Education
Self graduated from West Point in 1998.
Self graduated from West Point in 1998.
After becoming an Infantry officer Self deployed to Kosovo and was then selected to serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment. As a platoon leader in the Rangers, he deployed to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 as part of a Special Operations task force with a mission to kill or capture Taliban and al-Qaeda"s top leaders. Self commanded a Quick Reaction Force to rescue a missing Navy Sea, Air, Land during the Battle of Takur Ghar mountain.
Following a tour in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, where he wrote and directed daily operations and trained Iraqi Security Forces, Nate commanded a rifle company before leaving the Army in 2004.