The Rifle & The Rifle II

Andrew enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 2006. He served as an infantry rifleman during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). He earned a Bachelors in Sociology from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. He was sworn in as a police officer in 2015 where he actively works in Massachusetts Law Enforcement. In 2017, he went on to earn a Masters in Homeland Security from Northeastern University.

Andrew is the founder of Boston's Wounded Vet Run- New England's largest motorcycle ride dedicated to severely wounded veterans. His non-profit has been responsible for housing modifications, new transportation, financial support, and basic living needs for some of America's most severely wounded combat veterans.

While helping his own generation of veterans for the last decade, Andrew saw the urgency to honor and learn from the rapidly dwindling population of WWII veterans. In his research, he explores WWII veterans’ methods of living a successful life after combat, and passes it on to today's veterans. This sparked a three-year journey; and over two hundred veterans’ stories later, Andrew was fortunate to publish a written account of the experience, called "The Rifle."