The Hotwash with CJ and Alex Presents: Gold Star Father, Dr. Jeff Falkel

Dr. Falkel received his B.S. in physical education from SUNY at Cortland, his M.S. in 
physical therapy from Duke University and his Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the 
University of Pittsburgh. He has over 30 years of experience working with athletes of all 
ages from the youth athlete to the Olympic athlete – including the combat athlete of our 
US Special Operations Forces. His areas of specialization are the rehabilitation 
conditioning of athletic injuries, sport specific strength and conditioning, and 
implementing SportsVision training.
Since 2007, Dr. Falkel has focused his interests and time to supporting the families of our 
Special Operations warriors. After his son, SSG Chris Falkel, was killed in the 54 hour battle of Mari Ghar in Afghanistan on 8 Aug 2005, Dr. Falkel started Junior’s Bullet Pen 
Company – which is dedicated to keeping the memory of his warrior, his hero, his son 
alive through the sale of 7.62 cal. bullet pens. To date, he has made more than 
350,000 pens by hand and given over $400,000 in donations, products and fund
raising for various SOF foundations. He wrote the book, The Making of 
OUR Warrior, about SSG Falkel with his SFODA 316 teammates, and over 6000 copies 
of the book have been sold or donated to worthy organizations. Currently serves as
Director of Gold Star Programs for Task Force Dagger Foundation. Serves on the Board of Directors of the Dancing Angels Foundation, which was started to continue the memory of CW2 Duane Cantrell and his two beautiful daughters who were tragically killed in a house fire in 2012. Dancing Angels Foundation is dedicated to providing dance scholarships and support for young dancers so they can pursue their 
dreams and love of dance.