Warriors, Fall In! This week, we’re joined with a 24-year Navy combat veteran who worked his military career in various positions and was deployed to Afghanistan as a military intelligence analyst. Now, as a civilian, our guest today has worked for a number of highly successful businesses such as Carnival Cruise Line, Verizon, and IBM Cloud. We’re joined today with Tim Dickey, who’s going to talking with us today about Scrum, which is the framework for agile software development. Some of you lis...

Warriors, Fall-In! Today, we’re joined with a Air Force Veteran who decided to take control of his life and mental health to become an up-and-coming brand strategist. After spending 5 years in the Air Force as a mechanic working for a test squadron, our guest today Irving Gil transitioned out and began to feel the mental health strains of being alone and the with the war within himself. Irving decided to pick himself up to build his own business and today’s he’s going to share some helpful tips ...

I’m joined with an Army Combat Veteran today, who is not only an influencer for our women veterans, but she is also a mother of five. She was stationed in Germany and served a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan as aviation operations specialist. While serving in the military, our guest today suffered a major setback when she was involved in a terrible accident that caused Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) that would eventually end her military career. Today, we are joined with Althea Willliams, who...

Warriors, Fall In! Today, we are joined with a guest who entered the Air Force during the early 80’s, when finding a job was rather difficult and then retired just after the housing market busted in 2009, so career transitioning and timing is very familiar territory for our guest today, Don Gleason. Aside from being a retired 27-year Air Force Veteran, Don is also an Executive Director for the John Maxwell Team, which helps folks further develop their skills for professional advancement. LinkedI...

Warriors, Fall In…It’s time for our Act Now & Execute Edition. I enjoy highlight folks in our military community who are out there taking advantage of the educational opportunities and today, I am joined with a military spouse, Danielle, who is a member of Act Now Education and was recently presented and took a job opportunity with Intuit and it was all in part to a certification that was exclusively offered through Act Now Education. For more military community education opportunities: www.actn...

Today, we are very fortunate to be join with a Medal of Honor recipient who began his military career by joining the Oklahoma Army National Guard, while he was still in high school. Shortly after his high school graduation, he joined the United States Marine Corps from the year 2000 to 2008, which included many assignments all over the world as well as deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 and again in 2008. After his last deployment, as a US Marine, our guest today decided t...

Warriors Fall In! It's Time for formation. Today’s guest is a military spouse who serves as a life coach and a resume writer. She strives to be a guiding light for those of us who need life mentoring and better vision when things seem cornered. I can tell you from personal experience, when I moderated the Military Mix-Up in The Clubhouse App, our guest was an authentic mainstay who provided a countless number of folks solid advice and support. Today, I am honored to have LaPora Lindsey on The Mo...

Today, we have a Super Bowl special! I’m joined with a 15-year combat Army Veteran, who was selected this season’s as “THE Fan of the Year for the Los Angeles Rams,” who are obviously in the Super Bowl playing against the Cincinnati Bengals on 13 February. In addition, our military Veteran guest is in the running to become “THE Ultimate NFL Fan of the Year,” which will be announced at NFL Honors. We’re joined with Amanda Filimon today and she was recognized by the NFL for not only her outstandin...

Warriors, Fall in! It’s time for Formation… Today, I have a guest whose educational motives involve breaking the status quo of a certification that has gone unopposed for over 20 years. Not only has this certification gone unopposed, but this certification across boundaries from the military to the civilian workforce is universally recognized to better your task efficiency, fully assures work completion, and relates work experience between the military and civilian professions. The certification...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator MMA, and many other organizations have a stage in the shape of an octagon where warriors live, eat, and breath the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts. Behind the scenes, a group of judges sit in the dimly lit area, front and center of the action. The back-story of one of those judges, Cardo Urso, includes an impressive military career, holds over five martial art black belts, and is known as a subject matter expert in combatives. Today, I am honored to...

Today on the show, we’re going to be speaking with Kate Wood, who currently works as a Recruiter for an organization called “HireMilitary.” Our guest is NOT only a military spouse, but she was also a West Point Graduate, and former Medical Service Corps Commissioned Officer in the United States Army. Kate Wood's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-wood/ Kate Wood's Email Address: kate.wood@tenovallc.com HireMilitary Website: https://www.hiremilitary.us

Today, I am honored to have a guest who’s going to share some very important tips that’ll help our military community create better resumes and complete online application to take that next step in the hiring process. Here on The Morning Formation, we are laser focused providing you the best tips from Veterans who have paved the path to help you make better decisions. Our guest today is Jon Morgan and he’s the Work for Warriors Georgia Employment Coordinator. And today we’re going to learn about...

