France Hoang is an entrepreneur and national security expert with over 25 years of service across every branch of the U.S. government.

Born in Vietnam, he was airlifted out of Saigon in April 1975, days before it fell to communist forces, and proudly grew up in Tumwater, Wash.

Hoang served as executive officer of a United States Army special forces company during a combat deployment in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom where he supported 87 Green Berets during a seven-month deployment and participated in 30 combat missions that disrupted insurgent leadership networks in four provinces.

He was one of the featured speakers during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial.