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Brittany Crocker is the director of content strategy for Military.com. She leads a team of writers and editors to deliver accurate and engaging information and resources on military finance, benefits, culture and more. She is responsible for shaping and executing the site's evergreen content strategy, working cross-functionally to align SEO, editorial and audience engagement efforts into a cohesive approach that delivers high-value content to Military.com readers.
Crocker is a veteran with nearly 15 years of service and equal time working in U.S. journalism and media. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri, finishing her graduate education as a White House Press Correspondents Association scholar.
During her early journalism career, Crocker’s reporting exposed organized crime, hate groups, and deadly regulatory oversights in the child-care, aviation and tourism industries. Her award-winning investigations, columns and narrative features spanned multiple coverage areas and influenced life-saving policy changes. She stepped into editorial leadership in 2021, serving as managing editor for two military finance and benefit publications before joining the Military.com leadership team in 2025.
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")
