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SYNOPSIS
“Call Sign Courage: The Matt Lohmeier Story” chronicles the inspiring journey of Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, a former elite Air Force pilot turned Space Force commander, whose conviction fueled his controversial stand against the spread of Marxist ideologies in the military.
After courageously resisting the divisive political mandates being implemented on bases around the country, he was fired from his command, without pension, and made a public example of as a non-compliant officer under the Biden administration.
Undeterred, Lohmeier transformed this profound sacrifice into a powerful movement, rallying silenced troops and advocating for a return to merit-based, unified service. Captured on film for the first time, this powerful documentary reveals inside access into the toxic ideologies he exposed, delving into his life before whistleblowing—his faith, family, and friends—while tracing his remarkable rescue mission to the nation’s capital to testify before congress.
Guided by a higher calling, his journey culminates in his miraculous confirmation as the current Under Secretary of the Air Force, now overseeing the same generals and bureaucrats who once sought to silence him.
MATT LOHMEIER
Matthew Lohmeier is the 29th Under Secretary of the Air Force. As the second-highest ranking civilian official, he is responsible for organizing, training and equipping the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. Mr. Lohmeier oversees an annual budget exceeding $200 billion, provides air and space forces to combatant commanders in support of global military operations and is accountable for the welfare of nearly 680,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen and Guardians and their families.
Prior to his appointment as Under Secretary, Lohmeier was Executive Vice President of the education-based nonprofit STARRS, Inc., and was a public speaker and consultant, educating audiences on the need for a strong, non-partisan military as the fundamental foundation of our national defense. Engaging audiences throughout the country, he sought to elevate the national security discourse in alignment with the Department of Defense’s vision of Restoring the Warrior Ethos and a Focus on War fighting, Rebuilding the Military and Reestablishing Deterrence.
Uniquely, Mr. Lohmeier is a veteran of both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force. A 2006 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, he served on active duty as a fighter pilot, flying over 1,200 hours in the T-38 and F-15C. At home, he was an instructor pilot, teaching the next generation of U.S and allied aviators. Overseas, he served in the Indo-Pacific theater, maintaining combat readiness and reassuring our partners of American resolve in the DOD’s most strategic area of responsibility. Following his transfer into the U.S. Space Force, Mr. Lohmeier was entrusted with command of our nation’s $18 billion space-based missile warning architecture, leading a combined team of U.S. and allied operators.
Mr. Lohmeier has two post-graduate degrees—a Master of Military Operational Art and Science and a Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, one of the DOD’s premier strategy schools.
FILMMAKER
Marshall Lee, born to a Canadian Mountie and a nurse in Edmonton, Alberta. As a former NCAA hockey captain at Norwich University in Vermont—the oldest private military college in the U.S., he kicked off his filmmaking journey with the award-winning documentary ROAD BACK TO THE FROZEN FOUR.
His success led to his first job at Sony Pictures in Los Angeles, where he served as a special projects editor, mastering post-production for indie films and documentaries. He earned his narrative feature editorial debut with THE RAINBOW TRIBE (starring David James Elliott and Grayson Russell), a top-rated family film on Netflix. Over the last decade, he’s worked on Emmy-award-winning commercials and award-winning sports documentaries, including ONE NIGHT: Joshua vs. Ruiz, starring and executive-produced by Sylvester Stallone.
Over the past five years, Marshall has edited landmark documentaries that have sparked national conversations, including THE PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT (2020), directed by Amanda Milius, and WHAT IS A WOMAN? (2022) and AM I RACIST? (2024) with director Justin Folk, starring Matt Walsh.
In 2016, Lee became a proud American citizen and lives in Tennessee, where he and his wife, Jen, are raising their two teenagers, Ava and Dylan. He makes his directorial debut with CALL SIGN COURAGE: The Matt Lohmeier Story.
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