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PFAS: The Next Big Thing with Rep. Elissa Slotkin Mi-08
Veterans Radio - October 25, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsRep. Elissa Slotkin (Mi-08) is on the House Committees for Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and Armed Services. She is a former CIA Analyst with three tours in Iraq where she met her husband, an Army officer flying Apaches, now retired. Rep. Slotkin talks about the lessons learned from Agent ...
This Week on Veterans Radio-Left For Dead
Veterans Radio - October 24, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsTHE NIGHT BEFORE TET It was almost 2100hrs on 30 January 1968, the night before the “Tet Offensive” when Wendell Skinner’s helicopter crashed in Vietnam attempting to extract a Special Forces Long Range Patrol Team that had come in contact with a large force of Viet Cong and NVA. From Wendell’s...
Michigan Military and Veteran Hall of Honor Class 2022 Veteran Inductees
Veterans Radio - October 18, 2022 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsU.S. Navy Capt. Paul J. Ryan (ret.) is Vice Chair of the Michigan Military and Veteran Hall of Honor. Ryan discusses the Hall, its nomination process, and 3 of the 6 inductees into the Hall in November 2022 with host Jim Fausone.
This Week on Veterans Radio: The National Vietnam War Museum & Gun Ship Pilot
Veterans Radio - October 17, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsNATIONAL VIETNAM WAR MUSEUM Edward T. Luttenberger, Communications Director – The National Vietnam War Museum Located in Weatherford, Texas In 2020 there were 3 additions to the wall and in 2021 there were two additions, bringing the total number of names on The Wall to 58,281. There were als...
Col. Cesar Rodriguez USAF fighter pilot about giving 110%
Veterans Radio - October 11, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsCol. Cesar "Rico" Rodrigues, Jr. (ret.) USAF served for 26 years. He splashed 3 MIGs and always gave 110%. He explains his background, service, and how his Hispanic heritage gives the unique 10% to his efforts. He has been described as a Hispanic overachiever and lives up to his reputation in ser...
Michigan Military and Veteran Hall of Honor 2022 Military Inductees
Veterans Radio - October 04, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsU.S. Navy Capt. Paul J. Ryan (ret.) is Vice Chair of the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor. He discusses the 2022 class of inductees with host Jim Fausone. The inductees include a "Hello Girl" from WWI, an Army Veteran with 600 days of continuous combat, and a Nisei soldier in the most...
Veterans Helping Veterans
Veterans Radio - October 03, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week’s program theme is Veterans Helping Veterans. Organizations founded by veterans for veterans. Guests include: William Crewe from Central Coast Veterans Helping Veterans Central Coast Veterans Helping Veterans – Home (ccvhv.org) Josh Flath Founder of 4the 22. 4the22 – Bringing Balance...
Military Medicine with LTC (ret) Jim Reed, CRNA
Veterans Radio - September 27, 2022 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsUS Army LTC (ret.) Jim Reed, DNP discusses his military career in the field of medicine, the opportunities available, and being on an elite medical team supporting Special Mission Units in Counter-Terrorist Operations with host Jim Fausone. Reed was trained as a CRNA and deployed 9 times overseas...
Veterans Radio On The River
Veterans Radio - September 26, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsRadio on the River was a gathering of Veteran Storytellers to raise funds for Veterans Radio America, Inc, a non-profit 401(c)3. Our guests included: Captain Thomas Stempky who became a Gunship Platoon Leader in the 189th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam 1968-69. While serving in that role,...
Hispanic Veterans Leadership Alliance progress in 2022
Veterans Radio - September 20, 2022 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Leadership of Hispanic Veterans Leadership Alliance (HVLA) discusses with host Jim Fausone their progress in the last year, problems encountered and future plans. President of the HVLA, Brig. Gen. Ricardo Aponte, USAF (ret.), leads the discussion and Rear Admiral Will Rodriguez (ret.) talks a...
REBECCA GRANT MILITARY ANALYSIS AND 2022 SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH
Veterans Radio - September 19, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsDR. REBECCA GRANT COMMENTARY: GLOBAL MILITARY OPERATIONS SHE’S BACK! This week Veterans Radio’s host Dale Throneberry welcomes frequent program guest Dr. Rebecca Grant. Topics discussed include: Queen Elizabeth II's death and what's next for the UK, Ukraine and Russia, China and Taiwan, North K...
Switchboard Soldiers - the Hello Girls of WWI
Veterans Radio - September 13, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain ste...
AFGHAN ALLIES LEFT BEHIND AND MILITARY AND VETERANS HALL OF HONOR
Veterans Radio - September 12, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week’s radio broadcast includes host Jim Fausone and his guests: Captain Paul Ryan (ret) US Naval Reserves, Vice Chair of MI Military and Veterans Hall of HonorMajor Tom Schueman, Marine Corps, author of “Always Faithful” A HALL OF HONOR US Navy Capt Paul J Ryan (ret) is vice chair of the M...
Story of Afghanistan Interpreter and a Marine Major
Veterans Radio - September 06, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratings"Always Faithful", tells the story of Marine Major Tom Schueman and his friend, Afghan interpreter Zainullah “Zak” Zaki, discussing their parallel lives, converging paths, and unbreakable bond in the face of overwhelming danger, culminating in Zak and his family’s harrowing escape from Kabul. Tom...
