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Joined me on a captivating journey into the extraordinary stories of resilience and determination. Together, we will uncover the unconquerable spirit of individuals who have faced adversity head-on and triumphed. Through engaging conversations, we will interact with their stories-gaining a profound appreciation for the inner mettle that defines them. Get ready to be inspired by their remarkable journeys of personal growth and let them ignite the fire within you. Creator: Tiffany Martschink h ...
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Martha Elizabeth McSally is an American politician and former military pilot (A-10 Warthog). During her 26-year military career, McSally deployed six times to the Middle East and Afghanistan, flying 325 combat hours and earning the Bronze Star and six Air Medals. She served as U.S. Representative for (AZ-R 2nd Congressional District) 2015-2019 proc…
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Shannon Hough. She has worn multiple hats as it relates to the military and veteran communities. She’s a military brat (dad served in the Army), she served in the U.S. Navy and is a married to a now retired Army serviceman). If that isn't enough of an understanding of the military life, Shannon Hough is also the mother of a service member. Having a…
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Dr. Mark L. Gordon is an endocrinologist in Magnolia, Texas. He received his medical degree from Universidad de Guadalajara and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Endocrinologists treat hormone-related conditions, which most commonly include diabetes, thyroid disease, pituitary gland issues and hormonal imbalances. Since 2004, Dr. Mark Go…
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Gregg Forrest Martin is a United States Army two-star general who retired as the Special Assistant to the Chief of Engineersin 2014. From July 2012 to July 2014, he was the President of the National Defense University at Fort McNair Army Base in Washington, D.C. Gregg F. Martin, PhD, Major General, US Army (Retired), served on active duty for 36 ye…
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The transition from military service to civilian life can be a complex and challenging journey. For many veterans, it involves not only adjusting to a different lifestyle but also dealing with the physical, mental and spiritual wounds that often result from their service. This Veterans Day, I hope Americans will be willing to take a closer look at …
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Pasha is a corporate trainer and speaker on the topics of emotional resilience, mental health, overcoming obstacles, thriving through adversity and staying calm under pressure. Pasha Palanker is a two time recipient of the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. He is credited with saving the lives of 15 soldiers by confronting and stopping a s…
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Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce a man who exemplifies the utmost skill, dedication, and courage in the field of aviation. Meet John Ballenger, a distinguished Marine One pilot who has soared to great heights in service to our nation.With a firm grip on the controls and an unwavering sense of responsibility, John has been entruste…
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“In the quiet solitude of her son’s bedroom, her mind drifted and fixated on her husband’s .45 caliber pistol.In November 2018, the sergeant first class thought about suicide for the first time. Since she had accepted an assignment to serve as a platoon sergeant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), Chelsea struggled to strike a balanc…
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Kate Stewart is a Port Inspection Diver in the Canadian Royal Navy. Port Inspection Divers use compressed air breathing apparatus (CABA) to perform various underwater searches, surveys, and inspections, primarily for the purpose of port security. Port security is one aspect of Maritime Coastal Operations conducted to ensure the maritime security of…
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If you were asked to provide an answer on the spot, would you be able to explain the difference between Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, and Veteran’s, would you be able to? On Aug. 31, 1949, Defense Secretary Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration ste…
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Mandy Hickson (née Wells) was born in Cheshire in 1973. She gained a BSc Joint Honours Degree in Geography and Sports Science from the University of Birmingham. Mandy has over twenty five years experience within aviation. She joined the Royal Air Force in 1994 and was only the second woman to fly the Tornado GR4 operationally; she operated in host…
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SGT. MICHAEL SUGRUE - USAF Captain | Security Forces (Raven) | Retired Walnut Creek Police Sergeant | #1 Best-Selling Author | Mental Health Warrior | —————-Michael Sugrue began his law enforcement career in the United States Air Force as a Security Forces Officer in 1998. As a Security Forces Officer, Michael specialized in Law Enforcement, Global…
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'I had seen dozens of people die horrible deaths ... This time was different. This time it was a friend of mine dying in the dirt in front of me, and it was my job to save him.' Dan Pronk is the author of three bestselling books, a regular keynote speaker, and the resident medic on the hit TV Show, SAS Australia. After failing dismally in his first…
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We are only limited by the things we allow to limit us. The keys to success and productivity are already in your pocket. You just need someone to show you the lock and encourage you to open the door. Who would have thought that a woman who pioneered a path for women in the military - excelling at what she did as an Air Force A-10 (Warhog) Pilot cou…
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Doctor Kate Hendricks-Thomas, U.S. Marine Corps Military Police Officer: In 2018, she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer believed to be connected to burn pit exposure in Iraq. In the years since, Kate Hendricks-Thomas tirelessly advocated for herself and other veterans trying to obtain health care and benefits for exposure-related illnesses. …
