Dr. Drew Miller, Col USAFR (Ret)
CEO, Fortitude Ranch Colorado Ranch Manager
Colonel Miller is a USAF Academy honor graduate who received an academic scholarship to Harvard University where he earned a Master’s Degree and PhD in Public Policy/Operations Research. His dissertation topic was underground nuclear defense shelters and field fortifications. Drew served in the Cold War at Strategic Air Command, deployed to Germany, Bosnia, and Iraq. In addition to serving as an intelligence officer in Active, Air Guard and Reserve AF positions, retiring as a Colonel, he served in the Senior Executive Service in the Pentagon, and in many business management positions. His articles on the bioengineered viral pandemic threat and collapse have been published in leading journals.
Steven Rene, US Army (Ret)
Chief Security Officer and Fortitude Ranch Wisconsin Ranch Manager
Steven Rene served our country for nine years in the US Army as a Pershing Missile crew member and Intelligence Analyst, deployed with the 1st Cavalry Division for Operation Desert Storm. As a result of this wartime service, Steven was exposed to Sarin nerve agent in Iraq. Upon his Honorable discharge he attended college and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities and started his own international non-profit organization, helping victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He served in the country of Belarus for 12 years remodeling and updating their clinics and running a small ranch for social orphans. His construction experience is another great fit with Fortitude Ranch where he has been involved in a variety of projects.
Madelynn C, US Army
Collapse Survivor App, Fortitude Ranch Ranch Manager
Madelynn graduated from Indiana/Purdue University Indianapolis with a bachelor’s degree in Global and International Studies and a minor in Arabic. She was commissioned into the Army as a Military Intelligence Officer through Army ROTC program, ranking in the top 10% of Army ROTC cadets in the nation for her year group. She earned her airborne wings and served as the Special Security Officer for the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) in Italy, the only Airborne Brigade Combat Team in US Army Europe supporting rapid response missions on three continents.
Chris E, Army National Guard (Ret)
Fortitude Ranch Wisconsin Ranch Manager
Chris served in the Army National Guard, with training in infantry and combat engineering, serving as an Apache helicopter systems specialist. Chris also has gardening, farm and ranch experience, and after leaving the Army spent several years in construction, with great carpentry, building and electrical skills. His business also including IT, surveillance, communications, network infrastructure, installing and programming a wide range of equipment. Chris’s wife is a Registered Nurse and also an avid gardener.
Jeff S
Chief Operations Officer and Fortitude Ranch Nevada Ranch Manager
Jeff has been a long-time student of disaster, survival and emergency preparedness. He comes from a military family where everyone served, learning discipline, adaptability and service. Since his late teens, Jeff was a successful entrepreneur & small businessman, creating new businesses and leading associates to accomplish goals. His prepper skills and ability to quickly diagnose opportunities and challenges, create action plans and execute those plans with efficiency and attention to detail, made him a natural to lead our Fortitude Ranch location in Northern Nevada.
Dustin G, US Marine Corps (Ret)
Fortitude Ranch Texas Security Manager
Dustin G is a Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, who served over 15 years on active duty. His primary specialty was Military Police. Dustin served as Squad leader in an MP combat unit and as Watch Commander for multiple platoons guarding air stations in southern California. His secondary duty was weapons marksmanship training, ranging from crew served heavy weapons to small arms. Military training includes Antiterrorism officer, marksmanship coach, defensive tactics instructor, Marine Corps Martial arts, combat medical aid, and multiple combat training courses. After the Marines he worked as a Sergeant at the Deputy Marshall’s office for the Maricopa County Superior Court, and as a Custom Protection Officer with a police department in Arizona.
Larry D, US Navy (ret)
Fortitude Ranch Colorado Asst Ranch Manager
Larry has 30 years of experience working complex technical and national security problems as an Intelligence Analyst and deployed Liaison Officer supporting direct operations. He’s a U.S. Navy veteran with a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences. Larry deployed with multiple combatant commands during periods of high operational activity assessing and resolving task force priorities and threats. Larry’s recognized as a subject matter expert in Technical Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Threat Assessment and Operational Planning.
