About Us

Jenna Carlton joined the U.S. Navy in 2013 and began training as an Aerographer's Mate studying meteorology and oceanography. During her four years she went underway on several ships and completed a deployment on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in efforts of Operation Inherent Resolve.

In 2017, Jenna was honorably discharged and used her GI Bill to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Public Policy at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She did a summer internship at the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs where she discovered her passion for helping veterans, but was discouraged by the bureaucracy of Congress.

In 2020, while job searching, the US Navy Veteran became active in the online veteran community and stated a support group for younger veterans and transitioning service members called. The group offers resources, shared experiences, and a lot of laughs through online interactions making veterans feel less isolated and normalizing the hardships of transitioning from military life back into the civilian world. She also created a page to further share her own experience as well as those of her fellow veterans through Instagram: The Millennial Veteran. Her comment sections are full of veterans that feel validated and seen.

Through many conversations and in person, Jenna noticed common threats that veterans struggled with. This led her to create a journal-style book that would ask veterans the questions that only other veterans would know how to ask, The Veteran Workbook. On June 12, 2026, Jenna is launching The Women Veterans Workbook, which will dive deeper into topics for female veterans to reflect on.

Jenna currently lives in South Jersey with her husband and children. She works full-time for Soldier On as a housing navigator for homeless veterans. Her free time is spent outdoors with family, reading books, and volunteering with her church, as well as with local veteran service organizations.