Chuck Harders

Chuck is the founder and CEO of Red Horse Motoring club. He earned a national reputation as a collector and dealer of automobilia. Chuck served 30 years in the U.S. Navy, enlisting in 1987. He worked 16 years as an aviator and Rescue Swimmer in SH-2F Seasprite and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters, accumulating over 3,000 flight hours. During Operation Desert Storm, he completed 58 combat missions, logged 110 combat flight hours, and destroyed 14 enemy floating mines, earning the Combat Air Medal. After selection as Chief Petty Officer in 2001 and commissioning as an Officer in 2003, Chuck held various leadership roles, including work in the Space program at the National Reconnaissance Office. He completed 11 deployments over his career and retired as a Lieutenant Commander in July 2016.