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Today we have Dr. Frank Butler, a retired Navy Undersea Medical Officer and an ophthalmologist who served as a Navy SEAL platoon commander prior to attending medical school. Just a few weeks after our interview, President Joe Biden awarded Frank a Presidential Citizens Medal during a White House ceremony. The medal is one of the highest honors a civilian can receive and recognized Frank's many contributions to civilian and military trauma care. Frank is credited with founding Tactical Combat Causality Care, also known as TC Three, which has transformed battlefield medical care and saved thousands of lives.  TCCC is now used throughout the U.S. military and much of the world. In today's interview, we talk to Frank about his recent book, “Tell Them Yourself: It's Not Your Day to Die,” which describes the challenges and improvements TCCC has experienced over the past three decades. Frank spent most of his 26-year career in Navy Medicine supporting the Special Operations community. He served a five-year stint as a Diving Medical Research officer at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit in Panama City, Fla., where he helped develop many of the diving techniques and procedures used by Navy SEALs today. Show notes: [00:03:31] Dawn opens the interview asking Frank what it was like growing up in Savannah, Ga., in the 50s and 60s. [00:04:40] Dawn asks Frank about his father, who was an industrial engineer, and who became director of urban housing in Savannah during a time when the city was developing public housing. [00:05:47] Ken asks Frank if it's true that most of his family went into the medical field. [00:06:33] Ken asks Frank about his experience attending a Navy SEALs demonstration during his sophomore year of college. [00:08:09] Dawn asks Frank about his experience going through Navy SEAL training, particularly the Basic Underwater Demolition SEALs School. [00:09:29] Dawn asks if it's true that five people in Frank's family have become Navy SEALs. [00:10:08] Ken explains that after Frank left the SEALs in 1975, he had to figure out what to do next with his life. Frank talks about what led to his decision to go to medical school. [00:11:14] Ken asks Frank how he ended up at Jacksonville Naval Hospital to do an internship in family medicine. [00:11:46] Dawn explains that after Frank's internship, he was assigned to the Navy Experimental Dive Unit. She asks him to talk about this experience. [00:12:25] Frank talks about some of the projects he worked on during this period. [00:14:43] Ken asks Frank how he decided on ophthalmology as his surgical specialization. [00:15:47] Dawn asks Frank what his experience as a resident at Bethesda Naval Hospital was like. [00:16:52] Dawn explains that after Frank completed his residency, he was assigned to Pensacola Naval Hospital. Dawn asks Frank how he ended up becoming the biomedical research director for the Navy SEALs. [00:18:48] Ken mentions that Frank worked on several important projects as research director for the SEALs, including battlefield trauma care, a tactical athlete program, improved treatment of decompression sickness, and the Navy SEAL nutrition guide. Ken begins by asking Frank to talk about his work on the tactical athlete program. [00:20:33] Dawn explains that another one of Frank's projects as research director for the SEALs was the design of the Navy special warfare decompression computer. Dawn asks Frank to explain what a decompression computer does for a diver. [00:21:35] Dawn asks Frank to elaborate on the process of designing this decompression computer and the algorithm as well as the process of getting it approved for the Navy. [00:23:31] Ken asks Frank to talk about a program he worked on to promote refractive surgery. While this program was initially designed to improve combat vision for SEALs, the program has expanded to all active-duty service members, including aviators.

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-a

In this episode, we are joined by two researchers specializing in the medical evidence related to the JFK assassination. This conversation takes a closer look at Bethesda Naval Hospital, where JFK's autopsy was conducted, and scrutinizes the actions of key personnel and officials involved. Our guests share insights into inconsistencies in autopsy procedures, unexplained alterations in medical records, and the role of Bethesda in shaping the official narrative. Building on our previous episode on Parkland Hospital, we trace JFK's body from Dallas to Bethesda and discuss how the events there contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the case and its potential implications for the investigation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!   I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!   I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!   Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?   Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey! I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh? Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh? Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped! Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh? Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Please join us over at  JFK The Enduring Secret You Tube Channel for another gripping episode in our series entitled Mysteries of the Enduring Secret. Our newest mystery episode covers Commander William Bruce Pitzer. Commander Pitzer died October 29, 1966 and the cause of death was officially ruled a suicide. For those of you who are avid listeners of JFK The Enduring Secret podcast, you know that I produced an extensive podcast episode on this story. It's episode 98 of JFK The Enduring Secret. Well, now, on our JFK Enduring Secret You Tube Channel, Mysteries of the Enduring Secret Series, we bring to you an interview by Rick Russo and myself with William Pitzer's nephew, Bruce Fernandez . Commander Pitzer supposedly died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the right temple. Many still believe it was murder and the evidence weighs heavy on that side of the scale…that it was indeed murder. Commander Pitzer was in charge of the Educational Television Division at Bethesda Naval Hospital at the time of the President's death. On the Monday or Tuesday following President Kennedy's autopsy, fellow Navy colleague Dennis David would enter Pitzer's office and see him working on a movie film that had been taken of the President's autopsy. Pitzer was making stills from the movie frames, and analyzing the movie as well. This film has never surfaced. It was believed to be the filming of the pre-examination which likely took place that night before the official autopsy got underway. Listen to our earlier Mysteries of the Enduring Secret episode that covers the two morgues at Bethesda to understand better how Pitzer's involvement fits into the mystery of the two morgues.  Along with Robert Knudsen, Pitzer may have been one of two main characters who were involved in producing the visual record of what was actually determined at the Presidents true pre-examination autopsy. Pitzer's death occurred just two days before he was due to retire from active military service. The FBI joined the investigation of his death, and J. Edgar Hoover was directly informed almost immediately about it, as well as the ongoing results of the investigation. While the death was ruled officially a suicide, the forensic evidence points to foul play. The fundamental question was whether Pitzer was in possession of any of those original autopsy materials taken at the pre-exam,  and whether there were men determined to gain possession of those materials, and possibly to silence Pitzer in the process. Dennis David observed those materials with Pitzer... and David stated that they clearly showed a shot from the front which had entered and then destroyed a major portion of President Kennedy's brain, creating the related blow out in  the rear of his head. Join Rick Russo  and I as we follow the trail and discuss the case with Pitzer's nephew Bruce Fernandez, who adored his uncle, and who believes was murdered…Pursuit of the truth in this case  has become a life long  endeavor for Mr. Fernandez.  So hurry up and get on over to our You Tube Channel JFK The Enduring Secret and watch this latest episode. I guarantee…you wont be disappointed! Oh, and if you haven't subscribed yet to our you tube channel…please do!  

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh? Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?  Did you doze off? No?? Well. If you want to know more, then you'll just have to ask me when I'm on-air!

Howdy! If you've landed here, then I suppose you wanna know my deep, dark secrets. Sorr-rey!  I will tell you I am a U.S. Navy disabled veteran. All my duty stations in a nutshell: I started in Antarctica (Summer Support based out of Port Hueneme, California) and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Illinois briefly for Forecast school. Then off to Iceland; spent 1 year at Bethesda Naval Hospital in a quite torturous year in physical therapy. From there I ended up as Staff Meteorologist as an E-6 (after my E-7 left and told the detailer an E-7 AG wasn't needed at that command) to an admiral in Okinawa. In between I went to the Philippines, Thailand, oh and South Korea a few times and once to Yokosuka, Japan. My final duty station was at Whidbey Island, Washington. I finished my journyeyman course there and became a Certified Journeyman Meteorologist. Still wasn't good enough for the National Weather Service, though. Oh well. And, believe it or not – I did volunteer DJ work for Armed Forces Radio in both Antarctica and in Iceland! Out of all of that, I don't have ONE good sea story for you!  I spent 10 years as a weather producer making all the graphics you would see for the then startup of CNN International. All but one producer were pink slipped!  Still with me?? Wow… you DO like punishment, don't you? So after another ten years of drifting around for work, I did the absolute final injury to my back and am now in a fully disabled state as far as work goes. Good thing I had that ten years at CNN International, since I missed out on retiring from the Navy. For my 65th birthday just this last May, I gave myself one helluva gift by toally blowing the quadricep tendon to my left knee! What a way to celebrate one's milestone birthday, huh?

Born and raised in East Los Angeles, CA, Sal Gonzalez learned to sing in grade school while performing in the choir and quickly fell in love with the whole process. He later picked up playing guitar partially by learning from his self-taught father and partially by playing in bands with much better guitar players. Sal quickly started singing lead in bands throughout high school, having small success with his Spanish rock band “La Cabaña,” playing locally all-over Southern California. After the terror attacks of 9/11, Sal decided to serve his country and shifted his focus from music to being a United States Marine—a title he would later earn in late 2003. After training to become a machine gunner, Sal proudly served with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and would later be deployed to Iraq in the late summer of 2004. On October 31, 2004, Sal's vehicle was struck for the 7th time during that deployment, killing Lt. Matthew D. Lynch and severely injuring Sal and one other Marine Sal was flown to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where, after coming out of a weeklong coma, he learned the extent of his injuries. After more than 30 surgeries and 4 months of hospitalization, his left leg was amputated below the knee. Once healed, he was sent to San Antonio Medical Center in Texas, where he spent the next year learning to walk on his new prosthetic leg. Sal retired from the United States Marine Corps in late 2005 and, after a quick stay back home in Los Angeles, CA, he moved to Nashville, TN to pursue his dreams of songwriting and performing.

