Mykel Hawke
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| Born |
Mykel A.G. Pierce November 29, 1965 Fort Knox, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Former Army officer, author, television and film personality |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Beth Graham (Divorced) Ruth England (2005–present) |
| Website | Official website |
Beth Graham (Divorced)
Mykel Hawke (born November 29, 1965) is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, author, and television and film personality. He is perhaps best known for the television programs he created on Discovery Channel called Man, Woman, Wild and One Man Army. He left Discovery to work on two new programs: Lost Survivors for Travel Channel and Elite Tactical Unit for Outdoor Channel
A combat veteran, he served as an enlisted soldier and later as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces ("Green Berets"), attaining the rank of captain. He fought rebels and trained UN peacekeepers in war-torn Africa and did combat search and rescue missions during the drug war in Colombia. He holds black belts in Aikido and judo. As required by the Army to be an officer , Hawke holds two college degrees: a BS from UNY in Biology and an MS from UCA in Family Counseling. He was rated in 7 languages in the Army and paid for 3 languages, the maximum allowed, documented in his published language book , The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast.
Hawke joined the US Army in 1982. He served on active duty for a total of 12 years; he also served in the Reserves and Guard for 12 more years. He was a Sergeant First Class (E-7) before he took a commission as an Officer, 18A.
He held three Enlisted, Special Forces Military Occupational Skills(MOS):
He retired in 2011 from the U.S. Army Special Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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