Ryan Allen Conklin (born April 1, 1985) is a former Sergeant in the United States Army, known as a cast member on the MTV reality television series, The Real World: Brooklyn, which aired in 2008, and The Real World Presents: Return to Duty, a 2009 documentary that chronicled his second tour of duty serving as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After being honorably discharged in 2010, Conklin went on to write a memoir chronicling his experiences in Iraq.