From Air Force officer to military spouse to entrepreneur: Trish Alegre Smith, owner and principal photographer at Photography by Trish Alegre-Smith, has seen the ups and down of running a business as a military veteran entrepreneur.  Luckily, she’s taken photos along the way and can share her story about starting and growing her photography business with us today on the Financial Operating Base. 

Trish can be reached at website www.soyourlife.com. 

Travis West, founder and managing partner of West & Dunn, joins us to discuss his journey from a career in politics to the army to practicing law and the many transitions he has successfully navigated.

Travis can be reached [email protected] or [email protected]. 

Jaden Risner, US Navy veteran and founder of Family Proud, joins us to discuss how his personal experiences have fueled his passion of helping families in medical need.  Jaden can be reached at [email protected].

Today we discuss authenticity, purpose, and good old American values with Dean Wegner, US Army Veteran and founder and CEO of Authentically American.  Dean can be reached at Authenticallyamerican.us or any social media platform.

Garrett Cathcart, US Army Veteran and Executive Director at Mission Role Call,  joins us to discuss transition, purpose, and the power of community. 

Garrett can be reached at [email protected]

An entrepreneur's journey is one of self-discovery as well as customer discovery.  Today, we speak with Chandra Adusei, Navy Veteran, military spouse, and small business consultant who helps "Mom-preneurs" scale their businesses.   Chandra can be reached at https://chandraadusei.com/

Transition is not a one-time event for military veterans, there is a series of changes we experience both in and of the military.  Today we're joined by US Army veteran and operations team member at Gallent Few, Bryce Mahoney. Bryce can be reached at [email protected].

In this special Giving Tuesday Military episode, we speak with Mike and Samantha Gomolka about their efforts with Project33, Giving Tuesday Military, and their experience fighting COVID-19.

Mike can be reached at [email protected] or https://www.project33foundation.org/. 

Samantha can be reached on Facebook at "Samantha Gomolka, 2019 AFI National Guard Spouse of the Year" https://www.facebook.com/AFISamanthagomolka/

What happens to those heroic service dogs after retire from service.  Today we speak with Jason Johnson, founder of Project K9 Hero.   Follow Jason on social media: @projectk9hero Or contact him at www.Projectk9hero.org  and use the contact us field.

Today we speak with Laura Renner, Air Force veteran and founder of Freedom Makers, a virtual assistant company that empowers military spouses and provides valuable outsourced service for businesses. 

Laura can be reached at [email protected].

The COVID-19 crisis has made business anything but “usual”.  Today on the Financial Operating Base we speak with Mike Nemeth, US Army veteran and founder of Emblem Athletic on maintaining culture while managing a team remotely and using creativity to respond to crisis.

Mike can be reached at [email protected].