w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor

Military Retirement Podcast

Highlighting military retirement journeys from all walks of the military. Wide ranging long form conversations with Veterans. We discuss the retirement process, life starting in the military, and life after the military. Also talk to former military members who transitioned before reaching retirement and started their own businesses.

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w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor

Category

Government

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Part 2, Marine Retirement is not so easy. Here are some tips to make it easier. 06.11.2023

Part 2 of my interview with  @thegreenlogbook  (aka Victor De La Flor)Talking about retiring out of the Marine Corps, dealing with retirement issues, mentally shifting to a new life, writing resumes and more. To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Links: 🔗 Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) - https://benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/benef...

Part 1, Marine Retirement is not so easy. Here are some tips to make it easier. 30.10.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 0:46 - What is your morning routine after the military? ⌚ 4:17 - What made you join the military? ⌚ 8:11 - What are some good books for self development? ⌚ 14:41 - How did you navigate the first 30 days of retirement? ⌚ 20:40 - Documenting your last year in the...

Live streaming with @agileninjanerd talking about retirement and transition 29.10.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Sitting down in a live stream talking about Military transition and retirement. Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell A...

Applying lessons learned as and CAV Scout to a career in Counseling 16.10.2023

Join me and Jerome Dingle talking about his retirement transition and changing the course of his career midstream. To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:33 - Morning Routine ⌚ 3:15 - Coming into the Army through ANG ⌚ 7:49 - A school, a book, and a suicide that changed my life ⌚ 12:20 - Personalit...

Did I miss the boat on Skillbridge?? 🛥️ - ways to find mentorship / Be a mentor 09.10.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 2:17 - Mentorship ⌚ 2:20 - ACP American Corporate Partners ⌚ 6:03 - Hire Heros USA ⌚ 7:40 - Skillbridge ⌚ 16:00 - Hiring our Heros ⌚ 17:24 - Military Retirement Group (Facebook) ⌚ 23:10 - Outro Links: 🔗 Schedule for rating disabilities - https://www.benefits...

New co-host, finding purpose, Mental Health Awareness Month 25.09.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 02:24 - Finding your purpose - Jobs, Personal Development, Books ⌚ 10:00 - Defining purpose ⌚ 13:10 - What is the learning cycle for creating purpose and passion⌚ 21:25 - Mental Health Awareness⌚ 35:53 - Outro Military Retirement Group - https://www.facebook.co...

LTC (RET) Dave Grossman Reveals the Shocking Impact of Sleep Deprivation 17.07.2023

Today we dive into a lot of topics surrounding 12-time author and former US Army Ranger Dave Grossman. His extensive and sometimes controversial knowledge of the psychology of combat, killing, and this time around sleep deprivation. We go off the rails a little, but there is plenty of really good information about how sleep can be a key factor in preventing suicide. You can find all things surroun...

How to make the world better by helping one person | Lessons learned from two government retirements 20.06.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:41 - morning routine from Active Duty to GS Civilian to Contractor ⌚ 6:12 - Where does the stress of responsibility come from? ⌚ 11:08 - How my Air Force recruiter set me up to join the Army ⌚ 15:49 - What was the transition from military to government civilia...

Easing back into the podcast, rethinking relocation, job, time off, and remodeling 12.06.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro & Disclaimer! ⌚ 1:08 - Recap of Hillvets, and wrapping up loose ends with mentors ⌚ 3:08 - House work recap - looking for another primary residence ⌚ 4:42 - Overcoming fear and procrastination - weighing job value and options ⌚ 9:55 - is internship worth it?...

From Medical Evaluation Boards to Life's Edge and back - A Veteran's Resilience Unveiled 29.05.2023

This episode we get into the weeds with Brandon Alborg, a 16 year Veteran who has deployed 3 times to the middle east. We talk about transition and the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) process, Not wanting to get out of the military, VA rating versus Army rating, and we conclude our episode with thoughts on suicide and dealing with the loss of fellow Soldiers not only to battle but also to this terr...

The Plot Twists of life, Trusts, Estate Planning, Cutting the fat - EP5 Justin Murphy 23.04.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:56 - Does the mental tempo slow down as you reach the end of your career? ⌚ 3:00 - More house mods? ⌚ 4:32 - Advice about renting out your primary residence and creating generational wealth ⌚ 8:35 - Estate planning - future proofing your family - Living Trust...

The most important thing is caring about Soldiers - 1SG (Ret) Steven Buyck - Retirement 24.03.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! 1SG (RET) Steven Buyck - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-b-5a898833/ Recently retired from the Army as an active duty 68R, San Antonio JBSA. A good buddy of mine from high school. Just reconnecting and obviously doing the normal interview about retirement and transition. Enjoy! Timestamps: ⌚...

EP4 Military 👼 Paternity Leave - More mentor talk - 📚books - taxes - Justin Murphy 17.03.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!    Justin Murphy - Back again for a bi-weekly update talking about the following:   Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 2:21 - You are having a baby! ⌚ 5:00 - 12 Week Paternity Leave for either parent - including non-child-bearing parents - Just a dropdown on the DA31 ⌚ 7:50 - Thinki...

