Your Next Mission®

🎙️ Join SMA Tilley on this week’s Your Next Mission® video podcast as he sits down to discuss Veterans transition to civilian life, housing, career support, and programs that empower Veterans to thrive with Arlie Haddix, Chief Executive Officer, Lt. Col., Retired, U.S. Air Force and Penny Anderson, Chief Development and External Affairs Officer. Discover how OSDTN is transforming the lives of Vete...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, titled Journey For A Cause, SMA Tilley welcomes Michael Kendall, President and Founder of No One Fights Alone Foundation & Christopher Farrington, Chief Operations Officer at Courser Racing Foundation. In this dynamic conversation, these Veterans highlight their heroic journey rowing across the Pacific Ocean to bring awareness to the nationa...

In this week’s Your Next Mission ® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes Victoria Kelly and Karin Tanabe, writers and producers of the PBS Documentary Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories from World War II . This powerful conversation uncovers the human impact behind the dropping of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Don’t miss this riveting discussion filled with historical insights, compelling sto...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, titled “Voice of the Army”, the 15th SMA (R) Daniel A. Dailey, the VP of NCO & Soldier Programs at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) joins SMA Tilley for a dynamic conversation about the incredible work being done by AUSA—the Voice of the Army. As we gear up for the Annual Meeting kicking off next week, they dive into how AUSA...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes MG Daryl O. Hood, Commanding General, and CSM William M. Shoaf, Command Sergeant Major, of the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson as they dive into what it takes to lead and train America’s future Soldiers. From Civilian to Soldier — it all starts at Fort Jackson.

Healing from the Heart. In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes Claire Lawless, Former Senior Director, Quality Assurance & Brandi Salvatore, Case Manager, The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Alaska Behavioral Health at Cohen Veterans Network. They highlight Cohen Veterans Network’s mission to provide accessible, barrier free, high-quality mental heal...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes Judy Isaacson Elias, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heroes to Heroes Foundation. They discuss the organization’s unique one-year program for Veterans built around rediscovering values, relationships, and finding spiritual healing. 

Transformation Journey. In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes LTC(R) JC Glick, Author, Speaker and Chief Executive Officer of the COMMIT Foundation. In this candid and revealing conversation, they share LTC Glick’s journey through transition that led to four suicide attempts and how he found identiy, purpose and community that gave him strength moving forward.

Break The Silence. In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with Babs Chase, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation & Executive Director of Face the Fight™. Together, they have a candid conversation uniting diverse voices to break the stigma around the national tragedy of suicide in the Military and Veteran community.

In this special episode of the Your Next Mission® videopodcast, SMA Tilley goes it alone with thoughts about his life from humble beginnings, journey through military service, and the challenges he faced transitioning to civilian life. Along the way, he shares how faith and family arethe two pillars that have guided him throughout his life.  

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes LTG Brian S. Eifler, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army G-1, and SGM Christopher P. “Smoke” Stevens, U.S. Army G-1 Senior Enlisted Leader. They discuss their primary focus on Army personnel and outline the development of effective policies designed to sustain personnel readiness—recognizing that people are the Army’s greate...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® videopodcast , SMA Tilley sits down with Jerome Tennille, U.S. Navy Veteran and Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Community Impact at Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU). Together, they explore how NFCU goes beyondbanking—serving their members, Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families with long-term support, strategic partnerships, and a de...

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley interviews Chris Hale, CEO of VIQTORY and the Vetrepreneur Academy, as well as a U.S. Navy Veteran. Their discussion focuses on the ways military experience prepares Veterans for entrepreneurial success and examines how the Vetrepreneur Academy facilitatestheir transition into business ownership .

In this special episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast celebrating the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps 250th birthday, SMA Tilley is joined by the leaders of the Corps; command team, Chaplain (MG) William Green, Jr. and RSGM Meaghan B. Simmons. Together, they honor the Army Chaplain Corps’ legacy of guiding Servicemembers and Families through life’s battles with care, compassion, love and respect se...

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast , SMA Tilley is joined by two distinguished guests: Leslie Santiago-Rodriguez , Manager of Uniformed Services Community Relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association(BCBSA) and U.S. Army Veteran and Jason David ,Executive Director of Ibis Public Sector, Board Advisor for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Retired U.S. Air Force Chief M...

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with SGM (R) Mark Reilly, CEO & President of The Washington Tattoo. Together, they dive into the healing power of music and its ability to empower Veterans and Transitioning Servicemembers byrestoring identity, offering purpose, and creating a sense of belonging in the face of mental health challenges.

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes Amy More, Clinical Director, The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Red Rock in Colorado Springs and Ashley Jensen, Senior Manager, Clinical Practice, Cohen Veterans Network. Together, they explore how military children often face many of the samemental health challenges as their parents who serve and how Cohen Vet...

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes LTG Jonathan M. Stubbs, Director of the Army National Guard, and CSM James Brian Kendrick, Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Army National Guard. Together, they delve `into the Army National Guard's vital role in protecting America's freedoms and ideals, as well as the uncommon calling to serve in the Army National G...

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with CSM (R) Robert Cobb , Army Relationship Director, Military Affairs, USAA . They dive into USAA’s mission to hire Veterans and their Spouses ,and CSM Cobb opens up about his own transition from military to civilian life, offering a powerful glimpse into what it takes to build a future after service.

In this touching and inspiring episode of the Your NextMission® video podcast, SMA Tilley talks with CSM Steve Devot and his wife Courtney, parents of Kobe Devot. On October 26, 2024, Kobe was seriously injuredin an automobile accident. They discuss the day of the incident and how the power of prayer, resilience, faith, and love played a major role in Kobe’s recovery.

Kicking off Season #6 of Your Next Mission® video podcast,SMA Tilley welcomes the 3rd Infantry Division Command Team, MG Christopher R. Norrie, Commanding General, and CSM Jonathan Reffeor, Division Command SergeantMajor. Together, they celebrate the Army’s 250th Birthday, reflecting on the significance of this milestone, the esteemed history of the 3rd Infantry Division, and the pride of being a...

In the latest episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley speaks with Sherman Neal II, Deputy Campaign Director of Sierra Club Military Outdoors Program. They discussed the history of the Sierra Club and itsmilitary outdoor program, as well as the benefits of exploring the outdoors.

In commemoration of Memorial Day and its spirit ofremembrance and reflection, this special episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast brings SMA Tilley together with Dr. Allison Finkelstein, Senior Historian, and SGM Myong Hall, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the ExecutiveDirector, at Arlington National Cemetery. They delve into the history of Arlington and its establishment as the pre-eminent nation...

In the latest episode of the Your NextMission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with LtCol (R) Dan Kaepernik, Chief Executive Officer of The Headstrong Project and a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. Together, they explore The Headstrong Project's mission of providingconfidential, obstacle and stigma free, trauma-focused mental health care for Veterans, Servicemembers and their affected Families.

In the latest episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley is joined by Katie Fallon, Executive Director of Bridle Paths. They discuss howequine assisted therapy can establish a strong foundation for healing and growth for those suffering from physical, psychological, and emotional trauma, and how the connection between horses and humans is making a difference in the lives of our Ve...