In our latest installment of Military Spouse Small Business, meet Jim Barner, owner of Docs Shoppe! Jim is a submarine veteran and owned a trophy shop with his wife for over 20 years. Since he has semi-retired, Jim launched Docs Shoppe on Etsy. Learn more about his story and business below: Name: Jim Barner Hometown: [...]
In our latest installment of Military Spouse Small Business, meet Sara Knighton, owner of Maidens of the Pacific! As both a United States Coast Guard veteran and military spouse herself, Sara is an artist and maker living in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Learn more about her story below: Name: Sara Knighton Hometown: Wasilla, AlaskaBranch of Military: [...]
In our latest installment of Military Spouse Small Business, meet Victoria Estrada, owner of Kitsap Peninsula Private Car Service! She runs and operates her private, door-to-door car service from the Kitsap Peninsula to SeaTac Airport and Seattle Cruise Terminals. Read on to learn more about Victoria and how she got started. Name: Victoria Estrada Hometown: [...]
In our latest installment of Military Spouse Small Business, meet Jessica Benard, owner of J2M2 Designs. What started off as a pandemic hobby for her and her husband, their business flourished into rings, laser-engraved military pens, and various 3D printed items. Read on to learn more! Name: Jessica Benard Hometown: Wheatland, Wyoming Branch of Military: [...]
In this week's edition of "Sub Spouse Small Business," meet Samantha Brown, a submarine spouse currently stationed at University of Kansas - NROTC! She took her love of writing and her unique experiences as a submarine spouse to publish Sub Wife: A Memoir From The Homefront. To learn more about her experience and book, read [...]
When Ashley Lindsey was pregnant, she visited Portsmouth, NH while her husband was doing training. She was surprised when she couldn't find a baby boutique in the area. Towards the end of her pregnancy, Ashley was inspired to leave her nursing career and go back to school for business. And so Wild Monarch Baby was [...]
Darla Vieyra has experienced over 20 years of deployments with her submariner. But it was her husband's first deployment after having children that sparked her inspiration. Darla realized there was a lack of positive, encouraging deployment-based items for military families. So she launched Homefront Heroes, LLC! Her small business sells an original Deployment Journal and [...]
In this week's edition of Sub Spouse Small Business, meet Tara Pate! Like so many others, the pandemic posed a unique opportunity for her channel her passion for marketing and leave the corporate world behind. She saw a gap in the market and recently launched Daysie, a unique coffee syrup product. While her husband left [...]
In honor of President's Day, this week's edition of "Sub Spouse Small Business" features Katie Scarlett Faile, stationed in Guam. You may recognize some of Katie's illustrations from various submarine swag, artwork and online graphics. Read more below how Katie got started as an illustrator and her latest project with a presidential tie-in, illustrating a [...]
