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We have on SPC Ecker, who spent her time in the Pennsylvania National guard out of Fort Indiantown Gap. She was an Air traffic control operator and explains what she did as her job, explains what the guard schedule was like, as well as other trainings she got to do. As always, we talk about getting out and transitioning to civilian life

A very exciting episode featuring Charles Stoeng who spent 15 years in the French Foreign Legion.  Charles is from Norway, and he explains what it was like to join the legion, going to France, the process and selection and what life in the Legion is like.  he talks about his time as part of a Desert Reconnaissance unit where he spent time in multiple countries in Africa, the Middle East, and forme...

Our guest in this episode is LCDR "Wombat" Matson of the US Navy. He is our first commissioned officer we've on, and he does explain a few ways of how to become a commissioned officer. He spent 20 years between active duty and the reserves and spent his time flying the E-2 Hawkeye and eventually got the opportunity to switch and go fly the F/A 18c Hornet fighter jet. We get into the...

Joe Barna of northern Pennsylvania was drafted at the age of 21 to go to South Korea in 1951. While in the Marines he carried a Flamethrower while in a mountain region outside of  Panmunjom.  Joe spent 13 months in and getting out in 1953. During his time in country, he received 2 purple hearts, one of which was for being bayonetted, he talks about this experience and the Corpsman who saved his li...

on this episode we have another armorer Cpl Waldron, but he was in a 3rd Eschelon shop, which we explain in the episode.  We go over the differences of the armories and how the Marines break them down, we also get into his time as a shooting instructor on the Kbay range. We then get into how he got involved in shooting competitions while on the Pacific Division Shooting team where he qualified to...

on this episode we have MSgt Defazio who retired from the Air Force. He started out in the Army where he got to work on the international shooting team and working on their firearms. After his stint in the Army he finished his career in the Air Force after a total of 30 years... He mentioned about getting stop-lossed and his retirement being delayed. He talks about civilian contracting after his r...

Cpl Burford comes on and talks about his time in legal services. He touches on his time being stationed on Pearl harbor and then transferring to Camp smith. We talk about picking up second award ranks and all that. He got to work and be around the Court Martial system a bit

Sgt Robey spent 5 years in the Marines, during which he spent time in Korea and Thailand.  While stationed in Hawaii he spent time in multiple shops as part of MARFORPAC. He talks about how he was presented with new ideas or ways of thinking in a way that wasnt force fed and made him think and process what he was beibng asked

Sgt DeLuzio comes on and talks about his time in the Connecticut Army National Guard from 2005-2011. His unit received Active orders to deploy to Afghanistan in 2010, While there he was in the area of Torkham, only a few miles from the Pakistan border.  While on mission, he learned that his brother, who was also deployed in country, had been KIA...within a short period of time he found himself in...

We got to talk about his time in the Air Force stationed in Japan as part of the 376th Air Wing. He spent his time as part of the Strategic Air Command during the late 80's when everything at the time was still Cold War focused. 

This episode features Sgt Lombardo (in studio) who spent his time in the Marines as an 0351 Assaultman, as well as 8152 security forces. he talks about his time doing his security force work in Washington, transferring units to be with his brother and his deployment to Iraq. One thing that stands out amongst many, is how different of a road you can end up taking than the one you pictured on your p...

today's guest was a Navy veteran aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). She talks about normal life on a ship where she got to go while out to sea.  She runs a veterans help non-profit called Veterans Of Hope and we get to talk about the things they do to help the community

this episode is with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Fry. he did 21 years in the Marines spanning from the 70's to the 90's. he talks about his career that included being stationed all over, being a drill instructor, the process of becoming a Warrant Officer, and his ultimate retirement. He touches on his Gulf War experience a bit, and then we progress to his time in Afghanistan as a Civilian co...

we discuss jeffs time in, where he went to Africa, Iraq, and Afghanistan.  he talks about the deployment differences between Iraq and Afghan, how it all operated and what it was like being lower enlisted during one and being in a leadership role for the other. we then get into his time as a contractor in Afghanistan and what he went on to do after his overall service time was over.

the first non-Marine guest is finally here.  Specialist Miller goes over his time in the Army as an Intel Analyst, and we discuss his time in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those experiences may have changed the outlook on everything as a whole... I've known Cody for about 24 years now, starting back when I was in the 5th grade, and fortunately our paths got to cross a few times throughout our...

we talked to Sgt knight about his time in the Marines as a 2111, he spent 2 enlistments in multiple units, one of which was specific to foreign weapons training. Hes now a machinist for CMC triggers

Our guest today was supply at MARFORPAC and spent time at the Pu'uloa rifle range. We get into his time after active duty and on the reserve side in 4th Recon battalion in Hawaii and then his transition out.  we get into the Tattoo policy of the Marines during these years and how that affected us as a whole and individually.

Delo as we called him,  was my Cpl in the armory.  we go over some of our travels to Korea together, and we get into his time as a recruiter. Hes now about to retire from 20 years in the Marine Corps

on this episode we have Sgt Rambo who did her time in the Marines as Combat Camera. we talk about time in MARFORPAC as well as her time spent working in the Pentagon. we also get into her medical retirement and her transition to her bus life and all she's doing for other vets running the painted buffalo traveling studio. give her socials a fallow and keep up with her story on the road.

this episode we talk to Sgt Whittington who was in Public affairs in the Marines. he was one of the first more senior guys in the barracks to show me around the island in Hawaii outside of Marine mode. He also took me along to places he would go and i got exposed to a different side of people i wasn't generally around before i joined, we hung out at the tattoo shop a lot and I'm grateful...

in this episode we get to talk to Cpl Ream who was in admin during her time in the Marines. we talk about more of the barracks life and the things we got into there, as well as some NJP talk and how all that goes down

Our first episode with a guest, and fortunately he's my best friend. we just talk about his experience while in the Marines and his transition out, that will be a common theme for the show

SSgt Ramos talks about his career in the Marines, he was the battalion SACO when I had my second incident in Korea... always a great guy and an awesome Staff NCO to be around

this episode will be done to show how the episodes will go with me essentially talking through the sort of things ill be asking the guests of the show to give everyone a basic idea of how the shows format will go.

A brief talking point on a few goals and an outline of what the purpose of this show is going to be.