Mentors for Military Podcast

Ian Strimbeck is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he conducted training to host nation forces in small-unit tactics as an Infantry Rifleman. During that time he attained experience in combat and security operations and held every position in a fire team from SAW Gunner to Team Leader. He is now the owner of Runenation, LLC, a consulting and education company specializing in the co...

Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (Thinkers50), Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption; specifically, a framework which she codifies in the critically acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and in her latest book Build an “A” Team: Play To Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learni...

If you've never heard Emily's first podcast episode, slide back to EP-61 and listen to that episode first. Emily is a badass U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot with extensive combat experience. In the first episode she talks about how she went from being a wheel vehicle mechanic to an Apache driver and shooting bad guys in the face while supporting troops on the ground. In this episode, we catch up...

It's not often that you meet someone who was a U.S. Marine Infantry Officer and U.S. Naval Academy graduate who also applied to become a U.S. Army Special Forces officer; let alone while on a combat deployment. Chase Millsap did that and then made it through selection and qualification training. Hear his story and how important service is to him then and now. Chase joins Robert Gowin, Scott Johnso...

You don't want to miss this episode that is full of awesomeness. George Briones III is a former USMC Recon Instructor, a current leader at SOFlete where the motto is "Die Living", and a frequent host on the Mentors for Military Podcast. In this episode he joins Robert and Scott J. and the team talks about ultra running and the mindset it takes to achieve success, the importance of living in the mo...

People often make excuses for why they have found the right group to connect with, or the right person in their life, or why their military transition wasn't successful. Chris Schmitt discusses the reasons why people struggle and identifies ways for you to connect. Chris Schmitt recently retired from 30 years of service as a United States Army Special Forces “Green Beret.” During the past three de...

Ryan Hawk runs the Leadership Advisory team at Brixey & Meyer. Ryan has been a student, teacher, and practitioner of leadership and performance excellence most of his life. First as a collegiate and professional quarterback, and now in the business world. He joined Robert Gowin and Scott Johnson and shares what he’s learned from his own experience as well as from interviewing more than 250 of the...

You are the master of your own destiny. There are coaches and mentors who can help guide you toward developing a plan, but you must be the one who determines what you will do, the timing, and be responsible for the execution. Alejandra is an active duty Security Forces non-commissioned officer (NCO) with over seven years of service. On this episode she joins Robert, Erich Martin, and Scott Johnson...

People deal with stress and life's difficulties in different ways. Coping skills are methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. Obtaining and maintaining good coping skills does take practice. However utilizing these skills becomes easier over time. Most importantly, good coping skills make for good mental health wellness. In this episode Robert and Erich tackle the topic of how to r...

Listen to this episode and hear from a U.S. Army Ranger as he talks about teamwork, the importance of teamwork as Rangers, and how he is now using the traits and knowledge the earned from being an Army Ranger to help him in his current role in the private sector. Chance Davis is a former U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment medic with two deployments who shares how teamwork was critical to his role as a...

EP-134: Erich Martin - Two is One, One is None Without a contingency plan, you may never reach the mission. Erich shares what he learned in Special Forces and the saying of "Two is One, One is None" to focus on contingencies in life, work, and in combat. You can apply those same steps to your everyday life. Erich Martin is a current Special Forces NCO (Green Beret) as an engineer. He often shares...

Excellence and success are dependent upon the individuals willingness to put in the hard work to achieve it. A person has to know their strengths and their weaknesses before they can move forward. Even when on the firing range, every person has different ability levels and it's important that the right level of guidance is given before a person can make an improvement. Drew Estell is the owner of...

Sabina Hogh accomplished something that no international female medic had done 53 years prior. Spend time with a Danish Army medic as Sabina shares her story firsthand of learning to speak English so that she could become the first international female to ever earn a special U.S. Army award. She takes you inside the Danish Army and in the struggles of returning from a combat deployment. Robert is...

