How Michael Flynn went from being a decorated Army general to pleading guilty for lying to the FBI by Michal Kranz on Dec 1, 2017, 3:00 PM Advertisement
 Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to charges filed against him by special counsel Robert Mueller in the ongoing Russia investigation. With legal bills mounting and a felony indictment for lying to the FBI on his record, Flynn's star has fallen rapidly since his days as a decorated lieutenant general and counterterrorism strategist. As part of his guilty plea he is now reportedly cooperating with the Mueller investigation, and seems poised to implicate those in the president's circle in the Russia case. Here's how Flynn's roller coaster career led him to Friday's plea hearing: SEE ALSO: A 'very forceful' Trump pushed Republican congressional leaders to shut down the Russia investigation Flynn was born in 1958 in Rhode Island, and attended the University of Rhode Island where he began his military career by enrolling in the ROTC in 1981. He joined the US Army after graduating with a degree in management science.  Source: Biography.com
Flynn's first deployment was to the island of Grenada, which the US invaded under former President Ronald Reagan to counter a leftist coup in the country. Flynn served as a platoon leader during the short engagement.  Source: Biography.com
Flynn was promoted numerous times throughout his many years in the military, and in 2001 he was named director of intelligence for Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. A year later he became the commander of the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade in the country.  Source: Biography.com
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