Liberty Life
LIBERTY VOICES: FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK
JULY 22 2020//VOL.1 ISSUE 2
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Liberty Outreach: K9s for Warriors Liberty Coast: Camp Blanding Liberty Resources: Career Transition and Employment Liberty Profile: Northeast Florida Women Veterans Liberty Feature: Patty Piazza Liberty Culture: Mackey’s Munchies Liberty Salute: Coast Guard
elcome to the second issue W of Liberty Life. Thank you for taking the time to read through it.
VETERAN-LED: Publisher Joe Snowberger, U. S. Navy Mustang (Ret) (904) 476-7861 Publisher@LibertyLifeMedia.Com Editor Stephanie Thompson, U. S. Navy Mustang Veteran (702) 573-5506 Editor@LibertyLifeMedia.Com Director of Sales Vince Ponciano, U. S. Air Force Veteran (904) 415-7800 Vince@LibertyLifeMedia.Com Business Manager Nancy Zarling, U. S. Navy Veteran Admin@LibertyLifeMedia.Com PRODUCTION: Art Director Sarah McLaughlin ArtDirector@LibertyLifeMedia.Com Assistant Editor Courtney Stringfellow AEditor@LibertyLifeMedia.Com SALES: Automotive Advertising Staci Edwards Manager@AutoSourceWeekly.com 31 5th Street DISTRIBUTION: Atlantic Beach, Fl 32233-5307 Copyright © Signals Publishing, Inc 2020 Distribution Bobby Pendexter CosmicDistributions@gmail.com Liberty Life Media welcomes editorial, photographic and calendar contributions. Submit stories, events, milestones and military/ Veteran discount offers at www.LibertyLifeMedia.Com Please share and recycle issues.
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On base, these organizations are staffed with distinct populations of professionals, such Our mission is to provide relevant, as pilots and aviators, ship and relatable and useful information to boat drivers, technicians, mechanics, security forces, our readers. Our readers are logistians, support, administrative primarily the military, Veterans, and service personnel, engineers, and their families serving and environmentalists, specialists, and living on the military bases and in neighborhoods across Camden, crew chiefs, just to name a Nassau, Duval, Clay and St. Johns handful of these groups. They range in rank from Seaman counties. I’m excited for the opportunity to show you just how Recruit through Sergeant First much that mission inspires our work. Class to Commanding Officer. In town, Veterans from World Our Veteran staff continues to War II, the Korean Conflict, the mold our journalistic voice and Vietnam and Cold War, and the shape how we deliver 20-year era labeled Post-9/11, information, resources and live and work here. Additionally, activities to you. Late nights, new Liberty Life Media informs and lens-views and spirited video supports the many military and discussions have become the norm. Psychologist Bruce Tuckman’s Veteran spouses and family classic forming, storming, norming members who also live, work and go to school in our region. and performing stages of team The common thread? All of development are being them support our ability to live revalidated. the Liberty Life. The aha moment: I want to share one example of our evolution. Our audience is WE ARE The Liberty Coast! So… you heard it here first. principally spread across seven The Liberty Coast is a region of and a half military bases, five counties and two adjoining states. Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida, located along the Atlantic Finding a concise regional and geographic descriptor to replace coast, that is the home to one of the largest communities of military the wordy and repetitively used Servicemembers, Veterans and “Southeast Georgia and their families in the United States. Northeast Florida” emerged as a priority. Identifying an inclusive The Liberty Life Media crew looks definition of who our readers are, forward to sharing with our readers the people, places, resources and in addition to where they are, things to do on The Liberty Coast. was important. After reading through the issue, As we worked through the I invite you to share your feedback, dilemma, it was clear that submissions or desire to be a recognizing our defense contributor with me at community as being diverse is 904.476.7861 or an understatement, as we have Publisher@LibertyLifeMedia.Com. “them” all: Army, Marine Corps, You can reach the crew at Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, GUARD and Reserve bases and Info@LibertyLifeMedia.Com. commands. Each of the bases On Base • In Town • Pro-Military. have many different units. We _____________________ even have the Army Corps of Joe Snowberger Engineers, Homeland Security, U. S. Navy Mustang (Ret) FBI and numerous other Publisher I Liberty Life Media Department of Defense entities spread across our turf. LIBERTYLIFEMEDIA.COM | JULY 22, 2020 VOL. 1 / ISSUE 2
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