Straight Outta Combat Radio-Honoring Combat Wisdom

Andrew Och Andy Och is an award winning television and multi-media producer who has traveled the world with his pen, paper and camera. A Radio/Television and Film graduate from the University of Maryland, Andy started his production career in music – recording and touring with his band in the 80s & 90s. Soon after that he added his camera to the mix, and all the pieces fell into place. A storytell...

Bob Sebastian enlisted in the United States Army in May of 1983. Following the completion of One Station Unit Training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, he was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington where he completed the Ranger Indoctrination Program. Then, SPC was assigned to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment. SPC Sebastian conducted himself with the upm...

Abram Korn was 16 when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Lipno, Poland, on September 1, 1939, the first day of World War II. He survived the entire war as a Jewish prisoner, enduring the ghettos, the horrific concentration camps, the Death March from Auschwitz. Astoundingly, Abe kept his sense of human dignity–with gangrenous feet he struggled to stay on the healthy-workers list; with scant suppli...

Jill Stephenson spent over 20 years in corporate leadership positions. Little did she know, her life events would steer her down a different career path. In her eyes, being a mother to Benjamin Kopp was her largest blessing and gave her life meaning. At age 13, Ben vowed to serve his country and expressed this with such determination. She knew then, that her son was destined for greatness. As a re...

Colonel Ben Knisely grew up in the small town of Osprey, Florida, just a few miles south of here.  He graduated from Riverview High School.  He entered military service following his graduation from the University of South Florida, in Tampa and 28 years later, retired from the US Army at the rank of Colonel.    A couple notable aspects of his career that I would like to share with you in this intr...

We posed the question: "Whats Does Freedom Mean To You?" A compilation of answers from our fellow veterans Michael Flynn, Rocky Bleier, Michael Burns, Carl Higbie, Simon Harmer (U.K.), Jason Redman, Erik Shaw, Herb Thompson, Russ Barnes, and Janette Arencibia. May God Bless America (and, the United Kingdom) and All of You For Your Commitment, Loyalty & Sacrifices in the Support of Freedom!        

We pose the question: "Whats Does Freedom Mean To You?" A compilation of answers from our fellow veterans Brandon Long, John Cunningham, Jack Berman, Scott Jackman, James Van Prooyen, Jeff Lodick, Justin Cobb, Pete Turner, Roy Duncan. May God Bless America (and, Australia) and All of You For Your Commitment, Loyalty & Sacrifices in the Support of Freedom!

ABOUT SHAWN RHODES Creating a Pivot Point is a powerful process in the hands those business leaders seeking practical methods to increase the performance and profitability of their organizations. Drawing upon stories Shawn witnessed on battlefields and in the companies of his Fortune 100 and 500 clients, he shows executives, managers and employees how to create business processes that welcome unex...

CAPTAIN Mark Black was named 12th Superintendent of Fishburne Military School 23 August 2016. CAPTAIN Black hails from Milton, West Virginia. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, lettering in football and was selected as a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon and the Kappa Alpha Order, Beta Commission. He graduated with Distinction with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and was commissione...

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kristin Beck US Navy veteran and former member of SEAL Team 6 Hailing from a small Pennsylvania farm, Kristin attended the Virginia Military Institute from 1984-87. In 1990, Beck enlisted in the Navy and became a SEAL desiring to be one of the “toughest of the tough.” She certainly earned that distinction. During her 20-year Navy career, Kristin would receive...

Scott Neil was one of the Green Berets sent into Afghanistan to take down the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "On 19 October in 2001, two Special Forces teams went in on the North and that’s kind of what we know today from the movie and the statue at ground zero as the horse soldiers," said Neil. "They raised an unconventional militia army o...

My name is Mike Frazier and I am a Combat Veteran with over 10 years of service with the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army.  From Federal Law Enforcement to the Special Operations community, I have learned a lot and seen even more. My time in the military came to a halt due to a back injury and PTSD and depression tried to swallow me and bury me. I was not going to stay down in that dark hole. I...

