Tango Alpha Lima Podcast

Team Tango visits with Michael Hinkle and Serena Moyer of SkillMil Precision Hiring. CV, Jeff and Ashley learn about how SkillMil uses decades of military experience and an automated approach to precisely match unique veteran and spouse skills set with employer. Their company actively supports military families and transitioning veterans. Michael is a Navy veteran and President of SkillMil and Ser...

Tony Wells joins Team Tango to talk about what led him to become a basketball player at the US Naval Academy and a then a Marine Corps officer. The group discusses marketing during a pandemic, promoting diversity and inclusion at a corporate level and the technological innovations USAA has introduced over the years to better serve their members. Special Guest: Tony Wells. Links: Watch video of thi...

CV revisits the continuing issue of evacuating Afghan interpreters after Sen. Angus King urged the Biden administration to take action. Ashley wonders how over 1,900 military weapons have gone missing in the past decade. Jeff gets geared up to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of American Legion Boys Nation. Rapid Fire Navy channels Tony Stark with reasearch on transmedium flying submersible, Airforc...

Matt Disher, who's post-military career has focused on building and leading corporate military recruitment programs in small and large businesses, offers advice and strategies for transitioning servicemembers planning their own career path. Team Tango talks with Matt about available resources, challenges and best practices for those who are building a career after leaving the military. Special...

When the_ Akron Beacon-Journal_ first reported on the mic cut during a keynote address by retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter during Memorial Day ceremonies at American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464 in Hudson, Ohio, all eyes in the veteran community focused on the small town just south-east of Cleveland. Media outlets large and small picked up on the story of post officials who turned off the mic as...

Team Tango chats with Air Force Veteran and Modern Military Association of America Executive Director Jennifer Dane. Jennifer shares how MMAA works to make a real difference in the lives of modern military families through education, advocacy and support. Jennifer shares her personal story of serving in the Air Force during "Don't Ask, Don't Tell” and how she became what she calls &qu...

CV and the team weigh in on the urgency for special visas for Afghan interpreters. Ashley ponders how "quick" a proposed National Guard Quick Reaction Force to support Capitol Security might actually be. Jeff shares news that DoD has relaxed mask policies for vaccinated individuals in accordance with CDC guidelines BUT notes that supervisors cannot ask about vaccination status. RAPID FIR...

American Legion member Marlon Smith talks with Team Tango about how 9/11 led to his U.S. citizenship, military service and commitment to volunteering. “I want to give back to a country that has given me so much,” he says. Special Guest: Marlon Smith. Links: Watch video of this episode on YouTube Send us your feedback! The American Legion 100 Miles For Hope Homes for Heroes | Save Money When You Bu...

Jeff Daly laments the loss of parking privledges at the Pentagon for the Annual Memorial Day 'Rolling to Remember' motorcycle event in Washington D.C. Ashley shares news that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has indicated he is open to considering proposed changes to military rules that dictate who oversees the prosecution of military sexual assaults. CV sounds the alert as China and...

Veterans in Military & Entertainment Director of Career Placement Barbara Autin talks about the many resources VME provides to help veterans transition from the military into jobs in media and entertainment fields. Special Guest: Barbara Autin. Links: Watch video of this episode on YouTube Send us your feedback! Suggest a Guest The American Legion 100 Miles For Hope Veterans in Media & Ent...

Jeff shares a story of 101st Airborne officers gone wild at a strip club in Poland, sending CV into fits of glee. Ashley gets excited about some reader feedback and love for Team Tango. CV talks about a movement to gaining steam to honor Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French of Foreman, Ark., with the Medal of Honor. French became a national hero after he towed wounded shipmates through s...

Mike Erwin, founder and executive director of Team Red, White and Blue, joins Team Tango to share the origin story for Team RWB, and the many ways in which the organization helps enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity. Erwin touches on the importance of being part of a team, partnerships with IVMF and the George W. Bush Cen...

Ashley shares some stats that show 40% of U.S. Marines have declined the COVID-19 vaccine. Jeff drops some history knowledge with a story the life of Legion founder Maj. G. Edward “Ned” Buxton Jr. of Rhode Island. Hilarity ensues when CV shares a story of a Navy officer who penned a strongly worded message to complain about his noisy enlisted neighbors, who he called 'perverts' and 'de...

