Veteran On the Move

Chelsea Mandello is the founder and CEO of Troopster Military Care Packages. A veteran, Chelsea served in the U.S. Navy as a Photojournalist for 7 years, where she travelled more than 13 countries.  Additionally she travelled across 9 different ships reporting the Navy's story. Consequently, it was during a difficult deployment in 2013 that Chelsea recognized the need for a personalized care package solution that led to the launching of Troopster in 2015.

“My job was to tell the navy’s story; it was an awesome job.” – Chelsea Mandello

Chelsea Mandello- Hard & Fast Transition

During active duty, Chelsea founded Troopster when she was active duty.  She was in a remote area where receiving mail and packages was difficult and took a lot of coordination.  As a result, the packages were “heartbroken” and items had gone bad and escaped the original intent of the care package.  Chelsea researched for 2 years and developed a business plan as to what a care package company should look like. Consequently, Troopster was founded.

Chain of Command

Mandello got lucky with her chain of command who was very supportive of her effort whole being active duty.  She engaged in entrepreneurial classes with Boots to Business that were offered.  Chelsea was very open with her command about her endeavors and as a result found that they were very helpful and accepting unlike other chains of command.

“I love what I do; It feels like I have the absolute best job in the world; I get to connect mom's, dad’s, spouse’s with their troops to make personalized care packages , add photos and send directly overseas.” – Chelsea Mandello

Growing a Business

To date, excluding holiday months, Troopsters sells approximately 700 packages throughout the year and even more, the donations sent out are 4 times that amount.  Troopsters is ramping up their donations  drive and Chelsea currently does not take a salary. In 2019 she is looking to expanding with more staff, developing a board who believes in Troopster's mission and becoming internationally known.  

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Stacey Wiggins is a retired prior enlisted Air Force officer with over 26 years of military service. He served aboard the National Airborne Operations Center, deployed multiple times to the Middle East, and lived abroad for 3 tours. He completed his Air Force career in 2015 as the Operations Officer at Clemson University's Air Force ROTC program. He lives in the Greenville, SC area with his wife Kathy where he’s helping bring Veterans and employers together through a new organization and web tool called Veterans ASCEND.

Stacey Wiggins - Difficult Transition

Stacey started his resume and distributing his resume 3 months prior to terminal leave.  At 7-8 months he still and no phone calls or interviews with prospective employers. Stacey sent out over 200 resumes.  Desperation starting setting in and he finally got a call.

“The difficult part is that you don't get any feedback from anybody.” – Stacey Wiggins

Trust Your Gut Instinct

When Stacey went to the interview he saw every red flag about this company but he was so desperate to have purpose again so ignored the red flags and took the job.  Eventually the red flags started coming to the surface and Stacey learned that this job was not for him.

“For anybody who is out there and interviewing, trust what your gut is telling you.  Don’t take it because you are setting yourself back 3-6 months.” – Stacey Wiggins

Networking is Key

Stacey had been actively looking for 13 months before he received the call to work with Veterans ASCEND.  The networking piece is where Stacey failed but he was able to join in the beginning stages with a company that is helping veterans find jobs.  Veterans ASCEND works much like Match.com but from the skill set level of the employee and matches the skill set needed by the employer. They are also reaching out the those companies that want to hire veterans.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” – Stacey Wiggins

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Ira Pastor,  is the Chief Executive Officer of Bioquark Inc. He has over 30 years of experience across multiple sectors of the pharmaceutical industry.  These sectors include pharmaceutical commercialization, biotech drug development, managed care, distribution, OTC, and retail.  Ira has served as VP, Business Development for drug development company Phytomedics Inc.  Ira spearheaded raising $40 million of private equity, consummating over $50 million of licensing deals, and bringing lead drug candidate from discovery stage to Phase III development.  Prior to that, Ira was employed by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals working in sales, marketing, and business strategy positions.

Mr. Pastor has also served as Vice President of Corporate Development for the pharmacy benefit management company Prescription Delivery Systems (acquired by Cigna Health Insurance).  He earned his MBA from Temple University and his BS, Pharmacy from Rutgers University. In addition, Ira is also a Board Member of RegenerAge SAPI de CV, (www.regenerage.clinic/en/.) a clinical company focused on expedited translational therapeutic applications of regenerative and rejuvenative healthcare interventions.  He also serves on the Reanima Project (http://www.reanima.tech),and is a member of the World E.conomic Forum’s  Human Enhancement council (https://www.weforum.org/people/ira-pastor).

