Aleks Morosky

Aleks Morosky is the National Legislative Director of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH), a Congressionally Chartered Veterans Service Organization headquartered in Springfield, VA. He is primarily responsible for communicating the MOPH legislative agenda to the United States Congress, federal departments and agencies, and other organizational stakeholders in the Veterans’ community. Aleks’ efforts include advocating for all Veterans and their families, with a special emphasis on those who were wounded in combat.

A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Aleks served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army for one week shy of seven years, reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant. He deployed twice to Iraq from 2003-2004 and 2005- 2006 as a member of the 502d Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. On February 15, 2006, Aleks was wounded along with two other soldiers when their HMMWV was struck by an improvised explosive device on a night mission near Mahmoudiyah, Iraq. He would spend the next 10 months recovering from his injuries in Landstuhl, Germany and Fort Campbell, KY before being honorably discharged from the Army on Christmas Eve, 2006.

Following his Military career, Aleks graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in Political Science using the GI Bill. Upon graduation, he served as a Veterans and Military aide to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro from 2011-2013. He then went on to work for the National Legislative Service of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in their Washington, DC office from 2013-2016, where he was ultimately promoted to the position of Deputy Director.

Aleks assumed his current role as MOPH National Legislative Director in June 2016. Having joined MOPH in 2007, he is a life member of George Washington Chapter 1 in Derby, CT. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.