Was Matt Gaetz Ever In The Military? Was Matt Gaetz In The Service?

American lawyer cum politician, Matt Gaetz, was never in the military.

The son of prominent Florida politician Don Gaetz, Gaetz was raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After graduating from the William & Mary Law School, he briefly worked in private practice before running for state representative.

Gaetz grew up near Fort Walton Beach and graduated from Niceville High School. He graduated from Florida State University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in interdisciplinary sciences and from the William & Mary Law School in 2007 with a Juris Doctor.

Gaetz was admitted to the Florida Bar on February 6, 2008. In October 2021, the Florida bar suspended Gaetz from practicing law due to unpaid fees.

In June 2021, Gaetz was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

In December 2017, Gaetz supported Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and said that the move would pressure Palestine to recognize Israel.

In 2019, Gaetz was one of 60 representatives to vote against condemning Trump’s withdrawal from Syria.

In April 2019, after the House passed a resolution withdrawing American support for the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Gaetz was one of nine lawmakers to sign a letter to Trump requesting a meeting with him and urging him to sign Senate Joint Resolution 7, which invokes the War Powers Act of 1973, to end unauthorized US military participation in the Saudi-led coalition’s armed conflict against Houthi forces in Yemen.