Publisher Kris Millegan speaks with Dr. Jerome Corsi about his new book, co-authored with Dr. David Mantik, THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: The Final Analysis, Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Right Front and One from the Rear, with an Introduction by Douglas Horne, senior analyst on the military records team for the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (the ARRB). Dr. Corsi received his Ph.D. from Harvard University's Department of Government and has published over thirty books on economics, history, and politics, including six New York Times bestsellers, two at number one. Dr. Corsi was a senior editor at WorldNetDaily.com for 12 years, where he authored hundreds of articles. His new website and podcast are TheTruthCentral.com. They discuss many things indicating the JFK assassination was a coup d'état, a well thought out plot emanating from those affiliated with multinational corporations, who wanted a small cabal running America, who wanted to kill America and traumatize the nation. The kill zone, Dealey Plaza, was created by Masons in the 1930s. A longstanding animosity of the descendants of the Knights Templar against Roman Catholics, and a longstanding animosity of imperialists against a republic that's supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, seemed to permeate a number of people and institutions implicated in the conspiracy. “People started working against the Constitution before the ink was dry.” Allen Dulles was “clearly one of the architects” of the assassination. The Dulles brothers and Prescott Bush financed Adolf Hitler's rise in Germany. Allen Dulles helped the Nazis get their gold and loot out of Germany and into the American stock market. Pegasus, the group Truman set up to spy on the intelligence agencies, recorded a phone call between J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Allen Dulles, George H.W. Bush, and Nelson Rockefeller discussing the upcoming assassination. Three coffins, each supposedly containing JFK's body, arrived at Bethesda Naval Hospital the night of November 22, 1963.  Author and FBI agent Don Adams was certain, after working on the first investigation of the assassination, that Oswald could not have killed Kennedy and that there were at least 14 or 15 shots fired at the president. And Kris asserted that “They did this in this public spectacle because it was a mass trauma hit against the American people. We stopped trusting our government [after the lies and coverup became obvious]. There are people who want us to think that ‘government's bad.' But we need some sort of government so we can all talk to each other without killing each other.”

On November 22, 1963, the world was forever changed as bullets rocking the US and the optimism of the Kennedy campaign claiming the life of US President John F. Kennedy. In the aftermath, over 2,000 books have delved into the events of that fateful November day, spawning one of the most enduring and captivating conspiracy theories in history. Enter Eric, Sean, and Jorge as they embark on an exploration into the mysteries surrounding JFK's assassination. The trio sets the stage by dissecting the findings of the Warren Commission, the investigative body convened by President Lyndon Johnson to unravel the truth behind Kennedy's death. Nearly six decades later, the shadow of JFK's demise looms large, prompting relentless scrutiny and debate. As the world grapples with questions surrounding the assassination, the hosts navigate through the intricate web of evidence and speculation, peeling back the layers of intrigue to reveal the heart of the mystery. Delving deeper into the Warren Commission's report, the focus shifts to the timeline leading up to the tragic demise of Lee Harvey Oswald and dissecting the Commission's controversial conclusions. Was Oswald the lone gunman or a mere scapegoat in a larger conspiracy? The hosts sift through the evidence with a critical eye, challenging conventional wisdom and shedding light on overlooked details that may hold the key to understanding the truth. The spotlight then shifts to Lee Harvey Oswald himself, a figure enshrined in infamy as either the perpetrator or the pawn in a larger game. Join the hosts as they unravel the enigmatic life of Oswald, exploring the tangled web of circumstances that surround him. From his troubled upbringing to his mysterious connections, every aspect of Oswald's life is scrutinized in search of clues that may illuminate his true role in the assassination. As the series progresses, the trio uncovers a labyrinth of mysteries surrounding the assassination, from peculiar witness accounts in Dealey Plaza to the bewildering testimonies surrounding the shooting of Officer JD Tippit. The chaos of Parkland Hospital and the contentious autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital only deepen the intrigue, painting a vivid portrait of a nation grappling with shock and disbelief in the aftermath of tragedy. In the climactic exploration, Eric, Sean, and Jorge dissect the myriad conspiracy theories that have swirled around JFK's assassination for decades. From the enigmatic Umbrella Man to theories of an "accidental" shooting, the trio sifts through the outlandish and the plausible in a bid to uncover the truth. Join them as they bring this epic five-part podcast series to a riveting close, shedding light on one of the most enduring mysteries of modern history: the death of John F. Kennedy. This episode was recorded in November of 2022 and released as 5 seperate parts. This is that recording in a single release. Patreon -- https://www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast Our Website - www.theconspiracypodcast.com Our Email - info@theconspiracypodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theconspiracypodcast/message