Frank W, Merchant Marine
Business Manager, Fortitude Ranch New York
Frank has served as an engineer in the Merchant Marine for over 2 decades. He has sailed on every ocean and visited over 30 countries. In that time, he has learned the necessity of being prepared at all times. Frank runs Fortitude Ranch New York on 60+ acres with his wife, raising hogs, turkeys, chickens, fruit trees and crops. Bass are stocked in the 1/2 acre pond. His wife is a landscape architect designing and remodeling structures on the property.
Chris R, US Marine Corps (ret)
Ranch Manager, Fortitude Ranch Tennessee
Chris was born and raised in Western New York, a hunter and outdoorsman all his life. JROTC in high school lead to enlistment in the Marine Corps. Chris served in a Transport Battalion and Landing Support, gaining valuable equipment maintenance and operations experience as well as construction and military experience. After serving in the Marines, Chris worked in plumbing and electrical system jobs, more great skills for our off grid water and electric systems and future aquaponics operations. As a KOA campground and maintenance manager Chris also has advanced skills with RV systems, electric and propane systems. Chris leads a team at FR TN with extensive military and construction skills.
Steve W, U.S. Navy (Ret)
Fortitude Ranch Wisconsin Ranch Manager
Steve is the Owner and Director of Training for Condition Yellow Academy, a firearms training company, which he runs with his wife Allison who is also a firearms instructor. Steve served as Lieutenant in the US Navy (holding licenses as a Nuclear Plant Operator and Engineer). He graduated from the University of Notre Dame. After achieving many NRA, USCCA, and other instructor certifications, Steve founded Condition Yellow Academy to spread his enthusiasm for living the armed lifestyle, promote firearm safety, and help students learn the skills necessary to successfully defend themselves.
Cory G, US Army (Ret)
Fortitude Ranch Maine Ranch Manager
Cory is a woodsman, with extensive experience as a former US Army communications specialist, excelling in secure infrastructure and tactical planning with great attention to detail. After his military service, which included deployment to Iraq, he joined the tech industry, holding roles from IT specialist and software engineer through CTO while studying biotechnology. With a focus on business intelligence, cybersecurity, and cryptography spanning most industries Cory possesses a deep understanding of most industry verticals. His passion for emergency preparedness and self-sustaining agricultural systems were implemented on a farm in Maine which is now Fortitude Ranch Maine, with sheep, geese, ducks, turkeys, guinea hens, chickens, and a number of plant and fungi systems.
George F, US Marine Corps (ret)
Assistant Ranch Manager, Fortitude Ranch West Virginia
George has 20+ years of state/federal law enforcement, military, and national security experience. He served in a United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Company and Hawaii Army National Guard Military Police Unit. He was a police officer with the Honolulu Police Department, a police Sergeant with the Department of Defense Police and Special Investigator with the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Island, Department of Public Safety. George served overseas in Germany for the U.S. Army Europe, Office of the Provost Marshal and Office of the Inspector General. George worked for Department of Homeland Security participating in transnational criminal investigations and intelligence operations.
Abbey A
Sales Associate
Abbey manages sales and work with membership for Fortitude Ranch Wisconsin and the north central region. Abbey has worked as a consultant and developer and has a background in education. She graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a Bachelor’s in Psychology.
Anna M
Office Manager/Sales
Anna manages FR office operations and assists with sales, explaining the many membership and token options. While she attended the University of Edinburgh for a year, she graduated from the University of Colorado where she participated in Army ROTC training. She has served at all FR locations and will likely be at the FR Colorado ranch during a collapse.
