13 Facts About Josh Rushing

Josh Rushing is an Emmy Award winning American broadcast journalist and photographer.

Josh Rushing is the senior correspondent for the award winning documentary series, Fault Lines, on Al Jazeera English.

Josh Rushing is a former officer of the United States Marine Corps.

Josh Rushing was selected for Public Affairs and attended the Defense Information School in 1991.

Josh Rushing was selected for the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program and studied at the University of Texas at Austin where he received a dual degree in Ancient History and Classic Civilization in 1999.

Josh Rushing became a Mustang upon his graduation from UT and moved to Quantico, Virginia, to further his military officer training at The Basic School.

Josh Rushing moved to Los Angeles in 2002 where he represented the Marine Corps in Hollywood in the Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office.

Aware of future military operations in the Middle East, Josh Rushing volunteered to deploy with forward units before the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Josh Rushing was assigned to United States Central Command in Doha, Qatar, during Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as a spokesperson to General Tommy Franks.

Josh Rushing has been with Al Jazeera English since the run-up to its launch.

Josh Rushing has traveled to Iraq, for the eighth time, to provide special news coverage marking the 6-month milestone before the planned withdrawal of the US military.

Josh Rushing blogged regularly for AJE and the Huffington Post before beginning his own online journal.

Josh Rushing is married, with a daughter and four sons.