Sargent Major Tom Satterly came home a soldier and continued to soldier in his home life, it was all he knew but it was not working it was destroying his home. Find more of his story here.
Once he realized that he had to change or lose everything, he along with his 4th wife Jen started a foundation to help veterans and their spouses reconnect with each other on the home front.
JEN AND TOM SHARE THEIR STRUGGLES TO RECONNECT AND BRING ABOUT A FOUNDATION THAT HELPS OTHER COUPLES RECONNECT ON THE HOME FRONT.
– Workshop Retreats for Special Operations combat warriors and their significant others lead by Tom and Jen Satterly, along with trauma and marriage therapist, Stacey Stone.
– PTS Resiliency Training for Active Duty Special Operations Service Members
– Resources for SOF couples and their families healing from PTS and TBI. Where people can directly find our services and sign up with you.
Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest Tom Satterly, on air from February 11th
All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier’s Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the HomefrontBy Tom Satterly
Tom Satterly, served in the Army twenty-five years, He is author of the new book, All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier’s Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront. As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country’s most fearsome enemies. One of the most highly regarded special operations soldiers in American military history shares his war stories and personal battle with PTSD. Over the course of twenty years and thousands of missions, he’s fought desperately for his life, rescued hostages, killed and captured terrorist leaders, and seen his friends maimed and killed around him. All Secure is in part Tom’s journey into a world so dark and dangerous that most Americans can’t contemplate its existence. It recounts what it is like to be on the front lines with one of America’s most highly trained warriors. As action-packed as any fiction thriller, All Secure is an insider’s view of “The Unit.” Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. It nearly led him to kill himself in 2014, but for the lifeline thrown to him by an extraordinary woman, it might have ended there. Instead, they took on Satterly’s most important mission-saving the lives of his brothers and sisters in arms who are killing themselves at a rate of more than twenty a day. Told through Satterly’s firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons-the bloodshed, the deaths, the intense moments of sheer terror, the survivor’s guilt, depression, and substance abuse-for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: Post Traumatic Stress. With the help of his wife, he learned that by admitting his weaknesses and faults he sets an example for other combat veterans struggling to come home.
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Tom Satterly is a highly decorated combat veteran who was portrayed in the Oscar-winning 2001 film Black Hawk Down. He served in the Army twenty-five years, twenty in the nation’s most elite and secretive special operations unit. He has led hundreds of missions, including some of our nation’s most important special operations campaigns. He was awarded five Bronze Stars, two of them for valor. Today, he is fighting that battle against PTSD for other veterans through the All Secure Foundation.
He lives in the Midwest with his supportive wife and family.
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To all those that serve us in caring for our safety and wellbeing
THANK YOU
We have lost too many to wars, to many to suicide, too many on the roads, in the fires, and are now in need of our help, but they get forgotten. Without those who choose to put themselves on the front lines, and those who have our backs, and who help us heal where would we be?. THANK YOU.
The Soldiers, The Doctors, The first Responders, the Police, the Firefighters, the Paramedics, the Nurses, the Counsellors, the Healers, the Therapists and so many more, THANK YOU for you caringness in protecting and saving and in rehabilitating us.
For the LOVE of Music with Sara Troy and her guest Dave Bray, on air from October 30th
Dave Bray USA is a United States Veteran. He served in the US Navy as an 8404 FMF Corpsman for the 2nd Battalion/2nd Marines, (Sniper PLT), stationed out of Camp Lejeune, NC.
Dave is now a national touring musician, singer and songwriter, and has dedicated his musical career to supporting U.S. Veterans, Active Duty Military, Fire, Police and First Responders.
He considers his music a continuation of his service and uses his powerful voice to Honor our American Heroes.
Dave’s new album, “MUSIC ON A MISSION” is available on iTunes and includes his breakout single, “Last Call,” a heart touching tribute to Fallen Police and their Families.
“Last Call” has brought peace to families, comfort to survivors and strength to those still holding that thin blue line.
