Steve Littlefield

Steve Littlefield is a combat veteran with over 26 years of military service, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also served as a police officer and in the fire service—spending much of his career in environments where stress, loss, and responsibility aren’t abstract concepts, but part of the job.

He currently serves as a Veteran Service Officer, is completing his M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling at Bridgewater State University, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. He has extensive experience helping veterans navigate the VA disability system, access benefits, and find support when it’s needed most. He is the founder of Veterans Next Step Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on veteran mental health and providing critical resources to local veterans and their families.

His work is centered on one reality: the weight people carry doesn’t disappear when the job, shift, or deployment ends. The Rucksack We Carry was written to put words to that experience—and to offer a practical way to understand and manage it without the clinical jargon.