{"id":22746,"date":"2024-11-08T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2024\/11\/08\/honoring-advisors-who-served-veterans-day-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T20:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:03:02","slug":"honoring-advisors-who-served-veterans-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/honoring-advisors-who-served-veterans-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Advisors Who Serve(d): Veterans Day, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/907604495\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/907604495\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!----><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"13\">\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554871\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,fit=contain\/http:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2024\/11\/Farley_Michael_Army_640x640-300x300.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/h2>\n<h2>Michael Farley<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Title\/company: <\/strong>President\/Farley Financial Partners <strong>Branch: <\/strong>U.S. Army <strong>Rank held at beginning of service and at end:<\/strong> 2nd Lieutenant\/Captain <strong>Service dates: <\/strong>1988\u20131995 <strong>Work you did:<\/strong> Combat Engineer Platoon Leader at Fort Carson, Colorado. Responsible for the well-being of 30 combat engineers and enlisted soldiers. <strong>Brief story that stands out from your service time:<\/strong> The 30-soldier team I was in charge of was named the best of 12 combat engineer platoons at Fort Carson after an exhaustive three-day, 24-hour-a-day exercise. I learned so much about leadership, motivation and teamwork in those three days as I worked with my non-commissioned officers and soldiers. I find myself using some of those same lessons 30 years later as I would my team and our clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"16\">\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554873\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,fit=contain\/http:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2024\/11\/Hyslop_Ryan_Navy_640x640-300x300.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/h2>\n<h2>Ryan R. Hyslop<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Title\/company: <\/strong>Managing Partner\/Sierra Pacific Wealth Management <strong>Branch: <\/strong>U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserves <strong>Rank held at beginning of service and at end:<\/strong> Ensign\/Lieutenant Commander <strong>Service dates: <\/strong>1997\u20132018 <strong>Work you did:<\/strong> Naval Aviator with nearly 3,000 flight hours and 256 carrier landings in the T-34C, T-45A, F-14B, C-2A and C-40A <strong>Brief story that stands out from your service time:<\/strong> My commanding officer from my first fighter squadron, who was my mentor, always told me you have to work hard if you&#8217;re gonna play hard and exercise often to stay sharp. That and make your bed every morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"14\">\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554874\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,fit=contain\/http:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2024\/11\/Lanter_William_Army_640x640-300x300.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/h2>\n<h2>Billy Lanter<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Title\/company: <\/strong>Fiduciary Investment Advisor, Director of Sales\/American Trust Wealth <strong>Branch: <\/strong>U.S. Army <strong>Rank held at beginning of service and at end:<\/strong> Private\/Staff Sergeant <strong>Service dates: <\/strong>2000-2006 <strong>Work you did:<\/strong> Forward observer for field artillery. Called grid coordinates for tanks, howitzers and Apache helicopters. <strong>Brief story that stands out from your service time:<\/strong> I actually graduated from all my initial training (basic and job training) on Sept. 11, 2001. Shortly after a small ceremony in the morning, the whole world changed. I had been counting down to that date for so long with no idea its significance beyond graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"15\">\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554876\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,fit=contain\/http:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2024\/11\/McGill_HA_Army_640x640-300x300.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/h2>\n<h2>H.A. McGill<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Title\/company: <\/strong>Director-Investments\/Oppenheimer &amp; Co. Inc. <strong>Branch: <\/strong>U.S. Army <strong>Rank held at beginning of service and at end:<\/strong> Private\/Captain <strong>Service dates: <\/strong>1986\u20131991 <strong>Work you did:<\/strong> Infantry, Military Police Officer <strong>Brief story that stands out from your service time:<\/strong> When I was at Airborne school, there were a number of soldiers from the rural South, flying for the first time \u2026 the kicker being, on this flight, they were jumping out of the plane!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"7\">\n<h2><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554908\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,fit=contain\/http:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2024\/11\/Marc-Schmeeckle-300.jpg\" alt=\"Ranger Marc Schmeeckle and his fellow rangers\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Marc Schmeeckle <\/b>(second from the right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"10\">\n<p> <strong>Title\/company:&nbsp;<\/strong>Retirement Plan Consultant\/SageView Advisory <\/p>\n<p> <b>Branch:<\/b>&nbsp;U.S. Army <\/p>\n<p> <b>&nbsp;<\/b> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p> <b>Rank held at beginning of service and at end: <\/b>E-5\/Sergeant <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4>\n<p><b>Service Dates: <\/b>1992-1996<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <b>Work you did: <\/b>Ranger with 75th&nbsp;Ranger Regiment <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4 readability=\"10\">\n<p><b><\/b><b>Brief story that stands out most from your service time: <\/b>I conducted special operations and ranger missions in a unit capable of worldwide deployment, and I served with some of the most highly trained and motivated soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-58ebebf4>\n<p><em>(Credit: Shutterstock)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Farley Title\/company: President\/Farley Financial Partners Branch: U.S. Army Rank held at beginning of service and at end: 2nd Lieutenant\/Captain Service dates: 1988\u20131995 Work you did: Combat Engineer Platoon Leader at Fort Carson, Colorado.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/honoring-advisors-who-served-veterans-day-2024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}