"If you give everything to an organization, it is not going to give everything back to you. The Marine Corps taught me that real fast." — Sarah Czech, Former Marine Corps Sergeant & Arabic Linguist

Why are more than 50% of post-9/11 veterans registered independents? Mainstream political narratives love to treat the military as an ultra-conservative monolith, but the data tells a completely different story. The men and women who actually serve our country are increasingly walking away from the two-party duopoly.

This week, John and Kevin sit down with Sarah Czech, Chair of the Forward National Veterans and Veteran Families Committee. Together, they pull back the curtain on the raw, unsexy realities of the military industrial complex, how the enlistment ranks function as America's last true economic equalizer, and t ...