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

 
BTM72-Amy Looney Heffernan – The Travis Manion Foundation
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BTM72-Amy Looney Heffernan – The Travis Manion Foundation

On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Amy Looney Heffernan, Gold Star family member and Vice President of the Travis Manion Foundation, an organization that works to unite and strengthen communities by developing programs, training opportunities, and events designed to empower veterans and families of the fallen, and then inspire them to pass on their values to the next generation and the community at large.

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BTM71-Acadia Healthcare Military and Family Support Services
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BTM71-Acadia Healthcare Military and Family Support Services

On today's episode of Behind The Mission, we feature a conversation with Dr. Michael Genovese about Acadia Healthcare's Military and Family Support Services, and how they are using PsychArmor to train their providers in understanding their military affiliated clients.

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BTM69-Susie Dicker Sitzer - Tales of the Golden Acorn
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BTM69-Susie Dicker Sitzer - Tales of the Golden Acorn

On this episode, we have a conversation with Susie Dicker Sitzer, a public relations expert who most recently served as the Executive Director of Drawn From Valor, and an upcoming project that Drawn From Valor is partnering with PsychArmor to produce, Tales of the Golden Acorn.

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BTM68-Paul Fukuma - TAJI 100
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BTM68-Paul Fukuma - TAJI 100

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Paul Fukuma, Chairman and CEO of Taji 100, a nonprofit that hosts a virtual fitness challenge in February of every year.

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BTM67-WoVen, the Women Veterans Network
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BTM67-WoVen, the Women Veterans Network

On this episode, we feature a conversation with retired Air Force Veteran Cat Corchado, a Peer Leader trainer and national consultant with WoVen, the Women Veterans Network, as well as host of the Sisters In Service Podcast.

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BTM66-Food Insecurity in the Military and Veteran Population
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BTM66-Food Insecurity in the Military and Veteran Population

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Josh Protas, Vice President of Public Policy of MAZON, a Jewish Response to Hunger: a national organization fighting to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel. We discuss food insecurity in the military and veteran population and what organizations like MAZON are doing to bring awareness and suggest solutions to the problem.

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BTM65-Education for Supporting Veterans
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BTM65-Education for Supporting Veterans

On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Carie Rodgers, Chief Program Officer at PsychArmor. Carrie and Duane have a conversation about training and education for those who support service members, veterans, and their families.

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Duane France - PsychArmor Podcast Host

THE HOST

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.