Episode 249 – Archeology and the Bible – Part 5 – Names We Know Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script: [Belshazzar] called in his advisors, who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars. [Belshazzar] told them, “The man who can read this writing … will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. Daniel, Chapter 5, verse 7, Contemporary English Version ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K and I want to welcome you to Anchored by Truth. Anchored by Truth is brought to you by Crystal Sea Books because we have a passion for wanting everyone to reawaken to the life giving truth that is found only in the pages of the Bible. The Bible is the only book in the world that provides God’s special revelation to mankind and contains the good news of salvation that is available through Christ Jesus. Today we are going to continue our series that we are calling “Archeology and the Bible.” The Bible is a book that is firmly set in place and time. It contains a significant amount of history and, despite the doubts of some critics the history contained in the Bible is accurate and reliable. And one way the reliability of the Bible’s history has been demonstrated is through archeological finds and artifacts. So, to help us continue our discussion today in the studio we have RD Fierro, who is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, can you give us a brief summary of the points that we have made thus far in our “Archeology and the Bible” series? RD: Sure. But before I do that I would also like to say “hi” to everyone and welcome them to Anchored by Truth. As you mentioned our passion at Crystal Sea Books is to help people either connect or reconnect with the Bible as an essential part of their life. Until relatively recently, for hundreds of years in fact, people have recognized the Bible as being of immeasurable value for both life and success. President Theodore Roosevelt once said that “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” What Roosevelt recognized is that the Bible is a unique book. The Bible imparts not only knowledge but wisdom. VK: And that is a point that is often missing in our technologically obsessed culture. We have more facts and data at our fingerprints, literally in our pockets and purses, than any generation in history. Yet, as important as some of that information may be it does surprisingly little to contribute to wisdom. In fact, in some cases it seems like the more information we can command the less wisdom we choose to absorb. RD: Sadly, I agree with you. Our smart phones can tell us every address on the planet and how to get to them but they do precious little to helping us get the most important place in all of creation: heaven. VK: And what good would it do us to have visited every amazing site or attraction on earth if we don’t ensure that we are steadily on course for heaven as we travel this world’s highways and byways? RD: Exactly. As that quote from Teddy Roosevelt tells us the way we can be really smart with our “smart phones” is to use them to give us immediate access to the Bible. But no one is going to be motivated to read the Bible, whether it is on their phone, their computer, or on paper, if they aren’t convinced that the Bible has important things to say. And for them to be convinced of that they must believe the Bible is true. VK: I saw a yard sign the other day that said “Read banned books.” Ironically, the book most banned in today’s culture is the Bible. It’s not permitted in government run schools and it’s excluded from a lot of government buildings. At one time Bethesda Naval Hospital wanted to keep visitors from bringing Bibles into the hospital as part of comforting wounded soldiers. A lot of social service programs are prohibited from mentioning the Bible as part of treating people with substance abuse or mental health problems. I doubt the person who had the sign in their yard realizes that in putting that sign up they are actually encouraging Bible readership. RD: Right. But as an old boss of mine used to say, “it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” So, the candle we want to light is simply the one that stands in front of an open Bible. And that’s the reason we wanted to take a few episodes of Anchored by Truth and talk about archeology. There have been a great many archeological finds that have confirmed the accuracy of the history contained in the Bible even when that history had been doubted by the secular world. And we’ve covered a number of specific examples in the first four episodes of this series. Today we want to provide a couple more examples of instances where secular historians doubted names contained in the Bible but those names have now been confirmed. VK: In our last episode we talked about the fact that when a historian gets names and titles right it increases our confidence that the historian is reporting history accurately. And in our last episode we showed that the Bible not only gets the names and titles of major historical figures right, but is also accurate with less prominent people and government officials. We are going to continue that theme today. Where do you want to start? RD: Let’s take a look at one of the best known stories in the Bible – the handwriting on the wall. Even though the story is well known most people know very little about the principle human player in the story – Belshazzar. VK: We heard about Belshazzar [BELL-SHAZ-ZAR] in our opening scripture. He was a Babylonian ruler who was reigning in Babylon at the time the Babylonians fell to the combined army of the Medes and the Persians who were being led by the Persian king, Cyrus. This story is found in the book of Daniel chapter 5. Belshazzar was hosting a banquet for nobles and royal officials and all of them were getting drunk. At one point in the festivities the king ordered his servants to bring out the sacred vessels that had been brought to Babylon when the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem. The Babylonians took all the gold and