Military Bottom Line

This week, I sat down with my friend Larry Haywood to hear about his military career. Larry grew up in the bay area of Northern CA. Determined to not let adversity hold him back, he always pushed himself. Despite never giving the military a thought, sheer happens stance brought him face to face with a recruiter.  Larry talks about his time as a Motor T Marine and how he was forced to change j...

Courtney is the spouse of an Army Medical Doctor and has been living the military life for 10 years! Courtney and her family are currently stationed in Europe. Courtney is an entrepreneur who’s developed her own career despite the fact that her husband’s active duty career dictates their location.  In today’s episode, Courtney shares the reasoning behind their joint decision for her husband’s...

The Air National Guard has its own education benefits apart from active duty. While these education benefits may vary state by state, John Lynch joined the New Hampshire Air guard for their tuition waiver.   John is currently pursuing two separate bachelor's degrees from two different state schools and is getting it done completely tuition free. In this episode, John and I discuss his mo...

Mike Glaspie is a Real Estate Broker in Charlotte, NC. He served ten years in the US Army, with a majority spent in Special Forces as a Green Beret.    Mike is the best selling author of The Elite Investor: A Military Approach to Real Estate Problem Solving, has his bachelor’s degree in business management, his master’s in business administration and currently has a $10M real estate portfolio in m...

After sending letters to every D1 school in the country and making every effort to play college football, Tyler Goble found himself attending the Naval Academy to play ball. At the time, Tyler was more concerned with playing football than he was with being part of the military. With original intentions to be a surface warfare officer in the Navy, Tyler continued to be redirected through his experi...

Shelby commissioned in the US Army via the Army ROTC program in 2012. After thoroughly enjoying her first contract, she decided to stay in a little longer. During the last two years of her six years of service, she realized the Army was not what she wanted for the next 15 years of her life. Without much of a plan, she left the Army to pursue financial freedom. Just three years later, she has becom...

In this week's episode I meet with Chris Christeson. Chris is currently a Captain in the U.S. Marines.  Chris enlisted out of high school after witnessing 9/11 take place. Ultimately, Chris joined as an open contract and ended up as a disperser where he was responsible for large sums of cash on deployments and financial management for his unit.  After reenlisting and taking advantage of...

In this week's episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt Jimenenez aka matts_alright. Matt was an infantryman in the Marines from 2008 to 2012. Throughout the conversation we talk about Matt's upbringing, how he found himself in the Marines and his deployments around the world. Despite spending 4+ years in the Marines, I never experienced the things Matt did, so I always appreciate lea...

In Episode 44 of the Military Bottom Line Podcast, I sit down with one of my Drill Instructors from 10 years ago when I was a recruit in Delta Company.   Korey excelled early on in his career. After joining the Marine Corps in 2006 with an open contract, he ultimately ended up as a mortar man. With multiple combat deployments and a few meritorious promotions, Korey sought out the Drill Instructor...

On this week's episode I meet with Asa Dalphone. Asa and I were at bootcamp together 10 years ago at Parris Island SC.  Asa initially had a reserve recon contract but DOR'd (Dropped on Request) when he realized he wasn't ready for the pipeline. Just a few years later after working in supply, we was given the opportunity again.  Now Asa has been a Force Recon Reservists for 5 years and is...

If you're interested in hearing the first part of my story, check out episode 31. Here is the second part of my story, if you're interested. If not, come back next week and I'll have a guest for you.  In this episode I talk a little bit about my bootcamp experience and how I was able to get a meritorious promotion when I graduated.

In this week's episode I met with Neville Williams. Neville is a Captain in the US Army and obtained his commission via the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) route.  Throughout the episode, Neville and I discuss how he was able to consistently get the jobs and duty stations he wanted throughout his eight years, how the Army has helped distance himself from typical millennial stereoty...