EXTRAORDINARY VALOR ON CHARLIE HILL AND PACT ACT
Veterans Radio - September 05, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsExtraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy’s Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major Lê Văn Mễ, who fought by his side. It is the true story of their battle to defend Charlie Hill, a key to holding Vietnam’s Cen...
VA Insurance Options and Life Insurance Basics
Veterans Radio - August 30, 2022 15:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMichigan Army National Guard Veteran Brett Fennelly talks about life insurance, Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI), Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI), and the new VetLife programs offers to disabled veterans. Brett has a Farm Bureau agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and talks about stac...
THE PACT ACT
Veterans Radio - August 29, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWHAT’S THE PACT ACT AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT MY VA BENEFITS AND CARE? The PACT Act is perhaps the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history. The full name of the law is The Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The...
Burn Pits and Business Discussion with Chris Videau
Veterans Radio - August 23, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsU.S. Army Veteran Chris Videau talks about his service as an MP and Black Hawk helicopter pilot. Chris explains his exposure to burn pit contamination in Iraq and its impact on him. He explains to host Jim Fausone the idea for Sheets Laundry Club came from the desire to eliminate single-use plast...
INTO ENEMY WATERS, A TRUE STORY OF WWII FROGMEN WHO GAVE RISE TO THE NAVY SEALS
Veterans Radio - August 22, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsNEW BOOK TELLS THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD WAR II FROGMEN WHO GAVE RISE TO THE NAVY SEALS With echoes of Unbroken, the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie of Band of Brothers, Into Enemy Waters by award-winning journalist Andrew Dubbins (Aug. 23,...
Modern War with Social Media Influences
Veterans Radio - August 16, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsUS ARMY Major John Spencer (ret.) is the chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point and a leading expert on Urban Warfare. In his new book, Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War (July 1, 2022, Potomac Books), John delivers effecti...
ARMY SERVICE AND LAUNCHING NEW BUSINESSES
Veterans Radio - August 15, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFROM BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER PILOT TO ENTREPRENEUR US Army veteran Chris Videau talks about his service as an MP and Black Hawk helicopter pilot. Chris explains his exposure to burn pit contamination in Iraq and its impact on him. Listen in as Chris explains where the idea for Sheets Laundry Club...
Marine Special Operations Command Explained
Veterans Radio - August 09, 2022 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsRich Castagna joined the Marines and served in Afghanistan in 2009-10. He talks about an IED incident that killed his friend Lance Corporal Griffin, of Conneticut, and severly injured him. The heroics to save him and the 32 surgeries are precursors to his life now in federal law enforcement wit...
FLAMETHROWER – WOODY WILLIAMS’ MEDAL OF HONOR STORY
Veterans Radio - August 08, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFLAMETHROWER Bryan Mark Rigg’s latest non-fiction military history book Flamethrower documents Hershel “Woody” Williams’ Medal of Honor process. Dr. Rigg’s research brings into question the facts surrounding “Woody” Williams’ actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Accomplished military his...
VETERAN BENEFITS – July 2022
Veterans Radio - August 03, 2022 17:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsJim Fausone, hosts this month’s VA Benefits program hour with the following guests: Brig Gen Carol Ann Fausone (ret) – Legal Help for VeteransRandy Walker, New Wayne County Michigan, Director of Veterans Services
VA HOME LOANS AND WOMEN IN DEFENSE
Veterans Radio - August 03, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsVETERAN LENDING COUNCIL – NATIONWIDE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM Veterans Lending Council representative and Army Veteran, Eric Ensley, busts some myths about the VA Home Loan Program. He responds to a Congressional inquiry and Military.com article about the process saying the hold-up is not on VA but o...
Keith King - NVBDC and SBA Alliance
Veterans Radio - August 02, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe National Veterans Business Development Council (NVBDC.org) is the nation's leading Veteran-Owned Business Certification firm for veterans. In that capacity, it has forged a Strategic Alliance Memorandum with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Keith King, Founder and CEO, talks about this...
VA Home Loan Program Myths Busted
Veterans Radio - July 26, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsVeterans Lending Council representative and Army Veteran, Eric Ensley, busts some myths about the VA Home Loan Program. He responds to a Congressional inquiry and Military.com article about the process saying the hold-up is not on VA but on the lenders, realtors, and public that just do not under...
Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America: Mission and Impact
Veterans Radio - July 19, 2022 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMichael Harris is a Marine veteran who suffered a post-discharge spinal cord injury after a car accident. He found help with the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America (MPVA). MPVA is the state chapter of PVA and has served Michigan since 1961, "making a difference" in the lives of veterans, thei...
This Week On Veterans Radio
Veterans Radio - July 18, 2022 15:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMICHIGAN VET FEST THEN AND NOW Dr. Eric Fretz, program host, and Josh Parish J.D. talk about VCAT9 and the early days when VCAT9 coordinated the first two Vet Fests, how the event evolved, and how these events support veterans. Learn about the specifics of what will be available at the 2022 Vet...
ID.me and VA Challenges for Veterans
Veterans Radio - July 12, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsCaroline Haskins, a reporter for Business Insider, talks about the challenges ID.me is having for some veterans seeking benefits from VA. ID.me is a verification software that requires numerous steps and questions to confirm identification. It was started by an Army Ranger, but as it continues to...
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