Marketing for Veterans

Kalen Arreola is an Army Reserve Public Affairs Officer for the 79th Sustainment Support Command in Los Alamitos, Calif. She served in Operation Iraqi Freedom V supporting the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 3rd Infantry Division. She has worked with embedded reporters from all major news agencies. She also developed a successful hometown news campaign that reached out to more than 250 hometown news markets to tell the story of the American Soldier during the surge. Kalen is on the Board of Advisors for the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation. She is also a member of the Reserve Officers Association and the Association of the US Army. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in 2008 for her work in Iraq and has been nominated for the 2010 MacArthur Leadership Award. Her leadership during OIF V also resulted in Army Commendation Medals for her entire print journalist team, after their weekly publication earned first place in the Keith L. Ware Journalism Awards for the Best Field Publication in the US Army. Stars and Stripes Marketing LLC (SSM): SSM is a full-service marketing agency with a focus on providing marketing services to veteran business owners. Using the agency and existing relationships nationwide, SSM has also become the catalyst for nonprofits and government agencies that wish to reach out to veterans and spread the word about their service.