Based in Arlington, Virginia, Veronica Knapp joined the United States Armed Forces in 2000. She served as a regional correctional-facility deputy warden in 2015. During her time in this position, she provided operational, administrative and logistical support to Level I Army Corrections System facilities. Compliance rates improved from 72 percent to 92 percent under her guidance. Veronica Knapp subsequently spent eight years in various organizational leadership positions, such as senior advisor to the commander of a FORSCOM military police battalion and the largest combat-support military police brigade in the Army. She also provided direct support to the 101st Airborne Division as the principal senior enlisted advisor to the Commanding General.