Lt. Col. Friedman is a highly decorated Officer in the United States Air Force. He originally received his commission in 2000 as a United States Marine Corps Officer. He later transferred into the Air Forces elite as a Special Tactics Officer--aka Combat Controller-- and now operates exclusively in the Special Operations community. In 2011 Lt. Col. Friedman and his wife Dayna, established SOF Missions, a faith-based non-profit organization whose goal is to raise awareness to the suicide pandemic among veterans and sponsor individual veterans on a path to find hope and purpose in their lives. SOF Missions also conducts short term mission trips across the globe and has served an estimated 65,000 people through construction projects, medical clinics, as well as through food and supply distribution. Lt. Col. Friedman holds a Doctorate in Intercultural Studies; a Master of Arts in International Relations and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Social Justice.