Veterans Radio

This week on Veterans Radio, host Jim Fausone explores two developing approaches to treating PTSD with Dr. James Lynch and Dr. Brandon Weiss. Dr. James Lynch , a West Point graduate, physician, and 31-year U.S. Army veteran who served in special operations medicine, discusses the use of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) and its potential impact for people struggling with symptoms of PTSD. Then, licens...

World War I in 1918 involved mustard gas in the trenches. The Argonne campaign was critical. These two stories are about Corporals Edgar Runyon and Norman Nelson. Nelson was just 16 years old when he enlisted. Runyon earned a Distinguished Service Cross, then was busted to private at the end of the war.

Kim Clarke wrote The Last Full Measure / An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II. This is the personal story of her grandfather, which is wrapped around the larger story of how the US retrieved and repatriated the 250,000 US military members who died in Europe. She tells this story to host Jim Fausone.

GET ANSWERS FROM OUR EXPERT PANEL! Dale Throneberry – Founder and Host of Veterans Radio Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (ret) – Legal Help For Veterans Evan Mark Shelline – Founder & President, VETTED Veteran Care Next, we welcome Evan Mark Shelline, a U.S. Navy SEAL veteran and founder of VETTED Veteran Care , to discuss his continued mission of serving fellow veterans. After serving with SEAL...

Sterling Walter Hayden was an American actor. A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in Westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in films such as John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar, and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. After his two Paramount film roles, Hayden left Hollywood to fight in World War II. He enlisted in the Army and was sent to Scotland for...

This week on Veterans Radio, host Dale Throneberry explores two different ways of telling the stories of service and sacrifice—through poetry and music. Major Jacob P. Kelly, an active-duty U.S. Army officer and author of The Spurs of Service , shares the deeply personal experiences behind his collection of cowboy poetry. From leaving loved ones behind and deploying overseas to grieving the loss o...

Michael Guerrero, CEO of Eldercare Resource Planning , discusses the differences between Medicaid and VA Aid & Attendance benefits. He dispels some myths and explains the need and cost of professional planning. Michael explains the services available to host Jim Fausone.

Think Angie's List for veterans. Dale Stoy shares his idea for a Veterans Handyman nonprofit that connects handy veterans with local homeowners needing help. This would assist veterans with a little work and connect them to the community. Dale discusses the concept with host Jim Fausone, hoping someone else will adopt it and implement it in their community.

Brigadier General Dan Kramer answers the phone with his kids waiting at the dinner table. Mitze Alexander has a friend on the phone who wants advice, not a session, and expects it for free because that’s just what Mitze does. Neither one gets a real day off, and both of them have learned exactly where to draw the line anyway. This week on Veterans Radio, host Shelly Rood sits down with Brigadier G...

This is an interview about the finding and recognizing Confederate Soldiers graves and their reburial in Arlington Cemetery. This issue was complicated by burials of Confederate men in northern prisoner of war camps and in battlefield graves. It took political will, scientific investigation and detective work.

One GI Bill benefit that everyone should use is the VA Home Loan program. Mortgage Lender Michael Fischer talks about the advantages of VA Home Loans and how it really works with host Jim Fausone.

This week, host Jim Fausone talks with Jesse Gould and Matt Cahill about PTSD, Veteran suicide, and organizations whose missions are to help Veterans and their families with life after service. Jesse Gould Founder & President, Heroic Hearts Project After being deployed as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan three times, he founded the Heroic Hearts Project in 2017 to spearhead the acceptance and use...

Veteran John Lind keeps military history alive by collecting and showing military vehicles and memorabilia. He has over 50 vehicles, motorcycles, jeeps, command cars, and many more in his collection in Detroit. Many are tied to World War II production when Detroit was the Arsenal of Democracy. He explains how this started to host Jim Fausone.

This week, Veterans Radio goes to the archives for a replay of our October 2021 conversation with award-winning military journalist and author James Kitfield. His book, In The Company of Heroes , tells the remarkable stories of 25 post-9/11 service members who received the Medal of Honor, capturing their experiences through firsthand interviews with the recipients themselves – and, for those honor...

The interplay between public assistance programs (food stamps, housing, etc.) and VA disability compensation was studied by Dr Philip Armour of the RAND Corporation. The data show that veterans receiving VA disability compensation use few public assistance programs, meaning testing may keep additional benefits unnecessary or unavailable. Dr. Armour explains this complexity to host Jim Fausone.

This week on Veterans Radio, author Herman “Butch” Peace Jr. shares the experiences behind his memoir, One Year: Or the Rest of Your Life —with a special connection to Veterans Radio through his days in Army flight school with host Dale Throneberry. Herman "Butch" Peace, Jr. Author - One Year: Or The Rest Of Your Life Vietnam War veteran, former U.S. Army Huey helicopter pilot, and author of One Y...

Neal Williams was a Navy Cook for four years following a passion for cooking. He talks about ship board cooking, life after the Navy and transitioning to a YouTube influencer about griddle and grill cooking with Jim Fausone. Neal explains how he learned to make "help" or "to do" cooking videos and has an amazing following on social medai.

What challenges could America face if growing national debt, military readiness concerns, and China’s ambitions collide? Military historian and author Bing West returns to Veterans Radio to discuss his new book, Cat 5: The 2033 War , and the warning it offers about America’s future. Plus, we highlight the Charles S. Kettles Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 310 and its upcoming annual Pig Roast...

US Army veteran Kevin Kidder retires after 20 years and finds transitioning hard. He explains his process including loss of identity, job searching, divorce, dating and coming out better for all of it with host Jim Fausone. Kidder offers up suggestions to other veterans about transition and tools they may employ.

Jessica Meuse joins Veterans Radio to talk about what happens when your ambitions don’t fit together cleanly. A recording artist who competed on American Idol and played the Grammys, she’s now an officer candidate turned logistics officer in one of the most remote duty stations in the country — and still chasing a second degree in medicine. This conversation covers building boundaries under a micr...

Jim Lynch served in the US Army for 31 years. A West Point grad who went to medical school and became a special ops physician after 10 years of service. Now out of service, he is a pioneer in the world of PTSD treatment using Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB). He explains the treatment and its impact to host Jim Fausone.

From a controversial new military health initiative to the long-overdue recognition of extraordinary courage in Vietnam, this week’s Veterans Radio explores two very different issues affecting America’s military community. Host Jim Fausone speaks with Dr. Robert Kelsch about proposed testosterone testing and hormone therapy for service members, then Medal of Honor recipient Command Sgt. Maj. Terry...

Pete Hegseth is mandating testosterone testing for soldiers 30 years and older. He wants them to consider hormone therapy to eliminate Low-T in the troops. Dr. Robert Kelsch, an expert in the field of hormone therapy, discusses with host Jim Fausone what testosterone does and the problems associated with this Low-T plan.

​ GET ANSWERS FROM OUR EXPERT PANEL! Dale Throneberry – Founder and Host of Veterans Radio Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (ret) – Legal Help For Veterans Matthew Kenney - Founding Partner of Echo Canyon Consulting. Next, we're joined by Matt Kenney, a Founding Partner of Echo Canyon Consulting. Matt is a specialist in public affairs with nearly a decade of experience. He has led national, statewide,...

Green Star Families of America was creaetd to recognize and respect those families that lost a loved one to veteran suicide. Matt Cahill founded the non profit in 2020 after losing a cousin and a combat buddy. He talks about he purpose and advocacy of Green Star Families. He is a 26 yr Army and Penn National Guard veteran and discusses all this with host Jim Fausone.