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Sunday Mar 26, 2017
Sunday Mar 26, 2017
Brad Genereux spent 22 years serving in the USN as a SEABEE. As a career military man, Brad Genereux deployed eleven times around the globe. Deployment demons pursued him until Brad confronted the inner darkness stalking his days and nights while walking the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage in northern Spain. During his own pilgrimage on the “Camino de Santiago” in Spain, he found self-discovery, healing, and redemption as he trekked the 500 miles to the end of the earth. Recently he said “conflict is as old as mankind, but technology has taken away the lag time in returning from combat to “normal life.” The Camino de Santiago provides a means of processing what took place on the battlefield without going from Afghanistan to Walmart in 24 hours.” His passion is now focused on helping other veterans struggling with isolation, hypervigilance, nightmares, or insomnia by joining him Every Spring and Fall when Brad leads other veterans on the Spanish path to peace. This pilgrimage is called "Veterans on the Camino". Visit https://veteransonthecamino.com/ to learn more about Veterans on the Camino.
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Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
This episode is socked full of great tips for anyone making a career change as well as active duty military considering transition within the next few years. Tom Moore is the cofounder and Managing Director of WithYouWithMe based out of Australia. WithYouWithMe is a veteran owned tech start up that solves the problem of effectively transitioning personnel from the ADF to the Australian private sector. This organization will soon be available to U.S. Military transitioning from service. Like America, Australian society has long struggled to manage the transition of veterans into the workplace because they generally don’t understand the military lifestyle, career, experiences and skills, and thus cannot assign positive value to them. WithYouWithMe is partnering with Australian businesses (and soon U.S. businesses) to fill this knowledge gap and educate the working force on the true value of veterans in the work place. Joining Robert on this episode is former Australian SF soldier, Bram Connolly. For more about WYWM, visit https://www.withyouwithme.com.au/
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Monday Mar 13, 2017
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Fiona Heloise was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Military Police branch who recently decided that she needed to make a career change in order to match her passion and to ensure she developed enough experience in her career for a future military transition. She chose to go into the criminal investigation division (CID) and it meant that she would have to leave her commission and become a warrant officer. We talk about her career, but primarily about how life throws curves balls at us and at times we have to adjust in order to live out our passion. Fiona made a huge decision, but one that fits her passion and will set her up for future success. Joining us on the episode as a guest host is Don Fox.
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Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
George Briones III is the founder of GB3 Athletics and Team Head Coach at SOFlete. He served 8 years in the USMC with part of that in Recon and as a BRC instructor. In this episode, he is joined by Robert Gowin, Mike Pritts, and Don Fox. Don was a US Army Ranger Instructor at 4th RTB and Mike Pritts was a command sergeant major (CSM/E-9) at SWCC. This group discusses what it takes to have an elite / unbreakable mindset. Whether a person is wanting to achieve higher personal or professional goals, wanting to improve in sports, or be a part of the military special operations, it begins with understanding the elite mindset. Listen to this episode to hear how to unlock the elite mindset.
Learn more about GB3 Athletics: www.gb3athletics.com and www.instagram.com/gb3_athletics on Instagram
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Monday Feb 27, 2017
Monday Feb 27, 2017
Eric DeVries retired from the U.S. Air Force Dec 2012. He earned a master degree in sport and performance psychology. Since his military separation, he's been working in several civilian roles but also in partnership with a large veteran's charity, training veterans in mental resilience. He recently established a Performance Coaching service, where it's not "therapy" and re-living trauma, but just focusing on strengthening mental ability on what will happen now and in the future. We recently sat down to talk with Eric about the struggles of military transition.
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Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
KOTA Longboards founder, Mike Maloney, and Mentors for Military founder, Robert Gowin, have similar experiences of serving their country and also of climbing the corporate ladder to become executives. In this episode, Mike and Robert talk about the current economic situation and possible trend, becoming an entrepreneur, and the approach to building a successful company. Mike Maloney served in the U.S. Navy as a F-14 Tomcat and Top Gun fighter pilot. Following tours in Iraq and Somalia, in 2012 he created KOTA Longboards, a handcrafted skateboard designed after the surf boards in Hawaii. KOTA deck styles draw their names from historic military aircraft flown by the intrepid Knights of the Air. That’s where their name KOTA originates as well. You can learn more about KOTA Longboards at www.kotalongboards.com or on social media as "kotalongboards".
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Friday Feb 10, 2017
Friday Feb 10, 2017
Nick is a UH-60M U.S. Army aviator who joined the Army for the purpose of following his passion; to serve his country, live in the sky, and aid others. He shares his outlook on practices of stoicism in the workplace, approaching problems in new ways, and the journey of following ones passion. He joined Robert Gowin and Kat Kaelin on this episode.
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Friday Feb 03, 2017
Friday Feb 03, 2017
Taylor Drescher is a 1LT in the U.S. Marines and is currently serving as the battalions Logistics Officer, Uniformed Victim Advocate Officer, Safety Officer, and Logistics Company Executive Officer for the 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion. While attending college at Univ. of Louisville, she was a competitive crossfit athlete and a UL cheerleader. Upon graduation from UL she attended the Marines TBS. She also volunteered to serve as one of the first 19 female Marine Officers to participate in Infantry Officer Course as part of the USMC’s female integration training. She serves as a coach and mentor to other women through Valkyrie Performance and is a great public speaker who offers seminars and workshops specifically targeted at women athletes. We talk about her passion of mentoring others, leadership, and how she developed her drive and commitment.
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Sunday Jan 29, 2017
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
Change is all around us and will continue to occur. How we adapt to the change is so important. We discuss steps to help you adapt to the changing environment - both on a macro level and micro level.
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Sunday Jan 15, 2017
Sunday Jan 15, 2017
Scott Kinder served in differing roles on an Operational Detachment – Alpha (A-team) in the US Army Special Forces before transitioning to civil service and helping stand up the newly operationalized Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). This service spanned more than a decade at differing command levels of Special Operations Forces. He entered the U.S. Army in the 18X (Special Forces Candidate) program. Following his active service, he became an entrepreneur and an author. We talk about not only his career, but also about how success takes hard work. You can learn more about Scott at www.scottckinder.com.
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Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
William Oatis is a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier (Green Beret) that in the Spring of 2012 began the VETERAN FIRE COOKING PROJECT, a one person mission to travel the world figuring out the best way to reintroduce Mankind to the dying Craft of cooking with fire. In all, he has traveled to six continents and roughly 70 countries researching how we’ve cooked for more than 200,000 years. The intent behind his 5-year journey was to provide us with the most comprehensive series of live-fire books written….ever. He has also designed high quality, purpose built tools so that we can safely entertain our family and friends in these primal ways. He talks to Robert Gowin and Mike Pritts about his journey from a SF soldier in Afghanistan to finding his passion of cooking over fire.
You can learn more about The Asador books, tools, and company at www.asador.co
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Thursday Dec 29, 2016
Thursday Dec 29, 2016
Robert discusses some of the differences between a manager role and a leader role in both the military and in the private sector. From an enlisted member of the U.S. Army to an executive within a $60 Billion company, Robert shares his experience of the differences between these two roles. There are many overlapping characteristics and traits, but a leader begins to see things beyond that of the manager role.
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