The Fackler

COLE GREW UP IN HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA AND AFTER GRADUATION ENLISTED INTO THE MILITARY IN 2003. HE SPENT 17 YEARS IN NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE AND WAS MEDICALLY RETIRED DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM HIS INTENSE DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE. SINCE HIS RETIREMENT HE HAS CHANNELED HIS FOCUS CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE NSW COMMUNITY, HELPING VETERANS WHO ARE IN TRANSITION, GOLD STAR FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER OF FOUR HE UNDERSTANDS FIRST HAND THE GRIEF, CHALLENGES, LOSS AND SACRIFICE THAT MANY SOF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES EXPERIENCE.