon during Operation Red Dawn, the military operation that captured Saddam Hussein. Green sat with Hussein for the first 24 hours of his capture, and interrogated him for six hours.

Following his military service, he authored a book, titled A Night With Saddam, detailing the capture of Hussein and the medical care Green administered. Green left the military in 2006.

He also earned the Air Assault Badge and the Flight Surgeon Badge during his military service.

Green founded and served as chief executive officer of Align Doctor of Medicine, a hospital staffing company. There he led his company to provide services in five southeastern states and also founded Align Doctor of Medicine Foundation, which provides healthcare to impoverished regions across the globe. He was first elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2012, defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Barnes.

He was said to challenge Lamar Alexander in the 2014 United States. Senate election, but declined to do southern

Green has been rumored to be a possible candidate for the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election. In 2015, Green was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities by Williamson College in Franklin, Tennessee.

They have two children.

Achievements

• Foreign his service, Green was awarded the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Achievement Medal, the Air Medal, and the Combat Medical Badge among numerous other awards.

Membership

He is a member of the Tennessee Senate and the Republican Party. Before serving as Chief Executive Officer of Align Doctor of Medicine Doctor Green was a member of the United States Army.