“Never Give Up, Never Surrender” – By JP Lane February 8, 2019 My name is Justin Lane, aka JP Lane. Many people have their own reasoning for joining the military, mine is probably similar to most my age, in 2001, watching the twin towers fall. I was reminded of that feeling when I was old enough to sign up. At the age of 20, In 2008, I joined the U.S. Army as a Combat Engineer. I was deployed, in...

United States Air Force Veteran Khalid Elneser discusses his childhood, service to Our Country, military-to-civilian life transition challenges, Freedom and the benefits of hemp-based holistic products that are helping people to live better lives.

John Preston is an American singer-songwriter, firefighter and US Marine Corps veteran. In this candid interview he talks of his childhood, military service and its after-effects on him personally and others, including close family members. He explains how his musical career started, how he creates his songs, his influences and inspirations and what music means to him.   For more information about...

When Osee “Trey” Fagan came up with the idea for a book about fallen heroes, he had three goals in mind. Honor the fallen so they’re not forgotten. Find a way to support their families. Inspire the current and next generation of Marines. After serving in the Marine Corps’ Force Reconnaissance and Marine Corps’ Forces Special Operations Command, MARSOC, Fagan said he felt compelled to start the pro...

Barry Zworestine (In His Own Words): I was born in Southern Rhodesia (in what is now Zimbabwe) in 1953. After a fairly uneventful schooling in which I focused more on sports than on academics, I went to university in South Africa, where I spent several years training in the field of education. In 1976 I returned to Rhodesia to comply with national service requirements and was involved in the Rhode...

Boone Cutler is an author, columnist, music video director and Warfighter Rights leader. He holds the distinguished honor of being the first nationally recognized radio talk show personality who is also a combat veteran from the current war. Boone’s message is simple: “America has lost faith in what they used to believe were the heroes of Hollywood, America has become disgusted with the political...

Jack Berman joined the Navy while still in High School in 1960. During his time in the Navy, he worked as a radar man and a storekeeper during various enlistments until 1976. Jack switched over to the Air Force in 1976 and worked as a Production control supervisor for civil engineering projects. Jack now lives in Missoula, Montana. Jack is a combat veteran deploying to Vietnam and during Desert St...

U.S. Army Veteran and Bronze Star recipient Mr. Roy H. Duncan is THE FIRST WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN to join us on the show.  Roy is the son of a sharecropper and was born in Western Kentucky. During the war, he was a Radio Operator assigned to HQ Company, 21st Armored Inf Bn, 11th Armored Division in General Patton’s Third Army. This native Kentuckian answered his Nation’s call to duty and his story...

Brandon Long (In His Own Words): I was born and raised in Fort Wayne Indiana and knew from the age of 5 that I wanted to be a Marine. My mother's uncle served in the Air Force and he was a big idol of mine. I wanted to be like him and he helped to encourage me. When I was a sophomore in high school, I got into some trouble with the law and I was no longer able to join the Marine Corps. I knew that...

Lani Hankins (In Her Own Words): I grew up in a small town on the Central Coast of California, and was the youngest of two kids. My father, a Vietnam veteran, worked for a company that specialized in metal coil and paper roll restoration, while my mother worked in human resources. Prior to joining the Army, I was enrolled in the Fine Arts program at the local community college. Shortly after compl...

Annette M. Whittenberger, currently living in Fairfax, Virginia understands the challenge of veteran transition and development as she is a Retired Combat Veteran, an Army Spouse and mother to a college freshman and high school sophomore. She focuses on coaching others through PTSD, anxiety and depression and trauma.  She is a mentor with  Veterati ,  eMentor  and for the  Tragedy Assistance Progr...

John Cunningham is originally from Baytown, TX. He attended the United States Military Academy West Point in 1963, he was the first person in his family to join the military. "All I knew about West Point when I arrived is what I saw on TV," says Cunningham. Originally, he started West Point with a class of 865 students, in 1967 Cunningham was one of the 565 students who graduated, with his bachelo...

Jeffrey Lodick was born in Buffalo, NY. He joined the Army in 1997, a year after graduating high school and enjoyed a 20-year career. Jeffrey was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, Korea, Fort Jackson, SC, Stuttgart, Germany, and MacDill Air Force Base, FL, but had the pleasure of seeing the world! He served as a Squadron Sergeant Major, Operations Sergeant Major, First Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, and D...