Andrea Gallagher
Andrea Gallagher is the wife of Eddie Gallagher and the mother of 3 amazing children; Treven, Ava, and Ryan Gallagher. Eddie and Andrea met when they were 16 and 17 years old when they met in Fort Wayne Indiana and got back together later in life just before Eddie joined SEAL Team 1 and married at 27 years old in 2007. Andrea and the children supported Eddie throughout his military career which consisted of 9 deployments – the last of which was in 2017 before preparing for his retirement after 20 years of dedicated service.
In 2018, multiple offenses were committed against her husband and children including a raid on their family home in Point Loma in June of 2018 where their two sons were taken out of the home at gunpoint in their underwear, and the home was raided by NCIS for over 7 hours. Thereafter the furthering of the investigation NCIS took Eddie from a TBI Clinic (Intrepid Spirit at Camp Pendleton) on September 11th, 2018, and was thrown into pretrial confinement at the Brig at Miramar before charges. Andrea realized it was time to speak out. She fought tirelessly to raise awareness about the injustice that her husband and family were facing. Throughout the ordeal, Andrea worked with Eddie’s brother, Sean Gallagher, to right the wrongs they were suffering during Eddie’s nearly 10 months of pretrial confinement, all the way through his trial in June 2019, when he was acquitted of all serious charges.
The now nationally known travesty of justice got the attention of Americans, patriots, and world leaders alike. Eddie and Andrea Co-Authored a book called “The Man in the Arena” along with their children to share the depth of their story and has been received by many as an inspirational ‘wake-up call’ and triumph of the human spirit, faith, love, and justice. In the wake of these events, Andrea and Eddie also vowed to pay it forward and wanted to help support Service Members, First Responders, and their families who are facing similar injustices, The Pipe Hitter Foundation was founded in 2020.
Andrea serves as an advocate for justice and empowerment as the President of the Pipe Hitter Foundation, a testament to her commitment to assisting military and law enforcement personnel. Andrea continues to make a positive impact on both local and national levels and, she holds the position of CEO of The Better Business Babe a boutique Consulting firm she founded over a decade ago, and is a licensed Real Estate Advisor specializing in the vibrant 30A market on the Panhandle of Florida where she and her family reside.
Eddie Gallagher
Before retiring, Eddie Gallagher spent over 20 years serving in the United States Navy. 5 of those years he spent with the Marines where he deployed as a medic and Scout Sniper. The last 15 he spent serving with the special operations community where he deployed numerous times with SEAL Team ONE and Team SEVEN. His tenure included 9 deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve and numerous other missions worldwide. Eddie Gallagher’s commendations include 2 Bronze Star Medals with Combat Valor, Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation, 2 Navy Commendations, 3 Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals with Valor and numerous other joint and individual awards.
Currently, Eddie Gallagher serves as the Director for the Pipe Hitter Foundation. Eddie Gallagher resides in Florida with his amazing wife and family.
Sean Gallagher
Sean is a founding member of the Pipe Hitter Foundation, inspired to create an operation like those that helped him and his family fight back against the injustices during his brother’s trial.
Sean has extensive experience in policy having worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative staffer for Members of Congress for nearly eight years. He is the proud husband of Kristin Gallagher and the father of three wonderful boys. Sean has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and received his Bachelor’s from Villanova University.
Carl Higbie
Carl Higbie was born in 1983 in southwestern Connecticut. He attended Sacred Heart University until the war on terror was declared. In 2003 Carl dropped out of college, leaving behind a promising wrestling career and enlisted to become a US Navy SEAL. He completed 2 combat deployments to Iraq in 2007 and 2009. He returned to take a senior training position for his remaining three.
It was during this time that Carl released his first book “Battle on the Home Front” which brought to light many problems, some political in nature that were plaguing our country and the military. The book led to a highly publicized legal battle for free speech that reached the White House. Two years after leaving the military, Carl emerged victorious against all odds which his new book “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” is based on. With a victory against political correctness under his belt and at 30 years old, he took on a run for US Congress in 2014 losing a contentious convention in a five-way race.
Carl Higbie served as a senior Presidential appointee under Donald Trump. After his service, he released his third book “Crisis of Culture”
He is currently the host of the 5pm hour on NEWSMAX Monday – Friday and has released his fourth book; “Profiles in Freedom”.
Joni Marquez
Joni Marquez grew up on a ranch in Bradley, California. She knew at a young age that she wanted to serve in the military. The pictures of her great grandfather in the Army fascinated her, and ignited a passion within her to want to serve her country. As fate would have it, shortly after attending one year at Cuesta Community College in San Luis Obispo, CA she ended up joining the military.
She joined the U.S. Air Force in September of 1998, and became a member of Security Forces (SF). After serving a few years as a fire team member, as well as an anti- terrorism team (Phoenix Ravens) member, September 11th occurred. On that tragic morning, as she sat in a briefing room and watched people jump out of the burning and crumbling twin towers, she realized that terrorism…the very thing that she was fighting, had just hit American soil. From that day forward, something inside of her shifted. She decided that she wanted to play a bigger role against the war on terror, and so she applied for an USAF scholarship in order to pursue her goal to become a USAF officer.
