Fred Burton is a former police officer & special agent and also a New York Times best-selling author. He was selected by Security Magazine as one of the Most Influential People in Security in 2021.
John Gilstrap was bored with his “day job” writing for trade journals so he decided to become a volunteer firefighter. Over the course of the next fifteen years he became an expert on explosives safety and hazardous waste. He never stopped writing and is now a New York Times bestselling author of action novels.
Christopher Paul Meyer’s off Broadway play has a successful opening weekend. The following Tuesday the 9/11 attacks took place and his life took a different direction, including proving Special Operations Support as a member of the US Army.
Twenty years later he has returned to the arts, founding the Veterans Repertory Theater to bring Veterans and First Responders into theater.
World War II’s Operation Halyard is considered the greatest rescue mission of American Airmen in our history. Air National Guard combat Veteran and best selling author Thomas Young will tell us the story.
Ayman Kafel’s family escaped TWO civil wars before coming to USA. He enlisted immediately following the 9/11 attacks and continues to serve his community as a Law Enforcement officer.
Navy Veteran Paula Pedene thought she had found the perfect job in public affairs at the Phoenix Veteran’s hospital. But when she moved to expose poor leadership she was thrust into a nightmare of a David vs Goliath story.
In 2014 Vince Gibson has just restored a 1969 El Camino when he was approached by a Veteran who had lost both legs to an IED. The Veteran commented that he wished he could have a “cool car like that”. With the help of buddy Scott Jones, American Warrior Garage was founded with the mission of “Restoring our heroes lives, one hot rod at a time.”
After a 26 year career in law enforcement, Glen Williams now trains other officer in everything from active shooter response to underwater evidence diving.
“Dutch” Moyer served 30 years in the United States Army – 25 of them in the elite Special Operations Command. He now provides training to military, law enforcement, corporations and civilians.
John “Lucky” Luckadoo survived 25 missions at a B-17 pilot in World War II. His amazing story is told by three time New York Times bestselling co-author Kevin Maurer in the forthcoming book “Damn Lucky”.