silver serving cups and vessels from the temple and carried them back to Babylon. There they put them in the royal treasury. On this occasion the king appears to have wanted to remind everyone of the glorious history of the Babylonian Empire so he commanded the vessels to be brought out for use in their drunken revel. RD: Yes. So, most people know the next part of the story. As Belshazzar and the Babylonians are committing sacrilege with the temple treasures a giant man’s hand appears in their midst and begins writing on the wall. The hand writes four words but no one knows how to interpret them. So, Belshazzar announces that if they can find anyone who can read the words and interpret them, Belshazzar will make that person the 3rd most important person in the Empire. It’s very important to note that Belshazzar didn’t offer to make them the 2nd most important person in the Empire but the 3rd most important. VK: That is a strange detail. Why make someone the 3rd most important person in a kingdom? That just seems like a very strange way to offer a reward. RD: And from archeology we now know why Belshazzar framed his offer that way. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For many years secular historians thought that this story from the book of Daniel got the name of the king wrong and therefore that the story was just fictional. That’s because it was well known from history that the last king of Babylon, before they were conquered, was Nabonidus. Historians were somewhat uncertain as to how Nabonidus ascended to the throne of Babylon. He wasn’t in the lineage of the Babylonian royal family. He seems to have some kind of a prominent career before he became king and many scholars believe he had married a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar who is the most famous Babylonian king and is prominently featured in the early part of the book of Daniel. One thing that does seem to be clear is that Nabonidus’ elevation to being the king was as a big a surprise to him as it was to others. Notwithstanding his unlikely ascension to the throne Nabonidus was well known enough to have history remember his name. The same thing was not true for his son Belshazzar. Secular history forgot about Belshazzar for centuries but the Bible never did. VK: And for anyone who hasn’t read the book of Daniel, or read it in a while, we’d recommend picking it up tonight. Daniel is the 4th of the Major Prophets but also the shortest. The entire book is only 12 chapters and the book is easy to read. The first 6 chapters are history and contain some of the best known stories in the Bible like Daniel in the lion’s den, the 3 Hebrews thrown in the fiery furnace, and the handwriting on the wall. The last 6 chapters are all prophetic and they contain an unparalleled demonstration that Daniel was given accurate prophetic information about events hundreds of years into the future. You think Daniel is one of the most important books of the Old Testament, don’t you? RD: I do. All the books of the Bible are important, but not all books are equally consumable by modern readers. And while I hate to start ranking books of the Bible I would highly recommend that everyone become very familiar with the books of Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel from the Old Testament. Naturally, they should read the entire Old Testament, but if anyone hasn’t spent much time with the Old Testament I’d suggest they really become familiar with those books. VK: But let’s get back to Belshazzar and archeology. RD: Yes, let’s. So, until the 19th century so far as secular history was concerned Belshazzar didn’t exist. But in 1854, four clay cylinders with identical inscriptions were excavated from the ruins of the ancient city of Ur. These clay cylinders were subsequently named the Nabonidus Cylinders. These Nabonidus Cylinders contained Nabonidus’ prayer to the moon god for “Belshazzar, the eldest son—my offspring.” Thus, in 1854 Belshazzar’s existence was confirmed—as Nabonidus’ firstborn son and heir to his throne. VK: But the confirmation of the Biblical account didn’t end there did it? RD: Nope. In 1882, a translation of another ancient cuneiform text, the Nabonidus Chronicle, was published. We learned from the Nabonidus Chronicle that Nabonidus was a mostly absentee king. He spent 10 years of his 17-year reign living in Tema, Arabia which was 450 miles away from Babylon. The king left Belshazzar in charge during his frequent absences from Babylon. And we know that Nabonidus was accustomed to putting Belshazzar in charge of Babylon during his absence. There’s a Persian account of Nabonidus, published in 1924, that stated that, as “he started out for a long journey”, Nabonidus “entrusted the kingship” to “his oldest (son), the firstborn.” Furthermore, there are other ancient cuneiform texts found in the early 1900s which also mention Belshazzar, including a tablet from Erech in which both he and his father were jointly invoked in an oath, suggesting they both had royal authority. So, Belshazzar was used to functioning in the role of a king for years while his father was away. Not only do the Nabonidus Chronicles refer to Belshazzar as “the crown prince” they also explain that Nabonidus was away from Babylon when it fell. Two days before the handwriting appeared on the wall Nabonidus had fled from the Persians when they defeated him at Sippar. The engagement is sometimes called the battle of Opis. So, Belshazzar was the highest authority in Babylon at the time of Babylon’s capture just as Chapter 5 of Daniel describes. VK: That detail about the war between the Babylonians and the Medes and Persians isn’t in the Bible but it does help us to better understand the events of Chapter 5 of Daniel, doesn’t it? Belshazzar’s father had just suffered a major defeat and he undoubtedly knew that Cyrus was headed for Babylon itself. The walls of Babylon were considered to be impregnable so he wouldn’t have thought