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THE SHANNON KENT STORY AND CARRIE FILIPETTI
Join us on Mother’s Day, 2024, to hear the incredible story of Navy Senior Chief Shannon Kent, mother of two and Navy intelligence warrant officer and language specialist. Senior Chief Kent was KIA in Syria in January 2019. Her story is told in “Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War” co-authored by her husband Joe Kent and Marty Skovlund Jr. (editor-in-chief, Task & Purpose). Host Jim Fausone speaks with the authors. To learn more, see this recent article from Task & Purpose. To find a bookseller, visit the publisher page. Jim also speaks with Carrie Filipettie, executive director The Vandenberg Coalition: can civics education help solve the recruiting crisis? Learn more about Carrie here.
Veterans Radio-May Benefits Program
Topics include Caregiver Programs, VA Healthcare for less Than Honorable Discharges, Cancer Treatment closer to home, How the Rating system works, VA Claim Denials, and much more. GET ANSWERS FROM OUR EXPERT PANEL! Dale Throneberry – Founder and Host of Veterans Radio Brig. Gen. Carol Ann Fausone (ret) – Legal Help for Veterans Brian Hayes – Director of Communications, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Joseph F. Battisfore – Director, Veteran Service Office, Houghton County, MI
DR. REBECCA GRANT & US NATIONAL SECURITY
Join us this week for a discussion on US foreign affairs, military conflicts, weapons, and air power, with national security analyst Dr. Rebecca Grant and host Dale Throneberry. This is our tenth year hosting Dr. Grant and she remains one of our most popular guests! Dr. Rebecca Grant is a national security analyst based in Washington, DC. She earned her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics at age 25 then worked for RAND and on the staff of the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Dr. Grant is Vice president and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute researching military and tech/artificial intelligence topics. In today's program we look at the Iran attack on Israel and Israel's response. Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Russia's threat to Europe's security, China, Iran and Russia meetings, and much more.
HOW DO WE STOP THE SUICIDES? HELPING VETERANS IN CRISIS
This week on Veterans Radio, our guests are Rev. Bob Bull (Vietnam Air Force Veteran, Peer Support Specialist, VVA 310 Service Officer, VCAT 9 QOL Chair) and Nicholas McBryan (US Army Medic. OEF/OIF Veteran). We’ll discuss suicide prevention and helping veterans in crisis. Please call into the program if you’d like to join the conversation: 734-822-1600 We’ll also be highlighting our NVBDC Veteran-Owned Busines of the Month! Julie Dyer is a Navy Veteran and owner of Express Yourself Promotional Products.
The Millenial Veteran and Update on NATO
JENNA CARLTON – THE MILLENNIAL VETERAN US Navy Veteran and Author, Jenna Carlton, is also known on social media as The Millennial Veteran. She talks to host Jim Fausone about her time in the Navy, her transition to a government job, and a Task & Purpose opinion piece written on the current military recruiting crisis. Carlton contends younger veterans will not help until their transition, mental health, and physical health issues are all addressed by the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. To learn more about Jenna and read her latest articles for Task & Purpose, click here. Find The Millennial Veteran on Instagram Learn more about “The Veteran Workbook,” a journal published by Jenna to help veterans as they transition out of the military. KEVIN GREEN & BRUCE LEMKIN – THE CURRENT STATE OF NATO As NATO approaches its 75th anniversary, Admiral (ret.) Kevin Green and Captain (ret.) Bruce Lemkin join Jim for a discussion on the value of NATO today. Is everyone paying their fair share? Is there a risk of isolationism in the future? These fellows of the American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) give a broad and knowledgeable perspective of world threats and the value of NATO.