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Sun 4/14/2024

Al Billings – Silver Star & DFC

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-04-14T12:49:46-07:00April 14th, 2024|

Al “Hollywood” Billings developed a reputation as a Maverick while flying for the Sea Wolves. The Sea Wolves (Helicopter Attack Squadron Light 3) were formed specifically to support Navy Special Warfare and Mobile Riverine Forces during the Vietnam War. They would become the most decorated Navy squadron of the war. We talk to Billings as part of our educational partnership with the Distinguished Flying Cross Society. He enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet program. “If you made it through you [...]

Sun 4/7/2024

Sam Mackey – Navy SEAL and Outsider CEO

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-04-07T18:26:31-07:00April 7th, 2024|

Sam Mackey admits he isn’t always the smartest or strongest guy in the room but he puts in the work. His philosophy is “To find something that I can do better than everybody else and take enough responsibility where I can’t be replaced and do it the best that I can.” Mackey served 20 years in the military including time with the elite Navy SEALs. He never thought he would be an entrepreneur but is now the CEO of Outsider, [...]

Mon 4/1/2024

“Homefront Stories” – Victoria Kelly

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-04-01T11:17:28-07:00April 1st, 2024|

"Homefront Stories" is a collection of fictional short stories written by Victoria Kelly inspired by her life as a military spouse. Her 2015 work, “When Men Go Off to War” is a collection of poems written while her husband was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and captures the hopes, anxieties and intimacies of the military spouse during times of war. “Prayers of an American Wife” is a collection of poems that highlights the displacement women experience when their husbands deploy [...]

Sun 3/24/2024

DPAA – Sean Everette & Clark Baldwin

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-03-24T10:23:44-07:00March 24th, 2024|

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has the principle responsibility to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and our nation. It was created in January of 2015 by merging the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command along with several functions of the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory. DPAA Media Relation Chief for Outreach and Communications Sean Everette joins us to describe the agency’s functions. We are also joined by [...]

Sun 3/17/2024

Stephen Paul Campos – Vietnam Veteran

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-03-17T12:55:04-07:00March 17th, 2024|

Stephen Paul Campos surmised it would be better to volunteer and choose his military specialty rather than be drafted during the Vietnam War. The recruiter asked what he wanted to do and Campos replied “I don’t know what I WANT to do but I know I DON’T want to be infantry.” Based upon his intake evaluations the recruiter told him he could be sent to Germany or Hawaii. Immediately upon graduation he was assigned to the infantry and soon after [...]

Sun 3/10/2024

“Service to CEO” Podcast Creator Kristen Costlow

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-03-10T12:13:38-07:00March 10th, 2024|

“Service to CEO” podcast creator Kristen Costlow left a promising military career to pursue her dream. She served as an air traffic controller in the Navy and was rising fast in rank. She soon found herself supervising sailors 10 years her senior. The day after she notified her supervisor of her plans to leave the military, she was promoted to Chief Petty Officer – quite the accomplishment for someone of her age. Kristen joined the Navy right out of high [...]

Sun 3/3/2024

Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq – Morgan Lerette

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-03-03T11:46:29-07:00March 3rd, 2024|

Blackwater Security Company developed quite a reputation. Morgan Lerette was a contractor with Blackwater in Iraq for 18 months from 2004-2005. His sometimes funny, sometimes tragic experience is documented in his book “Guns, Girls & Greed: I was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq” Morgan joined the Air National Guard right out of high school in order to escape his small town. He became an Air Force Security Forces member and had been serving for two years when 9/11 happened. Despite [...]

Sun 2/25/2024

Havok Journal Update – Charles Faint

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-02-25T15:08:46-07:00February 25th, 2024|

Our first check in of 2024 with Havok Journal owner Charles Faint. Charles is a retired Army Intelligence officer with seven tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. We begin by discussing the latest on the Israel/Gaza conflict. Charles expects Iran to continue supporting terrorist proxies but will avoid a direct confrontation with the US. His rationale is twofold; Iran knows they cannot win a direct fight with the US and are not going to risk doing so over an [...]

Sun 2/18/2024

“Damn the Valley” – Will Yeske

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-02-18T11:41:45-07:00February 18th, 2024|

“Damn the Valley” was written by Will Yeske and describes his deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley has seen its share of conflict. From Alexander the Great up to the Russians – and now Americans. To US troops it became known as “the meat grinder”. Will was posted there with Bravo Company of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne. During their time there, his unit suffered a 52% casualty rate. Damn the Valley [...]

Sun 2/11/2024

Behavioral Science Unit – Jana Monroe

Ben Buehler-Garcia2024-02-11T12:40:53-07:00February 11th, 2024|

Jana Monroe wanted to be a law enforcement officer ever since she was 13. She would go on to become the first woman to join the FBI’s elite Behavioral Science Unit. She says her motivation is the fact that she loves the freedoms granted by our country and she hates bullies. Jana began her law enforcement work as a probation officer and then joined the Chino California police department. Women in law enforcement were still rare, and she says she [...]