Titan
Fortitude Ranch New York Guard Dog
Titan is half Great Pyrenees, half Anatolian Shepherd, 120lbs and a gentle giant. If a predator shows up outside the guarded area, it’s warned off with barks. If it crosses the line, it’s game on to protect his livestock; hogs, turkeys and chickens. Winter is his favorite season and he doesn’t mind getting buried in the snow; perfect concealment.
Rhea
Fortitude Ranch New York Guard Dog
Rhea is half Great Pyrenees, half Black Lab mix, 90lbs and, like her brother, gentle as can be. She not only hunts on the ground but scans the skies for hawks and eagles. She’ll trail them until they’re out of sight. She patrols night and day with Titan to keep Fortitude Ranch New York safe.
Mandalorian
Fortitude Ranch West Virginia Guard Dog
Ever vigilant, the warrior dog Mandalorian on lookout for chicken thieves and hawks. Backed up by Ringo, Mandalorian provides ruthless farm animal defense while entertaining human visitors.
Luna
Fortitude Ranch Texas Guard Dog
Luna is an apprentice Guard Dog at FR Texas, working with Rosie.
Rosie
Fortitude Ranch Texas Guard Dog
Rosie excels in keeping foxes and coyotes away from our free-range chickens.. Pets are allowed at Fortitude Ranch—but members are responsible for providing their food, cleaning up, and ensuring they are never a nuisance.
Ron Weasley
Fortitude Ranch Nevada Guard Dog
When not trying to crawl into your lap, Ron serves as mid-range Guard Dog, visiting all buildings while keeping an eye on the chickens.
Starbuck
Fortitude Ranch Nevada Guard Dog
Starbuck provides long range reconnaissance and protection, covering all 175 acres of our property and venturing into surrounding BLM land in pursuit of coyotes and jack rabbits, reinforced by her brother Ron if a serious threat.
Donnie
Fortitude Ranch Colorado Guard Dog
Loyal guard dog Donnie protects chickens at Fortitude Ranch Colorado.
Frodo
Fortitude Ranch Colorado Guard Dog
Frodo, half Coon Hound, half Border Collie, assists Donnie in defending the chickens and members of Fortitude Ranch Colorado.
Ringo
Fortitude Ranch West Virginia Guard Dog/Entertainment Director
Ringo does his job well—keeping foxes and coyotes away from our free-range chickens, deer from our peach trees and gardens, and providing warning barks when people approach. Ringo is also a true best friend, enjoyed by all our guests. He is convinced that small creatures hide in rocks, and can spend an hour wrestling a big boulder around, barking and having a great time. Pictured here in front of the “Hobbit House”, a guard shelter attached to the guard watch gazebo.
Gracie and Sasha
Fortitude Ranch Wisconsin Guard Dogs
Bad guys coming after our chickens or sheep or crops will face the wrath of Gracie (brown, on left) and Sasha (white, on right). They are Anatolian Shepard and Armenian Gampr mix.
Digby
Fortitude Ranch Maine Guard Dog/Entertainment Director
Meet Digby, our energetic and ever-vigilant livestock guardian dog. Known for his hyper-active demeanor and sharp instincts, Digby is always on alert to protect the farm. His responsibilities include detecting and deterring potential predators like foxes and alerting staff to unusual activity. When he’s not busy ensuring safety, Digby loves interacting with guests—though be warned, his affectionate nature often results in enthusiastic hand-licking sessions! His combination of loyalty, energy, and charm makes him an irreplaceable member of the team.
Marsy
Fortitude Ranch Maine Guard Dog
Say hello to Marsy, a small but mighty black lab mix with a keen eye for detail. Marsy takes her role as a caretaker seriously, especially when it comes to the ranch’s youngest birds. She spends her time attentively monitoring ducklings in the nursery, often alerting staff to potential dangers. Her nurturing nature and watchful presence ensure the safety of the ranch’s feathered residents. With her sharp instincts and loving personality, Marsy perfectly balances protection with compassion.