Thomas Krasnican is the 2019 service member/national security fellow at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. He is also an active-duty officer in the US Navy and a master's degree candidate at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. Krasnican is also the creator and co-host of “Thank You For Your Service,” a podcast on American civil-military affairs. Views expressed in Krasnican’s articles are his own and do not reflect official positions of the US Department of Defense.