An accomplished business professional, Martin L. Hudler is the manager of real estate investment company Endeavor Investments, LLC. Outside of his professional life, Martin L. Hudler is a big supporter of the U.S. Navy.

On Feb. 2, 2019, the U.S. Navy conducted its first ever all-female flyover to honor the life and legacy of retired Navy Captain Rosemary Mariner, one of the Navy’s first female pilots and the first to command a naval aviation squadron. She died on January 24 after a long battle with cancer. Martin L. Hudler was acquainted with Captain Rosemary Mariner and her loss will be felt for a lifetime.

A female pioneer, Mariner completed her flight training in 1974 and became the first Navy female jet pilot to fly the A-4E/L Skyhawk. She was also among the first women to serve on a U.S. Navy warship, the USS Lexington, and to qualify as a Surface Warfare Officer. She retired in 1997 with the rank of captain, having logged 3,500 flight hours and successfully worked with Congress to remove restrictions on women flying combat missions.

In her honor, the U.S. Navy performed a special flyover tribute over her funeral in Maynardville, Tennessee. Known as the “Missing Man Flyover,” the tribute involves four aircraft flying over the funeral service in uniform formation before one leaves the pack and flies vertically toward the heavens.