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Charlie Inot was raised in a U.S. Navy family.  In 1964, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and with the 6th, 5th, and 10th Special Forces Groups.  During the Vietnam War, he saw combat with the 5th Special Forces Group, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor, and the Purple Heart Medal.  He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1970.

Inot joined the San Diego Police Department in 1971 and, over the years, served in various assignments, including the Metro Arson Strike Team.  He retired as a detective in 1993.…

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Colonel Joe Boscacci, U.S. Army (Ret.) was born in San Francisco, CA and attended California State University San Francisco from 1960-1964.  Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and went to training at Fort Polk and Fort Ord.

Joe returned to CSU San Francisco and received a General Secondary Teaching Credential and was selected for a teaching assignment at Westmoor High School in Daly City, California. During this time, he served as an enlisted man with Headquarters 6253d U.S. Army Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, California. He rose through the ranks from E-1 to E-7 in …

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CAPT Tamara Graham, U.S. Navy (Ret.) was born in Rome, New York to a military family. She grew up in various places, eventually graduating high school in Huntsville, AL and attending the University of Virginia on a Navy ROTC scholarship.

In 1993 she received her degree in Biology, commissioned and was selected to Navy flight training, just one month after the combat exclusion law was lifted. This change in policy opened all Navy aircraft and combat ships to women for the first time and allowed Graham to pursue her dream of flying H-60 helicopters off of aircraft carriers.

She …

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Colonel Lee Jacobs is retired from the U.S. Army, as well as a retired U.S. Customs Criminal Investigator. In 1979, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served on active duty for four years as a Combat Engineer Officer.

He was commissioned as a Captain in the U.S. Army in 1985 and attended the Army Special Forces Qualification Course. For the next 24 years, he served in numerous active duty and reserve Special Forces assignments with 12th Special Forces Group (reserve), 5th SFG, and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). He commanded …

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Melinda Baccanari has a background in education, publishing, and marketing. A retired English teacher, she previously spent nearly two decades in the publishing and marketing business, holding leadership roles in editorial management, advertising, and promotions.

As the spouse of a retired Navy Captain, Melinda has been immersed in the military community since 1996. During her husband’s assignment as a flight instructor in Pensacola, Fla., she worked with Scuba Times Magazine, managing advertising accounts and serving as the editor of Belize Magazine. Following a relocation to Ventura County, Calif., she became the Promotions Manager for Sage Publications, a leading academic …