The call comes in from somewhere past the county line, from a veteran whose chest

Sgt. Briyana Taylor arrived at Fort Bliss in 2020 as a new soldier, far from

SUMMARY Terry Sabo spent four years in the United States Air Force preparing for something

Summary Matt Mauldin is thirty-two years old, the son of a Hendrick Motorsports institution, and

Adrienne M. Smith was seventeen years old when she walked into a Military Entrance Processing

Summary Ramé Hemstreet planned to serve four years in the Navy. He stayed for 29,

Summary Douglas Medina grew up in Section 8 housing in Harlem, the son of a

Summary Dr. Kevin W. Lobdell is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Atrium Health Sanger Heart and

Summary Sherman Neal II is a Marine Corps veteran, attorney, filmmaker, advocate, NIL agent, adjunct

JP Lane was a U.S. Army Combat Engineer who deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, was

Summary Mike Flood gave 20 years to the United States Coast Guard, with a detour

Summary Paul Thienprayoon was 17 years old when he decided to fly. He was a

Summary J.D. Simkins spent four years as a Marine Scout Observer, then one of roughly

Summary Linda Walton is Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Cleveland Clinic Indian River

Summary Dr. Jeffry Heggemeier has spent his adult life at the intersection of the laboratory

Summary Timothy Ross is a Tax Partner in Government Contracting and Technology Industries at Withum,

Summary Bryan Watson joined the U.S. Army Reserve while finishing his business degree at Penn

Summary Jason Dunn-Potter spent 26 years in the United States Army Signal Corps, retiring as

Patrick Breen grew up the youngest of four in Bayonne, New Jersey, a blue-collar city

Summary Walter Spinrad did not plan to join the Army. He planned to study computer

Summary Brian Heffernan joined the United States Army in May 1998 at the age of

Summary Michelle Horn, Vice President of Communications for Fisher House Foundation, spent 21 years in

SUMMARY Cristian Narino Garcia came from Colombia, landed on a Navy base, joined the Air

SUMMARY JP Sniffen was born at Camp Lejeune, served in the Marine Corps reserves at

Summary Colonel Edna W. Cummings, U.S. Army (Retired), transformed a lifetime of beating impossible odds

Summary John Robinson, a patient advocate at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, transforms what it

Summary Fifteen years. That’s how long Ysabel Cardona spent navigating homelessness, domestic violence, chronic pain,

Summary Dave Rogers went from homeless teenager to Army veteran to founder of Cooking with

Blake Stilwell enlisted in the Air Force right after 9/11 with no clear plan beyond

Summary Marine Corps veteran Leroy Brown never stopped drawing – not through deployments to Japan,