Warrior Haven USA offers veterans a different path after service: valuable skills, work experience, and a solid income without being pushed into college and a cubicle. Retired Navy SEAL and CEO Marty Strong explains how he joined his Marine Recon friend on a Florida horse farm to build a program that blends a virtual business academy, woodworking and metal shops, a culinary track, and partnerships with equine therapy and service dog groups.

Through short experiences, multi-week courses, and full apprenticeships, vets learn in-demand trades, challenge the myth that only degrees lead to success, practice humility, and approach transition like serious training, gaining purpose, confidence, and a new mission.

Timestamps:

• 03:45 Challenging the college-only version of the American dream
• 07:27 Inside Warrior Haven USA and life on the horse farm
• 17:00 Three levels from therapy day to paid apprenticeship
• 30:05 Building the Harry Sargent Veterans Vocational Center
• 37:10 Tough love on humility, offices, and starting at the bottom again

• Veteran Suicide & Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1
• Warriors Haven USA Website: https://www.warriorshavenusa.com
• Follow Warriors Haven USA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarriorsHavenUSA/
• Follow Warriors Haven USA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warriorshavenusa/
• Follow Warriors Haven USA on Twitter/X: https://x.com/warriorshavenus
• Other links: https://www.martystrong.com

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