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Sharon Preszler was hand-picked as one member of the initial cadre of women fighter pilots in the United States Air Force. She was the first woman to fly the F-16 (a single-seat, single-engine fighter) and the first woman to fly combat missions and instruct in the F-16. She has over 1300 hours in the F-16, including over 50 combat hours in Iraq and…
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"Inspire until I expire." That's what you will hear him say on his Tic-Tok videos both in and out of the gym. Of course, it will be followed by "Let CENTCOM say 'AMEN!" Born Michael Barnes, Chaplain Col. Khallid Shabazz grew up in a devout Lutheran home in Alexandria, LA "I loved everything about the church," he says. "But there were no men." As a …
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Meet US Coast Guard veteran Tammy Barlet of the Washington DC / Baltimore area. Tammy’s originally from a small town in Pennsylvania which is part of the reason she served 8 years in the military [get out of the small town] as an Operations Specialist. She shares the other reason why she joined the military along with what she did, where she’s been…
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Jessica Buchanan is this week’s guest on an epic episode of The Mettle of Honor Podcast. Jessica Buchanan: Teacher, Author, Humanitarian, Speaker, Survivor On October 25, 2011, while on a routine field mission in Somalia, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali land pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in d…
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The episode with U.S. Army Reserve Engineer officer, LTC Lisa (Peplinski) Jaster, will be published here this week as well as on YouTube. In the meantime, here’s some info on women becoming Army Rangers and learn more about Lisa Jaster and her book, “Delete The Adjective.”After graduating with a BS Civil Engineering from the United States Military …
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When you delete your adjectives, who are you? Most people limit themselves to their labels. They embrace barriers based on the box that society puts them in. But your adjectives aren’t your destiny. In "Delete the Adjective: A Soldier’s Adventures in Ranger School," Lisa Jaster proves your merit should always trump your labels. Lisa Jaster is an Am…
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U.S. Army Colonel (COL) James Lynch, MD (retired) and Sean Mulvaney are the cofounders of The Stellate Institute. Dr. Jim Lynch is a primary care sports medicine physician who joined the Regenerative Orthopedics & Sports Medicine (ROSM) team after serving 31 years in Army medicine. In April 2021, he co-founded The Stellate Institute in Annapolis, M…
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General David Howell Petraeus is a retired four-star general originally from New York. He is a Partner at KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in May 2013. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream, a Strategic Advisor for Sempra, a venture investor in more than 25 startups, and engaged in a…
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This Christmas Music Playlist is brought to you by The Mettle of Honor Podcast and Epidemic Sound. This playlist is a combination of #Jazz and #Instrumental Christmas songs.O Come, All Ye Faithful - Snow Dept. https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/XzBPbgGKf3/Angels We Have Heard on High (Jazz Version) THE EVERGREEN TRIO FEAT. AXEL SALES https://www.e…
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Jeremy Harrell is a U.S. Army Combat Veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Global War on Terrorism. After serving honorably for nine years as an Active-Duty Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), he went to school at Mid-Continent University studying Business Management. In 2017, Jeremy founded Veteran’s Club INC, which is a premier nonprof…
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Meet US Army National Guard Veteran Ashley Gorbulja of the Washington DC area. While serving in the National Guard (Ohio), Ashley functioned as a Military Police Sergeant. She is the Founder & CEO of Guide On! Education. guideoneducation.com | agorbulja@guideoneducation.com | linkedin.com/in/ashley-gorbuljamission2serv | "GuideOn" the Military Comm…
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Meet US Army Major Bernard Toney, Jr. (Retired) whose last duty station was none other than the White House Medical Staff. and was further assigned as the healthcare provider to the President of the United States, the Vice President, and their spouses. I bet that was like HIPAA on steroids."During his service in the White House Medical Unit, he con…
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If you haven't already voted for your candidate of choice via absentee ballot or at the polls for early voting, please, GO VOTE! Let your voice be heard. The opportunity / right to vote was denied for women and other minorities for so long. This is an opportunity to impact the future of our government. If you choose not to vote, you are also choosi…
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US Army Retired Lieutenant Colonel Oakland McCulloch is the author of the 2021 release, Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be. Based on 40+ years of leadership in the U.S. Army and subsequent civilian positions, Oak highlights principles that will benefit today’s leaders and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. Oak is a well-…
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Military Sexual Trauma (MST)Christy Hinnant linkedin.com/in/christyhinnant | https://www.linkedin.com/company/voicesagainstsa/Heath Philips linkedin.com/in/heath-phillips-4a32258a Website: heathtalks.comSharron West-Robino linkedin.com/in/sharonrobinowestSpoken Word Born To Inspire | Written and performed by Jeff Moffett (https://www.linkedin.com/i…
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USMC Veteran Sharon Robino-West, MA is a Community Employment Coordinator at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Omaha, Nebraska. Sharon is passionate as it relates to talking about #veterans, #leadership, and #womeninbusinesssSharon Robino-West is a Marine Corps veteran and a writer. She is also a survivor of military sexual trauma and domestic…
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Chris Norris is a 24-year veteran of the Navy with over a decade devoted to providing direct combat support to Naval Special Warfare Operators in unique and demanding environments. Chris’s distinctive qualifications include military freefall jumpmaster, high speed boat captain, and master training specialist. He is a veteran of multiple deployments…