the city was in real danger. While ancient estimates vary, the walls of Babylon were probably at least 25 feet thick and possibly as much as 80 feet thick. Some ancient reporters said you could drive 2 chariot teams abreast across the top of the walls. Belshazzar’s father probably thought Cyrus would just exhaust himself trying to get past the walls. So, he moved off to a safe distance to recover and rebuild his army. But Babylon wasn’t safe because the almighty God had previously told the Babylonians he would bring about their defeat. And that message was again given to the Babylonians because that’s what the handwriting on the wall said - even though the king and his guests were initially confused about the writing. RD: And the confusion may have been because the language the words were written a language the king and his guests couldn’t read. Some scholars believe the words were not written in Aramaic script but in a non-human script that Daniel was given a special ability to read. But, many scholars believe that the words were most likely written in Aramaic because that was the language used for official Babylonian purposes. But it’s possible that the words, even if they were written in Aramaic, were written without vowels or word separations. If so all the king and the audience might have seen was a string of consonants and they didn’t know how to separate the string into the individual words. At any rate the king didn’t have to wonder too long because once Daniel arrived he immediately read the message. The New Living Translation puts verse 25 of Chapter 5 of Daniel this way, “This is the message that was written: Mene, Mene, Tekel , and Parsin.” In their ordinary use these words are all monetary weights. VK: But, that word string still might not have made much sense to the king. The God’s Word Translation puts verse 25 of Daniel, Chapter 5 this way: “This is what has been written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.” So, even from that translation we can see it was strange message. Even if the king and the guests could read the words it’s no wonder they were confused about what it meant. RD: But, once again, the king didn’t have to wonder too long because in addition to reading the words Daniel also told the king what the words meant. VK: The God’s Word Translation says verses 26 through 28 say, “This is its meaning: Numbered-God has numbered the days of your kingdom and will bring it to an end. Weighed-you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light. Divided-your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians." So, the basic message to Belshazzar and his drunken friends was clear. Your time as rulers of your world is over. But there is no way his father could have known this as he was retreating to lick his wounds. His father probably thought the City of Babylon was safe because it always had been. RD: Probably. So, the situation as described in chapter 5 of Daniel makes sense based on what we now know from the Bible and other historical sources. Belshazzar’s father, Nabonidus, had suffered a major defeat at the hands of Cyrus at Sippar. The Babylonian nobles who weren’t with Nabonidus fled into Babylon thinking they were safe behind its impenetrable walls. They were all stressed out at because they knew about the loss to the Persians. So, to relieve their stress Belshazzar decides to have a party and everyone there gets drunk. VK: So, Belshazzar’s father is off recovering. Belshazzar and the Babylonian elites want to forget their troubles by getting drunk. And in the midst of their drunken revelry Belshazzar decides to remind everyone of their former victories by having the servants bring out the temple vessels from the conquest of Jerusalem. Everything looked great – right up until the moment the giant hand appears and tells them the party is over. And it was. History records that the fall of Babylon was sudden and dramatic. Many historians believe that what the Persians did to get past the impregnable walls was to divert the flow of the Euphrates River which ran under the walls and supplied Babylon with water even if a siege was taking place. RD: The Greek historian Xenophon gave an account of the fall of Babylon which also contains many of the elements that are found in the Biblical account. Xenophon says that the attacking Persians found that when the entered the city there was revelry taking place everywhere – so much so that the noise of the attackers was just mixed in with the noise that was already coming from the big party. Xenophon also tells us that the attacking Persians were able to overcome the defenders because they didn’t realize they were under attack until the Persian attack was well underway. And he adds that in all the confusion some of the attacking soldiers were able to get into the palace and kill the king – who from the Biblical account we know was Belshazzar, not his father, Nabonidus. VK: And the fact that the kingly figure who was present in Babylon when the Persians conquered the city was Belshazzar explains that peculiar detail we pointed out earlier. Belshazzar served as king in his father’s absence but Belshazzar was not the king. He was not number one in the kingdom. He was number two. So, when he wanted to offer a reward to someone who could read the handwriting on the wall he couldn’t offer to make that person the number two person in the kingdom. He could only offer to make them number three – which is what he did offer. And the Bible faithfully captured this seemingly odd detail. And as we’ve pointed out, it’s one thing for a historical record to get the big things right. But it’s even more impressive when even the fine details are proven to be accurate. RD: And, over and over again, we find that from the Bible. In this instance, of the handwriting on the wall, the Bible has the big things right. The Persians did suddenly and completely overwhelm the Babylonian defenses. Even the Greek historians