Career
Evan Shelline joined the U.S. Navy after September 11, 2001 and completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. He served about a decade in the Navy, including about six years with the SEAL Teams, and made two combat deployments to Iraq with SEAL Team 4.
After the Navy, he worked in maritime security and counter-piracy, directing more than 60 vessel protection operations without a security incident.
In 2024 he founded VETTED in Troy, Michigan, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that serves veterans and their families across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. He leads the company as founder and president.
He founded The Veteran Muster: All Present and Accounted For, a veterans-only gathering held in senior living communities across Southeast Michigan. In October 2026 he chaired the first meeting of the Veteran Advisory Committee at Lily Hospice in Troy. He is Senior Vice Commander of Sgt. Stanley F. Romanowski VFW Post 6896 and speaks to service clubs, senior living communities and Veterans Day programs.
