AERIAL RECOVERY FOUNDERS
Aerial Recovery is an international disaster response 501(c)(3) US-registered public non-profit whose mission is to save lives, eliminate confusion, maximize support, and accelerate recovery. The larger goal is to help nations recover even stronger than before, resulting in desperation-rooted human trafficking being eliminated. Aerial Recovery accomplishes this by employing the most qualified, trained, and elite military veterans to deploy as Humanitarian Operators to man-made and natural disasters all over the world utilizing the Special Forces tactic of Force Multiplication. This is the process of using the smallest number of Aerial Recovery Operators to work by, with and through the local population to train and enable them to continue the mission once Aerial Recovery has redeployed.
BRITNIE TURNER
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Turner’s fierce determination to obliterate sex trafficking was sparked by a documentary she was shown on the topic when she was only 12 years old. Her journey in this fight began with overseas mission work, and at 17, she was rattled to her core when she personally witnessed children scarred by trafficking horrors. On another mission trip, she encountered impoverished families that were selling their own children into sex trafficking for survival. Turner responded to this by launching her real estate development company that transforms desperate areas into thriving economic regions with the mission of creating hand-up opportunities where people otherwise had nothing. Globally recognized for her audacious work, Turner’s commitment to solving this issue remains unwavering.
In 2017, after experiencing firsthand the desperation and devastation a hurricane can bring to a nation she started her nonprofit to help the country of BVI back on its feet by creating media to share the situation, creating systems and programs that matched need with resource, and helping to rescue animals that were left behind or thrown away due to the devastation of the storm. That non-profit is now known as Aerial Recovery, a registered 501(c)(3). Her and her now husband, Jeremy Locke (a 20 year Army SF Veteran), have grown Aerial Recovery to repurpose struggling veterans and first responders into Humanitarian Special Operators. These Operators undergo a healing program and are then utilized to conduct rescue missions across the globe. Over the last 36 months, Aerial Recovery’s team of Operators has rescued well over 8,000 people from sex trafficking and natural and man-made disasters. They have expanded to program to include aftercare for survivors of trafficking, adoptions, and animal rescue.
JEREMY LOCKE
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Locke brings 20 years of U.S. Army Military experience to the Aerial Recovery Team. He served his first 10 years in the US Army Infantry and the remainder as a Special Forces Communications Sergeant and Team Sergeant in the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, KY. With 5 combat deployments culminating in nearly 5 years of overseas service, Locke draws on his military experience and ability to operate in austere conditions to plan and lead effective responses in the most challenging areas of the world. Locke rediscovered his purpose in 2019 when responding to Hurricane Dorian with his now-wife, Britnie Turner. The couple saw how effective the military skill set was in these familiar environments and moved forward with transforming Aerial Recovery to be a veteran-powered non-profit.
In 2021, Locke began utilizing his expertise to conduct high-risk rescue missions for children and other victims of human trafficking. He has since led recovery & rescue operations as well as trainings in more than 20 nations and has been involved in child rescue missions and disaster responses across the world. Locke has a passion for helping his fellow veterans find their purpose again, which led to Aerial Recovery establishing the Heal the Heroes Initiative. This initiative heals, trains, and repurposes veterans and first responders into Humanitarian Special Operators who lead these life-saving missions across the world.