Ira Pastor - Pharmacist to Entrepreneur

Ira grew up in the Philadelphia area and was a pharmacist by training.  He then pursued a degree in business. Ira’s entrepreneur training dates back to his father, a naval shipman in WW2.  His father was also a pharmacist by trade and built a successful community pharmacy.  At an early age, Ira saw his father’s determination and work ethic during the depression.  Additionally, his dad’s military background was an important factor for instilling these characteristics.

Passion of Regenerating, Repairing and Healing

As Ira grew up in the family pharmacy business, he knew early on that he would be a pharmacist.  He worked side by side with his father and eventually evolved to the next phase-big biotech questions.  Ira was missing the entrepreneurial spirited angle and needed something more tangible so he jumped into a smaller biotech.  Bioquark and 3 R’s.

Regeneration

Repair

Rejuvenation

“How we can do a better job of regenerating, repairing and healing people; veterans fall in a major way in that category from some of the most traumatic, chronic and acute damage that are experienced.” – Ira Pastor

Bioquark’s Mission

“How we can move as an industry to addressing these much bigger problems associated with human degeneration, deterioration and death?”- Ira Pastor

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Echo in Ramadi with Marine Scott Huesing 

Discover the story of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines in one of the world's historic fights. Listen to Joe Crane as he features Echo in Ramadi with Marine Scott Huesing. Tune in!

"There is no such thing as combat leadership; it's just leadership. You either lead or do not lead." - Scott Huesing

Service in the Marine Corps

Scott enlisted in the Marines in 1989. During his 24 years in service, he became a commissioned officer and got deployed to numerous combat missions around the world.

His experiences taught him to value time and provided him with a unique perspective. He retired in late December of 2013.   

No Fear in Transition

Scott already had a job set up when he retired from the military. He worked in an exclusive, private security firm as the Director of Training.

After a year and a half, he moved into southern California where he decided to complete his first book. He advises military men in transition to prepare for job interviews and be brave towards anything that may arise -- don't be afraid to fail.

Echo in Ramadi this 2018

Scott is now a published author and business owner. He also speaks to various companies and organizations. Popular ones include universities and ROTC programs.

He feels good to be able to give back to the community. This 2018, he presents a new book titled Echo in Ramadi. It tells about the captivating story of Echo Company during the 2nd Battle of Ramadi in 2006.      

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Guest Bio Scott Huesing

Scott A. Huesing is a retired US Marine Corps Infantry Major. During his 24 years of service, he had 10 deployments and operated in more than 60 countries. He planned, led, and conducted hundreds of combat missions under some of the most austere and challenging conditions in Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq.

His upcoming book, Echo in Ramadi is set for release this 2018. It is a 10-month snapshot in time that changed the face of operations on the battlefield; a story of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines during the 2006 historic 2nd Battle of Ramadi.

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Scott Smith is a real estate investor and asset protection attorney in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Albany Law School and began his career in high-stakes corporate litigation. He is the founder and CEO of Royal Legal Solutions, serving investors and companies across the US. With experience in entrepreneurship, starting several successful companies and owning real estate in 10 states, Scott will pull from his expertise as a lawyer to put a new and valuable perspective on business ownership.

Scott Smith – Fight or Flight

Scott graduated with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and was unsuccessful in securing a job right out of college.  As a result, Scott competed in the MMA for a couple of years. He then transitioned to real estate investing for 8 years and then did litigation work for 4 years.  Scott was now doing legal fighting; playing what he called “mental chess.”

“The mental side of fighting, that’s the part that is draining.  When you have the flight or fight response, your brain doesn’t really know that much of a difference between when I’m stepping inside a cage versus when I’m stepping inside a courtroom.  There’s still the same attack mentality ad defense mentality and the fight of flight is in there the whole time.” – Scott Smith

Final Transition

Scott then transitioned back to real estate investing after burning out and becoming fatigued.  It was a natural transition. He now helps others with asset protection which is a level of protection that if you’re sued you don’t need to worry about it.  His business he realized that most real estate investors and entrepreneurs have no idea how to use the law to insulate themselves.  Scott assist clients in tax saving strategies to help pay for everything that Royal Legal Solutions can provide.

Legal Strategy

The first legal question is regarding setting up an LLC.  Scott shares that most people have an idea for a business and they form an LLC.  He advises to keep it simple. Set up your LLC and then file S-Corporation with the IRS. You then become an employee of the S-Corporation.  Finally, you will need to file a separate tax return.

