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A Silent Night in WWII: A Special Christmas Story
Episode 330
On Christmas Eve, 1944, Elizabeth Vincken and her twelve-year-old son, Fritz, sat down for a quiet Christmas Eve dinner, hopeful for a respite in the…
9 months ago
Love and Marriage… and Entrepreneurship
Episode 329
As they helped Afghanistan refugees during the sudden withdrawal of American troops from the country in 2021, social entrepreneur Alex McLeod and her…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Helping Veterans Byte Digital Bullets
Episode 328
In 2013, a mother and her son decided to collect some used PCs and Macs and donate them to military veterans so they could learn valuable digital ski…
10 months ago
Charting a (Running) Path to Help Fellow Veterans
Episode 327
As LTC Mike Erwin retired from active duty in 2010, he discovered a large number of fellow veterans who were longing for a community. And so, eager t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The One -Time Ballerina Who Became a Ranger
Episode 326
For decades, Soldiers in the Army Ranger School were only men, most of them in their 20s. But in 2015, then-MAJ Lisa Jaster set out to change that, a…
11 months ago
How to Turn Pain into Purpose
Episode 325
In April 2003, CPL J.R. Martinez’s Humvee ran over a roadside bomb in Iraq, and he was trapped in the burning vehicle for over five minutes. When he …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How an Iron Man Leads His Troops
Episode 324
In August 2024, LTG Brian Eifler stepped into the role of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel of the Army. Drawing on 33 years of experience leading …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Is This EOD Captain So Happy?
Episode 323
When he originally enlisted in the Army, now-CPT Michael Villahermosa not only didn’t even consider becoming an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Sol…
1 year ago
Encore Episode: What Do Batman and Ruben Rivers Have in Common?
Episode 322
Comic book writer Chuck Dixon has written more issues of comic books than any other living writer today, most notably telling the stories of superher…
1 year ago
From Refugee to Officer
Episode 321
In 1975, at the age of two years old, Captain France Hoang and his family fled the violence surrounding their home in Vietnam. Years later, he decide…
1 year, 1 month ago