Behind the Warrior

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Maria interviews Brittany Younker, the newest member of the EOD Warrior Foundation team. Brittany shares her journey from a small town in New Mexico to serving in the Army National Guard and transitioning to active duty. She discusses her motivations for joining the military, her experiences as a military police officer, and her eventual role as a logistics officer...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 2nd interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health.  In this conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 3nd interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health.  In this conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 4th interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health.  In this conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 5th interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health. In this conversation...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 6th interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health. In this conversation...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 7th interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health. In this conversation...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the 8th interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health. In this conversation...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the final interview in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health. In this conversati...

Send us Fan Mail  Join us for the first installment in a powerful nine-part interview series featuring former EOD Technicians who have stepped forward to share their stories. Each conversation highlights their personal struggles, the adversity they’ve faced, and the resilience that carried them through—offered in the hope of inspiring fellow Techs to prioritize their mental health.  In this episod...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Maria sits down with Navy veteran, actress, and advocate Jennifer Marshall, you may know her from Netflix's Stranger Things and as the host of Mysteries Decoded on the CW. They discuss Jennifer's journey from a challenging childhood to her military service in the Navy, her transition to civilian life, and her experiences with cancer. Jennifer shares her i...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we sit down with the Chairman of the Board of the EOD Warrior Foundation, retired Air Force EOD Tech Greg K. Mittelman and former Executive Director of the EOD Warrior Foundation, Nicole Motsek, to learn about the inspiration behind the EOD History Path.   For more information: https://eod-wf.org/eod-history-path/ Support the show Click here to support Behind th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we follow back up with former Air Force EOD technician and PhD candidate, Charles O. Warner III who we last spoke to in Ep. 89, and who is now wrapping up his doctoral dissertation!  In this episode Charles talks about how veterans shape collective memory, activism, and highlights veterans as important contributors to remembrance, dialogue, and peacebuilding across...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a riveting romance with our famous Retired Army Sergeant Major and former EOD Tech and Delta Force Operator Mike Vining and the love of his life, Wildlife Photographer and author Donna Ikenberry.   In this interview we are swept into a story of two soul mates who met on a mountaintop, and learn how their love story unfolds into the most adventurous courtship that spans...

Send us Fan Mail In the second interview in this two part series on ice baths, we are speaking with the CoFounder of Morozko Forge, Jason Stauffer.  In this episode Jason shares his winding career path, which ultimately led him to the discovery of the powers of ice baths, his journey of cofounding Morozko Forge, and the powerful benefits of ice baths.  Support the show Click here to support Behind...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the first in a two part series on Ice Bathes!   The series starts with a candid interview with Retired Marine Corps EOD MGySgt Kristopher Donald and his wife Jess.  In this interview Kris and Jess share the struggles with mental health that Kris dealt with after retiring from the Marine Corps, and how Ice Bathes have been instrumental in his journey to health and welln...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for an exciting interview with Active-Duty Air Force EOD Tech & Mountaineer Brian Price! In this episode Brian shares stories from his recent summit of Mt Rainier in Washington as he prepares to leave in a couple of days to attempt to summit Granite Peak in Montanna.  Brian shares his love of mountain climbing and is a huge advocate for hitting the peaks!  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail In gratitude for all of the incredible volunteers that support the EOD Warrior Foundation and the EOD Family in so many important ways, we would like to spotlight and celebrate Army EOD Veteran and volunteer extraordinaire, Henry VanNess! Join us in this light hearted interview with Henry, the unlikely bomb tech, who stumbled into the EOD career field and found bonds that last a l...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for an interview with Retired Major General Randy Manner!  In this interview Randy talks about his military career and the Transition Series, which is a series of videos that offer best practices for transitioning from military to civilian life or those who are currently employed but looking for more fulfilling opportunities! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmDO_Yag...

Send us Fan Mail As we celebrate 50 years of women in EOD, join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. April Cobos, author of The Women of Explosive Ordnance Disposal:  Cyborg Techno-Bodies, Situated Knowledge, and Vibrant Materiality in Military Cultures.  April's talks about her recently released book which addresses the disparities between policy discourse and the lived experiences o...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in an interview with Retired Army Sergeant Major and former EOD Tech and Delta Force Operator Mike Vining, and former Air Force EOD Officer and bestselling nonfiction writer Brian Castner and learn about their exciting careers and their post EOD adventures where they each reinvented themselves.    You will also learn about their efforts to make the EOD History Path a place...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a candid interview with Active Duty Army Lieutenant General Heidi Hoyle as we continue to spotlight outstanding Leaders in EOD!  In this interview Heidi shares stories about her upbringing and how she went from a successful swimmer and gymnast with no interest in the military to graduating from the United States Military Academy.  She also shares what she thinks makes...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for an exciting conversation with Lamarque Polvado, a serial entrepreneur whose career trajectory was forever changed by the diagnosis of his daughter with severe autism and Dean Browell, Social Listening Innovator and Chief Behavioral Officer of Feedback.   In this episode you will learn about the remarkable results of a recent pilot study conducted at Travis AFB and an i...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have a service animal that is your best friend? Join us for an interview with Army EOD Veteran Aaron Harris, whose service dog, Noveske, goes everywhere he goes!  In this interview we will hear some stories from Aaron's time in the Army, and we'll learn about Kilo 9,  a veteran owned and operated company he started whose mission is to provide comfortable and safe...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for the fourth interview in a 4 part series: Celebrating Women in EOD!  Our fourth interview is with former Navy EOD Tech Jacquelyn Reed.   Jacquelyn grew up in a small country town in Colorado dreaming of being a war hero and spy, and as an adult her dreams came true.  Join us for a riveting  interview with a woman who never gave up and became an American Hero and the fir...