“I wanted to surround myself with people who were exemplary and they all found me one way or another,” he explained.Īll flag makers at the company are combat veterans, but many of them didn't have carpentry experience, so Brian took them under his wing. Brian made it his mission to find combat veterans who were willing to work with him. Fortunately, the appropriate tools had been passed down to Brian from his father, allowing for a beginning as humble as the man.Īfter donating several flags to families of fallen Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) service members, he realized there was a lot more work to be done. So then I decided, ‘why not try to make my own?’”ĭespite having no prior woodworking experience, he found craftsmanship therapeutic. "But I found out it wasn't made in the United States, and of course that upset me. "It was a wooden flag, and it was beautiful," Brian continued. He began searching for ways to fill that void while out of uniform and “found a flag" he liked online. “Because I was going through rehabilitation I didn't wear my uniform anymore, and I always had a flag on my shoulder before that,” he shared. When he returned from his final deployment, Brian decided he wanted to start a business. After serving nine deployments, he officially retired in January of 2016.
He provided intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to help outsmart, outmaneuver and outfight the enemy. I was commissioned in 2005 where I then got to join Air Force Special Operations Command.”Īs an AFSOC pilot, he supported ground forces by flying a U-28 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. I wanted to try to be a pilot so I joined the Air Force. I came from a family who had all served in combat and I had not so I felt like I had an unfinished chapter in my book,” he explained. “During college, September 11 happened and like most Americans I was very upset.
It was shortly after where he felt obligated to serve once again. Bill where he earned a degree in business. After serving three years in the Army, Brian attended college using benefits from the G.I. Army Paratrooper and was assigned to the esteemed 82nd Airborne stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina. However, to share FOV's journey, we have to start with Brian's.īrian became a U.S. Steorts started the business just over a year ago in October of 2015 when he was recovering from a non-combat related injury he sustained in Afghanistan. Flags of Valor, based out of Ashburn, Virginia, is a veteran-owned, combat veteran-made Americana woodwork company molded by three ideals: “Made in America” still matters, employing and empowering veterans and giving back to the community. “It’s not only about hiring veterans but hiring those who miss the camaraderie and that brotherhood,” said Brian Steorts Owner and Founder of Flags of Valor (FOV).
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