“You will save yourself over 15% on self-employment tax..” – Scott Smith

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Paul Capon has over a decade of experience in managing teams, investing in and running companies, in both start- up and distressed situations.  After serving as a U.S. Air Force Captain responsible for 150+ personnel and convoy commander for over 100+ missions in Kabul and Logistics lead in Kandahar, he joined Capstone in early 2013 and worked in the  restructuring industry. He worked on multiple cases representing both company and lender side helping recoup lent capital or helping companies secure DIP financing.

In early 2015, Paul founded LunaCap Ventures, a Venture Debt  firm focused on hybrid growth capital investing. As Managing Partner of LunaCap, he has led and executed a number of investments and distributed capital to LP’s within the first year.  

Paul Capon – Leveraging Your Network

Paul sits on the board of one portfolio company as vice chairman and helped guide it out of distress to its first profitable year and subsequent sale.  He is also the CEO of Wessex Press, a LunaCap Ventures portfolio company.  Most importantly, Paul increased LunaCap Venture's revenue four times and turned the company to its first profitable year since inception within in his first three years.  

Paul holds a B.S from the United  States Air Force Academy, and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

He is a founding member of the New York City Military Officers Club, and also sits on the advisory boards of Comply First and the Joint Service Academy Network.

“We invest in US based Military, Women, and Minority (MWM) owned companies through venture debt and warrants. As investors, we facilitate and help our companies by leveraging our network and expertise as entrepreneurs ourselves.”– Paul Capon

Transitioning to Civilian Sector

The transition from the Air Force to business school was relatively easy for Paul.  He always knew that he would go into the civilian sector and finally go to business school. Business school gave Paul the foundation that he didn’t get in the military.  As a result, quickly learned that there was an established pipeline and most hire from the pool of business school graduates. Paul knew leadership, team building and soft skills from the military. Hence, Paul wanted to learn the numbers.

“We want to serve, we love leadership, we love camaraderie, we love building things and I think it lends itself very much and translates into the civilian world.” – Paul Capon

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Dan Burton is the Founder and CEO of DroneBase, the largest global drone operations, which provides businesses with stunning aerial information to make better, real-time decisions about their most critical assets. Under Burtons vision and leadership, DroneBase has become the trusted, go-to drone platform for aerial images and data for worldwide enterprise clients. As a result, the company has grown its global pilot network 10x year over year, has completed 100,000 commercial flights, and has raised capital from top VC firms including Union Square Ventures, Upfront, and SkyFund (the joint venture between Accel and DJI).

Dan Burton – Drones in the Business World

Before founding DroneBase, Dan Burton analyzed industries for global corporations on Goldman Sachs Technology, Media & Telecom Group. He initially became a drone enthusiast during his service as a Marine Infantry Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2007 - 2011. While in the Marines, the drone industry was just getting started and he watched it grow from the likes of the first desktop computers to iPhones. Burton started his career as a Special Projects Assistant in the U.S. Senate. Burton has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.

“For any veteran, the transition may be under-appreciated; that’s a difficult thing.” – Dan Burton

Quick Transition

The transition from the Marine Corps to Harvard Business School definitely came up quick for Dan.  He loves the USMC and everything it stands for. Dan lived in New York during September 11 and saw it all happen.  As a result, the events of 9-11 caused Dan to take a deeper look at his military training.  Consequently, he realized that in the USMC their drone technology was second to none.

“Drone technology that was miniaturizing and computerizing; I really believe that it would transform the business world.” – Dan Burton

Starting a Business

Dan initially left the finance world with no income and no healthcare to start his business.  Hence, the clock was ticking but he was passionate about his belief drone technology could transform the business world.  He sought out anyone who was doing commercial drone operations including veterans who had worksites and started doing work for free to put his company out there.  

“It’s really hard to start a business; I would only recommend doing it if there is a problem you really want to see solved.” – Dan Burton

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Mel Deaile is an associate professor at the Air Command and Staff College. Dr. Deaile is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, with a PhD in American History from UNC-Chapel Hill, who flew the B-52 Stratofortress and the B-2 Spirit. He has flown combat operations as part of Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom, including a record setting 44.3-hour combat mission. Dr. Deaile is the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and is a distinguished graduate of the USAF Weapon School. Mel. Deaile is also the author of Always at War.

Mel Deaile– Training to Combat

Mel Deaile, grew up in Fresno, California.  He attended the Air Force Academy after high school to study Astronomical Engineering.  Mel then went to pilot training at Williams Air Force Base and within a year was flying combat missions as part of Desert Storm from Diego Garcia over Iraq.

“Within a year I got about 9 total missions mainly against the republican guard.” – Mel Deaile

Planning For Transition

The transition from the Air Force was relatively easy for Mel due to planning ahead.  Prior to transitioning a job opened up at the Center for Unconventional Weapon Studies in Nuclear Deterrence and studies nuclear policy. He applied, received the job and started his academia career.