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Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest Scott Huesing, on air October 2nd
Scott is back with us to share the overwhelming response to his book Echo in Ramadi where he shares his combat journey and in how it has impacted those that have heard him and read the book. Come hear my last show with Scott here.
Scott A. Huesing is a retired United States Marine Corps Infantry Major with 24 years of honorable service, both enlisted and as a commissioned officer. During his career spanning 10 deployments, he operated in over 60 countries worldwide. Throughout his numerous deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa he planned, led, and conducted hundreds of combat missions under some of the most austere and challenging conditions. Scott is a published author since 2005. His book, Echo in Ramadi, is a ten-month snapshot in time that changed the face of operations on the battlefield; a captivating story of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines during the Second Battle of Ramadi in support of the Multi National Forces (MNF) Surge Strategy in 2006. His true-life account provides keen insights into what may be an unfamiliar world to readers, but very familiar to those, like Scott, who lived it and endured this historic fight. Echo in Ramadi was written to honor the sacrifices and spirit of his Marines and the families they supported – it is his tribute to them and his honor to tell this great story. Readers will feel the pain, emotion, laughter, intensity, and friction that Scott describes in unvarnished detail.
JOIN SARA AND SCOTT AS WE DISCUSS THE IMPACT HIS BOOK HAS MADE.
Scott has written numerous articles and scholarly pieces for The Marine Corps Gazette and Military Times. He has been a technical writer and author to U.S. Marine Corps doctrine shaping the future of training within the world’s most elite branch of service. He is the creative author on writing the standard operating procedures for Marine Expeditionary Units, America’s first response force, with The Lightning Press. Scott is a formally trained instructor and public speaker with 25 years of experience teaching and getting his audiences to connect to the material he presents, both in the military and private sector. He has spoken to audiences as large as 2,000 conveying his thoughts, intent, and goals in order to motivate listeners. Scott’s natural, outgoing style makes him uniquely qualified and talented in communicating and translating his experiences to audiences to connect. With his willingness to share his unique story and experiences, Scott dedicates his time to travel to military bases, NROTC programs, Veterans hospitals, corporate leadership conferences, Gold Star Mothers events, and a multitude of venues to read and share the story of his epic journey and struggles. He is continually sought out to provide Professional Military Education to active duty units to speak on leadership and his combat experiences – and the importance of writing about them. Scott is the Executive Director for Save the Brave Foundation, a certified 501c3 that connects Veterans through outreach to build strength of character – their mission is staying proactive to the needs of the Veterans they serve. He is also the President of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines Association, a non-profit that helps Veterans and active duty Marines and is the Vice President on the Board of the KD Poynter Legacy Foundation to provide funds and support to all Veterans. Scott currently lives in Southern California with his family.
On Friday July 22nd, Major Scott A. Huesing USMC (Ret), the Bestselling Author of Echo in Ramadiis riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle across the country again for Save the Brave (STB) to raise awareness for Veteran Suicide. Huesing (51), the Executive Director of Save the Brave (501c3) began this ride in 2020 to honor his high school friend and veteran, David W. White (aged 48), who died from alcohol poisoning on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Butte, Montana. Huesing will ride from Bastards Canteen in Temecula, California to Palmetto Brewing Company in Charleston, South Carolina.
During the 9-day journey, Huesing will make several stops to ask supporters to donate to STB and ride along with him on his journey to raise awareness for veteran suicide – emphasizing that these are not statistics anymore, they are friends and sons and brothers that we all know. He’ll be joined by fellow veterans and riders from every state he passes through amidst the heat of July. Their goal – $100,000.
When asked, “Why did you pick July to make this ride?” Huesing responded, “I didn’t pick the month – the month picked me. If nothing else, it’s a reminder to everyone who joins me along the way that maybe we need to suffer a little bit to be reminded exactly why we are riding.” Veterans dealing with depression, alcohol abuse, and PTSD are especially impacted by the isolation this pandemic has caused in many cases.
This is a unique opportunity to stay connected as veterans and as communities while supporting a worthwhile charity.
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