Latest Veteran voices Podcast Episodes
BTM175 – Recap of Year One of the Behind the Mission Podcast
Behind The Mission - June 25, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we take a look at year one of the Behind the Mission Podcast, as well as provide listeners with an opportunity to provide feedback on the show Provide Feedback As a dedicated member of the audience, we would like to hear from you about the show. Plea...
BTM174 - Emma Payne - HelpTexts for Mental Health and Wellness
Behind The Mission - June 18, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Emma Payne, Founder and CEO of HelpTexts, a company that delivers asynchronous grief, caregiver and mental health support via text message. About Today’s Guest Emma Payne is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, MIT gradu...
BTM173 - Andrea Norton and Erika Hoover - LGBTQIA+ Veteran Series
Behind The Mission - June 11, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we conclude our mini-series of four episodes on LGBTQIA+ Veterans with returning guests, veterans Erika Hoover and Andrea Norton, as part of public awareness campaign developed in partnership with the Michigan Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide a...
BTM172 - Dr Alan Teo - VA S.A.V.E. Training for Veteran Families
Behind The Mission - June 04, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Alan Teo, a Psychiatrist and Researcher with the VA Portland Health Care System and Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. We talk about a recent article that he and colleagues published on the effe...
BTM171 - Ale Hernandez - Myths and Misconceptions about LGBTQ+ Veterans
Behind The Mission - May 28, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we continue the LGBTQIA+ Veteran Public Health Awareness series with a conversation about myths and misconceptions about members of the LGBTQIA+ community with veteran Ale Hernandez About Today’s Guest Alejandra Hernandez served in the United States M...
BTM Extra - Memorial Day 2024 - wear blue run to remember with Lupe Urdaneta
Behind The Mission - May 27, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we have a conversation with Gold Star family member Lupe Urdaneta, surviving spouse of Sergeant First Class Dennis Urdaneta, and her journey with wear blue: run to remember, an organization that honors the service and sacrifice of the American military ...
BTM170 - Ellen Gustafson - We the Veterans and Military Families
Behind The Mission - May 21, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with military spouse and family member Ellen Gustafson, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of We the Veterans and Military Families, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that empowers the veteran and military family commu...
BTM169 - MaCherie Dunbar and Ashley Carothers - LGBTQIA+ Veteran Healthcare
Behind The Mission - May 14, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBecause fewer than 7% of Americans have served in uniform, most Americans are unfamiliar with military service and culture. As a result, members of the military and Veteran community are at greater risk for disconnection and lack of belonging with the civilian community. PsychArmor’s mission is ...
BTM168 – Jennifer Ballou – The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation
Behind The Mission - May 07, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran and Gold Star Family Member Jennifer Ballou, Chief of Staff of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, an organization that is guiding the development of a national memorial that honors the service an...
BTM167 - Kate DeBartolo - The Conversation Project
Behind The Mission - April 30, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature Kate DeBartolo, a senior director for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the leader for the conversation project. IHI has public engagement initiative to help people share their wishes for care through the end of their life About T...
BTM166 - Erika Hoover and Andrea Norton - LGBTQ+ Veterans Public Health Awareness Campaign
Behind The Mission - April 23, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Navy Veteran Erika Hoover and Air Force Veteran Andrea Norton about their experiences as both veterans and members of the LGBTQ+ Community, as well as a public awareness campaign being developed in partnership with the Mic...
BTM165 - Virginia Wimmer - CalVet Women Veteran's Division
Behind The Mission - April 16, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Deputy Secretary for Women Veterans of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, Air Force Retiree Virginia Wimmer, in which we discuss the importance of supporting women veterans and the services available in Califor...
BTM164 - Ronald Rutherford - VA's Whole Health Program
Behind The Mission - April 09, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, we feature a conversation with Navy Veteran Ronald Rutherford, the Lead for the Whole Health Outreach program for the Veterans Health Administration. Whole Health is VA’s approach to care that supports the health and well-being of veterans they serve, a...
BTM163 - Frederick Marx - Veterans Journey Home Film Series
Behind The Mission - April 02, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, I’m having a conversation with Frederick Marx, an internationally acclaimed Oscar and Emmy nominated filmmaker with over 40 years in the film industry. We have a conversation about a recent project, a series of five films called Veterans Journey Home, w...
BTM162 - Josie Beets - DoD Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Program
Behind The Mission - March 26, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On today’s episode, I’m having a conversation with Josie Beets, the Program Manager for the Department of Defense Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program, which provides education and career guidance to military spouses worldwide About Today’s Guest Links Me...
