Podcast Archives - American Warrior Radio

Tue 6/28/2022

Shadow Tier – Steve Stratton

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-06-28T20:39:49-07:00June 28th, 2022|

Shadow Tier author Steve Snyder served in the White House Communications Office, worked with the Secret Service and earned his Green Beret. Much of that experience is reflected in the pages of his first published book. While in Army basic training at Fort Ord, a group of men wearing suits and sporting non-regulation hair addressed his class asking for volunteers for a special assignment. Steve figured wearing suits sure beat crawling around in the mud. He would become a member [...]

Sun 6/19/2022

“Shot Down” – The Story of the Susan Ruth

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-06-19T19:05:21-07:00June 19th, 2022|

“Shot Down” tells the story of the crew of the “Susan Ruth”, a WWII B-17 shot down on Feb. 8, 1944 over the French/Belgium Border. The name was given to the aircraft by Pilot Howard Snyder in honor of his young daughter. Steve Snyder, Howard’s son, has written a meticulously researched and detailed book that describes the lives of the crew members and their harrowing months in hiding from German forces. The book also tells the stories of the brave [...]

Tue 6/14/2022

Sentinels of Freedom – Mike Conklin

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-06-14T20:08:28-07:00June 14th, 2022|

Sentinels of Freedom began as a way of honoring young people choosing to join the military out of high school. Following the 9/11 attacks, Mike Conklin and his group realized that some of these young people would be coming home severely injured and would likely need extra help. Their first “Sentinel” had been run over by a tank. Mike’s group arranged for a donated four year apartment lease, a car, furniture and everything he would need to start his life [...]

Sun 6/5/2022

D-Day Veteran Harper Coleman

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-06-05T12:27:24-07:00June 5th, 2022|

D-Day was the greatest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare and one that that Harper Coleman will never forget. A member of the 4th Infantry Division, he landed in the first wave at Utah beach carrying a 30 pound machine gun over his head. Harper just celebrated his 100th birthday and joins us to share his memories of D-Day and the other major battles he was part of as his unit moved across Europe. Suzanne Ryan is an avid [...]

Tue 5/31/2022

Jennifer Marshall – Navy Vet & Actress

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-05-31T09:32:46-07:00May 31st, 2022|

Veteran Jennifer Marshall attended high school in a “one stoplight” town so it didn’t take much convincing from the Navy recruiter to get her to join. She never imagined that someday she would appear in several Hollywood productions, host a television series and own her own private investigations firm. Jennifer started as a logistics specialist and also served on the fire and ship security defense support teams aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. She had planned on making a career of [...]

Tue 5/24/2022

Folds of Honor – Col. James “Nick” Nichols

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-05-25T08:41:41-07:00May 24th, 2022|

Folds of Honor Executive Vice President of Operations and Relationships Col. James “Nick” Nichols joins us to share their story and how all of us can support this honorable cause. Folds of Honor provides scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members. To date they have granted 35,000 scholarships with an educational impact in excess of $160 million. The idea for Folds of Honor came to Founder Lt. Col. Dan Rooney through an experience on an [...]

Mon 5/16/2022

Carry The Load – Stephen Holley

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-05-17T08:58:32-07:00May 16th, 2022|

Carry the Load co-founders Stephen Holley and Clint Bruce are both Navy SEAL Veterans. The idea for their initiative was born out of anger and frustration, feeling that Americans were drifting away from the original purpose of Memorial Day. On Memorial Day 2010 Clint decided to undergo physical pain as an emotional purge. He loaded his pack with one pound for every comrade he had lost. During that walk he encountered a WWII Veteran who asked him; “Who are you [...]

Tue 5/10/2022

Coffee or Die – Marty Skovlund, Jr.

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-05-10T10:34:31-07:00May 10th, 2022|

Coffee or Die Executive Editor Marty Skovlund, Jr. had two aspirations in High School; play for the NBA and become an Army Ranger. The Los Angeles Lakers never called but he did earn a Ranger tab. The idea that someday he would be doing “classic Ernie Pyle” journalism never crossed his mind. Marty founded The Havok Journal to give a voice to the Veteran community. Later, he approached Evan Hafer (a fellow soldier and Founder/CEO of Black Rifle Coffee Company) [...]

Mon 5/2/2022

“Richard Eager” – Montgomery’s B-17 Pilot

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-05-02T16:32:23-07:00May 2nd, 2022|

“Richard Eager: A Pilot’s Story From Tennessee Eagle Scout to General Montgomery’s Flying Fortress” is the product of a 13 year long collaboration between a World War II B-17 pilot and his family. Because Richard Evans was such a gung-ho air cadet and an Eagle Scout at heart, one of his fellow cadets began calling him Richard “Eager” and the nickname stuck. Unlike many World War II Veterans, Richard often regaled his family with stories of his time in the [...]

Sun 4/24/2022

Pin-Ups for Vets – Gina Elise

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-04-24T09:47:52-07:00April 24th, 2022|

Pin-Ups for Vets founder Gina Elise began to hear news stories about Iraq war Veterans needing medical care and she wanted to do something creative to help. Her grandfather served in WWII and Gina had always been a fan of that era’s pin-up art. So in 2006 she decided to create a classy, 1940’s style pin-up calendar to raise money for Veterans. After donating $5,000 in proceeds from the first calendar to a local Veteran’s hospital, she began to get [...]