https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/08/linking-combat-veterans-and-valley-engineers-reveals-drone-technology-wins-dod-contracts-vc-cash/ > When Garrett Smith graduated from Stanford University to take a job with the drone startup Kespry, he’d not only wrapped up studying at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, but also had already completed several combat tours in Southeast Asia and South America with the Marine Corps. > At Kespry, Smith met fellow veteran Andrew Dixon, and fellow Stanford graduates John Laxson, and  Parker Clark, Kespry’s co-founder and chief technology officer.