Bryan Suits | |
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Born | 1966 (age 50–51) Honolulu, Hawaii |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch |
United States Army *Army Reserve *California National Guard *Washington National Guard |
Years of service | 1989 - Unknown |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Unit | 161st Infantry Regiment |
Battles/wars |
Operation Desert Storm 1992 Los Angeles riots SFOR Operation Iraqi Freedom |
Awards |
Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart |
Other work | Talk Radio host |
Bryan Suits (born 1966) is an American war veteran of three military conflicts in Kuwait, Bosnia, and Iraq, and has been a talk radio host for more than 10 years. He has hosted talk-shows for radio stations in Seattle, WA: KIRO (AM) and KVI, and in Los Angeles: KFI AM 640. Suits was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and grew up in Washington. He was heard weekday afternoons on KOGO-AM/FM in San Diego in 2011-12 and Saturday evenings on KFI from 2009 to November 2013. Suits has announced that he will begin broadcasting on KABC 9am-12pm in 2014.
After graduating from Washington State University, Suits became a broker-trainee at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Suits is married to Rachel M. Suits., who formerly worked as a King County Sheriff's deputy. They have one child named Reagan Ladybug Suits. In June 2010, Mrs. Suits was stabbed during an armed robbery in Lake Forrest Park, WA.
Enlisting in the United States Army Reserve in 1989, he served in Operation Desert Storm as a medic. In 1998 he deployed as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard to Bosnia as part of SFOR. In 2002, he attended Officer Candidate School and received his commission. As a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, Washington Army National Guard he deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Due to events during his deployment to Iraq he became a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. While serving in Iraq he meets individuals who state they were involved in the transportation of Iraqi WMDs to Syria.