Straight Outta Combat Radio-Honoring Combat Wisdom
Society & Culture:Personal Journals
Major (Retired) Lisa Belcastro Bass served in the Army from 1992-2012. She began her career as a 30 year old single parent of three at the rank of Private in the Judge Advocate Corps (JAG). She attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as Engineer Officer at her seventh year serving in the Army. As a grandmother, she attended Airborne School and became the first female Commander in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. She served two 12 month tours in Iraq. On her last deployment, she founded TF SASA- Task Force Sisterhood Against Sexual Assault and developed the ‘In Her Boots’ program. Her last duty assignment was at Fort Hood, TX as Chief of Troop Construction. Upon retirement in 2012, Lisa quickly jumped into Entrepreneurship by continuing her construction company LR General Solutions that she started while still on active duty and incorporating TF SASA, LLC.
Lisa holds an Associate’s Degree in Drafting, a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from the University of Central Texas, and Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. She also holds a Master’s Certificate for Commercial and Government Contracting from Villanova University. She is a graduate of the Entrepreneurs’ Bootcamp for Veteran’s with Disability (EBV) from Texas A&M and a graduate of the Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (VWISE) in Jacksonville, FL in 2013. She won the ‘Best Social Venture Award” for TF SASA, LLC in the VWise and CITI Bank competition. She also is a graduated of the 9 month VWise and Capital One’s ‘Count Me In’ Program. Lisa has also supported her community as on the Board of Directors for the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, and Co-chaired the Grand Prairie Economic Development Committee. She received the NOVA award from Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce for her work in the ‘In Her Boots’ program.
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