Episodes

  • Episode 218: Tango Alpha Lima: Wrestle Like a Girl CEO and founder Sally Roberts

    Episode 218: Tango Alpha Lima: Wrestle Like a Girl CEO and founder Sally Roberts
    Jun 18 2024
    Gators on the FOD walk An Olympic Challenge THE INTERVIEW Sally Roberts is an athlete, Army veteran and the founder of Wrestle Like A Girl, an organization that empower girls and women to become leaders – while participating in the sport of wrestling. On this episode, she delivers her message: “It’s OK to suffer, it’s OK to endure, it’s the lessons we learn from it.” SCUTTLEBUTT Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves Tracking Brain Baselines Celebrity Veteran: FedEx Founder Fred Smith Special Guest: Sally Roberts.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 217: Tango Alpha Lima: Veteran Socials to Combat Loneliness Epidemic with Dr. Jay Gorman

    Episode 217: Tango Alpha Lima: Veteran Socials to Combat Loneliness Epidemic with Dr. Jay Gorman
    Jun 11 2024
    BRAVO ZULU Georgia American Legion Post enlists local resources to help homeless veteran THE INTERVIEW Dr. Jay Gorman, VA clinical psychologist and Education Director of the VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the VA Bedford Healthcare System, joins the podcast to discuss how VOICES Veteran Socials enhance communication and foster bonds among veterans and others in the community. Veteran socials are veteran-led weekly community-based social events with a purpose – getting veterans of all ages and service branches in one place to support and build connection with each other. Dr. Gorman stresses the importance of social connection to combat loneliness and isolation and improve overall health. SCUTTLEBUTT Bill would allow retroactive Purple Heart vets to transfer GI benefits How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II What’s to become of the keepsakes left at Arlington Cemetery? Special Guest: Dr. Jay Gorman.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 216: Tango Alpha Lima: Wounded veteran and powerlifting champ Omar 'Crispy' Avila

    Episode 216: Tango Alpha Lima: Wounded veteran and powerlifting champ Omar 'Crispy' Avila
    Jun 4 2024
    Bravo Zulu to the American Legion Family of Arizona Post 136 for support of their community THE INTERVIEW Sgt. Omar Avila, is an Army veteran who survived an IED blast that resulted in burns over 75% of his body and the amputation of right leg. Better known as "Crispy," Avila joins the podcast to talk about his story of recovery, success as a paralympic athlete and his life of service dedicated to his country and his fellow veterans. SCUTTLEBUTT Toxic Exposure Screenings: Veterans Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits So does the Air Force have new aces now? 'Tales from the Grid Square' brings servicemembers stories of the supernatural to the masses Special Guest: Omar "Crispy" Avila.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP10: Freedom Rhythm CEO and Founder Dr. Tiffany Tajiri

    Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP10: Freedom Rhythm CEO and Founder Dr. Tiffany Tajiri
    Jun 1 2024
    Our guest is Dr. Tiffany Tajiri, CEO and founder of Freedom Rhythm, PLLC and her non-profit organization, Energy in Motion. Dr. Tiffany is an Air Force Veteran, former Army Clinic Chief, and the first American woman to publish a faith-based combat recovery book entitled, PEACE AFTER COMBAT, and she is also the wife of a retired Army combat veteran. Her mission is to inspire people to create a life they love—by teaching them how to harness the incredible power of their mind. Special Guest: Dr. Tiffany Tajiri .
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    26 mins
  • Episode 215: Tango Alpha Lima: USU CHAMP with Capt. J. Russell Linderman and Andrea Lindsey

    Episode 215: Tango Alpha Lima: USU CHAMP with Capt. J. Russell Linderman and Andrea Lindsey
    May 28 2024
    BRAVO ZULU Post steps up to help Sea Cadets THE INTERVIEW The Uniformed Services University School of Medicine Consortium of Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), is a designated DoD Center of Excellence specializing in Total Force Fitness and Human Performance Optimization. Deputy Director, Capt. J. Russell Linderman and Director of Operation Supplement Safety and Senior Nutrition Scientist Andrea Lindsey join the podcast to discuss how CHAMP helps to enhance Warfighter readiness through evidence-based human performance optimization knowledge, guidance, and operational support. SCUTTLEBUTT 'Band of Brothers' cast dropping into Normandy INDEF DOD IDs inconvenience Air Travelers The Army’s Future Vertical Lift Initiative Experiences a Hard Landing Special Guests: Andrea Lindsey and J. Russell Linderman.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 214: Tango Alpha Lima: DPAA Director Kelly McKeague

    Episode 214: Tango Alpha Lima: DPAA Director Kelly McKeague
    May 21 2024
    HONOR & REMEMBRANCE How you can be a part of Poppy Day THE INTERVIEW Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director Kelly McKeague talks about DPAA’s mission to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and to the nation. He shares details of the complicated work that can take decades, the dedicated teams who work to recover and identify remains and how they are motivated by the emotional stories of the families of the missing. SCUTTLEBUTT POW-MIA servicemembers from the Cold War The only Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient The story of Taps Special Guest: Kelly McKeague.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 213: Tango Alpha Lima: 2024 Miss America - U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh

    Episode 213: Tango Alpha Lima: 2024 Miss America - U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh
    May 14 2024
    LEARN ABOUT THE LEGION American Legion Riders and the value of "Wind Therapy" THE INTERVIEW Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh is quite accomplished, obtaining her pilot’s license at age 16, receiving a black belt in taekwondo, earning a degree in astrophysics and completing a NASA internship. Marsh is also the first active-duty military officer to be crowned Miss America. Marsh joins the podcast this week to talk about her motivation to join the military as a way to fulfill her childhood dream to become an astronaut, her support for pancreatic cancer research in memory of her mother, and what books are at the top of her reading list. SCUTTLEBUTT Supreme Court rules in favor of veteran who sued over GI Bill limits New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona leads dual life as NFL player and Navy Reservist U.S. pilot accounted for 57 years after vanishing during Vietnam War spy mission Special Guest: Madison Marsh.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 212: Tango Alpha Lima: Air Force EOD veteran and endurance athlete Adam Popp

    Episode 212: Tango Alpha Lima: Air Force EOD veteran and endurance athlete Adam Popp
    May 7 2024
    NEWS FROM LEGIONTOWN Remembrance of those who died - and survived - Pearl Harbor THE INTERVIEW In 2007, while serving as an Air Force EOD team leader in Afghanistan, Adam Popp was injured in a blast that resulted in an above-the-knee amputation of his right leg. During a decade of recovery and training, Adam has trained to become an elite athlete and a certified peer-mentor trainer who helps other amputees and individuals with disabilities to successfully pursue athletic and other personal goals. He joins the podcast to talk about his service, his recovery, and his search for a solemate. THE SCUTTLEBUTT The truth covered in sarcasm – exploring Redditors take on U.S. Army plans to restructure and slash force by 5% in preparation to fight future wars Send a Salami to your Boy in the Army - New York's Katz Delicatessen still fulfilling a their WWII-era tradition. Special Guest: Adam Popp.
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    1 hr and 8 mins