05/25/2026
🇺🇸 After serving overseas in Poland, SGT James Carpenter, Our Director of Marketing, finally made it home…and Dogtor Aries could hardly contain his excitement. 🇺🇸🐾
This Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who answered the call to serve our nation and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. Their courage, selflessness, and devotion to duty will never be forgotten.
Today we also recognize SGT Carpenter for his 17 years of honorable service with the United States Army National Guard. Throughout his career, SGT Carpenter has answered the call time and time again; Serving on humanitarian missions to Belize and Haiti during Operation New Horizons, supporting countless hurricane response missions through the Unified Logistics Element with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security in Baton Rouge since 2013, and assisting during Task Force COVID operations.
Most recently, SGT Carpenter deployed to Poland in support of Operation European Assure, Deter, and Reinforce, helping strengthen NATO alliances against Russian encroachment and supporting stability alongside allied forces abroad. While overseas, he had the opportunity to visit and honor the memorials and resting places of allied forces, including American troops from both World War I and World War II, who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending freedom across Europe, thus securing stability to the rest of the world for generations to come.
We are incredibly proud of SGT Carpenter, his sacrifices, and the honor with which he has served our country. His dedication to service, both in uniform and here with our team, reflects the very best of leadership, patriotism, and commitment.
As General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II and later the 34th President of the United States, once said:
“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.”
This Memorial Day, we remember those sacrifices. We honor those who never made it home. And we thank all who continue to serve with courage and honor.