someone that cares about america after the war in iraq started in 2003 joe arens dropped out of law school iraq. he knew that it was his generation's time to fight, take a stand against terrorism and the global war on terrorism. as a first lieutenant in the army's first cap division joel lorenz led a team of 30 infantrymen through the dangerous streets of baghdad from the late 2003 eric all the wins 2005 and during that time in iraq joel and his team are responsible for delivering justice to terrorists and keeping innocent iraqi safe and secure in their homeland. after returning from iraq joel knew that our politicians were not listening to our commanders and our troops on the ground. which is why we are here today and why mr. trump is here. [applause] dad is a man who cares about the armed forces and cares and wants to listen and help the veterans to keep us safe and secure in america. [applause] now for joel for his time in iraq he was awarded the bronze star and in 2006 major arens was named one of the 50 euros on the low bulwark terrorism by defense secretary don rumsfeld in 2006. [app