The Scuttlebutt: Understanding Military Culture

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Welcome to The Scuttlebutt, a weekly pre-recorded program presented by The Veterans Breakfast Club. “Scuttlebutt” is a military term (specifically Navy) for talk or gossip around the watercooler below decks. And this is what our program is all about: we have informed conversations about the military experience, past and present. We want to bridge the divide between those who serve and those who don’t. We look at headlines, we tackle important topics, and we ask questions. Join us on this journey of spreading the Scuttlebutt!

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Monday May 29, 2023

Former Navy Intelligence Officer, MP Woodward, talks about his Espionage Drama Series The Handler and Dead Drop

Monday May 29, 2023

Former Navy Intelligence Officer, MP Woodward, talks about his Espionage Drama Series The Handler and Dead Drop

MP Woodward is a former Naval Intelligence Officer and now a critically acclaimed author of The Handler Series. His new book DEAD DROP, released last week and continues the story of CIA case officers John and Meredith Dale. A divorced couple forced to work together in the world of espionage.

When nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have reached a crisis point, the American Administration is determined to move ahead, but there are several stumbling blocks, not the least of which is the Iranian intelligence operative the CIA has hidden away in one of its safe houses. John and Meredith find themselves caught in the middle between Mossad, the CIA, and an Iranian hit squad!

In a genre known for strong leads, high stakes, political drama, and tense interpersonal relationships – how does MP stand out from the crowd? What real world event sparked The Handler series? And how does he mine his near-decade long service in the Navy for characters, plot, and true-to-life war games?

Find out this and more by joining Shaun (a professed geek of the thriller genre) as we dig into what makes John and Meredith tick and what techniques MP uses to overcome writers block.

MP Woodward - https://www.mpwoodward.com/

THE HANDLER - https://www.amazon.com/Handler-M-P-Woodward/dp/059344163X

DEAD DROP - https://bit.ly/3MxuM0o

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The Scuttlebutt is now on Wreaths Across America Radio. You listen in any time with this live link: https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/radio

To find out more information about the Veterans Breakfast Club and view our upcoming schedule of online and in-person events, visit our website at: http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

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Monday May 08, 2023

Military Spouses use Theater to Share their Stories of Life in the Military

Monday May 08, 2023

Military Spouses Use Theater to tell Their Story

When servicemen and women join the military, it creates a ripple effect. One that includes everyone in their family and it can be argued that that ripple effect is felt most acutely by their spouse and children.

Joining The Scuttlebutt this week to share their stories are Amy Uptgraft and Lea Johnson.

In July 2015, as Amy learned to cope with her husband’s deployments, loneliness at home, and distance from loved ones she established connections with other military spouses who shared similar experiences. This led Amy to write the play I WILL WAIT after interviewing countless spouses about the challenges of life in the military. The play impacted the military and civilian community and began a conversation about military spouses’ lives, their individual stories and journeys, and the support that was needed.

In 2017, Amy connected with two other military spouses in Alaska; Lea Johnson and Wendy Caldwell. Together, they took Amy’s inspiration and desire to serve military spouses to the next level. A year later, in March 2018, Veteran’s Spouse Project was formed.

Now, Veteran’s Spouse Project is dedicated to sharing the stories of generations of military spouses, uniting the military and civilian communities in friendship and understanding, and creating a beautiful space rooted in the values we hold dear.

Join The Scuttlebutt this week to hear about Amy and Lea’s passion for storytelling, the sacrifices they’ve had to make and their personal stories of triumph and strength.