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The September 11 attacks were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil; nearly 3,000 people were killed. The attacks involved the hijacking of four planes, three of which were used to strike significa…
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MILITARY EXPERT: Experienced Civil Servant with a demonstrated history of upholding the core values of integrity, service, and excellence. As the 17th Command Chief Master Sergeant for the Air Force Reserve Command and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, I was honored to represent the highest level of enlisted leaders…
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Kim DeFiori began her military career after graduating from West Point in 2008 as a Military Police (MP) Officer. She deployed shortly after to Afghanistan for a year, serving with military police and infantry companies. She was one of the first women to work alongside Afghan police day and night conducting raids with special operations units. She …
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Eric Hohman of Austin, Texas served as a Combat Controller for many years in the US. Air Force, he found it difficult to navigate life. Through his personal ups and downs, he felt the effects of being a CCT had an impact on his abilities to perform in the civilian world. He knew others needed assistance at certain times of their life, and so, the F…
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Meet Army veteran SGM (R) Michael Weiss of Moyock, North Carolina. Michael originally entered the military from Southern California and retired after more than three decades of uniformed service. He is now the Executive Officer of J3 Khai Restoration., At my first duty station, Fort Sill, Oklahoma (home of the Army’s Field Artillery), I met, then M…
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In honor of Memorial Day, I couldn’t think of a better guest to come on than Scott DeLuzio. However, this only an excerpt of his episode where he speaks about his younger brother, Steven, who was killed in action (KIA) just miles away from him in Afghanistan. His full episode will come out at a later date (in a few weeks). Scott DeLuzio is an Army …
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Meet Robin “Phoenix” Johnson, a retired veteran who served in the US Army for over twenty-six years. After a distinguished military career, Robin found a new purpose in life – healing people, organizations, and communities through humor.As the founder of the Best Medicine Brigade, Robin is on a mission to spread laughter and joy. She provides veter…
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USMC Veteran Ricky Johnson from Missouri shares his story of life prior to, during, and after military service. Ricky Johnson is a Marine Veteran and North Carolina Certified Peer Support Specialist (with Veteran stamp) and is trained in Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), Question Persuade Refer (QPR) suicide prevention and Trauma Informed Care.…
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Theresea Carpenter is an active-duty Navy Commander with 25 years of service, including 10 years as an enlisted aviation electrician on the S-3B Viking aircraft. Upon her commissioning in 2006, she became a Surface Warfare Officer and was subsequently accepted into the public affairs community in 2008. She's deployed three times to combat zones. He…
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Coyte https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7qF3ShzVkT/ | Blue Texas https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/IOG2wxvdHp/Everlasting Holiday https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/cwHn7Qr3kp/Rise of the Titan https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/sbdgrLRkn3/Alone with You https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/T0txKkoWjI/Way Down South (Instrumental) https://www.…
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It's no secret. There is a big problem in both the military and veteran communities. What is that problem? Too many suicides attempts and not enough people in these communities getting the help they need for their mental health issues. In this episode, Annette Whittenburg talk about how we think things can improve in these areas.awildridecalledlife…
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Heath Phillips is a Navy Veteran in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. While at sea, he fell victim to 10 months of continuous gang rapes by his shipmates. He turned self medicating via drugs, alcohol, illegal substances and even the idea that the only way to move on is suicide. Heath now identifies as a Male MST Survivor and travels around sharing his per…
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V.O.I.C.E.S. Against Sexual Assault is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization founded by Army veteran Christy Hinnant who serves as the organizations President. | https://www.voicesagainstsa.org/In this episode, you hear Christy shares in this episode about the difficulty of her transition out of the military, being sexually assaulted and subsequently di…
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In this episode, in the series "Take A Knee with Tiffany," we hear from Army veteran Olivia Nunn (Lieutenant Colonel, Retired). She shares her story about her time as a Chemical Officer when she experienced a physical assault while on deployment as well as her time as a Public Affairs Officer when she was forced to give a hard look at the impact th…
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U.S. Army Veteran Wanda Petty's background consists of being a Chief Executive Human Resource Manager/Trainer at the personnel command level. She's a wounded warrior with 21 years in the active-duty service in the U.S. Army and is passionate about helping service members and veterans. She has over 25 years' experience of recruiting and training. As…
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Tabatha Bartley | USMC Vet | Public Affairs | Veteran Advocate | Project Manager, Unit Campaigns at Purdue Research Foundation | Tabatha is the Chapter Director for the Women Veteran's Alliance (Lafayette, Indiana). She brings her experience from her time in the Marine Corps in Public Affairs in the civilian sector as a public relations specialist.…
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