My name is Charlie DeSantis. I am old Navy pilot and Vietnam veteran. In those days my home base was NAS Brunswick, Maine. My squadron then routinely deployed and operated in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Once Vietnam got rolling, my squadron was deployed to NAS Sangley Point, Philippines and U-Tapao, Thailand. From these bases we flew reconnaissance missions about the Coast of South Vietnam and carrier defense in the Gulf of Tonkin.

One war was enough for me, and a few years after my return from the Pacific I left the Navy and joined an airline. Flying was what I knew and the airlines worked out well as long as they stayed in business. Some that I chose, or rather the ones that chose me, often didn’t. This led to a lot of flailing and scurrying to another flying job or at times some other career or business to pay the bills. As I recall, business required many skills, one being marketing which frustrated me, one for the cost if the pros did it for you, and the other, what to do and how if I did it myself.

Today, I see many veterans making that same leap into their own business facing the same marketing challenges that I faced so many years ago. I am proud to be associated with so many young, smart and dedicated young people, most of them veterans like you, addressing this challenge for you. Their efforts have created WLB an organization that will take this formidable task from your busy hands and give you the visibility and the targeted market that will help you grow your business. This is a market thankful for your self-sacrifice and a market pleased to have found a vehicle, WLB, to express their gratitude. With WLB at your side, helping you today and looking ahead for you, you have a powerful asset that wants you to succeed as much as you. I wish you all success. I know that WLB will help you get there.