Built America Magazine
“We won’t sacrifice the quality of the product or the experience for our clients,”
“She told me, ‘They don’t take people like you,’” he says. “I proved her wrong.”
Next week, Coleman will watch his son graduate from Army basic training. He laughs when he talks about the branch choice. “I’m not going to hold it against him he went Army,” he says. “Since I’m Air Force. He’s the fourth generation of our family to serve.” Service shaped Coleman from the ground up. So did faith. Through every setback, every hard season, he talks about being grateful to God for carrying him farther than he ever imagined. It grounded him through a hard childhood. It gave him purpose when others underestimated him.
He remembers the man who introduced him to tractors when he was young. He remembers the SR-71 stories, the spark that first made him want to serve. And he remembers every mile in that truck with his mama. Construction is his second life. But service built the first. “In the military, working on airplanes, it’s all about attention to detail, you’re responsible for people’s lives. I bring that into my business. Sometimes I feel like I’m OCD on job sites and it’s got to be just right.”
He still remembers a guidance counselor telling him he wasn’t Air Force material.
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