(Press Release) America’s Future, the national leader in the fight to preserve individual rights, promote American values and traditions, and protect the nation’s Constitutional Republic, will honor five members of our Armed Services, one from each service area – Army, Navy, Marines, Space Force, and Air Force – at its Celebrate American Exceptionalism 2025 on February 18, 2025, at Mar-a-Lago, FL.
The individuals being recognized for their public acts of courage, speaking out for the truth and defending the constitutional rights of their brothers-in-arms and fellow citizens are Lt Col Carolyn Rocco, US Air Force; LTC Theresa M. Long, US Army; Former LtCol Stuart Scheller, US Marine Corps; CDR Robert A. Green Jr., US Navy, and Former Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, US Space Force.
Presenting America’s Future “Defender of Freedom” awards to the individuals will be Board Chair General Mike Flynn and Lt. Col Ivan E. Raiklin, Board member. For further information about the event and to purchase tickets, please click here.
“It is our privilege to recognize these courageous leaders willing to take the harder right and take a public stand at great risk to their careers and lives,” said Mary Flynn O’Neill, Executive Director of America’s Future. “We are honored to have these heroes with us at Mar-a-Lago to help celebrate the spirit of patriotism and what makes our mighty nation the greatest in world history.”
The event includes a poolside reception, music performances, and dinner in the Grand Ballroom, where other award presentations will be made to a powerful lineup of freedom-loving warriors: Russell Brand, Ted Nugent, Mike Tyson, Tyrus Murdoch, Eddie Griffin, and Heather Faulkner.
The Armed Services honorees’ brief bios are below:
Lt Col. Carolyn Rocco, US Air Force, is an active-duty Air Force officer with over 21 years of enlisted and officer service and a proud signatory of the Declaration of Military Accountability. Carolyn spent the last four years educating peers and superiors about the laws and policies overtly ignored during the Covid vax mandate. She has been a champion of the efforts to restore institutional trust and morale and has played a critical role within the Children’s Health Defense-Military Chapter and Feds For Freedom organizations.
LTC Theresa M. Long, US Army, was the 1st Aviation Brigade/Flight Surgeon responsible for the health and readiness of 4,000 pilots during the pandemic. She risked her career, medical license, and life as a whistleblower by opposing the unethical, unlawful, and harmful COVID-19 vaccine mandate. She exposed the damage the vaccine was causing the military with data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database, which was critical in ending the mandate and saving the careers of hundreds of thousands of service members.
Former LtCol Stuart Scheller, US Marine Corps, poke out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander-in-chief. Scheller resigned from the Marine Corps as Lieutenant Colonel after witnessing what he called “a poorly planned and executed Afghanistan withdrawal.” He served five military deployments in Ramadi, Paktika, and Ghazni. Over his military career, Scheller earned three Meritorious Service Medals, three Navy Commendations, two Navy Commendations with “V” for Valor, a Bronze Star, and a Combat Action Ribbon. President Donald J. Trump has nominated him to serve as Senior Advisor to the DoD Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
CDR Robert A. Green Jr., US Navy, is an active-duty Navy Commander, author of the Declaration of Military Accountability and Defending the Constitution behind Enemy Lines: A Story of Hope for Those Who Love Liberty. He was the Navy’s most visible and prolific resister of the COVID-19 mandate. He was personally responsible for publicly releasing the evidence that won the first federal court injunction to stop the unlawful firing of service members.
Former Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, US Space Force, was a USAF fighter pilot and a former space-based missile warning squadron commander with the US Space Force. He is the author of the bestselling book Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military. He also serves as the Executive Vice President of STARRS, an organization of US military veterans and citizens exposing and standing up against divisive racist and radical CRT/DEI/woke ideology agenda infiltrating the military. He has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as Undersecretary of the US Air Force.
America’s Future was founded in 1946 and is one of the nation’s first nonprofits. For nearly 80 years, the organization has followed in the footsteps of our forefathers by building an educated, active citizenry, defending our rights and the Constitution, and protecting our families and children – the future of America. It is on the frontline in helping score monumental legal victories defending individual rights and the Constitution with its law and policy program. It prioritizes turning education into local action, helping protect vulnerable children from exploitation and trafficking with its GET IN THE FIGHT campaign. The organization fearlessly takes on corrupt institutions by working closely with whistleblowers to protect children, and it uses its platforms to advance American exceptionalism, patriotism, and civic responsibility with multiple books, publications, training initiatives, and multimedia learning tools.
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Why isn’t the Coast Guard represented in the celebration of defenders of freedom at Mar-lar-go?
My son spent 21 years and just retired from the Coast Guard. They seem to be always forgotten.
Where is the Coast Guard defender of freedom?