“Make the transition when the opportunity is there.” – Mel Deaile

Domineering Force

Del is the author of Always at War.  The book looks at Strategic Air Command (SAC) from its inception through the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Del says the primary reason for the book is to look at how SAC became the domineering force in the Air Force for about the first 2 decades that the Air Force was independent.

“A lot of people, when you say SAC automatically think of General Curtis LeMay.” – Mel Deaile

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Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Dale Dye,  is a Hollywood actor, military advisor and founder of Warriors Inc. Dale shares with host Joe Crane, his military career and how he got involved in Hollywood and eventually advised and landed roles in Platoon, Band of Brothers, Born on the 4th of July, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, The Pacific and many more great military movies.

Dale Dye – In the Beginning

Retired Marine Captain Dale Dye started his journey in 1964 as a high school student at the Missouri Military Academy.  He enlisted in the Marine Corps and became an 81mm mortarman with the 5th Marines at Camp Pendleton.  In 1965 he went to Vietnam for a few months and then returned to the states.  Dale took an interest in a Marine Corps correspondent that was taking pictures and eventually changed his MOS to public affairs.He served in Vietnam from 1967 as a combat correspondent until he was hit the third time in May of 1970, serving for 33 months.  Dale received 3 Purple Hearts.

“We had to be wherever the shooting was going on and that is where we wanted to be.” – Dale Dye

Seeing the War Through a Different Lens

As a combat correspondent, Dale saw the war through a lens that the average Marine didn’t.  He was able to go anywhere and do anything as long as he could provide a human interest story for the hometown newspapers.  He had proven himself in his field and eventually was persuaded to go to Quantico to Officer Candidate School.

“After the war I was all over the world doing all kinds of assignments .” – Dale Dye

Soldier of Fortune

After retiring, Soldier of Fortune Magazine contacted Dale and hired him to be an Executive Editor.  They sent him all over the world, primarily to Central America. He was writing a few articles and training anti-sandinista troops in Honduras and Costa Rica.  

“Writing of the article was secondary to the training of these anti gorilla troops.”- Dale Dye

Due to Iran-Contra, Dale made the decision to leave this assignment and move on in his life.

Once a Marine, Always a Marine

Dale reflected and concluded that a common theme that intrigued him was military movies and the fact that these movies did not reflect the military that he served in.  He went to LA and made a name for himself by convincing producers that the actors needed total immersion in a version of bootcamp that the actors could bring to their performance.  His mission was to change how the American civilians view the common grunt. Dale finally teamed up with Oliver Stone to train the actors for the movie Platoon. For 3 weeks with no outside contact, Dale Dye trained 33 actors as a rifle platoon.  Some of those actors went on to be famous. He trained Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, and Tom.

Berenger“Always been a movie fan; seen every military movie there was .” – Dale Dye

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Warriors Inc.

Dale Dye is also an accomplished author.  Check out books by Dale Dye on Amazon:

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Lisa Shapiro is the author of No Forgotten Fronts: From Classrooms to Combat, published by the Naval Institute Press. Lisa read almost 5,000 letters written by servicemen and servicewomen from San Diego who wrote to one college professor during WWII.

Lisa Shapiro – Collection of WWII Letters to One Professor

Lisa started teaching in 2002 in San Diego at a community college and has always had veterans in her classroom.  She wanted to help and better understand veterans and their experiences.  In addition, she believes they bring a lot of value to the classroom. Lisa wanted to be on the forefront of helping veterans in making their transition from the military to the business world.  

“Veterans make awesome students.” – Lisa Shapiro

After deciding to go back to school, Lisa researched war literature.  She came across a letter collection at San Diego State University and spent 2 years going through these letters that veterans had written to one professor, Dr. Post.  Doc, his nickname, believed in connecting veterans. He created a newsletter and more veterans started writing him. Doc wanted veterans to know that they were important and not forgotten.

Mosaic of Letters

The letters that were written became much like a mosaic of stories that Lisa had to thread together.  The newsletter became important to all that wrote to Doc. The stories written from the letters started to intertwine veterans together due to their experiences and circumstances.  

“To me that captures how much that newsletter meant to these young men and women; they called it their morale booster .” – Lisa Shapiro

Embracing the Story

Lisa’s book is published by Naval Institute Press.  The Naval Institute Press is a non-profit organization and the mission is to put military stories or stories about military life including history and the social impact of war to bring that to a broader audience.  

“One of the things I liked about the Naval Institute Press and working with their editors is that they really embraced the story.”- Lisa Shiparo

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