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She is the owner and operator of a small crafting and photography business: Inspired: Veteran Made. She started her business in 2010 but allowed it to sit on the back burner while she was an active duty Navigator. She has been based in Oklahoma since 2015. In 2019, she was medically retired from that beloved career. Now, she utilizes her skills to capture history in motion and recreate photos with the aesthetic of World War II and the 1940s. With confidence, passion, purpose, and direction, she works closely with reenactors and living historians in an immersive capacity for the optimal perspective for her works. This is where her main passion lies and she dedicates most of her time. She also does the occasional modern photo shoot and even wedding photos. Ashlee has three degrees and completed her Masters of Arts in Photography in the spring of 2022. https://www.inspiredveteranmade.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/242d2ffc-abfa-44ab-96ad-8ddd676c0455/20260126-Limbo-6+by+9-+cover.jpg Contact - Contact us info@inspiredveteranmade.com Facebook Instagram Dot Profile https://www.inspiredveteranmade.com/aau-ma-portfolio daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/f783bcd2-3784-4814-8978-8cfad2476f64/Portfolio+0ld+01.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Fearless Leaders These three decided to keep history alive in a time-honored tradition of living history. They began a unit with little more than what you see here: friendship, an idea, and some gear. In the unit, you see the second in command, Staff Sargent (SSgt) Phil Barnett, female WAC commander and War correspondent, Lieutenant (Lt) Ashlee Osterberg, and the company commander, Lt Jason Nadle. As this unit is like a family, they are the mom, dad and uncle for the unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/5dff8954-08fb-4fd7-9536-892d6f920d9b/02+Mom+and+Dad.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Mom and Dad Lt Ashlee Osterberg and Lt Jason Nadle are the husband-and-wife team that started the 45th Living historian unit in Oklahoma City. Ashlee was medically retired from the Air Force and a career she loved in December of 2019. She is also the War Correspondent for the unit, which is her most important job as it is our greatest recruiting tool. Her partner in crime and the bull head that wanted a unit closer to home, Jason, is still an active-duty pilot with the Air Force. Here they are both in 1940’s formal attire for a modern event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/f350399c-685c-4ab8-90ca-8976eca68e78/Portfolio+03.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Lengthy Preparations Hair and makeup were essential accessories in the 1940s. To get the proper style for the public events, Lt Osterberg does the preparations the day before. She often does this in 1940s garb and always in front of her vintage vanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/1f1b9a8c-98aa-4d61-a2ba-9b493d9aa442/04+Witch+Doctor.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Witch Doctor At events, Lt Nadle uses his 1942 Ford GPW jeep, Witch Doctor. As she is not a fast or young vehicle, she must be trailered to each event, stored between events, and taken care of diligently and carefully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/8f814b78-a12b-4163-bb47-66ad9812f824/05+Testing.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Testing Lt Osterberg is testing the rifle grenade launcher SSgt Barnett created for the unit. She and the SSgt do this before allowing anyone else in case of issues or misfires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/e40f6f8c-7ef7-41d8-a9bb-09dee9ec144d/06+Official+Business.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Official Business When the unit has meetings, they dress appropriately for WWII military members as this is the ‘business’ attire. They set the schedules, create new events or itineraries for existing events, and collect and discuss feedback to improve each event the unit has had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/0c47e0cd-24a8-4391-befd-ccb525827b8c/07+Educating.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Educating Lt Nadle is creating a series of videos to help teach new reenactors and curious history lovers how to properly wear the WWII kit: the uniform and gear used by a US GI rifleman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/0117a7ca-eedf-4cca-9a73-f1a696c441d6/08+Morning+Inspection.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Morning Inspection SSgt Barnett moves quickly to inspect everyone’s rifle for safety before starting training for the day. Each member of the unit holds their rifle at the ready and waits for the ‘all clear.’ Safety is paramount within the unit. Everyone is ready for a full day of training in the 1940’s. They will spend the day in the field, eating like the WWII GI would, and training on maneuvers while carrying their kit, just like in the 1940’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/17c9187a-afe7-4121-aa90-9b685ed00466/09+Needs+of+Battle.