Team Tango visits with U.S. Army veteran and 2015 Ms. Veteran America Kerri Jeter, about Freedom Sisters Media and her passion for storytelling and celebrating women veterans. Special Guest: Kerri Jeter. Links: Watch video of this episode on YouTube Send us your feedback! The American Legion 100 Miles For Hope Freedom Sisters - Women Veterans, Media Freedom Sisters Podcast Join The American Legion...

Jeff pops a few buttons with pride over two new American Legion initiatives: the newly unveiled MyLegion.org membership platform and 100 Miles of Hope fundraising and fitness challenge. Ashley shares updates on the progress of a Global War on Terror Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. after a bipartisan panel of 25 veterans in Congress penned a letter asking President Biden to publicl...

Team Tango visits with Melissa Washington, Navy veteran and founder of the Women Veterans Alliance. She talks about her military and civilian career, how she started her organization and grew it to a national resource for women veterans and their families. She highlights the importance of increasing awareness about women veterans as well as bringing awareness about to the benefits to all veterans...

Ashley takes the helm and leads Team Tango through a series of stories of women who made history serving in the U.S. military. CV celebrates a trio of young female sailors who serve as master helmsmen, qualified to take the wheel of the $4.5 billion aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt . Jeff makes plan to virually visit The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America's Service Wome...

Team Tango learns some American Legion lore during a visit with American Legion Media & Communications Division Director and 100th Anniversary Observance Committee staff co-chairman Jeff Stoffer. In celebration of the Legion's 102nd Birthday, the team takes a look back at key historic moments, monumental social impact and a few tales of rowdy conventions. They discuss the ways in which the...

Ashley shares a report of “highly inadequate" food given to National Guardsmen still protecting the Capitol. Jeff gets pumped up for the 2021 American Legion 100 Miles for Hope Challenge. CV shares news of a 60 Minutes report that revealed new details about how Iran tried to use commercially available satellite imagery to monitor Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq as it prepared to launch more than...

CV, Ashley and Jeff get moving with Dr. Theresa Larson, a Marine Corp. veteran and and former professional athlete who now helps adaptive athletes and others with physical therapy. Together they talk about adaptive sports for veterans, movement as therapy and setting new and realistic goals when tackling the "COVID 25." Special Guest: Dr. Theresa Larson. Links: Watch video of this episod...

In honor of Black History Month, Team Tango has collected a group of stories about Black members of the military. Ashley shares the story of Retired Adm. Cecil Haney, who was one of the first Black four-star admirals in Navy history, serving as the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Strategic Command, where he oversaw nuclear weapons before retiring in 2017. Jeff shares a historical...

Marine and Navy veteran and psychologist David Fisher joins the Team Tango to discuss Moral Injury. Fisher, who founded and runs the Moral Injury Institute, defines moral injury as “witnessing whether in person, through reporting, or some other means something that causes a crisis of conscience due to a violation of one’s deeply held moral, religious, or ethical beliefs such that one psychically s...

Ashley questions the wisdom of a group of soldiers on a field exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, who thought they'd sneak a round of drinks, but instead ended up hospitalized after ingesting antifreeze. Jeff gets passionate about writing resolutions. CV shares the saga of the U.S. Navy band's cover of a Taylor Swift song remade a sea shanty, the Twitter backlash, and the band member's rede...

Former FBI double agent and Navy Intelligence Officer Naveed Jamali joins Team Tango to share stories of his time spent as a Russian double-agent, his transition into the military, mentorship and Hooters. Special Guest: Naveed Jamali. Links: Watch video of this episode on YouTube Send us your feedback! Naveed Jamali How to Catch a Russian Spy: The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Double A...

Jeff celebrates the end to the long-decried law known as the Widow's Tax and Ashley gives props to American Legion Department Service Officers who secured nearly $3.7 billion in benefits for the nation’s veterans during fiscal year 2020. CV opens discussion on the furor over National Guard troops sleeping on the floor of the U.S. Capitol. Rapid Fire: Soldier plots to blow up NYC 9/11 memorial,...