recorded that. One reason the Persians were able to do that was frankly because most of the people who should have been defending the city or leading the city’s defense were drunk and incapacitated. Xenophon and the Bible agree on that. And the Babylonian Empire ceased to exist when Babylon fell and the empire was just absorbed into the Medo-Persian Empire which would last for the next 250 years. Those were the big parts of the story. But the Bible story preserved two key smaller parts of the story that were lost to secular history until the archeological finds of the 19th century. VK: Secular history forgot that it was Belshazzar who was killed that night. And, of course, secular history did not record that as Belshazzar was trying to comprehend a miraculous message the best thing he could offer was the third position in the kingdom. RD: Just for a second let’s think back to the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Joseph was able to interpret a dream for the Pharaoh who was ruling Egypt. In response Pharaoh was able to make Joseph the 2nd most powerful man in Egypt. He could do that because Pharaoh was the most powerful man. Pharaoh was number 1. So, he could make Joseph number 2 and he did. Belshazzar was already the 2nd most powerful man in Babylon. So, he could only offer the reward of making someone the 3rd most powerful person. The fact that the story of the handwriting on the wall preserves this seemingly coincidental detail is not only fascinating but it also helps confirm when the book of Daniel was written. VK: How is that? RD: Critics of the book of Daniel like to assert that Daniel was not written in the 6th century BC because that would mean Daniel contains undeniably accurate prophecy. And that would prove it was divinely inspired. That’s something the critics have to prevent. So, they assert Daniel was written in the 1st or 2nd century BC when many of the events Daniel prophesied had already occurred. That way Daniel would have been writing history not prophecy. But, as we have been discussing, in the 1st or 2nd century BC Israel, Egypt, and the Mideast had been under the dominion of the Greeks for 200 years. And by that time there is no way a Hebrew writer would have preserved a detail so insignificant as Belshazzar only offering the 3rd position in the empire as a reward. Someone writing a pious fraud, even if they had known the details of the Babylonian system of governance would have had no use for that detail in their story. To tell the tale of God’s judgment on the Babylonians by means of the Medes and Persians the fiction writer would have gained little to nothing for their narrative by inserting a detail in their story that would only have cast doubt on the story. Think back to the story of Joseph. A fiction writer would have gained more credit for their fiction if they had made Daniel a parallel figure to Joseph than inserting a detail that would have only confused their readers. But a writer writing contemporaneously with the events and writing an accurate history would get the details right. VK: And that is what we wanted to point out in this episode and in this series. Archeological discoveries have repeatedly supported the history contained in the Bible. There are times when secular history loses details, events, kings, and even cities that the Bible preserves. But as archeologists have spent time in the territory described by the Bible quite often records or artifacts come to light that confirm the Bible’s accounts. When that happens we find out the Bible had it right the whole time. Well, This sounds like a great time to pray. Today let’s listen to a prayer that our communities and nations would repent of our departure from the worship of the One True God. The Babylonians would have been far better off to confess their sins to the One True God than mocking Him by drinking from vessels stolen from His temple. They paid a high price for their lack of repentance. Let’s not repeat their mistake. ---- PRAYER OF CORPORATE CONFESSION (MARCUS) VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quote from the Contemporary English Version) Daniel, Chapter 5, verse 7, Contemporary English Version Archaeology Belshazzar (creation.com) Daniel 5 Barnes' Notes (biblehub.com)

Today on Specifically for Seniors, we're going to do something just a bit different. We have three guests who are here to tell you three completely different stories about parts of their lives. You've met two of them on previous podcasts, but they didn't have the time to tell you the rest of their stories. The third is new to Specifically for Seniors, but it's the story of a part of American history that our generation cannot forget. So make yourself a cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and let these three men tell you about a part of each of their lives. Those of you who are regular listeners to specifically for seniors will recall Alistair Henry from our May, 2023 podcast. Alistair retired at 57, shed his possessions and went to live with the First Nations band in the Northwest Territory, then left Canada's North to volunteer, working with local NGOs. Those are nonprofit organizations in Bangladesh. He and his wife enjoyed budget pack packing for four months at a time in Central America and Southeast Asia in their sixties. In 2020, Alistair endured a double lung transplant. Alistair is back today to talk about the transplant and the work he is now doing as a Trillium Gift of Life advocate. On November 22nd, 1963, a 26 year old junior duty officer was on duty at Bethesda Naval Hospital when the casket containing the body of Jack Fitzgerald Kennedy arrived from Dallas. You met that naval officer on this podcast on May 3rd, 2023. Sorel Schwartz today is a professor emeritus of pharmacology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and Senior Pharmacology advisor at the FDA Sorel is with us today as we near the 60th anniversary of JFK's assassination. My third and final guest on today's podcast is Robert Norris. Robert's story is one that many of us who were draft aged during the Vietnam War era will have faced in one way or another. Robert is a Pacific Northwest, native Vietnam war, conscientious objector who served sometime in a military prison, an expat resident of Japan since 1983. He's the author of The Good Lord Willing, and The Creek Don't Rise. But, but let me let Robert tell you his story. We're talking to Robert from his home in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Book Availability: The Good Lord willing and The Creek Don't Rise https://www.amazon.com/Good-Lord-Willing-Creek-Dont/dp/180100000X