Veterans Spouse Project - https://veteransspouseproject.org/

I WILL WAIT - https://veteransspouseproject.org/i-will-wait/

Thank you to our sponsor: Tobacco Free Adagio Health: https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

The Scuttlebutt is now on Wreaths Across America Radio. You listen in any time with this live link: https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/radio

To find out more information about the Veterans Breakfast Club and view our upcoming schedule of online and in-person events, visit our website at: http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Apr 24, 2023

S7 Ep23: Veteran Business Owner Jeremy Mock of Glass City Cafe

Monday Apr 24, 2023

Veteran Business Owner Jeremy Mock of Glass City Cafe

Jeremy Mock is a Marine Corps veteran and current Navy Reservist with a passion for business. After his time in the Marine Corps, Jeremy visited his hometown of Jeanette, PA and was struck by how the downtown area had deteriorated. He decided to help revitalize the town and decided to open Glass City Café.

Jeremy isn’t alone in his personal mission, according to a Census Bureau report in 2021, Veteran-owned businesses made up about 5.9% (337,934) of all businesses, with an estimated $947.7 billion in receipts, approximately 3.9 million employees, and about $177.7 billion in annual payroll.

What’s more valuable than the numbers are veterans are contributing to bridging the military/civilian divide by being present in their communities as well as supporting other veteran-owned businesses to help each other thrive.

Glass City Café prides itself on partnering with Veteran owned businesses to provide premier roasted coffee and tea. They work with local dairies and bakeries to source the freshest and tastiest additions to the coffee they serve and in doing so are helping to revitalize a small town.

Join The Scuttlebutt this week to hear about Jeremy’s success story and how he took the many lessons he learned from the military and uses them to overcome the challenges of owning a business.

Glass City Café – https://glasscitycafe.com/

Thank you to our sponsor: Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

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http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Mar 27, 2023

S7 Ep. 22: Veterans Journey Home Director/Filmmaker Frederick Marx

Monday Mar 27, 2023

Filmmaker Frederick Marx – Veterans Journey Home

Frederick Marx is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated director/writer with 45 years in the film business. He was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award.

Frederick is the founder of Warrior Films, a non-profit production company whose mission is to inspire needed social change by telling compelling stories highlighting transformational solutions.

To support this mission, Warrior Films recently put the finishing touches on Veterans Journey Home. This five-film series tells a different kind of “Hero’s Journey” than the one the public is used to. Not the tales of heroism and valor on the battlefield but the story of Veterans willing to fight the battle of the demons within – to find emotional and psychological peace with the ghosts of past decisions and actions. This hero’s journey requires a different kind of bravery, not facing bullets and IEDs, but facing tears of anguish and loss, facing acceptance of extreme fear, facing rage at betrayal, facing paralyzing self-doubt and shame, facing judgments of self-hatred.

The Veterans in the films, different across race, class, and culture – men and women, African Americans and Latinos, gay and straight…flesh out the different storylines. Their differing backgrounds and experiences express the full range of combat soldiery. Challenged by unemployment, rape, child abuse, homelessness, suicidal ideation, drug and alcohol addiction and more, what we witness through them is an emotional hurricane. Though at times terrifying, shocking, and emotionally wrenching, their stories of transformation ultimately prove tremendously uplifting, filled with humor and spirit, buoyed all the more by the expansive hearts of the men and women who serve them.

(Credit: WarriorFilms.org)

Warrior Films - https://warriorfilms.org/

Veterans Journey Home:

Veterans Journey Home - https://warriorfilms.org/veterans-journey-home/

Solutions Trailer – https://bit.ly/3Z6ul1B

On Black Mountain Trailer – http://bit.ly/3FEw6vQ

Kalani’s Story Trailer – http://bit.ly/3ndocDy

Ben’s Story Trailer – http://bit.ly/3ndo0nO

Leaving it on The Land Trailer - http://bit.ly/3TzkO1z

Other Films by Frederick Marx:

Hoop Dreams Trailer - https://bit.ly/3JwJJyw

The Unspoken Trailer - https://bit.ly/3ltLqVg

Books by Frederick Marx:

Rites to a Good Life - https://bit.ly/3LXbkf9

At Death do Us Part - https://bit.ly/3lp6TyN

Thank you to our sponsor: Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

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http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Mar 20, 2023

S7 Ep. 21:Letters from Vietnam

Monday Mar 20, 2023

Letters from Vietnam

To connect with family, friends, and loved ones back home today’s servicemen and women utilize email and live-video calls. That wasn’t always the case. In Vietnam, our brave men and women deployed overseas had to rely on written letters. These letters could contain good news, bad news, or no news at all. “Mail Call” was either a respite from the stressors of war or a depressing event. But what specifically did these letters contain? And how did our troops respond? What details did they omit to protect their loved ones? Did they fear a Dear John or Dear Jane letter?

