Women of Substance with Dr. Scarlett Horton
Episode 16 - Dr. Scarlett Horton interviews Jane Horton
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Ms. Jane Horton brings over a decade of experience as a respected and influential global leader in the national security, humanitarian, and veterans space. She is a fearless and relentless advocate; one who has successfully fostered bipartisan collaboration on legislation, policies, and programs to better the lives of veterans, service members, their families, and those across the globe.
Jane is Gold Star wife to SPC Christopher Horton, an Army sniper killed in action on September 9, 2011 in Paktyia, Afghanistan.
Jane was raised in church, and had a desire to give her life to Jesus and follow Him in the days of her youth. As a young person, she spent her summers overseas on mission trips, and working at orphanages. She also grew up volunteering at the USO, packing boxes for service members
Jane and Chris were married in 2009. Chris was killed on first deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. As a young widow, Jane moved to Washington D.C. to advocate for Gold Star families.
Recently, Jane served as a senior advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. In this capacity, Jane advised on matters such as civilian and military personnel policy, military family policy, and international security affairs. She has championed efforts to advance warfighter brain health and Gold Star family initiatives.
Jane’s distinguished career includes contributing as a writer for publications such as Task and Purpose, Huffington Post, and The Drudge Report; she has been featured on ABC, USA Today, Fox News, CNN, Voice of America, and numerous other publications and public appearances.
Furthermore, Jane has extensive leadership in military and veteran advocacy and a passion for service. She has dedicated over 13,000 hours to Gold Star family and survivor populations.
She has advised numerous senior military, congressional, and government leaders across the globe, earned multiple awards for her community and civilian service, and traveled to combat zones to visit the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on numerous occasions. She has traveled twice with the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, as a special assistant and in her role as a senior advisor. She recently traveled on her sixth trip to Afghanistan in June of 2021 to continue her work in the country and advise on ways to care for their war widows and orphans.
In this powerful episode, Scarlett and Jane talk about Jane's walk of courage after tragedy, and the importance of living intentionally in order to honor the ones of those who gave their life for freedom. Your faith will be ignited as you watch.
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