The Morning Formation Podcast

Shoot me a message! Today, we are very fortunate to be join with a Medal of Honor recipient who began his military career by joining the Oklahoma Army National Guard, while he was still in high school.  Shortly after his high school graduation, he joined the United States Marine Corps from the year 2000 to 2008, which included many assignments all over the world as well as deployments in support o...

Shoot me a message! Warriors Fall In! It's Time for formation. Today’s guest is a military spouse who serves as a life coach and a resume writer. She strives to be a guiding light for those of us who need life mentoring and better vision when things seem cornered. I can tell you from personal experience, when I moderated the Military Mix-Up in The Clubhouse App, our guest was an authentic mai...

Shoot me a message! Today, we have a Super Bowl special! I’m joined with a 15-year combat Army Veteran, who was selected this season’s as “THE Fan of the Year for the Los Angeles Rams,” who are obviously in the Super Bowl playing against the Cincinnati Bengals on 13 February. In addition, our military Veteran guest is in the running to become “THE Ultimate NFL Fan of the Year,” which will be annou...

Shoot me a message! Warriors, Fall in! It’s time for Formation… Today, I have a guest whose educational motives involve breaking the status quo of a certification that has gone unopposed for over 20 years. Not only has this certification gone unopposed, but this certification across boundaries from the military to the civilian workforce is universally recognized to better your task efficiency, ful...

Shoot me a message! The Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator MMA, and many other organizations have a stage in the shape of an octagon where warriors live, eat, and breath the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts. Behind the scenes, a group of judges sit in the dimly lit area, front and center of the action. The back-story of one of those judges, Cardo Urso, includes an impressive military career...

Shoot me a message! Today on the show, we’re going to be speaking with Kate Wood, who currently works as a Recruiter for an organization called “HireMilitary.” Our guest is NOT only a military spouse, but she was also a West Point Graduate, and former Medical Service Corps Commissioned Officer in the United States Army. Kate Wood's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-wood/ Kate Wood&ap...

Shoot me a message! Today, I am honored to have a guest who’s going to share some very important tips that’ll help our military community create better resumes and complete online application to take that next step in the hiring process. Here on The Morning Formation, we are laser focused providing you the best tips from Veterans who have paved the path to help you make better decisions. Our guest...

Shoot me a message! Fall in, it’s time for formation! Thank you for joining us today, warriors. Today we have a guest who’s an Army Veteran, a published author, a proclaimed veteran mentor, an actor, and is currently serving as a Senior Director of Veterans Services for his company. Most importantly and the reason we have him here today is to discuss the trends and the pulse of what is happening i...

Shoot me a message! Who says military spouses can’t also have their own business, write pages and pages of inspiring books, be a social media influencer to thousands, and all while running the household when the military spouse is away either in the field, or on a combat deployment? In time’s past, military spouses were known to have their hands full with taking care of the kids, managing the dail...

Shoot me a message! Today, we are joined with a military spouse who is a career development advisor and military transition advocate. She’s held positions as an education and guidance counselor for our military community and has experienced with all the ups and downs of what it means to be a military spouse bc her husband is in the United States military. Today, she’s going to talk with us about o...

Shoot me a message! Today’s guest had recently found his civilian career pivot in the podcasting world and has taken both his military and educational experiences to the microphone and started his own podcast “Vet with a Mic.”  The host and Veteran advocate of this up-and-coming podcast is Ryan. Having spoken to him, recently, I learned that this proud Navy Veteran has his Masters in Clinical Psyc...

Shoot me a message! Today we’re speaking with a VA Specialist, licensed minister, published author, life coach, podcaster, and a founder of several different organizations and support groups, which we’ll get into during our interview today. A MUST LISTEN episode, if you want to learn about some lesser known burial rights, VA Comp information, and how to deal with trauma. The ultimate goal is for t...

