News Release John "Glen" Weaver for Congress
Last Monday Lt Col John “Glen” Weaver retired as a combat veteran from the U.S. Air Force at Offutt AFB and on Tuesday he filed to represent the good and moral citizens of Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District. Glen grew up on a family farm and was homeschooled while working on the farm. He says that, “The farm work ethic is in my ethos and blood”. After high school he studied Animal Science and Russian at the University of Wyoming. In 1999 he was commissioned through the ROTC program as a 2nd Lt in the US Air Force. He has served all around the globe in national security roles ranging from flying combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan to serving at the Pentagon. He has extensive experience in the intelligence community and military dealing with issues in the Middle East, Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. Most recently, he served at Offutt AFB as the Chief of the 55th Wing Command Post. Glen has been deployed 11 times over his 22 year career. Many of these deployments were to the Middle East and Southwest Asia flying in combat on the Offutt based RC-135 airplane collecting intelligence.
He says that “I am not a career politician and I am running to serve my country and community continually. I’m not someone whose self-interest and political interest has them pursuing a congressional seat because of a colleague’s indictment. I will give Nebraskans somebody they can be proud of and somebody that always has their back. In the Air Force I learned what it’s like to really take care of people. I learned what it means to never quit on those depending on you. I learned what real leadership is. I learned what humble service is; service without recognition. I’m running because I am hungry for the next mission to serve Nebraskans. If there’s one thing that I will do, it’s that I will make you proud in Washington and I will fight for you all.”
Glen says that when he’s in Congress, “I will fight for our farmers, including supporting infrastructure to increase production of products and I will fight for fair trade policies and advocate for regulations that help Nebraska’s farmers.”
Glen is a husband, father, combat veteran, and a Christian. He is proud to be joined in this mission with his wife, Brianna a physician at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine and his young daughter.