Did Mo Brooks serve in the military?

Mo Brooks is an American attorney and politician serving as the US representative for Alabama’s 5th congressional district since 2011. His district is based in Huntsville and stretches across the northern fifth of the state.

Brooks started his legal career with the Tuscaloosa County district attorney’s office in 1980 to return to Huntsville as a law clerk for presiding circuit court Judge, John David Snodgrass.

Did Mo Brooks serve in the military?

Mo Brooks did not serve in the military. In 2017, a Huntsville man running for congress accused Mo Brooks of inappropriately wearing a military pin when Brooks hasn’t served in the military.

According to Brook, the pin was pinned to his jacket lapel by a decorated Vietnam War veteran to honour Brooks for the courage he displayed at the shooting at the congressional baseball practice when Brooks helped aid two of the five people who were shot.