Carry On

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Podcast Carry On

This is a weekly program that discusses issues relevant to military veterans, produced by Nation's Finest, a veteran service organization. We explore different topics each week while providing insights and advice to our fellow veterans. At Nation’s Finest, our mission is to support America’s military veterans and their families with a comprehensive approach to housing, health, and employment that helps them achieve self-sufficiency and reach their full potential.

  1. 10/08/2022

    S5 - EP1 Veterans Aspiring to a Life Of Reform (VALOR) with Chief Collins and Dr. Leyderman of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC)

    Chief Jerry Collins and Dr. Mariya Leyderman join Carry On from Louisville, KY to talk about the VALOR program (Veterans Aspiring to a Life Of Reform), a program at the Louisville Metro Correctional Department (LMDC) to help veterans reform their lives while in jail and position them for success upon release.

    23 min

  2. 03/08/2022

    S4 - EP14 Importance of Physical Activity to Health and Wellness with Mike Erwin

    Our guest today, Mike Erwin has dedicated his life to serving the nation and empowering people to build positive relationships. A graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point serving in three combat tours with the First Cavalry Division and 3rd Special Forces Group. His service includes deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He earned two Bronze Star Medals from these tours.  Following his third deployment, Mike attended the University of Michigan and while a graduate student, founded Team Red White & Blue (Team RWB), a non-profit health and wellness community for veterans.  Mike led Team RWB until 2013 before stepping back to focus on his role as board chair.  In November 2019, he returned to the Executive Director role where he currently leads the organization’s 232,000 members. Mike continues to proudly serve the nation as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, assigned to the Pentagon in support of the Army Chief of Operations’ office, led by Lieutenant General Jim Rainey.

    18 min

  3. 27/07/2022

    S4 - EP13 Affordable Housing for Veterans with Brad Long

    Brad Long, Executive Director of the Veterans Housing Development Corporation (VHDC) joins us to talk about affordable housing for veterans. Different veterans have different needs, and some just need a little extra boost to be able to own a home, and ultimately pay less or the same as what they were paying for substandard rentals.  Listen for more details about how veterans are finding affordable homes in California!

    18 min

  4. 21/07/2022

    S4 - EP12 Art Therapy with Oscar Romero

    In this episode, Oscar Romero joins us to talk about art. He'll explain how he got involved with art, and how he found it can be used to help others and provide avenues of expression. Oscar was born in El Salvador and raised in California. He studied under David Hardy at the School of Classical Realism in Oakland, California. He served four years in the Navy, and 4.5 years in the Coast Guard. He provides Art Therapy events at our very own Mather Veterans Village, and his wife, Sabrina Romero, is a Housing locator for Nation’s Finest under the Supportive Services for Veterans and Families program. The book Oscar Romero references in the podcast is Grand Central Winter: Stories form the street. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/63651.Grand_Central_Winter

    26 min

  5. 14/07/2022

    S4 - EP11 Let's Chill, National Ice Cream Day

    National Ice Cream Day is around the corner on Sunday, July 17th. Local ice cream parlor, Let’s Chill opened just a couple months ago in Coral Springs, Florida - owned by veterans Cristina & Ricardo Braga. Cristina is a registered nurse and Ricardo is a law enforcement offer. Cristina and Ricardo are both U.S. Army combat veterans, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan. They join us to talk about balancing business ownership with demanding jobs, and how their military experience helped them with the discipline to do just that.

    24 min

  6. 06/07/2022

    S4 - EP10 Eating Healthy with Shelli Cramer

    Shelli Cramer has been a Nutrition Services Coordinator with Nation’s Finest – Eureka for the last five years. She worked in catering prior to coming to Nation’s Finest, and she’s also a mom who loves to cook. People like Shelli make sure that veterans at our permanent supportive housing facilities have access to nutritious and balanced meals that meet the needs of each veteran while considering dietary restrictions and food allergies.

    26 min

  7. 30/06/2022

    S4 - EP9 Jean Durham on Leadership Coaching After Retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps

    Jean Durham is a retired Marine Corps Officer who now coaches executive leaders. Jean first enlisted in 1999, starting her career as an aviation operations specialist. Among many duty locations in this role, she deployed to Al Assad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007. After that deployment, Jean was accepted to the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program at Savannah State University where she earned her bachelor's degree and her commission as a Marine Corps Officer. As a lieutenant, and eventually as a captain, Jean served as a public affairs officer in numerous locations such as Paris Island, Camp Lejeune, Norfolk, VA, and overseas duty in Libya. Jean now works as an executive leadership coach with Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching, and joins us to share her story of transition from the Marine Corps to the world of business.

    16 min

  8. 08/06/2022

    S4 - EP8 Suzanne Gordon on Advocating for Adequate VA Funding and How to Find Legitimate Charities to Help Veterans

    Suzanne Gordon joins this episode to talk about how she encourages others to speak up with elected officials to ensure the VA is properly funded into the future. She also shares her advice for choosing the right charity to support when your goal is to help our military veterans.

    26 min
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À propos

This is a weekly program that discusses issues relevant to military veterans, produced by Nation's Finest, a veteran service organization. We explore different topics each week while providing insights and advice to our fellow veterans. At Nation’s Finest, our mission is to support America’s military veterans and their families with a comprehensive approach to housing, health, and employment that helps them achieve self-sufficiency and reach their full potential.

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    Nation's Finest
  • Années d’activité
    2021 - 2022
  • Épisodes
    61
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