Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show Tom & Jen Satterly - All Secure Foundation - Assisting Warriors & Their Families Heal From The Trauma Of War
Tom & Jen Satterly, are the Co-Founder’s, and CEO and COO, of the All Secure Foundation ( https://allsecurefoundation.org/ ), an organization that assists special operations active duty and combat veterans, and their families, in recovery of post-traumatic stress through education, awareness, and resources for healing, workshop retreats, and PTS resilience training. Their organization has been recognized as a top rated non profit by Great Nonprofit s and has grown to serve thousands of combat families. Tom is a highly decorated combat veteran ( https://www.tomsatterly.com/ ), having served in the U.S. Army 25 years, the last 20 in the U.S. Military’s most elite Tier One unit, Delta Force. He has been involved in, and led, some of our nation’s most important military campaigns. Tom fought in and was portrayed in the Oscar Winning 2001 film: Black Hawk Down (Operation Gothic Serpent) which was the longest sustained firefight since Vietnam. As a member of Delta Force, he has been deployed countless times and led hundreds of missions including the capture of Saddam Hussein. He is the recipient of numerous medals including 5 Bronze Stars, 2 for Valorous acts, and he was the first American to attend German Ranger School after competing against hundreds of soldiers to win the singular honor. Tom’s best-selling book, “All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier’s Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront”, was released on 2019 is available at all major booksellers ( https://www.amazon.com/All-Secure-Operators-Battlefield-Homefront/dp/1546076573/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=all+secure&qid=1573674379&sr=8-4 ). Jen spent 15 years as an award-winning filmmaker and photographer, spending the last three years as Director of Film and Photography of an elite Special Operations training company fully embedded with Navy SEALS, Green Berets, and Army Rangers in large-scale realistic training missions. During her time embedding with Special Operations warriors, Jen began to see a pattern with the soldiers, sailors, and airmen she worked alongside, some of the very same issues Tom began facing related to complex Post-Traumatic Stress. She began searching for answers to help them find a way to constructively deal with PTS and its symptoms which included isolation, anxiety, severe depression, anger issues and a long list of medical challenges. Jen made it her mission to not only help the service member but also the families who often suffer from secondary PTS and are innocent causalities of the longest war. Additionally, Jen is the founder of Virago, a platform for educating and empowering women who are facing the challenges of PTS on the home front. Jen’s book, "Arsenal of Hope: Tactics for Taking on PTSD, Together" was released in 2021 and is available at all major booksellers ( https://www.amazon.com/Arsenal-Hope-Tactics-Taking-Together/dp/1642936790/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TWPRY17781OK&keywords=jennifer+satterly&qid=1674497626&sprefix=jeniffe+satterly%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-1 ).