BTM161 - Dr Jason Higgins - Veteran Involvement in the Criminal Legal System
Behind The Mission - March 19, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Jason A. Higgins, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech University and author of the recently released book, Prisoners After War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration About Today’s Guest Dr. Jason A. Higgins is the ...
BTM160 - Tara Wright - New Sesame Street Resource for Military Families
Behind The Mission - March 12, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation Tara Wright, Senior Manager of Content Design on the Research, Education, Data and Impact (REDI) team at Sesame Workshop, on newly developed resources for Military Families to address isolation, disconnectedness, and the impacts o...
BTM159 - Sebastian Junger (Replay) - Tribe and Veteran Connectedness
Behind The Mission - March 05, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBecause fewer than 7% of Americans have served in uniform, most Americans are unfamiliar with military service and culture. As a result, members of the military and Veteran community are at greater risk for disconnection and lack of belonging with the civilian community. PsychArmor’s mission is ...
BTM158 - Dr. Cameron McCoy - The Montford Point Marines
Behind The Mission - February 27, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary In this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr Cameron McCoy, author of a recently released book on the first Black Marines called, Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest, and Tokenism. In this book, Dr. McCoy shares the stories of the M...
BTM157 - John Langford - Project Healing Waters
Behind The Mission - February 20, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Marine Corps veteran John Langford, Chief Executive Officer of Project Healing Waters. Project Healing Waters helps active military service personnel and Veterans in need through a dedicated, developed curriculum of fly fishi...
BTM156 – Waco Hoover – The American Legion’s Be The One Initiative
Behind The Mission - February 13, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBecause fewer than 7% of Americans have served in uniform, most Americans are unfamiliar with military service and culture. As a result, members of the military and Veteran community are at greater risk for disconnection and lack of belonging with the civilian community. PsychArmor’s mission is ...
BTM155 – Dennis Miller – The Legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Behind The Mission - February 06, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Marine Corps Veteran Dennis Miller, a veteran advocate and entrepreneur in the greater Philadelphia area. Dennis and I are going to be having a conversation about the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a multi-ethnic ...
BTM154 – Dave Harrison – Fastport and Veterans in the Workforce
Behind The Mission - January 30, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran and Executive Director of Workforce Development and Government Relations at FASTPORT, a company that focuses on workforce development and technology solutions with longstanding industry experience with the milita...
BTM153 - Christina Slentz - The League of Wives Memorial Project
Behind The Mission - January 23, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with with Navy Veteran and Spouse Christina Slentz, Foundation Co-Chair of the League of Wives Memorial Project. This project honors the story of a group of military spouses who supported their husbands held captive as POWs in the...
BTM152 - Bill Leahy - Supporting Veterans in the Manufacturing Industry
Behind The Mission - January 16, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Bill Leahy, an Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Superintendent, Consultant, and Business Owner in the Manufacturing Industry. We discuss opportunities for Veterans in the manufacturing industry and Bill’s upc...
BTM151 - Dr Sumitra Muralidhar - The Million Veteran Program
Behind The Mission - January 09, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Sumitra Muralidhar, Program Director for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Million Veteran Program. Since launching in 2011, 1 million Veterans have joined MVP. It's the largest research effort at VA to improve health c...
BTM150 - Richard Fierro - Diversity, Service, and Sacrifice
Behind The Mission - January 02, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Army Veteran Richard Fierro about his miltiary service, post-military career as an entrepreneur and his actions in November of 2022 in which he intervened in a mass shooting attack at an LGBTQ+ Nightclub in Colorado Springs, ...
BTM149 – Stacey Lewis and Ashley Hammond – VA’s Pathfinder Program
Behind The Mission - December 19, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Ashley Hammond and Stacey Lewis from the VA’s Pathfinder Program, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs Innovation Ecosystem. Pathfinder is a website and digital tool designed to facilitate designed to facilitate connect...
BTM148 - Dr. Christina Armstrong - VA Office of Connected Care
Behind The Mission - December 12, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Dr. Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at the Office of Connected Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ central office. The Office of Connected Care focuses on improving health care through technology; Connect...
BTM147 - Corie Weathers - Military Culture and Mental Health
Behind The Mission - December 05, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsShow Summary On this episode, we feature a conversation with Corie Weathers, a military spouse and Licensed Professional Counselor. We discuss the importance of cultural responsivity in mental health and Corie's latest book, Military Culture Shift About Today’s Guest Corie Weathers, ...