Mat Best Loves ’Merica

Ride Shotgun with Santa Barbara’s Celebrity Soldier in His New Book, ‘Thank You for My Service’

by Tyler Hayden | Published November 21

Mat Best is one of those interesting studies in contrasts. He’s a man’s man not afraid to soul search. A five-tour Army Ranger who wonders if we ever belonged in Iraq. A Second Amendment defender and LGBTQ supporter. A savvy entrepreneur and goofball entertainer. But there’s only one side to Best’s patriotism, and it shines red, white, and blue.