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Tue 6/12/2018

Impacts of Sequester – Lt. General Tom Jones

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:17:38-07:00June 12th, 2018|

Has the budget sequester hurt our fighting forces? The 2013 Congressional sequester cut $500 billion from military budgets. In 2017 testimony to Congress, Air Force Chief of Staff General David Golfien stated: “If we cannot move past sequester in its current form, we are going to break this force.” We have the greatest fighting forces on the planet. But what if they were no longer mission capable? Retired Air Force Lt. General Tom Jones is an expert and shares his [...]

Sun 6/3/2018

Conquer Anything – Greg Stube

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:22:40-07:00June 3rd, 2018|

Members of our elite military units are trained to be prepared to Conquer Anything. Greg Stube served 19 years as a member of the Green Berets and has written an outstanding book that translates the lessons he learned in the special teams to compelling ideas applicable to the civilian world. Life has a way of shooting holes in our best laid plans. In Greg’s case it was literal – a chunk of shrapnel the size of a plate passed through his [...]

Sun 6/3/2018

God Bless the USA – Lee Greenwood

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:26:42-07:00June 3rd, 2018|

Lee Greenwood has had over two dozen songs on the billboard charts and SEVEN songs ranked number one. But he will perhaps always be known for one song in particular; “God Bless the USA” Greenwood was raised working on his grandparent’s farm after his parents separated during WWII. He pursued his passion for music from an early age and by the time he finished high school he had mastered most all the instruments in the orchestra. He began working for the [...]

Sun 5/27/2018

Michael Reagan – Never Forget

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:33:51-07:00May 27th, 2018|

Michael Reagan has drawn more than 2,000 portraits of celebrities and other notable persons. But this world renowned artist made an open ended promise to President George W. Bush after the 9-11 attacks. He has fulfilled that promise by providing free hand drawn portraits for Gold Star families through his Fallen Heroes Project. He joins us to share his thoughts on Memorial Day. His mission is to never forget and never let anyone else forget as long as he has [...]

Sun 5/20/2018

Locked In – Carolyn Furdek

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:37:40-07:00May 20th, 2018|

The first time Carolyn Furdek “locked in” was during a convoy mission no different than hundreds of others she had conducted before. It was the beginning of a decade long struggle against an invisible enemy. Carolyn competed at the collegiate level in swimming, graduated airborne school with honors and was one of the first West Point cadets to attend Naval Diving and Salvage training. She was no stranger to stressful situations. But for some reason, something was causing a confident [...]

Sun 5/13/2018

Police Week – Thomas Marchese & Dave Bray

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:41:17-07:00May 13th, 2018|

National Police Week was first proclaimed by President Kennedy in 1962 to memorialize law enforcement officers fallen in the line of duty. In honor of National Police Week we talk with two individuals; Thomas Marchese is a Sheepdog and Dave Bray is a Warrior. Fallen Poster Thomas Marchese was a police officer when four officers were killed in Oakland. This incident convinced him of the need to document the stories of police officers killed in the line of [...]

Sun 5/6/2018

Herschel Walker – Rocky Ridge Truck Giveaway

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:44:32-07:00May 6th, 2018|

Herschel Walker and SEAL Brian Jason. Photo Credit: Fox Business Herschel Walker is considered one of our nation’s elite athletes. Brian Jason served with one of the world’s most elite military units. The True American Hero Truck giveaway brought them together. The giveaway was an initiative of the Rocky Ridge Truck Company to recognize and give back to first responders and members of our military. Herschel Walker was on top of the world. But one day the NFL [...]

Sun 4/29/2018

The REAL Narcos – Steve Murphy & Javier Pena

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:48:28-07:00April 29th, 2018|

Javier Pena (L) and Steve Murphy (R) The Netflix series Narcos tells the story of the manhunt for Pablo Escobar from the perspective of two DEA agents. The REAL agents featured in the series join American Warrior Radio to share their perspectives and thoughts. For agent Javier Pena, the hunt for Escobar was personal. Starting his career as a Sheriff’s Deputy in the border town of Laredo, he saw the damage done by the drug trade. Many of [...]

Sun 4/22/2018

Stories of a Mortuary NCO – Justin Jordan

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:53:06-07:00April 22nd, 2018|

Justin Jordan spent six of his 20 years in the Air Force as a mortuary technician and it had a profound effect upon his mental well being. His experiences are recounted in his book “And Then I Cried; Stories of a Mortuary NCO”. Like many people, Justin wanted to get out of his small town so he joined the Air Force. He was assigned to the services career field, a “jack of all trades” assignment that includes cooks, hotel management, [...]

Sun 4/15/2018

Charlie Gebhardt – 20,000 Flight Hours

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-01-11T07:56:07-07:00April 15th, 2018|

Some advice from his father led Charlie Gebhardt to a career that would have him in the cockpit of one airplane or another for more 20,000 hours. Charlie was born in Greenwich Village about 20 minutes from Grand Central Station and close to West Point. He planned to attend West point until his father informed there was a place just like it where one gets to fly airplanes. That idea appealed to Charlie much more than slogging through the mud. [...]