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About Tiffini Theisen
Tiffini is a Military.com writer and editor. She oversees the Military.com editorial team’s email newsletters, seasonality pages, holiday and evergreen content, and news alerts.
A seasoned journalist with extensive experience in reporting, editing, audience development, content strategy and news analytics, Tiffini is also a former journalism professor and award-winning student newspaper adviser.
She lives in Florida with her fiance, an Army veteran who served in Iraq. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, travel, exercise, ancestry research, yoga, meditation, and writing about mindfulness and personal growth.
Expertise
- Covering military topics since 2022
- Tracks trending military news and features
- Writes articles about military holidays, famous veterans, policies and procedures affecting veterans and active-duty personnel, VA home loans and more.
Professional Roles
- Writer and editor for Military.com
- Journalism professor at the University of Tampa and adjunct instructor at four other Florida universities
- Reporter, editor, social media editor, web producer and software trainer for daily newspapers
Education
- Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida
- Bachelor’s degree in French from Tulane University
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![Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/8585135.jpg?itok=Edy9jsYc "Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)")
