In her name
Gail
Martinez 1974 — 2016
Martinez 1974 — 2016
Gail Minglana Martinez was a military spouse, a mother of four, and the kind of person who made every installation feel like home — for her family and for the people around her. Wherever the Air Force sent them, she built the infrastructure of belonging: friendships, rhythms, community, care.
At the Andersen Officer's Spouses Club in Guam, she gave so much of herself that after her death, the spouses created the Gail Minglana Martinez Scholarship Foundation in her honor — for the dependents of military families.
On March 22, 2016, at Brussels Airport, Gail Martinez shielded her daughters from the blast. She saved their lives. She lost hers.
Gail's Dragonfly LLC carries her name because she would not have put it in her own — but she would have wanted it built. Every part of what this company is and will become is a conversation with her.
Gail and Kato Martinez
Kato Martinez spent 29 years in the United States Air Force, serving in operations in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines before retiring as a Colonel. He is a combat-wounded veteran and Purple Heart recipient. On March 22, 2016, he was critically wounded in the Brussels Airport terrorist attack that killed his wife Gail and injured his children.
What followed was years of recovery — physical, emotional, and spiritual — that Kato has spent turning into something others could use. He speaks about resilience not as a concept but as a daily practice, built from the specific experience of losing everything that held your life together and choosing, deliberately, to build something from what remains.
He has delivered over 100 keynote addresses to military installations, corporate leadership teams, veterans' organizations, and healthcare conferences. Her Love Still Carries Us — his first book, published June 4, 2026 — is both a memoir and a testament to the love that carried him through.
Every part of what Gail's Dragonfly LLC is and will become is a conversation with her. The company is generational by design — built so that what she started in her family can keep reaching outward.
Kianni is a Principal Data Scientist at SAIC, leading AI and data strategy across a multi-billion dollar federal and defense opportunity portfolio. As Chief Digital & Creative Officer of Gail's Dragonfly LLC, she builds the platform, the visual identity, and the digital infrastructure that carries the mission forward. She has spoken at the New York Stock Exchange, military bases, and national fundraising events. Subject of Emmy Award-winning CBS coverage of the family's story.
Kianni writes at Perpetually Tuesday on Substack →Kimo serves in the United States Space Force. His role within the LLC is to build referral pathways and institutional relationships inside the military and veteran communities where this family's story carries the most weight — the rooms where trust is already established and the mission can be most directly felt.
Noelani is building the sonic identity of Gail's Dragonfly LLC — the original compositions and audio systems that give the brand's emotional register a sound. She is an undergraduate composer whose work will define how this mission is experienced beyond the written word.
Kailani is the human presence of the mission — at galas, speaking engagements, and community events, she represents the next generation of what this family is building. She is the proof that what Gail started continues, and that the story does not end with the people who lived through it.
Kato's vision is a foundation in Gail's name — one that opens beyond the veteran to include military spouses and dependents. The people who serve alongside service members. The ones who carry the family while the family is away.