Joining The Scuttlebutt this week to talk about the history of letter writing in the military including their personal letters home are Vietnam Veterans Donn Nemchick (Navy) and Jim Roberts (Army). Their wars couldn’t have been more different. Donn served on a ship while Jim served in the bush. How did they each receive their mail? And what did they write about when it came time to respond? Was Mail Call always a happy time? And what of our boys that fought in WWII? What was V-mail?

We also discuss the books, museums, and online exhibits that catalogue and preserve the stories of our servicemen and women for future generations.

For a brief history of the US Military Mail Services visit dvidshub.net

Operation Meatball - V-Mail: America's Secret Morale Booster in WW2 - http://bit.ly/3JfxINt

You Have V-Mail – Smithsonian Magazine - https://bit.ly/3yw8wxw

Mashable – V-Mail - https://mashable.com/feature/v-mail

Chapman University – The Center for American War Letters - http://bit.ly/3Trohzz

Boot Camp – What is Mail Call? - https://bit.ly/3TfJnki

Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam - https://bit.ly/3Tandjc

Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam - https://bit.ly/3ZGHzDl

Letters from Vietnam: Voices of War by Bill Adler - https://bit.ly/3mPlZxR

Letters from Vietnam by Dennis Hoy - https://bit.ly/425BjXc

The American Soldier | The Scuttlebutt | Season 7 Episode 1 - https://bit.ly/426miED

VBC Happy Hour with LOON author Jack McLean - https://bit.ly/3ZLjJpV

Loon by Jack McLean - https://bit.ly/3TgC0sz

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Mar 13, 2023

S7 Ep. 20: Can Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation cure PTSD?

Monday Mar 13, 2023

What is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation?

According to a recent report by the National Center for PTSD (2023) at some point in their life, 7 out of every 100 Veterans (or 7%) will have PTSD. In the general population, 6 out of every 100 adults (or 6%) will have PTSD in their lifetime. PTSD is also more common among female Veterans (13 out of 100, or 13%) versus male Veterans (6 out of 100, or 6%).

With the advent of new technologies, veterans have a wealth of options as they seek treatment as opposed to years past. On The Scuttlebutt we’ve attempted to demystify PTSD and provide information on available treatments; including Stellate Ganglion Block, Psychedelics, Writing, and even Grappling Martial Arts.

This week we highlight a new non-invasive treatment called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS. Worn on the top of the head, TMS devices stimulate a user’s brain waves using powerful magnets as a way to ‘rewire’ their brain activity. Currently approved by the FDA for headaches and anxiety, veterans have seen overwhelmingly positive results when using TMS to treat PTSD. They have reported healthier sleep patterns, less headaches, relief from suicidal ideations, and more relaxed responses to outside stimulation.

Joining The Scuttlebutt to talk about TMS and their personal results from treatment are Post 9/11 Army veteran Dirk Harkins, (and the point-of-contact in Ohio for TMS – Contact info below), and Marine Corps veterans Terry Wildman (Vietnam era) and Brian Majewski (Granada, Iraq, Afghanistan). Also joining me is frequent Scuttlebutt co-host and mastermind behind this episode, WTRF News Anchor/Reporter, Kathryn Ghion.

If you are interested in receiving TMS treatments, you can contact Dirk Harkins through email at dirkharkins68@gmail.com or by phone at 740-491-7125.

WTRF Reporting on TMS 1 – http://bit.ly/3ZjH95v

WTRF Reporting on TMS 2 - http://bit.ly/3F2ZjAm

Mayo Clinic - http://bit.ly/3yh6eSy

Harvard Health Publishing - http://bit.ly/3ygdwpM

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Mar 06, 2023

S7 Ep. 19: Pan Am Museum Foundation

Monday Mar 06, 2023

Pan Am Museum Foundation

The Pan Am Museum Foundation’s mission is to educate, celebrate, and inspire present and future generations by preserving historical and diverse personal stories of Pan American World Airways. Pan Am’s relationship with the military goes back decades and here to talk about that history are Museum Chair Linda Freire, Director of Curation And Historian John Luetich, and veteran and Director of Flight Operations Outreach Capt. John Marshall.

VBC Happy Hour with Pan Am Flight Attendants - https://bit.ly/3wdicvN

VBC Happy Hour with Pan Am Museum Foundation - https://bit.ly/3J58OSB

Pan Am Museum Foundation - https://www.thepanammuseum.org/about/

Wings of Freedom by Al Topping - https://bit.ly/3R6foKB

Last Flight Out - https://bit.ly/3iQiIN8

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Jan 30, 2023

S7 Ep. 18: Should I join the Navy?

Monday Jan 30, 2023

Should I join the Navy?

Joining The Scuttlebutt this week to talk about enlisting in the Navy are NTAG Officer Programs Officer & Outreach Coordinator LT Jade L. L. "Cool J" Reaves and Master at Arms, Coral Rodriguez. We talk with each of them about their service, how the Navy Talent Acquisition Group performs outreach to find the next generation of Navy recruits, and common questions they get about the Navy. For more information about joining the Navy see the links below:

Navy – https://www.navy.mil/

Are you looking to join the Navy? - http://bit.ly/3QY91sE

NTAG - https://www.navycs.com/districts.html

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Jan 23, 2023

S7 Ep. 17: Mission Transition author Matthew Louis

Monday Jan 23, 2023

Mission Transition with Veteran Author Matt Louis

Joining The Scuttlebutt this week to continue our series on transitioning from the military to civilian life is Matthew Louis. Matt is an Army veteran and one of the nation’s leading experts in career transition for veterans and public service professionals. He coaches individuals on their transition efforts and advises employers on hiring programs designed to successfully assimilate veterans into their organization. He is the author of the award-winning HarperCollins book Mission Transition, a practical guide for veterans in career transition, their families, and their employers.

Matthew Louis Website - https://matthewjlouis.com/

Mission Transition - https://matthewjlouis.com/books/

Purepost - https://www.purepost.co/

What Color is Your Parachute - https://bit.ly/3XhDqnX

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

For more about AER, check out our previous episode with former Spouse Ambassador of AER and Gold Star Wife, Krista Anderson - https://bit.ly/3AekNIB

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/

Monday Jan 16, 2023

S7 Ep. 16: War Movies Review

Monday Jan 16, 2023

Military Movie Reviews

Army veteran Ryan Ahl, News Anchor Kathryn Ghion, and Filmmaker Evan Mulgrave join The Scuttlebutt this week to talk Military Movies. Spoilers ahead! This time, Ryan chose two World War II movies that couldn’t be more different in style and story. Up for critique are the 2018 zombie flick, OVERLORD starring Wyatt Russell and the 2014 big-budget, tank warfare film, FURY starring Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf. What did we like? What drove us nuts? Join us for hilarity, ranting and raving, and Nazi Zombies.

Overlord – https://bit.ly/3Xcu8cB

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPd0vX2sdc

Fury - https://bit.ly/3vGBJEv

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNHuK1rteF4

To watch this episode, please visit our website at www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/scuttlebutt

For more about AER, check out our previous episode with former Spouse Ambassador of AER and Gold Star Wife, Krista Anderson - https://bit.ly/3AekNIB

Thank you to our sponsors: D and D Auto Salvage and Tobacco Free Adagio Health!

https://danddautosalvage.com/

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

http://www.veteransbreakfastclub.org/