About
Phil Calcese
Special ops pilot. Night Stalker. Author. Speaker. Father.
"You can't control when they come home. You can control who they find when they do."
Phil Calcese spent 22 years as a special operations pilot with the 160th Night Stalkers. Nineteen deployments. A Purple Heart.
The hardest battle came after he came home: parental alienation and family court after a PTSD label. He writes and speaks so other dads don't walk it alone.
He's an ultramarathon runner and a speaker. Author of Erased But Not Forgotten and The Father They Find (Veterans Day, November 11, 2026).
He lives in Tennessee with his wife and dogs.