In this week's episode, Roman and I speak across the pond as he's currently stationed in Belgium. Roman has been in the Navy for 12 years and has been stationed in various parts of Europe the entire time! In addition to his unique stations, jobs and experiences, Roman and I talk a lot about how he and his family are using the military to pursue FIRE - Financial Independence Retire Early. Hear how...

Check out Abby's program here: www.yogatraveler.net/deploymentyoga and use YOUTIME to get $5 OFF   On this week's episode I discuss life as a military spouse with Abby Turner. After 7 years of active duty military life with her husband serving in the Air Force, she has gone through multiple moves and a deployment!  In addition to taking care of the 3 kids while her husband was gone for m...

Morgan was in the navy for 4 years and sailed all around the world. He originally joined the Navy to get away from his hometown after watching his friends struggle and pass away due to drug use. He was determined to find a different path and not allow his life to end up the same.  Throughout this episode, Morgan reminisces about his time in the Navy, telling stories of ship life and the exper...

After 22 years and 6 months, Jamie Grant finished out his career in the Alabama Army National Guard.    Jamie is a Purple Heart Veteran that joined in order to complete Physician Assistant school. However, life had different plans. Jamie ended up spending his career in Special Forces Signals Intelligence, with multiple deployments to the middle east and Africa.   We discuss everythi...

This episode is like no other I've done before, but I really hope to have more of these.  This week I sat down with @saved.rounds and had a great conversation. We talk about his experience in the military, how and why he turned down a commission in the Marine Corps after college and how he ended up in the Peace Corps instead, only to enlist later in life.   This episode is full of great...

In this episode we hear Jacob Graul's story. Jacob begins his story with talking about how his life was headed in the wrong direction. Specifically, Jacob discusses a time showing up to high school under the influence. As he found himself in the principal's office, someone said something that really stuck with him - what this person said changed the course of Jacob's life.   After Jacob recei...

If you're looking into becoming a medical professional, but are unsure of how to pay for the programs, this episode is for you!   During Matt's first year of medical school, he realized that $80k of debt per year was going to set him back far further than he was willing to put up with. When he realized that most other students had alternative ways of paying for medical school, Matt began doin...

Walter was on an exchange semester in New Hampshire from his home of Puerto Rico when he realized how much he loved New Hampshire!   When he was faced with the cost of attending UNH as a non-resident of New Hampshire, he began doing research to find the best way to pay for college and continue his education there.  Walter stumbled upon the Air National Guard and found it to be an awesome...

FOLLOW JORDAN With a troubled past, Jordan knew it was time to get out of his current situation. As life would have it, a unique and dangerous incident put the Marine Corps on the front of his mind.  Jordan signed an artillery contract but found himself in a special offshoot within that MOS field and considers himself blessed for the opportunities he was afforded. After lots of training, a de...

Hey everyone!   Thanks for tuning into another episode! So grateful for everyone listening and providing feedback!   I apologize, but this week I do not have a guest. Because of a cancellation and not being ahead, I was not able to get a new guest lined up in time.   Because of this, I figured I would give a little back story on myself and why I joined the Marine Corps in the f...

In this week's episode I sit down with Stephen Bearor of Good Initiative Bad Judgement . Stephen decided shortly into college that it wasn't for him. He decided to drop out and join the Army instead! Sixteen years later, he's done a tremendous amount and continues to enjoy his career.   As an infantryman, Stephen has been to all the cool Army courses that we see on the commercials - everythin...

In this week's episode I meet with Brian Koons! Brian was successful in saving up $50,000 during his first military contract despite never getting paid BAH or making any deployment money.    He didn't know what he was saving his money for, but knew it would come in handy when an opportunity presented itself. Sure enough, during his second enlistment, he was able to buy a $1.2 million dol...

Thanks for tuning into another episode of the podcast!   This week I sit down with Leo McCarthy, who completed his nursing education using the Army ROTC program. He now is an Army Reservist working as a nurse out of Utah on a part-time basis, while he travels around the country for his civilian job as a travel nurse.   No matter where he is working as a travel nurse, the Army currently p...