Tom is a highly decorated combat veteran, having served in the Army 25 years, the last 20 in the US 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 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 and 2 were for Valorous acts of service.
Jen is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer for 15 years, spending the last three 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.
During her time embedded with Special Operation warriors, Jen began to see a pattern with the soldiers she worked with. She noticed that many of the carried similar characteristics that her husband Tom was experiencing. Tom was battling complex Post-Traumatic Stress. These similarities sent Jen on a quest to learn how to constructively deal with PTS.
Additionally, Jen is the founder of Virago, a platform for educating and empowering women who are facing the challenges of PTS on the Homefront.
Jen is also the author of Arsenal of Hope: Tactics for taking on PTS. Tom's best-selling book, "All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and Homefront," was released on November 5, 2019.
Jen, Tom and the Chase The Vase Podcast discuss ways to help men and women take up arms and fight PTS. We invite you to listen to this podcast and to like and share it with anyone who struggles with PTS or addiction. We are here to help. Please leave a review to let us know the next topic. Check out: www.chasethevasechallenge.com for more details on how to combat addiction.
