No Muscle Cars - Retired Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman John Wayne Troxell Reflects on a Life of “Putting In The Work”

One NCO’s first experience in combat completely changed the trajectory of his life - and put him on a focused path to a lofty goal: help every member of the joint force be physically, mentally, and emotionally prepared to fight in the most disadvantageous terrain on their worst day – and win.

John Wayne Troxell, who served as a command sergeant major for 20 years before becoming the third Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2015, learned a lot in the 7 months between redeploying from Operation Just Cause and deploying again to Operation Desert Shield some 7 months later. He took those hard-learned lessons and made them a primer that would ultimately shape his 38 years of service to the nation.

AIP co-host Mike Lavigne’s conversation with his worst PT nightmare (and boss of exactly 72 hours) covers a lot of ground – from the successes Troxell experienced in peacetime and in combat, to the crushing realities of being suspended and investigated as the Defense Department’s most senior noncommissioned officer.

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