Editing Michael Durant (section)

==Business ventures and writing==
After his retirement, Durant moved to Alabama<ref name="joinsAL">{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/10/mike-durant-black-hawk-pilot-shot-down-in-somalia-joins-alabama-senate-race.html|title=Mike Durant, Black Hawk pilot shot down in Somalia, joins Alabama Senate race|last=Cason|first=Mike|work=AL.com|date=October 19, 2021|accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401035331/https://www.al.com/news/2021/10/mike-durant-black-hawk-pilot-shot-down-in-somalia-joins-alabama-senate-race.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and began offering seminars to military personnel about helicopter maneuvering and [[Combat Search and Rescue]] (CSAR) operations. Durant talks about the Somalia raid and the experiences he had while in captivity. He spoke extensively with actor [[Ron Eldard]], who portrayed him in the 2001 film ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'', which depicts the events of the raid.<ref>{{cite book|title= Combat Films: American Realism, 1945 – 2010|url= https://archive.org/details/combatfilmsameri00rubi|url-access= limited|edition=2|first=Steven Jay|last= Rubin |page=[https://archive.org/details/combatfilmsameri00rubi/page/n269 259]|publisher =McFarland|year= 2011 |isbn=978-0-7864-5892-9}}</ref>

In 2003, Durant published a book, ''[[In the Company of Heroes]]'', in which he chronicled his military career and his captivity.<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Durant, Michael|author2=Hartov, Steven|name-list-style=amp|title=In the Company of Heroes|publisher=Putnam Pub Group|year=2003|isbn=0-399-15060-9|url=https://archive.org/details/incompanyofheroe00dura}}</ref>

Durant holds a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] degree in professional aeronautics and an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] degree in aviation management from the [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]]. Following his move to Alabama, he became owner, president and CEO of Pinnacle Solutions, an engineering services company based in [[Huntsville, Alabama]], in 2008.<ref name="joinsAL" /><ref name="YHN">{{Cite web|url=https://yellowhammernews.com/black-hawk-down-pow-mike-durant-considering-potential-run-for-u-s-senate/|title='Black Hawk Down' POW Mike Durant considering potential run for U.S. Senate|last=Smith|first=Dylan|work=Yellowhammer News|date=September 3, 2021|accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=April 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421121954/https://yellowhammernews.com/black-hawk-down-pow-mike-durant-considering-potential-run-for-u-s-senate/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's clients include the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]], the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] and [[NASA]], among others. In December 2021, after the launch of his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Durant turned over control of Pinnacle Solutions to its employees via an [[Employee Stock Ownership Plan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/politics/2022/01/senate-candidate-mike-durant-turns-over-company-to-employees.html|title=Senate candidate Mike Durant turns over company to employees|last=Garrison|first=Greg|work=AL.com|date=January 18, 2022|accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401035332/https://www.al.com/politics/2022/01/senate-candidate-mike-durant-turns-over-company-to-employees.html|url-status=live}}</ref>