Retired SOF

Steven is a retired Special Operations Officer. After starting as a wide receiver for the University of Illinois football team, he enlisted in the Navy despite having a degree in Kinesiology. He served as a Navy SEAL with SEAL Team One. He conducted two deployments and transitioned out to work for several business management positions. Later he joined the Army. He had the honor of completing three Special Operations pipelines and served with the 75th Ranger Regiment and as a Green Beret with the 10th Special Forces Group. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Steven has been married for 29 years and has three daughters. He seeks to help his fellow brothers navigate life after the military. He understands he does not have all the answers but knows what has worked and what has not worked for him. Steven is willing to freely lend an ear and help as much as he can.

If you need someone to talk to who has been there, whether through sports, military, combat, or marriage, you can reach him at:

pipehitter197@protonmail.com

Former SF

Matthew Nardo served in the United States Army Special Forces (5th SFG) (Green Beret) as an 18E & 18F. As an OIF veteran, he earned his Masters in Criminal Justice from Boston University and founded a non profit (The Green Beret LIEE) to create an outdoor support network for the military community through the use of competitive shooting sports. Matt uses this platform to build camaraderie, embrace healthy competition and leverage leadership while also bringing awareness to mental health and moral injury. Current expedition work focuses on SOF, their children and families.

Some of Matt’s military education and training includes: Special Forces Qualification course; Special Forces Communication Sergeant’s course; Special Forces INTEL Sergeant’s course; Gryphon Group; Blackbird Combat Surveillance course; ASO; Mid South Combat Shooting School; SERE Level C course; TCCC; EMR; Mountain Warfare School; FEEMA Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment course; National Tactical Officers Firearms Instructors course; A.L.I.C.E Active Shooter Response Instructor course; Modern Standard Arabic. Matt is a NRA instructor, USSCA instructor and is NTOA certified.

While nothing can recreate the adrenaline rush of his time with SF, Matt is an avid racer and has been since he was a young kid. He was the 2011 CCS GTO Rookies Cup Champion and the 2015 CRA Amateur, Unlimited Superbike, Unlimited Supersport and Unlimited GP Champion.

De Oppresso Liber

thegreenberetlife@gmail.com

Retired SF

Jose is a Retired Special Forces Sergeant Major with multiple deployments with the 7th Special Forces Group, and the Joint Special Operations Command.

While assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (A), Jose deployed numerous times to Central and South America, and twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Combined Joint Task Force-76 from 2004-2005 and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan from 2018-2019.

While assigned to JSOC, Jose deployed to Qatar in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jose spent some time as a Military Free Instructor and became a Military Free Fall Examiner and a Tandem Instructor Examiner with over 4,500 jumps to include 2,700 student jumps, and more than 1,400 Tandem Jumps, as well as a Professional Jump Demonstrator.

After retirement with 29 years of Active-Duty Service, Jose continued his passion for teaching Military Free Fall and works as an Instructor for multiple units within the Special Operations Command, as well as starting Long Tab Lines, a Non-Profit Outdoor Recreation Company for SOF Operators and their Spouses, Gold Star Families, and First Responders.

Long Tab Lines is an Outdoor Recreation Company dedicated to Special Operation Forces and their families, Gold Star Families and First Responders to reduce the suicide and divorce rates that plague those communities.

vazquejo@gmail.com

SFF Hotline

For SEALS needing to talk with a teammate.

516-308-2682