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 2008 and commissioning back into the Air Force, she received the position as a Fire Control Officer (FCO) on an AC-130H gunship. She later moved on to become part of the 16th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon AFB in Clovis, NM, and deployed for two combat tours in Afghanistan. During her first tour as an FCO, she was overhead the tragic shoot down of Extortion 17 (August 6th, 2011), that killed 31 American heroes (17 members of Seal Team 6). The outcome from that tragic night changed the trajectory of her career and in February of 2016, she was medically retired from the Air Force as a Captain, due to the trauma from witnessing the shootdown of EN 17.
Joni personally battles PTSD and depression. The shoot down of Extortion 17 was a mission that forever changed her life, to the point of her changing career paths, whereby she ended up graduating from USC in the Spring of 2020 with a Master’s degree in Social Work (with a military concentration). She hopes to achieve her license in clinical therapy (LCSW) and continue to help her brothers and sisters in arms fight in the unseen battle against PTSD. She hopes to decrease the numbers of veteran suicides by creating a better resiliency program that offers more evidence based interventions/practices in order to help change the warrior’s narrative.
Tommy Marquez
Tommy Marquez was born in Mexicali, Mexico and raised in Brawley, CA. After graduating from Brawley Union High School, he enlisted in the Navy in 1995. He graduated from Naval Recruit Training Center Great Lakes and Yeoman “A” School in 1995. His first assigned duty station was the USS PELELIU (LHA 5) from 1995 to 1999. There he completed two Western Pacific Deployments and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and Sea Service Medal. He transferred to Special Boat Squadron ONE in 1999. Immediately after the terrorist attacks on 9-11, he was hand selected to be forward deployed to Afghanistan with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force South. He earned a Joint Service Commendation Medal and Combat Action Ribbon for his service in Afghanistan. Later he would be stationed and serve temporary duty at Naval Special Clearance Team ONE, SEAL Team FIVE, SEAL Team SEVEN and Naval Special Warfare Group’s ONE and THREE.
After completing his military service, he attended Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, CA and earning an Associate in Science Degree in both Social and Behavioral Sciences and Child Development. In 2012, he began working as a Caseworker for Congressman Duncan Hunter and was quickly promoted to the Military and Veterans Caseworker. He successfully handled hundreds of complicated VA and Military issues that ranged from benefits to locating lost military awards. Later, he began drafting and analyzing Military and Veterans Affairs legislation, when he was promoted to Director of Congressional Casework. Once promoted to the position of Deputy District Director, Tommy began handling all high-profile issues; including Eddie Gallagher’s wrongful imprisonment.
Today, Tommy continues to work for the U.S. House of Representatives and remains a strong advocate and resource for Military and Veterans matters.
Rob O'Donnell
Rob O’Donnell was born and raised in NYC, beginning his career in 1991 as a NYC Transit Police Officer merging into the NYPD in 1995. He was promoted to Police Officer Special Assignment in 1997, and then to Detective in 2000 where he worked for the departments Organized Crime Control Bureau, Precinct Detective Squad, retiring out of one of the department’s Homicide task forces in 2004. During his career, Rob had been involved with both the 93 World Trade Center Bombing response/rescue, as well as response/recovery on September 11th. After retiring due to injuries sustained in the line of duty, He was involved with the identification and investigation of the Fort Dix terror plot suspects in 2007 in Pennsylvania where he currently serves as a Director of Safety. Rob was also externally involved with the NAS Pensacola terrorist shooting when his Son, A student Naval Aviator had called him for guidance upon entering the building that was under fire making him the only First Responder in the Nation that has dealt with four terrorist attacks on our homeland.
Rob is the Host of the afternoon drive,“Rob O’Donnell Show” based in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area on WILKNewsRadio FM/ AM and Nationally available on the Audacy platform. With almost 30 years of Public Safety experience, Rob currently sits on a National Law Enforcement Advisory Board, is an Ambassador for We Back Blue, and is a Senior Law Enforcement Contributor for Law Enforcement Today, often appearing on Fox News, NewsMaxTV, OAN, as well as most every major radio market throughout the US.
Rob is Married to his wife Lisette for more than 28 years and have raised three children, two of which attended the United States Naval Academy, (a Navy FA-18E Pilot & 2nd Class Midshipman) and the third attending a Pennsylvania State University for Nursing
Natalie Ochs
Natalie is currently the Vice President of the Board of Directors for Operation Help a Hero, a non-profit organization dedicated to the care and well being of our American military members and their families. She is also a member of the California Women’s Leadership Association (CWLA), a statewide organization dedicated to launching new women leaders into office and other key positions of leadership through education and advocacy.
Natalie is also a small business owner, wife and mom of 2. She resides in Southern California but will always be a Texan at heart. Natalie and her husband are passionate about helping to elect and keep conservative leaders in office that will support law enforcement, protect public safety and ensure quality of life in their small town.
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