👍 DON'T PANIC! Mentoring, Retiring, Writing Books, Learning through Games, giving back #42 10.03.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡      Retired COL Ray Kimball from the United States Military Academy West Point joins me to talk about his retirement, starting a business, a ton of books (some he wrote and others he is just reading), and relentless gratitude toward others.   ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 2:31 - Morning Routines - NY Times C...

EP3 - Military Retirement Updates - ACP Mentor - HillVets - VA Claim - BDD - Relevant Books - Pickle Juice 03.03.2023

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!  ** Please forgive the audio left/right - had some difficulties editing on this episode ** Following CW4 Justin Murphy on his last year of retirement - an inside look at going through the retirement process from mindset and the mental game to all the little things you might need to know alo...

Staying your authentic self - lessons learned from multiple military exits & government contracting 24.02.2023

Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro https://sheenapreneur.thinkific.com/courses/govcon-for-winners ⌚ 1:32 - Morning routine now as opposed to in the military Eric Stegal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriots/ ⌚ 4:16 - time management in the calendar - not in the calendar, doesn't exist ⌚ 5:30 - How did you end up in the military? Serendipity moments, 9/11, and stuttering ⌚ 9:30 - Now I have my retire...

Portraits for Patriots | HillVets | Skillbridge - Last year with CW4 Justin Murphy 17.02.2023

Following the last year to Army retirement with Justin. Everything we talked about is listed in the timestamps below with links to any resources.     Please enjoy and thank you for being here with us along this journey!   here is the link to Justin’s LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justineilermurphy_productive-balance-lead-activity-7032442573755473920-gNNQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium...

Military transition in real time - following CW4 Murphy on his last year 03.02.2023

A retirement series following the transition journey of CW4 Justin Murphy as he navigates the last 12 months of his retirement   The Linkedin post that started it all off: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justineilermurphy_transition-retirement-skillbridge-activity-7022237784337711104-opC9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop   Today's update post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/...

From Military to Millionaire - USMC David Pere on transition and purpose 31.01.2023

0:00 - Why you should take off the governor 0:46 - Intro 3:39 - Morning Routine - building a planner to get back to journaling 7:53 - Journaling routine and why it's important 9:41 - quick tip on meditation 11:11 - first coming into the Marine Corps 13:53 - Transitioning off of Active Duty - why fulfillment matters 26:03 - Choosing to stay in a Reserve capacity rather than fully leaving the milita...

Retire and relocate to Germany - Reserve Retirement - Anthony Horton 14.01.2023

🕗 0:00 - Intro 🕗 1:00 - Guest Bio 🕗 1:58 - Morning Routine 🕗 3:48 - Life since retirement - Getting settled in Germany 🕗 5:09 - Reserve Retirement process and experience 🕗 7:22 - Virtual vs in-person and dealing with COVID 🕗 10:03 - The ONE main thing you should do if retiring from the Army Reserve 🕗 11:52 - Understanding your retirement points 🕗 13:12 - Transferring to Germany for a GS p...

Emotional Intelligence is key - MAJ (RET) Cynthia Brasfield - Overcoming all obstacles 02.01.2023

CHAPTERS 00:00 - intro 03:47 - Morning Routine 08:40 - First joining the military 19:38 - The last 18 months before retirement - Getting passed over for LTC   24:12 - Why SFL-TAP is critical at 24 months and Finding your Retirement Services Officer (Army Reserve) 25:42 - Breaking down the MEB process, PEBLOs,  IDES, NARSUMs, DA-3947 34:56:30 - Breaking down the PEB - VA disability rating...

Military Retirement - Space A - SMSG Tondalaya Takapu - USAF 17.11.2022

In this video Tondalaya discusses her experience with taking space a hops. She also talks about how her and her husband flawlessly managed her first Space A flight with her children. We also dig into her career experiences as a minority entrepreneur in the engineering and scientific fields, and how she started Club Lab Rascals to help children learn about STEM. Tondalaya also discusses her experie...

Retirement - MSG (RET) Stacey Muñoz - From Homeless to Honor Guard - Resilience | Sublime being 14.11.2022

TAA - Transition administrative absence. Participation in pre-separation job search and house hunting activities that facilitate relocation or transition of the Soldier to civilian life is authorized under this paragraph only for Soldiers being involuntarily separated from active duty under honorable conditions and Soldiers retiring from active duty. AR 600-8-10, Chapter 5. ISAA - Involuntary sepa...

Transition and employment - Andres Blandon - signaljobs.org 08.11.2022

A great discussion about many things to do with life after the military. Sergeants Time Training https://signaljobs.org cisco certifications learn from teaching https://monster.com 168 hours a week - everyone has the same amount of time nights and weekends   you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time around human ability to see into the future linkedin audiobooks https:/...

GOMO Retirement - MG(Ret) Joe Robinson - USAR 31.10.2022

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Today I am sitting with MG (Ret) Joe Robinson (BIO at the bottom) - in this episode we discuss the GOMO retirement process, how it compares to everyone else who is retiring. We also talked a lot about Tricare and how to select between Tricare Prime or Tricare Select and what the tradeoffs are. MG(Ret) Robinson also gives a few insights on leadership. Please enjoy this conversatio...

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