Dr. Shante Destiny transitioned from the military in March 2022, retiring after 20 years in the Navy. She retired at the rank of LN1, First Class. Shante has a strong connection to the military with many generational members of her family serving. After graduating high school, she started attending college but the desire to serve was always there. After the attacks of 9/11, Shante left before graduating and enlisted in the Navy. While in the Navy, she completed her bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. Approximately mid-career, after she decided to be a lifer, Shante transferred from an OS to LN rating and finished her career working Regional Legal Service Office (RLSO). After retirement, she is working on her second chapter. Today Shante is a keynote speaker, an educator, and a life coach.  

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Manny Vega has experienced transitions from the military and law enforcement. Unfortunately he has experienced significant trauma in his life from the time he was a child and being abused by a Catholic priest. To get out of the environment he grew up in he enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 17 years old while he was still in high school. In the Marine Corps he became a scout sniper and had a traumatic experiences with death of fellow marines where he earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal as well as almost losing his life during a beach landing. He joined LAPD in 1992 because he had given a fellow Marine a ride up to L.A. to take the test and because he needed to stay in the area, Manny took the test also. He lateraled to the Oxnard PD to be closer to home but was forced to medically retire in 2008 after injuring his knee in a foot pursuit, compounded by his lawsuit against the Catholic Church at the same time. In 2018 his son Patrick enlisted in the Marine Corps, but subsequently lost his life during boot camp after getting sick. After the loss of his son, in 2020 Manny co-founded the non-profit Save our Servicemembers with other Gold Star families who lost service members, or were severely injured, early in their military service. Today he owns Anacapa Inudstries and he explains all the services his company offers through seeing opportunities and figuring a way to be able to do that needed service.

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Kyle Wilder has not transitioned yet from his law enforcment career, but through his love of car racing he is giving back to ALS research to honor his best friend and former police officer. As a kid Kyle wanted to go in the Air Force and be a pilot after high school, but a medical condition changed those plans. While still considering joining the Marine Corps, he began working as a Police Cadet in 2008. His desire was always to become a police officer and in 2010 he got the opportunity and has not looked back. Kyle lost his best friend, academy mate, and patrol partner Cory Oakes in 2014 after a short battle with ALS; Cory was only 27 years old. Kyle has always loved cars and has been racing since 2017. In 2020 he discovered Racing for ALS, a non-profit organization raising money for ALS research through auto races on the east coast. Kyle reached out and eventually was approved to organize a west coast race. Cory’s Race, in honor of his best friend was hosted in 2022. For 2023, the race is honoring Eric Murray through Eric’s Race at Willow Springs Raceway in April 2023.

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Tami Sharp grew up in very small town in Washington State and her dad was the town's only Deputy Sheriff. Her dad operated from their house, so she grew up listening to the radio, having people coming to her house, and going on ride-a-longs as early as she can remember. From her father’s experiences and the stories he shared with her confirmed she did want to be a cop, but she was drawn to help police officers. Today, Tami is the co-founder of Law Enforcement Coaching and has combined her life experience with professional training to cultivate a program that understands the multi-faceted layers and different dynamics associated with a life in Law Enforcement. Tami holds a degree in Transformational Psychology and is certified in Clinical Hypnotherapy, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Reiki Energy Work, and Life Coaching. She is currently working towards her Doctorate in Metaphysical Science. Tami is passionate about helping people find balance and joy in their lives. She takes great pride in honoring her father’s memory and continues to use his legacy as her guiding star when embarking on the creation and development of Law Enforcement Coaching.

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Riyadh Al Ahmady is better known by his nickname “Johnny Walker.” Having served in the Iraqi Army during the Gulf War, in 2003 with his country in turmoil and struggling to find work to provide for his family he began working as an interpreter with the U.S. Army. After showing himself to be someone who got after it, he was recommended to work with the Navy SEALs. Going out on hundreds, if not thousands, of missions with the SEALs he proved himself to be more than an interpreter, he was a brother. He achieved the honor of being able to wear the Trident without having gone through BUD/S training. In 2009, after he was identified as an enemy of Islam and his family’s safety was threatened, he and his family fled Iraq with the help of his brother SEALs. Today is a U.S. citizen. His life and stories of missions he went on with the SEALs are chronicled in the book he co-authored, Codename: Johnny Walker.

