Company Growth Academy Launches Hero on a Mission Productivity Workshop Louisiana veteran will award six veterans free training to improve entrepreneurial skill sets. Posted: Mar 2, 2021 10:14 AM Posted By: Sharlee Jacobs Lafayette, La. Jeff Martin didn’t set out to be a military hero, but in a strange turn of events, that’s exactly what happened. In Operation Desert Storm, on a mission at the border of Kuwait, Martin, a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman, used his observational skills, Louisiana knowhow and quick thinking to save a combat mission in the Persian Gulf War. Martin was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal, with Combat V.