Live from Music Row, Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed newly elected Maury County Commissioner Aaron Miller in studio to talk about his background and day job.
Leahy: In the studio right now, our new friend, Maury County Commissioner and head of the new group called Foundation for Liberty and Freedom, Mr. Aaron Miller. Good morning, Aaron.
Miller: Good morning, sir. Thank you for having me.
Leahy: So you live in Maury County?
Miller: Yes, sir.
Leahy: And you were elected in August to the Maury County Commission. Congratulations.
Miller: Thank you. Thank you very much. I’m happy to serve.
Leahy: Tell us a little bit about your background. Where are you from? What do you do for a living?
Miller: Sure.
Leahy: And how did you come to be a resident of Murray County?
Miller: I was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Leahy: I’ve heard of Chattanooga.
Miller: Yes, it’s kind of a small town, not a whole lot going on real slow.
Leahy: I spent too much time in Chattanooga coming back from Atlanta over the Christmas holidays, you come up 75 and then that period of there’s about a 15 miles stretch.
Miller: It just gets jammed up and it tends to catch people. And of course, they’re always having construction on it.
Leahy: Always. I’ve never been down there without it. It’s a rule.
Miller: Yeah, it’s just non-stop, I think, at that point, it’s part of the charm. I think they’ve made it part of the charm.
Leahy: (Chuckles) Charm is one word to describe it. So you grew up in Chattanooga?
Miller: Yes, sir.
Leahy: And did you go to high school there? Where did you go?
Miller: Yes, sir. I went to a Chattanooga Christian school for middle and high school, and then when I graduated in 2008, I joined the United States Air Force.
Leahy: You went directly to the United States Air Force?
Miller: Yes, sir. I enlisted in 2009 and went to basic training in March and did 12 years on active duty and left in September of 2020. And my wife was working for a company out in South Carolina where we were stationed last, and she was able to transfer to a branch in Columbia, Tennessee. And we wanted to be closer to family. A lot of my folks had sort of migrated up toward Nashville.
Leahy: Why wouldn’t you migrate towards Middle Tennessee?
Miller: Yes, of course.
Leahy: It’s the best place in the world to live.
Miller: Yes, absolutely.
Leahy: And there’s no state income tax.
Miller: Yes.
Leahy: That’s always true in Chattanooga as well.
Miller: Yes. We wanted to be closer to family, but we didn’t want to kind of go back to the big city. We wanted something a bit more rural. And God provided an opening in Columbia.
Leahy: Twelve years in the Air Force. What did you do in the Air Force?
Miller: I was an aircraft maintainer. I turned wrenches, and my specialty was the weapon systems. We maintained the missile launchers, bomb racks, guns, and loaded the weapon systems as well.
Leahy: Did you enjoy your time in the Air Force?
Miller: Yes, it was a fantastic experience. I learned so much. I grew up a lot, matured a lot, but it was time for me to move on and do something else.
Leahy: Is it unusual to leave after 12 years? You don’t get much retirement at 12 years, do you?
Miller: No, sir. It’s sort of a make-or-break at 20. Either you’re in for 20, or you don’t get anything, unfortunately.
Leahy: Why did you decide these eight years outside of the Air Force were important?
Miller: I feel like I did what I set out to do. I served my country. I went on several deployments to a certain extent. And I don’t want to want this to come out the wrong way, but I felt like there were things on the outside that I could do that I couldn’t do within the air military. Run for office, for example.
Leahy: So you moved here to Maury County?
Miller: Yes.
Leahy: In 2020?
Miller: Yes, sir.
Leahy: Now, what do you do here? What’s your gig?
Miller: I work for a tech start-up, so I work from home, and I’m a community content administrator for Truth Social.
Leahy:Â I’ve heard of those guys. How did you get the gig with Truth Social?
Miller: It was a God thing, to be honest with you. I was looking for a job. It was sort of an out-of-nowhere thing. I thought I had something lined up. It fell through. And so I’m just kind of looking for a job.
I want to provide for my family. I want to be able to provide for my wife to stay at home with our child. And it was through a Facebook group for networking. And I said, hey, I’m looking for a job. And somebody posted it, was a little cryptic. A new tech start-up looking for conservatives.
Leahy: When did they hire you?
Miller: This was February. February of last year.
Leahy:Â And so have you met Devin Nunes?
Miller: I have. He’s a very nice guy.
Leahy: He travels to Nashville a lot. We’ve interviewed him a couple of times since he’s been with Truth Social. So you’re a Truth Social content administrator.
Miller: I am.
Listen to today’s show highlights, including this interview:
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Photo “Aaron Miller” by Maury County. Background Photo “Maury County Courthouse” by jdj150. CC BY 2.0.