Shoot me a message! Thank you for joining us today, warriors. We’re joined today with a US Army Signal Corps Commissioned Officer, but unlike many military officers, our guest today is unique. When our guest today is donning the United States Army uniform, some have to do a double take because most serving in the military are clean shaven wearing their issued head gear. Unlike most, 1LT Kanwar Sin...

Shoot me a message! Today, we’re joined with a retired Army Command Sergeant Major, who now serves as a Veteran advocate for business and leadership.  His time in the military and education serves to qualify him as a trainer, coach, and mentor in organizational leadership, human resources, human capital management, talent acquisition, marketing and recruitment. Mix all these skills and experiences...

Shoot me a message! Today, we have Vets 2 Industry's (V2I) Vice President Bruce “Batman” Thompson as our guest. Not only is Bruce the Vice President of Vets2Industry, he's also a 23 year Marine Corps Veteran with an MBA from Columba Southern University. Bruce has multiple national certifications, and is highly skilled with mentoring, team building, and career coaching. Bruce Thompson&apo...

Shoot me a message! Thank you for joining us today, folks. Today, we are honored to have a 1st generation American combat Army Veteran who is also the author of an inspirational bestselling book called “American Dream.” A book about overcoming personal and career obstacles utilizing discipline, resilience, endurance, adaptability, and mentorship to meet success. In addition, she’s the founder of t...

Shoot me a message! Thank you for joining us, folks. Today, we have a veteran who now serves as the Director of Recruitment and Veteran Outreach for an executive company that employs over 60% military Veterans who are responsible for the protection of several thousand clients, including over 90 of the world's most prominent families and at-risk individuals. They also provide consultation on s...

Shoot me a message! Today’s guest came to a fork in the road, after being critically injured while serving in Afghanistan and decided to take the path of positivity, being an inspiration to his loved ones and created a legacy of a “can-do” and a never give up attitude…He decided to value the bigger picture of his family over the “here and now” of his unfavorable grave situation.  I am absolutely h...

Shoot me a message! Thank you for joining us today, folks on this very special podcast episode, we're going to be talking with an aspiring future military officer. He's also been serving on The Morning Formation Podcast as a volunteer apprentice for the last few months.  So, in the background, this gentleman has provided me with technical assistance, and the editing of many of my podcast...

Shoot me a message! We're joined and I am honored to have the next generation of military leader on our show today. I met this gentleman while hosting the Military Mix-Up in the Mil-Pact Club on Clubhouse and I felt that this young professional has something going for him that places him ahead of his class and that is the maturity and brilliance to seek knowledge from his fellow military comm...

Shoot me a message! Thank you for joining us. Today, we have two Army veterans on the show here to talk about an organization that prepares you for tomorrow’s job market with technological occupations, which will open doors to a lifelong career bc as you know our high-speed age of internet and security isn’t going away anytime soon.  The organization is called NPower and they have established them...

Shoot me a message! Today, our guest is someone who has massive efforts with helping military veterans, all around. She has launched a company that further helps make the complicated path of the military veteran hiring process much easier. This pillar of the military community is Mrs. Lindsay Helm, who created Empower Employ to help military veterans and military spouses find employment much easie...

Shoot me a message! Lately in the news, we’ve been hearing a lot about cyber security and its overall importance, especially as we progress further into IT automation and artificial intelligence managing some of our major infrastructures here in America. With such a rising emphasis, many opportunities have created to bridge the gap and lure professionals into a cybersecurity career.  In September...

Shoot me a message! Today, we are joined with an Army career warrior. He spent a total of 21 years in the United States Army.  Fifteen of those military years were spent as an Army Airborne Green Beret. This retired Special Forces, military professional now serves as a project management consultant, Project Management Professional Exam Trainer, a business owner, Mentor, Coach, Podcaster, and Conte...

Shoot me a message! Here's my recent RØDE Cast  2 minute podcast contest entry, which I was selected as "HIGHLY COMMENDED," out of a group of thousands of podcasters from all around the world!!! Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I won a Rode NT-USB Mini Microphone for my efforts and your support, so thank you so much! Your support keeps me going and I just hope that we're...