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AustenAlexander
Creator. Veteran. Founder.
Seven years in the Navy. Over a billion views. Five active ventures. One simple belief: the path is yours to make. So make it.
Hey, I'm Austen. I'm a kid from a small town in Alabama who enlisted at 21, picked up a camera on deployment, and somehow ended up here. A billion-plus views, five companies, and a career I couldn't have dreamed up if I tried. If I can do this, you can absolutely do whatever you've been putting off. That's the whole point of this site.
The Short Version
I picked up a camera on deployment. It changed everything.
I grew up in Florence, Alabama with zero playbook for any of this. I dropped out of college in 2013, enlisted in the Navy, failed my dive tryout, got back up, and started filming myself on the ship between watches. The audience I built there became the foundation for everything: the films, the brands, the live events, the software companies. None of it was inevitable. All of it was one decision at a time. If you're standing at your own starting line wondering whether to take the leap, take it.
Organizations I've worked with
On screen.
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Companies I've built.
Battle Bunker
The company that started it all.
Battle Bunker began as me documenting my own training. It turned into a fitness brand and a community of people who show up and do hard things together. Everything downstream traces back to it.
In the press
Let's Build
Your best move is the one you haven't made yet.
Brand partnership, speaking event, press feature, or a venture you want to build together. I'd love to hear about it. One email is all it takes to start something real. Take the swing.