THE Wartime Leadership Podcast

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Conner Brew. Conner is a Marine Corps veteran serving as an intelligence and language specialist for just over four years. After leaving the Marines he has continued to serve as a SIGINT program manager with the Virginia National Guard. He has experience as a senior targeting analyst, data scientist, and now as a product architect with WillowTree....

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of cancer survivor Brandi Benson. Brandi is a U.S. Army veteran and author of the book “The Enemy Inside Me: A Young Soldier’s Unexpected Battle With Cancer” ( https://amzn.to/3z7Zdna ). She was twenty-four years old and was a few months into her first deployment. While working out she identified a lump inside her thigh. That lump was identified as a...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Brian G. Bachand. Brian is living proof that life is an evolution. His journey from being a priest to then an executive in New York City, Toronto and now founder of his own company evolution evolution. Brian inspires professional leaders and organizations to shift from a belief of “what is the work” to “what is the mission” before them. He engages...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Gold Star Brother Scott Deluzio. Scott is an Army infantry veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2010 at the same time as his younger brother, Steven…who was killed in action just miles away. Although his company hadn’t lost a single soldier in battle, upon returning home he started losing soldiers, team members, and friends to the battle within…sui...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of domestic abuse survivor, Bekah George. She has been a licensed mental health therapist for 14 years after receiving her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Liberty University. As a ‘Soul Care Specialist’ Bekah is the founding owner of Shear Vision Coaching where she uses her past experiences to help other’s find the best outcome from whatever life...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Vietnam War veteran, my hero, my father…Howard Coy. This special Father’s Day edition is an interview 42 years in the making, literally. Growing up the son of a traveling Assembly of God minister was never easy. Many times, the food choices were limited and the pay was never very much yet the family thrived at taking care of each other. At a moment...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Charles “Chuck” Ball. Chuck is a Senior Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Air Force and has served his country for over 20 years. Chuck navigates us through how he builds Spiritual Resilience within the teams he has worked with and how it starts with having true conversations where we have the “good human conversation” with each other. H...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Sara Im is now available! Sara has navigated some of the most dangerous situations on earth and is a SURVIVOR. She is an author, podcaster, public speaker and an overall inspiration. Her book, How I Survived the Killing Fields: A Story of Hope, Love, and Determination is an inspirational book where she walks us through the darkest days of her life....

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Antoinette Logan (@askmslogan) is now available! Antoinette is a multi-faceted media professional. She is an international author and is based out of Atlanta and Chicago. Ms. Logan has rocketed through the branding and marketing field to becoming the owner of several companies before her most recent venture called the Altered Image Agency. She has...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Devon Wood is now available! Devon is a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in the United States Air Force. He has recently been assigned as a NCO Academy instructor with the Robert D Gaylor NCO Academy. Sergeant Wood joined the Air Force straight out of high school at the age of 18. His breadth of experience includes time as a telephone maintainer, cli...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of the girl allergic to the earth, Cindy Costley is now available! She is an author, public figure, trauma survivor, entrepreneur, podcaster, and an allergy and mast cell wellness coach. For over 34 years Cindy dealt with life altering allergies. At the age of 48 years old she had had enough after becoming severely ill forcing her to make life changes...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of THE Renaissance Man, Jeff Rasley. From leading Himalayan mountaineering and trekking expeditions to kayaking solo through the Micronesian island chain of the South Pacific, Jeff has ALMOST literally done it all. He is a lawyer, fiction and non-fiction author, Seminary graduate, nonprofit director for five organizations, North American hitchhiker, f...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of US Army Major General (ret) John Gronski is now available! John is a battle-tested veteran, leadership consultant and trainer, an international speaker, executive coach, author, and director of leadership academy for student-athletes at Lebanon Valley College. His core values are built around character, competence, and resilience. John is the found...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of North Carolina State football standout and NCAA Coach Roger Pollard is now available! He is an author, teacher, coach and public speaker. Roger is a Miami Florida native. Growing up he played everything he could: baseball, basketball, football, and soccer. But his parents ensured he remained focused on the academics. He played football at NC State...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Nina Choy-Rohmiller is now available! Nina is a Co Host with the Llama Leadership team and a Supervising Bridge Engineer with the California Department of Transportation. She began her Civil Engineering career with the United States Air Force having served 5 years as a Major Projects Program Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Master o...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Brian Bergford is now available! Brian specializes in performance optimization and sport psychology, and coaches/develops customized performance systems for athletes, as well as athletic professionals and business owners. He helps clients get unstuck through removing barriers that inhibit expression of their greater potential. Brian's an entreprene...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Lt Craig Legates is now available! Craig is currently the Crime Scene Unit Commander for the Dorchester County Sherriff’s Department near Charleston, South Carolina. He has served in several positions within a few departments within the state of South Carolina. He has served as a patrolman, patrol shift supervisor, made detective in 1997, and was t...

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Jeff Johnston is now available! Prior to October 4, 2016, Jeff was living the all-American life. He was married, had three sons and the owner of financial services firm in Iowa. Life. Was. Great. That was till October 4th, Jeff’s life suddenly changed in the span of one telephone call. His 23-year-old son had died from fentanyl poisoning. Jeff woul...

The Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of international recording artist DJ Kev White is now available! DJ Kev has recorded and DJ’d in over 90 COUNTRIES!! He started out DJing almost 15 years ago while attending college at Alfred State and hosting the #1 show for 90.7 WETD. DJ Kev has worked with the likes of Busta Rhymes, Ne-Yo, and Young Jeezy. During this episode, DJ Kev While takes us...

***Show note: Audio issues clear up within the first 4 minutes*** THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Joe Bogdan is now available! Joe is the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron. He is responsible for advising the commander on matters affecting combat ready Airmen. Joe is the cofounder of the Llama Leadership website ( www.llamaleadership.com ) and host of the...

The Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of NYPD Detective Sophia White is now available! Sophia is a 16-year veteran with the New York Police Department where she currently works within the Chief of Detectives Office. She entered the NYPD as a ‘Queens Marine’ with the 106 Precent where she ascended through the ranks while working with the “Burg Team”, Crime Team, a short stint with the Crim...

The Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Caleb Vaden is now available! Caleb is the 461st Air Control Wing Command Chief located on Robin Air Force Base, Georgia. He is responsible for advising the commander on matters affecting over 1,500 combat ready Airmen. Entering the Air Force 21 years ago, Caleb has had to learn to prevail thorough the emotional scars of his youth to “lead with lov...