We had the lucky opportunity to talk to Bob Smith from Lebanon PA about his time in the Army Air Corps in WW2.  Born in 1924, Bob recently turned 100 years old.  During his time in the service, he was in communications doing Morse cod...

Fox was in the Army from 1988-1991 with an MOS of Chapparal Air Defense.  we talk about what his MOS school was and how he learned to ID aircraft so they could use the Chapparal to potentially target planes.  He Mentions a time at MOS...

On this episode we talk to LCPL Spencer Schultz who was a 0231 Intelligence Specialist. He spent his time in from 2008-2012.  He spent time in multiple units and deployed to Afghanistan where he ended up in Marjah in 2010.  we had...

We had the opportunity to have a quick conversation with Nate Boyer who was a Green Beret in the US Army.  Boyer spent time in both Iraq and Afghanistan. After getting out he walked on to the Texas Longhorns as a long snapper, eventually l...

Shaun joined the British Army Infantry and did some time in Northern Ireland doing counter terrorism operations.  After his time in, he spent some years being out and running a business. Fast forward to the current war in Ukraine, Shaun jo...

This episode we are fortunate enough to interview an Afghan interpreter. we talked a little about growing up, and how he got involved to be an interpreter.  He explains some of where he worked, what his job was, and how he lived during the...

Mikael cook spent 5 years in the Army reserves after enlisting at 27 years old.  We talk about his path to Afghanistan and what it was like as an engineer in country.  After he returned home, and the withdrawal of Afghanistan happened...

IC2 Mike "Snake Wake" Weiler was in the Navy from 89-94 where he did Interior Communication aboard submarines.  Mike talks about the day to day life aboard a ship as well as how he got his rate and becoming Submarine Warfare qualified earn...

SGT Chris Naganuma was Infantryman in the Army from 2003-2008. In 2004 he deployed to Mosul Iraq in Strykers.  Chris talks about a few events during this deployment that stood out to him.  After the deployment he had an injury that ev...

Matthew "Whiz" Buckley was an F/A-18 fighter pilot in the US Navy.  After getting commissioned in the early 90's he spent his time on aircraft carriers in support of Operation Southern Watch as well as Operation Noble Eagle. He discusses p...

Our guest is Chris Bentley who enlisted in the Marines in 1999 and got out in 2013.  His MOS was 0431- Logistics/Embarkation Specialist. Throughout his enlistment he went on 6 total deployments and spent time in both Iraq and Afghanistan, ...

Steve joined the Army in 1973 and managed to get assigned to the White House Communications Agency in DC.  We talk a good bit about getting into a job most people don't know about and what that entails and how it helped lead to more opport...

Elegance Bratton was in the Marines from 2005-2010. leading up to his enlistment he was homeless at the age of 16 for about 10 years after being kicked out of his home for being gay. We talk about struggles and what led him to the Corps. He exp...

Born in 1942, David Peters started his Air Force career flying F-4's doing 3 tours in Vietnam in '67, '68, and '69.  Afterwords, he instructed on the T-38 and in 1974 he found his way into the SR-71 program whereby 1977 he found himself in...

Brittany spent her time in the CIA as a targeting Officer from 2005-2014. she goes over how she got into the agency and what a Targeting Officer does. She explains how working alongside the military works and other facets of the job as well.&nb...

Joe Lombardo was in the Marines from 2007-2012 as an 1812 M1A1 Tank Crewman.  He was with 1st tanks out of 29 palms. he deployed in 2010 for the first time, and a 2nd time in 2012. In 2012 he deployed with tanks to Afghanistan, something t...

Sgt Nick Lombardo was in the Marines from 2002-2006. He was a Mortarman in 1/7 weapons company out of 29 Palms. We go over his first impressions of getting to 29 palms and what his day to day was like in his new unit, what they did in the short...

SSGT Dillon spent 12 years in the Marines from 1998-2011. She talks about her family history of service to the country and how that influenced her to go in and join herself.   She spent her time as an aircraft maintenance data special...

Greg Coker enlisted in 1986 as an infantryman in the US Army where he spent his enlistment in the 101st.  He applied to flight school and got accepted in 1989.  Once he completed flight school in 1990, he went to Korea, during his tim...

On this episode we have Blake Flannery who spent 20 years in the Marine corps, starting as an 0311 and then transitioning to 0321-reconnaissance Marine.  Enlisting in 2001, 9/11 happened while he was on Paris Island, and he ended up waitin...

Roger spent his time in the Army from 2006-2019 as a Chaplain. Roger discusses his pipeline of becoming a chaplain and what some of his duties were. He talks about the duties while in Afghanistan and working with people there, as well as explai...

Gunny Keyes spent 20 years in the Marines.  He started as an 0311 and eventually designated an 0341.  Along the way he went on multiple deployments to 50 countries aboard multiple ships including being on the USS Peleliu across Asia a...

Our guest is Army Captain, Kayla Hodges who spent her time in from 2012-2020. She started her career at West Point Academy. She gives us detail about her experience at the academy and what genral life is like there.  We get into a good bit...

This episode features a guest who is from the same hometown as we are in eastern Pennsylvania, who had an extensive 25-year career in the Navy as a SEAL from 1987-2012.  After finishing college, he enlisted and made his way to SEAL team 2 ...

Colin Ferguson spent 22 years in the British Army from 1985-2007. he finished his career as a Regimental Sergeant Major. He talks about his time on Two deployments to Northern Ireland when the IRA was active, Time spent during the first Gulf wa...