The Blue Grit Podcast

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs – U.S. Space Force
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The Blue Grit Podcast features conversations with current and former military leaders, mental health experts, elite athletes, veterans and other individuals who have overcome significant adversity. Purpose of the podcast is to de-stigmatize mental illness and provide strategies for developing grit.

  1. 05/28/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 28 Lt Lindy Jones

    Lt Lindy Jones qualified for the 2020 Olympic trials on her first marathon. Enjoy our conversation about running, her mental game, fast women, and things that really matter to her. Lt Jones is a part of the World Class Athlete Program for track & field and the marathon. She will continue to train for the Olympic trials in the 10k on the track this Summer.

    50 min

  2. 03/24/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast

    Episode 24 is an interview with Major Weston S Kelsey, a 3 time Fencing Olympian, Olympic Coach, and Force Support Squadron Flight Commander. Maj Kelsey discusses how to overcome setbacks and design deliberate practices that mimic high pressured situations to learn adaptations to stress. He is currently guiding the growth of a fencing club in Oklahoma.

    48 min

  3. 03/24/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 24 Maj Kesley

    Episode 24 is an interview with Major Weston S Kelsey, a 3 time Fencing Olympian, Olympic Coach, and Force Support Squadron Flight Commander. Maj Kelsey discusses how to overcome setbacks and design deliberate practices that mimic high pressured situations to learn adaptations to stress. He is currently guiding the growth of a fencing club in Oklahoma.

    48 min

  4. 01/08/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 18 SMSgt (Ret.) Tiwanda Griffin-Greer

    Episode 18 is a conversation with SMSgt Tiwanda Griffin-Greer, a first-hand witness of an active shooter event that tragically unfolded at Lackland Training Annex in 2016. (The event is described in further detail in Episode 6 — an interview with Abby Schroder who survived her husband, Col Bill Schroeder.) SMSgt Griffin-Greer discusses struggling with survivor’s guilt, invisible wounds, and finding a balance between giving 100% to the Air Force and her family.

    1h 10m

  5. 01/08/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 19 A1C (Ret.) BJ Lange

    A1C (Ret.) BJ Lange is the comedy coach for the Air Force's Wounded Warrior Program. An actor and comedian, he was diagnosed with cancer while on orders in the Air Force Reserve getting him enrolled into AFW2. A year into temporary retirement, a cancer relapse set him into a mental health free freefall he soon found his resilience via teaching his passion of improv comedy to his fellow wounded warriors and their caregivers - helping them and him heal with laughter therapy. Check out BJ Lange's story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVvSd6SW1Go&feature=youtu.be

    1h 6m

  6. 01/08/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 18 SMSgt Tiwanda Griffin-Greer

    Episode 18 is a conversation with SMSgt Tiwanda Griffin-Greer, a first-hand witness of an active shooter event that tragically unfolded at Lackland Training Annex in 2016. (The event is described in further detail in Episode 6 — an interview with Abby Schroder who survived her husband, Col Bill Schroeder.) SMSgt Griffin-Greer discusses struggling with survivor’s guilt, invisible wounds, and finding a balance between giving 100% to the Air Force and her family.

    1h 10m

  7. 01/08/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 19 A1C (Ret.) BJ Lang

    A1C (Ret.) BJ Lange is the comedy coach for the Air Force's Wounded Warrior Program. An actor and comedian, he was diagnosed with cancer while on orders in the Air Force Reserve getting him enrolled into AFW2. A year into temporary retirement, a cancer relapse set him into a mental health free freefall he soon found his resilience via teaching his passion of improv comedy to his fellow wounded warriors and their caregivers - helping them and him heal with laughter therapy. Check out BJ Lange's story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVvSd6SW1…&feature=youtu.be

    1h 6m

  8. 01/08/2020

    The Blue Grit Podcast Episode 20 MSgt (Ret.) David Long

    Episode 20 features MSgt (Ret.) David Long who completed 20+ years of Army and Air Force service. While struggling with PTSD at the end of his military career and still in excellent physical shape, he was unexpectedly diagnosed with a heart condition that led to two major heart surgeries. Determined to find his way back to health, he continued to emphasize fitness. He was enrolled in the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program. After competing as a wounded warrior, he continued to find resiliency by giving back and photographing accomplishments of other wounded warriors, illustrating visual proof of their determination.

    1h 4m
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The Blue Grit Podcast features conversations with current and former military leaders, mental health experts, elite athletes, veterans and other individuals who have overcome significant adversity. Purpose of the podcast is to de-stigmatize mental illness and provide strategies for developing grit.

Information

  • Creator
    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs – U.S. Space Force
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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