Train
TRAIN service-oriented leaders in all walks of life.
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Honor
HONOR military members, first responders, and their families.
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ENGAGE
ENGAGE community members in meaningful acts of service.
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The Major Brent Taylor Foundation
The Major Brent Taylor Foundation was launched on what would have been the 40th birthday of Major Brent Taylor, an officer in the Utah Army National Guard who was killed in action in Afghanistan in November of 2018 while on his fourth combat deployment.
Major Taylor’s memorial Foundation seeks to carry forward the legacy he left behind, and is based on three key principles:
TRAINING service-oriented leaders from all walks of life.
HONORING military members, first responders, and their families.
ENGAGING community members in meaningful acts of service.
Key programs of the MBTF include:
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- Flag Missions, Parades, and Displays
- The BT 5 Leadership Training Program
- Leadership Legacy Scholarships at Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, Weber State University, Chandler High School (Arizona), and Weber High School (Utah)
- The 9/11 Project
- Gold Star Family Travel to Fort Benning’s Global War on Terrorism Memorial
- The annual flight of “The Major” in North Ogden’s Coldwater Canyon
- Veterans Week Annual Devotional and Field of Honor
- Military-related Memorial Monuments
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There are three principles upon which the Major Brent Taylor Foundation is based:
TRAIN, HONOR, and ENGAGE.
About Major Taylor
Major Brent Taylor was on his second term as the mayor of North Ogden when he took an unprecedented year of absence to serve his fourth deployment in Afghanistan. In November of 2018, Major Taylor was killed in an insider attack in Kabul. This made him the first sitting U.S. politician to be killed in action since the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, Jennie Taylor, and seven children. To Brent, God, family and country were everything and had become his mantra that steered his life.
Brent Taylor was born on July 6, 1976 in Ogden, Utah. From the start, he has always been a leader in his endeavors. He graduated from Chandler High School, where he was elected as student body president and earned an eagle scout award. Strongly rooted in his faith, Brent served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1998-2000 after his graduation. Brent was called upon to serve in the Brazil, Maceio Mission.
Prompted by the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Brent enlisted in the military to serve his country.