Fall in, it’s time for formation! Thank you for joining us today, warriors. Today we have a guest who’s an Army Veteran, a published author, a proclaimed veteran mentor, an actor, and is currently serving as a Senior Director of Veterans Services for his company. Most importantly and the reason we have him here today is to discuss the trends and the pulse of what is happening in the career transition market with our military veterans. So, we have John Lehmann joining us today and he is positione...

Who says military spouses can’t also have their own business, write pages and pages of inspiring books, be a social media influencer to thousands, and all while running the household when the military spouse is away either in the field, or on a combat deployment? In time’s past, military spouses were known to have their hands full with taking care of the kids, managing the daily household tasks, running or operating the Family Readiness Groups, and many also held down a full-time hourly/salary j...

Today, we are joined with a military spouse who is a career development advisor and military transition advocate. She’s held positions as an education and guidance counselor for our military community and has experienced with all the ups and downs of what it means to be a military spouse bc her husband is in the United States military. Today, she’s going to talk with us about organizing yourself and preparing for your life and your goals in 2022. I’d about I’d like to welcome Shelby Hebing to th...

Today’s guest had recently found his civilian career pivot in the podcasting world and has taken both his military and educational experiences to the microphone and started his own podcast “Vet with a Mic.” The host and Veteran advocate of this up-and-coming podcast is Ryan. Having spoken to him, recently, I learned that this proud Navy Veteran has his Masters in Clinical Psychology and currently works as a Program Researcher. The application of his military experience combined with his Middle T...

Today we’re speaking with a VA Specialist, licensed minister, published author, life coach, podcaster, and a founder of several different organizations and support groups, which we’ll get into during our interview today. A MUST LISTEN episode, if you want to learn about some lesser known burial rights, VA Comp information, and how to deal with trauma. The ultimate goal is for this professional military spouse is to provide encouragement, direction, and support for today’s issues dealing with men...

Thank you for joining us today, warriors. We’re joined today with a US Army Signal Corps Commissioned Officer, but unlike many military officers, our guest today is unique. When our guest today is donning the United States Army uniform, some have to do a double take because most serving in the military are clean shaven wearing their issued head gear. Unlike most, 1LT Kanwar Singh is a devout Sikh, loves America, has a full beard with long hair neatly tucked under his turban. In 2011, 1LT Singh a...

Today, we’re joined with a retired Army Command Sergeant Major, who now serves as a Veteran advocate for business and leadership. His time in the military and education serves to qualify him as a trainer, coach, and mentor in organizational leadership, human resources, human capital management, talent acquisition, marketing and recruitment. Mix all these skills and experiences together, and you get a professional with the ability to create an entity like “ Veterans Growing America ,” which is an...

Today, we have Vets 2 Industry's (V2I) Vice President Bruce “Batman” Thompson as our guest. Not only is Bruce the Vice President of Vets2Industry, he's also a 23 year Marine Corps Veteran with an MBA from Columba Southern University. Bruce has multiple national certifications, and is highly skilled with mentoring, team building, and career coaching. Bruce Thompson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucethompsonmba/ Bruce Thompson's Email: bruce.thompson.mba@gmail.com Vets 2 Industry's Home...

Thank you for joining us today, folks. Today, we are honored to have a 1st generation American combat Army Veteran who is also the author of an inspirational bestselling book called “American Dream.” A book about overcoming personal and career obstacles utilizing discipline, resilience, endurance, adaptability, and mentorship to meet success. In addition, she’s the founder of the very FIRST Veteran owned luxury perfume line, “Triangle Fragrance.” Magda Khalifa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/...

Thank you for joining us, folks. Today, we have a veteran who now serves as the Director of Recruitment and Veteran Outreach for an executive company that employs over 60% military Veterans who are responsible for the protection of several thousand clients, including over 90 of the world's most prominent families and at-risk individuals. They also provide consultation on security programs, and protective coverage at home, during travel, and at public appearances. On the show today, we have Retir...

Today’s guest came to a fork in the road, after being critically injured while serving in Afghanistan and decided to take the path of positivity, being an inspiration to his loved ones and created a legacy of a “can-do” and a never give up attitude…He decided to value the bigger picture of his family over the “here and now” of his unfavorable grave situation. I am absolutely honored to have my guest today who served as a former Navy cook turned Army EOD Tech, Mr. Aaron Hale. And for those of you...

Thank you for joining us today, folks on this very special podcast episode, we're going to be talking with an aspiring future military officer. He's also been serving on The Morning Formation Podcast as a volunteer apprentice for the last few months. So, in the background, this gentleman has provided me with technical assistance, and the editing of many of my podcast episodes. And I wanted to bring him on board, because I think it's really important for us as military veterans and people within ...