Barrett Y. Bogue

If I could sum up 2025 in one photo for Evocati Public Relations it would be this one. This was the kick-off to Team Red, White & Blue's Old Glory Ultra Relay, a grueling 3K mile journey where members ran non-stop with the American flag from coast-to-coast. It was the start of one of our most ambitious campaigns of the year: 389 unique media mentions over four weeks with an audience reach of nearly 1B all in service of their goal to raise $1M, which they did. We had just onboarded a new employee and stood at the precipice of pitching more than 20 unique markets all while ensuring the rest of our clients didn't notice a degradation in service. And we made it work. OGUR's success was emblematic of our ethos—a small but mighty PR team that punches well above its weight class. Heck, in the final sprint of December, we notched 84 mentions with a reach of 320M for the National Potato Council alone. We achieved record numbers in 2025 on behalf of our clients: 💬 9K+ media mentions 📈 4B+ estimated reach 🫂 2M+ people impacted by our clients 💡 48+ years of PR experience These are astonishing numbers for any PR firm let alone one that operates so lean. But it also shows just how captivating our clients' stories are and how well they each meet the moment. From niche podcasts to Fox News Live, their stories are resonating everywhere. What an awesome privilege to share it.  We challenge our clients to identify their one superpower, the one thing they are great at that we can leverage for them as storytellers. If we had to do the same, we'd say EPR's superpower is that we act as a strategic backbone that operates with the precision of a military unit for every client. That's PR with a Purpose. To everyone who joined us on this journey in 2025, thank you for believing in us. And to the team at EPR, let's attack 2026 with the same vigor and strategic success we showed this year.

Happy 251st Birthday to our beloved United States Marine Corps! To my fellow brothers and sisters, we don't look a day over 200. My time in the Marine Corps taught me two important life lessons. Lesson 1: You can sleep anywhere, at any time, when you're tired enough. Comfort is a luxury. Adaptability is a skill. Lesson 2: Mental discipline and toughness are forged in the fires of hell. Run to it! Growth isn't found in comfort. It's found on the other side of hardship. PHOTO: 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Lima Co., Iraq (2004)

Finally! #BishopForHeisman

DeSean Bishop for Heisman.

My Queen—who looked incredible—and I attended the USMC Birthday Ball at the Washington Metropolitan Club last evening. The oldest Marine was born in 1939. The youngest? 2004.