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Needs of Battle During WWII, dry socks and boots were a precious commodity. Here SSgt Barnett has ordered two of the GIs to collect a pair of boots from the mannequin in the medic encampment. This is for one of the unit members whose boots got wet in the earlier battle. During the war, this happened often and is a reminder of how underprepared everyone was for war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/e3a5ad62-2412-4cce-91e6-486a12b97cdf/10+Storming+the+Field.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Storming the Field Both SSgt Barnett and Lt Nadle train the troops on how to safely take an open area for the least number of losses possible. They stress the accuracy and physical fitness of the troops as they scale a sand dune or low crawl through the brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/ba63ae16-a8b0-4ba0-b2f1-f9a73cd8e950/11+Roles+in+Battle.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Roles in Battle Every member of the unit has a role in each public battle. Here the radio man has become a victim of war and SSgt Barnett is using his radio to call for support and medical aid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/aaf25431-81b1-4c34-9eca-26a683401d58/12+Defensive+Position.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Defensive Position During a battle, Lt Nadle defends the building our unit was using for radio communications as the unwitting German troops slowly approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/ebe929b1-7aae-46ba-9268-2cf3c76c5c8c/13+Mourning.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Mourning At the end of the battle, SSgt Barnett mourns the losses from battle. Paying his respects to his fallen comrade. He reminds us of the price of one small battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/c0b95c2e-3e07-4521-9549-d08fb857a863/14+Death+Notice.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Death Notice War correspondent Ashlee Osterberg is notified, during a public display, of her husband’s death during the last battle, again showing the sides of WWII that are not typically discussed in anything more than numbers and statistics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/0736d767-eccd-489e-9640-b58d206e1251/15+Veterans.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - Veterans As a veteran herself, Lt Osterberg takes pride in the work they do with the veterans. Here she is being regaled by stories of both the Korean and Vietnam wars by an Army veteran. This is something that the veterans and the families love as our vintage military look opens doors to stories the families have not heard yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/f4e66032-c207-4383-8176-41d81d6b8405/Portfolio+16.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - New Recruit War Correspondent, and WAC (Women’s Army Corps) detachment commander, Ashlee has won the unit a new recruit for the WAC detachment of the living history unit, Szofia Nickell, with the assistance of one of the newer members, Private Chelsea Adamson. Growth in the unit brings new perspective and more ideas to make public displays and events even better for all involved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/a51df91c-5ecd-4d01-9006-14160c0c9755/17+In+the+End.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - In the End At the end of the day, Lt Nadle, Lt Osterberg, and SSgt Barnett all get to go home, as do each and every member of the unit. This is a huge bonus of being a reenactor and living history in battle, we all go home. This is not the case of the battles that we are teaching the public about. For those battles, not every soldier comes home. Freedom is not free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615f54e6c4b186417dfc35d6/cc9f925f-e7ac-4ec9-b773-ca0a55f1d88b/Scott+Meador.jpg AAU MA Portfolio - This Project is dedicated to Scott Meador. A beloved unit member and WWII helmet repair specialist. 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She is the owner and operator of a small crafting and photography business: Inspired: Veteran Made. She started her business in 2010 but allowed it to sit on the back burner while she was an active duty Navigator. She has been based in Oklahoma since 2015. In 2019, she was medically retired from that beloved career. Now, she utilizes her skills to capture history in motion and recreate photos with the aesthetic of World War II and the 1940s. With confidence, passion, purpose, and direction, she works closely with reenactors and living historians in an immersive capacity for the optimal perspective for her works. This is where her main passion lies and she dedicates most of her time. She also does the occasional modern photo shoot and even wedding photos. Ashlee has three degrees and completed her Masters of Arts in Photography in the spring of 2022. https://www.inspiredveteranmade.com/copyright daily 0.75 2026-02-18