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Butch Hildebrand transitioned from the Marine Corps but took the skills he learned to further his entrepreneurship. After graduating college, Butch enlisted and served almost 10 years in the Marine Corps. When he got out he did not have clear plans for his future. He followed job opportunities that came along, which lead him to being his own boss. Today he is self employed broker of services and an entrepreneur. 

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Eric Barrera did not have the best transition from the military. Eric served in the Marine Corps for 4 years after high school. Addiction issues lead to him being homeless. He eventually went to rehab, where he not only turned his life around, he was offered the ability to help others better their lives. Today he is a lead peer navigator with Healthcare in Action, a team of medical professionals offering medical care and encouraging addiction treatment for the homeless in Los Angeles. Eric also found running as a means of improving his health after rehab. Additionally, he now volunteers with the Skid Row Running Club to help improve the lives of those who are on the verge of homelessness and addiction.  Eric’s story isn’t the one of fairy tales and children’s books, but I’m honored he was willing to share it.

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Wallace “Wally” Fanene made the transition from active military to living with disabilities. Wally served 8 years in the Army with 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He had two combat deployments; Afghanistan 2003 to 2004 and Iraq from 2006 to 2007. During his deployment in Iraq, Wally knelt on an IED which detonated taking large portions of his right arm and right leg. He earned the Purple Heart, and the Army Commendation Medal with V-Device. After almost a 2-year rehab, Wally was medically retired in 2009 but he has not slowed down, he embraces being a full-time dad, he got back on a surfboard, he does Jiu Jitsu, gets in the gym regularly, and also took up hunting.

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Mark Garrett made a transition from a law enforcement career to the private sector. Mark spent 30 years with the California Highway Patrol and retired as a Chief in 2020. During his career he worked various patrol duties, investigative and administrative assignments throughout the CHP’s Southern Division Today he is the director of security for a large financial institution. Prior to and during his time with the CHP, Mark was a member of the United States National Cycling Team.  He won four United States Elite National Championship titles, and competed in the 2002 World Para Championships, where he and his blind female partner earned two World Championship titles on the tandem bicycle in Augsburg, Germany.

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Jason Tuschen enlisted in the Navy in 1990. In 1992, he successfully completed Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL (BUD/S) training and was assigned to SEAL Team THREE. After multiple deployments, he was selected for assignment to Naval Special Warfare Development Group, where he served as an operator and later a leader of an assault force. In December of 2001, he took an assignment as an instructor at the Naval Special Warfare Center and spent the next two years teaching tactics to future SEAL operators and leaders. Upon completion of that assignment, he transferred to SEAL Team SEVEN where he was the senior enlisted advisor of the task force responsible for leading the team through pre-deployment training and a follow-on deployment to Baghdad, Iraq. Upon return from that deployment, he was promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer and put in charge of First Phase at BUD/S. After a successful tour at BUD/S, he spent the next decade in executive leadership positions throughout Naval Special Warfare. His career culminated at Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (NSWG-1) where he served as the Command Master Chief, responsible for 2000 personnel, four SEAL Teams and five ancillary commands focused on executing National Security Strategy in the Middle East, South East Asia, and the Korean Peninsula. In 2018 Jason retired after a 27-year career in the military. Along with retired SEAL Command Master Chief Jason Torey, they founded Randori INC to help develop the leaders and cultures of organizations. After being an advisor to the CEOs of tech startup Sylabs, in April 2020 he took over as CEO of Sylabs Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Administration and Management from Excelsior College and a Master of Science in Management from the American College of Financial Services. Jason has been happily married for 20 years to his wife Marijo and raised two children.

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