Meet the Veteran Liaisons

Michael Gagliano joined the Navy in December 2018. He worked as a Mineman on the USS Ardent, USS Cincinnati, and USS Charleston across various departments. He earned four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. After the USS Ardent's decommissioning, he helped test the Navy's new Mine Countermeasure Systems aboard the USS Cincinnati. In his final months, he deployed with the USS Charleston, focusing on weapons duties and participating in the La Perouse exercise. This deployment also allowed him to visit several Southeast Asian countries. Michael can be reached at mgaglia4@depaul.edu.  

Caleb Tevik joined the United States Navy in August 2016. After completing training to become a Hospital Corpsman, he was stationed at Naval Hospital Pensacola as a General Duty Corpsman. Following that, Caleb attended Field Medicine Training Battalion-East and was subsequently stationed as a Line Corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines. After five years of service, Caleb was honorably discharged in August 2021. He is currently attending DePaul University and pursuing a degree in computer science. Caleb can be reached at ctevik@depaul.edu. 

Brett Wilson enlisted in the United States Air Force in May 2018 and began his service by attending the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, where he studied Levantine Arabic. Upon completing his language training, he was reclassified as an Operations Manager and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. There, he served for four years with the 4th Civil Engineering Squadron, coordinating daily logistics, maintenance scheduling, and project support, as well as overseeing materiel procurement and warehouse inventory management. During his tenure, he completed two overseas deployments — one to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, where he supported Operation Allies Refuge by helping to establish temporary shelters for refugees, and another to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, supporting mission-critical infrastructure and operations in joint coalition environments. Brett can be reached at bwilso74@depaul.edu.