U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the service of Mark Linkous in ‘Salute to Veterans,’ a series highlighting the military service of Arkansans.
Linkous joined the Air Force two years after it became an independent military branch.
For Linkous, the most difficult part of service was adjusting to different people and their varying opinions. The easiest was the physical aspect since he grew up on a farm, hunted and had worked on an oil rig.
He believes that military service is good for high school graduates who are unsure of what they want to do in the future. Service allowed him to fulfill the “patriotic responsibility” he felt growing up with multiple family members in the military.
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John Boozman is Arkansas’s senior U.S. Senator and the dean of the state’s Congressional delegation.
A fifth-generation Arkansan, John was raised in Fort Smith and graduated from Northside High School. He went on to play football for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks while completing his pre-optometry requirements. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in 1977 and entered private practice that same year co-founding a family business with his brother that would ultimately become a major provider of eye care to Northwest Arkansas.
Decades of experience as a successful healthcare provider and a small business owner guide John’s approach to governing. He is committed to advocating for economic policies that help Arkansas’s small businesses continue to grow and add jobs to our state’s economy. And since agriculture accounts for nearly one-quarter of Arkansas’s economic activity, John has been a consistent champion for our state’s farmers, ranchers and loggers and was instrumental in the fight for an equitable farm bill.
As the son of an Air Force Master Sergeant, John learned at an early age about the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, as well as the unique challenges military families face. He brings these values with him to Washington where he is committed to enhancing the quality of life for both our veterans and their families. John has authored provisions to extend successful federal homeless veteran programs, expand treatments for our wounded warriors and modernize educational benefits under the GI Bill.
First elected to the Senate in 2010, John was sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2017. Prior to serving in the Senate, he represented the people of the Third District of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives
John serves on four committees in the 118th Congress:
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Ranking Member)
- Committee on Appropriations (Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies)
- Committee on Environment & Public Works
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs
