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!

Episodes

Monday Jul 03, 2023

Army Veteran Ahmad Burse finds a new mission after his transition from the Military

Monday Jul 03, 2023

Joining Shaun on The Scuttlebutt is Army Veteran, career coach, and entrepreneur Ahmad Burse. Following in the footsteps of his parents Ahmad served in the Military (Army). During his service, he learned many things about himself while becoming a skilled communicator. These skills were crucial as he made his transition to civilian life. Ahmad worked in HR with the Army Corps of Engineers and it was here that he found his new passion for assisting Engineers and veterans with career coaching.

Passionate about empowering veterans transitioning from military service to rewarding civilian careers, Ahmad brings a wealth of expertise in the corporate and federal sectors to his role as a Veterans Corporate & Federal Career Coach. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges veterans face and a commitment to turning these into opportunities, he helps his clients chart their career paths, align their skills with their interests, and achieve their professional goals.

He provides personalized coaching that includes personal branding, resume and interview preparation, job search strategies, and networking assistance. Additionally, he helps his clients navigate the unique aspects of the federal job application process USAJOBS, a service that sets him apart from traditional career coaches.

As a seasoned professional with a proven track record of success, his mission is to equip veterans with the tools and confidence they need to advance in their current roles in the corporate or federal sectors.

Specializing in one-on-one coaching and group workshops, Ahmad provides personalized guidance and robust support systems to navigate the job market, identify opportunities, and achieve career advancement.

Ahmad Burse LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/burseconsulting/

Connect with Ahmad – ahmad@burseconsulting.com or 301-659-7899

Veteran Success Story: Ahmad Burse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgInyNLBTQ

Support this podcast:

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/

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Monday Jun 26, 2023

Army Veteran and Licensed Behavioral Health Provider Tara Fields talks about Mental Health in the Military

Monday Jun 26, 2023

Tara Fields is a licensed behavioral health provider, Army combat veteran, and passionate advocate for the improvement of mental health care for all service members. Tara is part investigator, author, clinician, politician, and is on a mission to change the damning course our military continues down which is proving deadly. What she shares in Tracer Patient is a sobering account of her own personal journey and captures just how deeply flawed the current system is.

Through Tara’s story and other service members and their families’ stories, we learn that everyone must balance the demands of the system with the art of caring for oneself. During her service, Tara would learn that she was disregarding the fact that her own mental health was being overwhelmed and overstimulated. She nearly became a casualty herself. She would transition from the role of the mental health provider to the patient in a way she never saw coming. As a trained psychotherapist and seasoned Army Officer, she was motivated more than ever to expose the harsh realities plaguing our military today with respect to failed policies, toxic command climates, and a grossly negligent and failing military mental health system.

Tara speaks hard truths to power and refuses to quit until suicide rates decrease and until we fix an epically broken mental health system. She addresses the problem and provides impactful solutions.

Tracer Patient aims to bring insight, then spark action and to motivate the reader, regardless of what system you may find yourself, to stand up to these things that are happening and to do your part to bring about systemic changes affecting us all.

Tracer Patient - https://www.writersrepublic.com/bookshop/tracer-patient

Support this podcast:

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 Jun 19, 2023

Yinz Are Good host Tressa Glover talks about her family and the good things happening around Pittsburgh

Monday Jun 19, 2023

Yinz Are Good celebrates the GOOD STUFF going on in Pittsburgh and the GOOD PEOPLE who remind us that kindness, compassion and sincerity exist, even in these precarious times.

Episodes include interviews with groups, organizations or individuals in the Pittsburgh, PA area who are helping those in need in our communities.

Host Tressa Glover also asks listeners to share their stories about times when someone changed their lives for the better. Could have been a friend, a colleague, even a stranger...It could be a story that changed the course of their life or simply the course of their day. Sharing our stories is one of the best ways to connect with, learn from, and help each other -- and couldn't we all use that right about now?

We flip the script this week as Tressa joins The Scuttlebutt to talk about her podcast and her family’s military history.

Our shared passion for storytelling and creating communities of listening to connect, educate, heal, and inspire shines through for an uplifting episode about what it means to be a good neighbor, friend, and advocate for those around us.

Yinz Are Good Website - https://www.yinzaregood.com/

Listen to Yinz Are Good - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yinz-are-good/id1525439114

Yinz Are Good Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yinzaregood/?hl=en

Yinz Are Good Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Yinz-Are-Good-100064210926306/

Pittsburgh Press Article about the Glover Brothers - https://www.newspapers.com/article/112929065/pgh-press-july-18-1945/

Socks with a Mission - https://www.sockswithamission.org/

Support this podcast:

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 Jun 12, 2023

An Honest Conversation about the Military Civilian Divide

Monday Jun 12, 2023

An Honest Conversation about the Military Civilian Divide

I’ve heard it stated equally from both veterans and non-veterans that it is their own responsibility to help bridge the military/civilian divide. Civilians need to do more to understand what veterans have been through and take a more active role in learning about the wars we are fighting. While veterans need to be more open to sharing their experiences while contributing to their communities. I’ve learned over the course of The Scuttlebutt that the truth lies somewhere in the middle and have found that we are more alike than different.

Where do we start?

I believe it begins with curiosity, the willingness to ask questions, and listening. Lots of listening.

Sitting down with me this week to ask some hard questions is Post 9/11 Vet and Marine Corps Infantryman Stew Blackwell. Stew is a podcast host, author, and passionately believes that diving deeper will ultimately bring us closer together. With his brutal honesty and fresh perspective, he hosts the Warrior Legacy Podcast.

Our conversation covers Stew’s service, his thoughts about the civ/mil divide and ultimately Stew gets to ask me some questions about my civilian perspective of his generation and the War on Terror. It’s an honest conversation that not to be missed.

Warrior Legacy Podcast - https://bit.ly/3NgqlsE

Scales on War - https://bit.ly/43oxdd6

Gates of Fire - https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Fire-Novel-Battle-Thermopylae/dp/0553580531

Support this podcast:

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 Jun 05, 2023

OBTT – Off-Base Transition Training offers free workshops for Vets, Guard, Reservists, and Spouses to find employment

Monday Jun 05, 2023

OBTT – Off-Base Transition Training offers free workshops for Vets, Guard, Reservists, and Spouses to find employment

The Off-Base Transition Training (OBTT) pilot program is an opportunity earned through service for veterans, veterans currently serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and their spouses to take control of their career through workshops to help meet their employment goals.

The ten, two-hour workshops are in-person, virtual and built to fit your schedule. These workshops are offered to you at no cost based on your service. You can mix and match workshops to meet your employment goals and attend workshops at your own pace.

The Workshops cover everything from developing your resume to nurturing interview skills and negotiating a salary. There is something for everyone!

Joining The Scuttlebutt to talk about OBTT are veterans Pam Langley and Marlene Ciesielski. Between them they have 55 years of combined service in the armed forces and have committed themselves to serving veterans by helping them find gainful employment.

Don’t wait – register for a workshop today!

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 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

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 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!

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

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!

https://tobaccofree.adagiohealth.org/

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

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