The Morning Formation Podcast

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In… Today, we’re joined with a Combat Marine Corps Veteran, who survived a deadly explosion during his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment in 2004. This battle-tested warrior continued to fight-on through his wounds and successfully transition beyond the uniform, followed his goals, and is now a practicing attorney in the state of California, which is no easy task...

Shoot me a message! Warriors Fall In… Today we’re joined with guest who’s an alumnus of the USAF Academy, Columbia University and Harvard University. He’s also a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School (TopGun) and if that’s not enough he’s a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Harvard National Security Fellow. Our guest today is the CEO and founder of Target Arms, which is a...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! It’s time for formation! Today we’re joined with a professional who has over 30 years of professional experience between the US Army, law enforcement, and private sector security. He created the first “Private Security Specialist” training standard for the US Department of Labor. And has trained thousands of professionals in private security, executives, law...

Shoot me a message! Fall in… Today, we’re joined with one of the Act Now Education's Board Members. She’s currently the Vice President of Act Now Education and she’s a retired 20 year Navy Veteran. Today, our guest is going to talk with us about her own transition experiences, her role with Act Now, and what the organization is all about! Connect with Micki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In…It’s time for our Act Now & Execute Edition. I enjoy highlight folks within our military community, who are out there taking advantage of the educational opportunities. Today, I'm joined with Navy Veteran Malcolm Smith, who recently posted on Act Now Education's Facebook group the overall success he had with one of the organization's partner...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall in… Today, I’m joined with Southern California’s most trusted real estate agent, Mr. Sunny Singh, who recently invited me to be on one of his episodes that he hosted for a television show called “American Dream,” which is a show that highlights real estate locations, the lifestyle, and agents working in the field. Sunny had many options for show topics and decide...

Shoot me a message! Fall in…  Today, we have a special episode for the parents, guardians, and future leaders who wish to take the military into consideration and also complete college at the same time. I’m talking about the prestigious Army ROTC program, which is available in many colleges all across the United States.  I have a former coworker and friend, who also was deployed in 2004-2005 in Su...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall in… Today, we’re joined with one of the Act Now Education's Board Members. He’s described as THE encyclopedia of all military transitioning resources,” he’s a retired 20 year Navy Veteran, and today’s he’s going to talk with us about his own transition experiences and his major role with Act Now! Today, we have the man, the myth, the legend himself, Tyrone H...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, we're joined with a 26 year Air Force Veteran who's an experienced professional with Fortune 500 and public sector organizations. Our guest today has a very diverse career that includes marketing, data-analytics/market research, management, strategic planning, global supply chain and manufacturing. Today, AF Veteran Brian Niswander will be ta...

Shoot me a message! Fall in…It’s time for formation! Today we’re joined with a first generation Veteran warrior who served 2 deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army combat engineer and my experiences downrange, the engineers were always busy taking care of the IEDs and anything dangerous outside the wire. I’m very fortunate to have Gerardo “Ghost” Cazarez. Unlike many who just dream about th...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, fall in!  Today, we are joined with an Air Force Veteran who is now a multi-business owner, digital marketing strategist, and mental health advocate. She is all over social media seeking to build-up the Veteran community around her and has a fascinating story about being a first generation, who joined the military against the ideas of her own family's wishes. I&a...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, fall in! It’s time for formation. Today we’re joined with an exciting marketing strategist , international business coach, and speaker.  In 2018, this military spouse started her own business called “Trend Lab,” which is a marketing, coaching, and consulting company that helps guide businesses get unstuck to progress in their business goals. She’s been a facilitator f...

Shoot me a message! We are calling our shot! It’s the military spouse takeover where Act Now Education is helping 1,000 military spouses launch their careers…This is a podcast special.  I have a guest who has experience being a US Army Soldier, a military spouse, and now is the IT Director for LA Care Health Plan. Our guest today, Tanya Bonelli, now volunteers as an American Corporate Partners (AC...

Shoot me a message! We are calling our shot! It’s the military spouse takeover where Act Now Education is helping 1,000 military spouses launch their careers…This is a podcast special. I have an active-duty military spouse who's an extremely active member of the military engagement community. She’s volunteered for Hiring Our Heroes, served as the director of Service2Software, served again as...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, we're joined with the founder of a Veteran owned physical fitness challenge that brings the battleground of the course to some of America's heroic, mechanized and historic ships across the Nation. Cliff Walker is not just a Navy Gulf War Veteran, but also a retired firefighter, so fitness is the top priority for this highly motivated business...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, we are joined with a Veteran who served several years in the United States Navy after living most of her life in rural Wisconsin, where her graduating class was a total of 36 people.  Upon separating from the Navy, this Veteran began feeling very distant when and during the overall transition back to civilian life. After visiting an American Legion and...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall in! Today we’re joined with a mental health professional who’s a Licensed Clinical Therapist-Candidate and has earned many other higher levels of education. More impressively, our guest today, Jacquelin Buckley, served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 20 years.  She’s worked with the Canadian military, Veterans from both the United States and Canada, various law...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, we are joined with a professional author who joined the Coast Guard during the recession and sought to become an intel analyst. Over time, our guest Caroline Walsh gained skills in critical thinking, team work, strategy development, leadership, and project management, but along the way, she had to overcome malicious obstacles to reach her goals. She’s...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, I am welcoming a special guest who is an Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom combat veteran. Like many of us, he experienced the tragedy of war, but also took on a tragedy within the ranks of his own family- His dear brother was killed in Afghanistan on the same deployment in 2010. Overcoming this heartbreak was one of our guest’s greatest obstacles...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In!  Today we are bringing in a military warrior who served 3 years as an Infantryman, earned Ft Benning’s Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, and now is the founder and President of Boots to Books, which is an organization that seeks to empower transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses with assistance through every facet of their education...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! This week, we’re joined with a 24-year Navy combat veteran who worked his military career in various positions and was deployed to Afghanistan as a military intelligence analyst.  Now, as a civilian, our guest today has worked for a number of highly successful businesses such as Carnival Cruise Line, Verizon, and IBM Cloud. We’re joined today with Tim Dickey,...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall-In! Today, we’re joined with a Air Force Veteran who decided to take control of his life and mental health to become an up-and-coming brand strategist. After spending 5 years in the Air Force as a mechanic working for a test squadron, our guest today Irving Gil transitioned out and began to feel the mental health strains of being alone and the with the war within...

Shoot me a message! I’m joined with an Army Combat Veteran today, who is not only an influencer for our women veterans, but she is also a mother of five. She was stationed in Germany and served a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan as aviation operations specialist.  While serving in the military, our guest today suffered a major setback when she was involved in a terrible accident that caused Tr...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In! Today, we are joined with a guest who entered the Air Force during the early 80’s, when finding a job was rather difficult and then retired just after the housing market busted in 2009, so career transitioning and timing is very familiar territory for our guest today, Don Gleason. Aside from being a retired 27-year Air Force Veteran, Don is also an Executive...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall In…It’s time for our Act Now & Execute Edition. I enjoy highlight folks in our military community who are out there taking advantage of the educational opportunities and today, I am joined with a military spouse, Danielle, who is a member of Act Now Education and was recently presented and took a job opportunity with Intuit and it was all in part to a certifi...