MOAA's Never Stop Serving Podcast

Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn, USA (Ret)
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MOAA's Never Stop Serving Podcast

The Military Officers Association of America's Never Stop Serving Podcast, hosted by retired Army Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn tackles issues important to servicemembers, veterans and their families.

  1. Col. Nicole Malachowski: When Illness Cuts Your Career Short

    12/06/2022

    Col. Nicole Malachowski: When Illness Cuts Your Career Short

    As we conclude our third season of the Never Stop Serving Podcast, host Olivia Nunn speaks with MOAA member Col. Nicole Malachowski, USAF (Ret). Our season has largely focused on war stories, but in this episode we learn of a dynamic career cut short by a surprising illness. After several deployments flying the F-15E Striker Eagle, Malachowski became the first female pilot in the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's demonstration team. Following several assignments, including command of the 333rd Fi...

    47 min
  2. Maj. Josh Glover: Helo Crash Sends Marines into Fallujah Firefight

    11/28/2022

    Maj. Josh Glover: Helo Crash Sends Marines into Fallujah Firefight

    In this episode of the Never Stop Serving Podcast, host Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn, USA (Ret), speaks with Silver Star recipient Maj. Josh Glover, USMC (Ret). During his second deployment to Iraq, Glover, then a first lieutenant, was serving as a Quick Reaction Force platoon commander when they were sent out to secure a downed CH-53 helicopter. During the mission, the QRF platoon was ambushed but able to fight through and return back to friendly lines, inflicting numerous enemy casualties on the wa...

    31 min
  3. Maj. Brian Cillessen: "We fought hard on this day."

    11/21/2022

    Maj. Brian Cillessen: "We fought hard on this day."

    In this episode of the Never Stop Serving podcast, host Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn, USA (Ret), speaks with Maj. Brian Cillessen, USMC (Ret). In January 2005 then-Capt. Cillessen was attached to a Special Forces ODA as an embedded trainer and Marine adviser for Afghan National Army commandos. While returning from a mission, his convoy was ambushed. Cillessen, now a television producer and host on The Sportsman Channel, details the actions in this battle that earned him the Silver Star.

    46 min
  4. Oil Terminal Attack: Coast Guardsman Earns Valor During the Iraq War

    11/14/2022

    Oil Terminal Attack: Coast Guardsman Earns Valor During the Iraq War

    In April 2004, Joe Ruggiero was a petty officer serving with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment aboard the Navy’s USS Firebolt in the Persian Gulf. Ruggiero and a team of Coast Guardsmen and sailors were conducting a boarding operation near an oil terminal when the boat they were intercepting detonated in an apparent suicide bombing, killing two sailors and one Coast Guardsman. For his actions that day, Ruggiero, now a Chief Warrant Officer 2, became the first Coast Guardsman since the ...

    34 min
  5. Marine and Author Elliot Ackerman: On America's End in Afghanistan

    11/07/2022

    Marine and Author Elliot Ackerman: On America's End in Afghanistan

    As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021, Elliot Ackerman, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and MARSOC team leader, found himself in the middle of an unofficial evacuation effort to help Afghan allies escape the country. Ackerman, a Silver Star recipient and author, wrote about the effort and his experiences in Afghanistan in his latest book, "The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan."

    37 min
  6. Lt. Col. Melissa May: Combat Pilot by Day, Diaper Duty By Night

    10/31/2022

    Lt. Col. Melissa May: Combat Pilot by Day, Diaper Duty By Night

    Melissa May didn’t grow up with fighter pilot dreams but the self-described "tree hugger and snowboarder" was recruited to swim at the the Air Force Academy. In due time May found herself flying combat missions over Libya by day and changing diapers by night. Now a retired lieutenant colonel, May talks about these adventures, the mission over Baghdad that earned her a Distinguished Flying Cross and her transition to a commercial pilot for United.

    41 min
  7. Combat Rescue: Two-time Silver Star Recipient Chris Barnett

    10/25/2022

    Combat Rescue: Two-time Silver Star Recipient Chris Barnett

    In this episode Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn, USA (Ret.) speaks with retired Col. Chris Barnett, a U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk pilot, who was pulled off an instructor assignment and sent to Afghanistan to fly combat rescue missions in Helmand Province. His life-saving actions in the spring of 2009 resulted in two Silver Stars. Chris tells our host Olivia Nunn about the high op tempo his unit faced, and the challenge of returning home.

    37 min
  8. Stopping an Insider Attack: Silver Star Recipient Delorean Sheridan Tells His Story

    09/29/2022

    Stopping an Insider Attack: Silver Star Recipient Delorean Sheridan Tells His Story

    In this episode, Silver Star recipient Delorean Sheridan, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant, walks listeners through an insider attack he stopped on March 11, 2013 in Afghanistan. After serving more than 20 years, Sheridan now works on Capitol Hill.

    27 min
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The Military Officers Association of America's Never Stop Serving Podcast, hosted by retired Army Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn tackles issues important to servicemembers, veterans and their families.

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  • Creator
    Lt. Col. Olivia Nunn, USA (Ret)
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 MOAA's Never Stop Serving Podcast
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