A veteran of the United States Air Force, Jon served over 20 years and retired from active duty as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in 2019.  He developed his love of the outdoors through the Scouting program and is an Eagle Scout.  In addition to his role as CEO, Jon teaches in the Intelligence and Security Studies Department at The Citadel while training to become a Clinical Mental Health Counselor.  He is driven by the need to help prepare future warfighters for the realities of military service and worked to start Send Me Outdoors as a way to help other veterans returning home from war. 

Ben has been passionate about all things outdoors since his childhood in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and the high deserts of Arizona. He grew up fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, and practicing survival skills. Throughout his 20 years of military service he maintained and expanded his proficiency in these skills, while building a fraternity of like minded friends. In retirement he and his wife Kristina place a deliberate focus on the therapeutic elements of sharing outdoor passions with friends while raising their young family in an environment that will benefit them mentally, physically, and emotionally.

During his military service Jesse was a Korean linguist, who worked in intelligence roles around the world. He loves being outdoors with his kids, and loves challenging his veteran brothers and sisters to do better, and be better. Jesse believes there’s value in being outdoors doing physical tasks: splitting wood, catching and cleaning fish, hunting, building structures, and anything else where the nature / human relationship is very close and inter-reliant. He believes these moments are valuable, but they are also rare in the modern world. For Jesse, these are things that help connect him to the people around him.