We were lucky to catch up with Cliff Walker recently and have shared our conversation below.

Cliff , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.

I have always used fitness as my mental medicine. Life is going to try and live you any which way it can so I say, “Live life and don’t let life live you”

Through Fitness Health & Mental Well-being we can achieve anything that attacks us physically or mentally.

It was 2016 while at a Firefighter CrossFit competition in San Diego, Ca I happen to look across the bay and see the USS Midway museum and thought to myself how bad ass it would be to host a fitness competition aboard the flight deck for my fellow military and first responder family.

I have seen a lot in my 28 plus years of combined service and when ever I felt the most stressed out or depressed I would always turn to fitness as my mental medicine to cure the inner demons.

I figured if it worked for me it would work for others like me. So after months of preparation and hard work we hosted our first functional fitness competition aboard the flight of the USS Midway Museum August 2016 and since then have hosted other like events aboard ships through out the United States.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name it’s Cliff Walker, I served 6.5 yrs in the Navy as a Damage Controlman and upon getting out of the military I accepted a job back with the Navy but as a civilian firefighter/paramedic and recently retired in 2020 serving 23 yrs.

USS BATTLE SERIES is a functional fitness competition that brings a new level of awareness in terms of health, fitness, and mental well-being for our United States Armed Forces, First Responders and those in our local communities that support our brave men and women.

These events will honor and pay respect to our American hero’s. Held aboard retired United States Naval aircraft carriers and battleships homeported throughout the United States of America.

These United States Naval ships with the men and women aboard have bravely served our country with honor, pride and commitment around the world protecting our freedom and liberty allowing us to live our lives in the land of the free home of the brave 🇺🇸

The USS BATTLE SERIES will travel full steam ahead into locations such as….. California, New York, Hawai,Texas, and many more exciting homeports.

* Veteran and First Responder owned and operated company 🇺🇸

Motto: Don’t Give Up The Ship!

#GetFit #Cardio

USS Battle Series also started a coffee company which began operating in 2022 as USS BATTLE SERIES COFFEE CO. Our first batch is named 1775 Blend and is a med/dark roast. We call it a Hug in a Mug!

Do you have any insights you can share related to maintaining high team morale?

My advice would be, treat everyone as you would like to be treated and don’t ever act like your the king of the table but more like you are just another team mate who sits with a team at a round table. Everyone is equal and everyone is of equal value. One team One fight One mission.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

There are going to be many moments many times when you feel like you can’t go any further but you have to remember your why, the reason or reasons you started this journey and what you hoped to accomplish. The smiles on my customers faces and the stories they share with me keep me going.

Contact Info:

• Website: ussbattleseries.com
• Instagram: fitnesshealthadventure
• Facebook: USS Battle Series

Image Credits
Cliff Walker