Full Episode Summary Episode About Today’s Guest: Donald McCasland, LCSW-CCTP is one of the Cohen Veteran’s Network’s committed therapists at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone, in Clarksville, TN. As a veteran himself, Don uses his experiences during his 21 years in the service to better assist veterans Read more…
May of 1992. I was a month away from graduating High School, and had no idea what I was going to do. I had applied to a single college; got a partial scholarship, too. The only problem was, it was an out-of-state private Catholic school…the cost remaining per semester was Read more…
Full Episode Preview Episode About Today’s Guest: Dr. David Kieran is an Assistant Professor of History at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. He is particularly interested in the interactions of war, the military, and American culture from the Vietnam War era to the present. David has published widely Read more…
About Today’s Guest: Barry Zworestine was born in Southern Rhodesia (in what is now Zimbabwe) in 1953. After a fairly uneventful schooling in which he focused more on sports than on academics, he went to university in South Africa, where he spent several years training in the field of education. Read more…
What does it mean for a service member to have a “good” transition out of the military? Generally most would agree that the service member is successful in their transition if they are able to obtain employment, maintain quality relationships, and enjoy physical and psychological health. One where the service Read more…
About Today’s Guest: JJ Pinter is the Executive Director of Team Red, White, and Blue. As Team RWB’s 2nd employee, he has played a key role the development, growth, and operation of the organization. JJ works closely with board members, staff, and volunteer leaders to ensure the delivery of excellent Read more…
About Today’s Guest: Arie T. Greenleaf is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Seattle University. He earned a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from The University of Iowa, a bachelor’s degree in political science from The University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a master’s degree in counseling from Read more…
One thing I realized after I left the military is that it prepares us well for the gig economy. Even over a twenty-two year career, and working in a single career field, I had a dozen different jobs. Just about every two or three years, I was moving on and Read more…
About Today’s Guest: Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., ABPP, is Associate Professor in Psychiatry at in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. She serves as Clinical Director of the Emory University Veterans Program and Director of Mental Health Research and Program Evaluation at Read more…
About Today’s Guest: Joseph Smarro was born in Virginia and raised in New York. He graduated from Hadley-Luzerne High School in 2000. Immediately after graduating, he joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served honorably for four years with the 1st Battalion 4th Marines, Camp Pendleton, California. Joseph served Read more…