Listen in each week as industry experts discuss critical topics within the military-connected community.

 
BTM156 – Waco Hoover – The American Legion’s Be The One Initiative
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BTM156 – Waco Hoover – The American Legion’s Be The One Initiative

On this episode, we feature a conversation a conversation with Waco Hoover, an entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years of experience in venture capital, M&A, entertainment, media and live events. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1997-2001 as an infantry Marine, combat water survival instructor and infantry scout. He is currently Chair of the Be The One initiative for the American Legion, an initiative whose goal it is to eliminate the stigma related to mental health treatment, and in turn, lower the number of veterans who die by suicide every day.

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BTM155 – Dennis Miller – The Legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
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BTM155 – Dennis Miller – The Legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Marine Corps Veteran Dennis Miller, a veteran advocate and entrepreneur in the greater Philadelphia area. Dennis and I are going to be having a conversation about the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a multi-ethnic unit of predominantly black women who were assigned ot England and France to clear several years of backlogged mail in the European Theater of Operations.

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BTM154 – Dave Harrison – Fastport and Veterans in the Workforce
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BTM154 – Dave Harrison – Fastport and Veterans in the Workforce

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran and Executive Director of Workforce Development and Government Relations at FASTPORT, a company that focuses on workforce development and technology solutions with longstanding industry experience with the military community, transportation industry and apprenticeship programs.

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BTM153 - Christina Slentz - The League of Wives Memorial Project
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BTM153 - Christina Slentz - The League of Wives Memorial Project

On this episode, we feature a conversation with with Navy Veteran and Spouse Christina Slentz, Foundation Co-Chair of the League of Wives Memorial Project. This project honors the story of a group of military spouses who supported their husbands held captive as POWs in the Vietnam war with the establishment of a memorial in Coronado, California.

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BTM152 - Bill Leahy - Supporting Veterans in the Manufacturing Industry
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BTM152 - Bill Leahy - Supporting Veterans in the Manufacturing Industry

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Bill Leahy, an Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Superintendent, Consultant, and Business Owner in the Manufacturing Industry. We discuss opportunities for Veterans in the manufacturing industry and Bill’s upcoming documentary, Unturning Steel.

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BTM151 - Dr Sumitra Muralidhar - The Million Veteran Program
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BTM151 - Dr Sumitra Muralidhar - The Million Veteran Program

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Sumitra Muralidhar, Program Director for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Million Veteran Program. Since launching in 2011, 1 million Veterans have joined MVP. It's the largest research effort at VA to improve health care for Veterans and one of the largest research programs in the world studying genes and health.

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BTM150 - Richard Fierro - Diversity, Service, and Sacrifice
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BTM150 - Richard Fierro - Diversity, Service, and Sacrifice

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Richard Fierro about his miltiary service, post-military career as an entrepreneur and his actions in November of 2022 in which he intervened in a mass shooting attack at an LGBTQ+ Nightclub in Colorado Springs, CO.

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BTM149 – Stacey Lewis and Ashley Hammond – VA’s Pathfinder Program
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BTM149 – Stacey Lewis and Ashley Hammond – VA’s Pathfinder Program

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Ashley Hammond and Stacey Lewis from the VA’s Pathfinder Program, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs Innovation Ecosystem. Pathfinder is a website and digital tool designed to facilitate designed to facilitate connections between external innovators, vendors, and VA employees in order to improve health care delivery for Veterans.

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BTM148 - Dr. Christina Armstrong - VA Office of Connected Care
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BTM148 - Dr. Christina Armstrong - VA Office of Connected Care

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at the Office of Connected Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ central office. The Office of Connected Care focuses on improving health care through technology; Connected Care’s programs include My HealtheVet, VA Telehealth Services, and VA Mobile, and more.

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Duane France - PsychArmor Podcast Host

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Duane France

Duane France retired from the Army in 2014 after 22 years and five combat and operational deployments. After retirement, he was selected as an inaugural member of the George W. Bush Institute Veteran Leadership Program and has served as a clinical mental health counselor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is currently the Co-Director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Service Member, Veteran, and Military Family Technical Assistance Center, an organization that provides technical advice and assistance to communities around the nation that are trying to implement suicide prevention and behavioral health integration programs for the military affiliated population. He has produced several Military mental health-related podcasts, Head Space and Timing and a limited podcast series looking at suicide prevention in the Military affiliated population in partnership with Military Times, Seeking the Military Suicide Solution.