Bryan Myers talks about how he came into the U.S. Army under a Ranger contract and was recruited while at Airborne School to go to Special Forces Assessment Selection (SFAS). He boldly went to a promotion board in ranger panties and flip flops! After earning 5 Purple Hearts from serving many tours in Iraq and Afghanistan training the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, he now works toward changing th...

Four veterans decided to pick up a ruck and hump from San Diego to Washington D.C.. Why? Listen in to find out. Donate and Learn more at the MOAR Foundation: www.moarfoundation.org Support them on their journey: https://rally.org/f/4A1a1sLumNX MOAR Team: Paul "Anvil" O'Keefe JR "Goat" Conkright Victor "V" Vincelette Ralph "No-Show" Cook Discover what's going on at Mentors for Military (aka Mentors...

Discover what's going on at Mentors for Military (aka Mentors4mil). Join the movement. It's spreading to the UK, Australia, and the U.S. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentors4mil Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive and Scott Johnson is a former British Army EOD and SAPPER. Follow Mentors for Military: iTunes: http://apple.co/1WaEvbB SoundClou...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a member of the elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)? Making A Nightstalker: The Triumph and Near Tragedy of a Special Operations Aviator. Guest: David Burnett Apple Podcast Link: apple.co/1WaEvb Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive and Scott Johnson is a former British Army E...

Two former Navy SEALs talk about their approach to life and business. They know what it means to say "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday". Former frogman Remi Adelake returns as a guest host along with Robert, Mike Pritts, and Scott Johnson as we welcome Remi's former SEAL brother, Eli Crane of Bottle Breacher. Eli and his wife Jen were on Shark Tank and turned a $500,000 business into over $3.5 mill...

A new episode format that we'll call the WSO (Weekly Sound Off). Robert shares his own experience and tips to help you find your personal success. If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know. We want to hear from you. Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive. He is the author of "Master the Transition", a book on how to have a successful militar...

It's not often that you get a personal one-on-one coaching opportunity with a former door kicker and resident badass. LTO’s founder, Otis McGregor, is a retired Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel who served over 25 years in the Army and Special Forces and went from tank driver to engineer to Green Beret. He has formed and led teams all over the world identifying opportunities, implementing plans and s...

Have you found yourself resorting to alcohol because of combat or certain stresses that has caused you to be in a state of depression? Alcohol and depression are by-products of combat stress. Learn how to be a better you. In this episode Scott Garrett joins us. Scott is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Warrant Officer and he joins Robert, Scott Kinder, Kat Kaelin, and Scott Johnson...

In the early hours of Christmas Eve 2007, Royal Marines Commando Mark Ormrod was out on a routine foot patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan when he stepped on and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device. Thanks to the swift action of the men around him and the intervention of the Medical Emergency Response Team he was airlifted via helicopter to an emergency field hospital in a desperate...

Boyd Renner is a USN retired CW04 with 28 years as a Navy SEAL and 23 of that was with NSWDG (aka DEVGRU). He was part of the second extraction team to search for Marcus Luttrell after the first attempt failed known as Operation Red Wings. In 2005, then Senior Chief Renner was the senior enlisted member of the team that recovered the bodies of his fellow SEALs killed during Operation Red Wings. Th...

We've all had times where we could have learned from others mistakes and the fix is usually a simple one. Damian Jungermann, former Navy EOD tech, has a wealth of knowledge on this subject and joins Robert, Scott Kinder, Scott Johnson, and Kat Kaelin to talk about how to share the lessons learned from combat to help train and mentor others. Damian and the team share stories from several combat exp...

Remi Adeleke joined Robert, Brian, Scott Kinder, and Scott Johnson on this episode. He shared his journey from Nigeria to the Bronx, to the elite SEAL teams, and to the movie screen. His determination, never quit attitude, and his faith has helped him be successful. Remi’s passion is to share his story to others. “Work hard. I mean, Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. If you grind. If...