     What if you could peek behind the curtain of Military Medicine, understand the unique leadership challenges it presents, and learn invaluable lessons from an experienced veteran in the field? That's precisely what you'll get in our fascinating conversation with retired Navy VADM Dr. Matthew L. Nathan. From sharing his journey into Military Medicine to the pivotal role of the Navy in global aid, Dr. Nathan unpacks his experiences in a way that's both insightful and engaging. He takes us on a voyage through his career, from his early days providing medical support for the Marine Corps during the Cold War to his vital role in the congressionally chartered Recovering Warrior Task Force as well as his experiences as the 37th Navy Surgeon General. He delves into his leadership style, the challenges he faced leading Navy Medicine, and the invaluable lessons he learned along the way.    Learn about the pivotal role of Navy Medicine in supporting the Navy's mission of patrolling the seaways and their readiness to provide aid whenever required. He also dives into the challenges he faced as Navy Medical Corps Chief, especially when deploying medical staff to conflict zones and creating a supportive and communicative culture within the reserve force.     We also navigate through his experiences leading Navy Medicine amidst the cultural differences and tactics of providing healthcare of the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines. Dr. Nathan shares his strategies for reducing purchase care costs, fostering cultural harmony, and ensuring unified standards for patient care across the military's different service branches.     We wrap up with an exploration of Dr. Nathan's post-retirement leadership experiences in a large civilian hospital system and his participation in Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative. Dr. Nathan imparts his wisdom on the importance of training, rank, accountability, and responsibility.  His reflections on his career, his commitment to warrior healthcare, and his dedication to making a positive impact on people's lives are truly inspiring - a testament to his remarkable journey and dedication in the Navy. Don't miss out on this insightful conversation with one of the Military Medicine's most esteemed veterans.   Chapters: (0:00:00) - Military Medicine and Leadership Lessons (0:07:47) - Battle Training in Marine Corps, Navy (0:16:28) - Navy Medicine Challenges in Wartime (0:26:08) - Managing Cultural Differences in Healthcare (0:30:30) - Reducing Military Hospital Purchased Care Costs (0:35:24) - Defense Health Agency and Warrior Task Force (0:41:21) - Coordinating Care for Wounded Warriors (0:46:55) - Challenges and Advocacy for Military Healthcare (0:56:08) - Healthcare Challenges, Harvard, and Vaccine Hesitancy (1:10:38) - Command and Leadership Lessons and Honors (1:17:11) - Surgeon General's Reflections and Stories (1:23:33) - Career and Dedication in the Navy   Chapter Summaries: (0:00:00) - Military Medicine and Leadership Lessons Retired Navy VADM Dr. Matthew L Nathan shares leadership lessons from multiple operational and strategic assignments, the merger of Bethesda Naval and Walter Reed Army Hospital, the Recovering Warrior Task Force, and civilian hospital system leadership.   (0:07:47) - Battle Training in Marine Corps, Navy VADM(Ret) Nathan shares his experience in Military Medicine, cold weather training, and providing and managing medical care at sea on the USS Saipan and USS Blue Ridge while supporting the Navy's role in patrolling the seaways.   (0:16:28) - Navy Medicine Challenges in Wartime VADM(Ret) Nathan discusses the challenges of sending medical staff to conflict zones, revitalizing, and refreshing those on the frontlines, memorializing experiences and knowledge, and finding champions within the reserve forces.   (0:26:08) - Managing Cultural Differences in Healthcare Dr. Nathan shares his experience leading the Navy Medical Corps, navigating cultural differences, and establishing unified standards for patient care.   (0:30:30) - Reducing Military Hospital Purchased Care Costs Dr. Nathan focused on patient care that puts the patient first and excelling at the Joint Commission Survey following the Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed AMC merger.   (0:35:24) - Defense Health Agency and Warrior Task Force Dr. Nathan discussed reducing healthcare costs, the Defense Health Agency, and the high cost of US healthcare.   (0:41:21) - Coordinating Care for Wounded Warriors VADM(Ret) Nathan navigated differences between the Navy, Army, and VA systems to reduce purchase care costs and create an integrated system for wounded Warriors.   (0:46:55) - Challenges and Advocacy for Military Healthcare Dr Nathan advocated for Military Medicine, pushing for technological advances and operational risk management.   (0:56:08) - Healthcare Challenges, Harvard, and Vaccine Hesitancy VADM(Ret) Nathan reconciled Navy, Army, and VA systems to provide the best care to warriors and caregivers, leveraging Harvard University and Advanced Leadership Initiative to address healthcare disparities. He reflects on vaccine development and implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic.   (1:10:38) - Command and Leadership Lessons and Honors VADM(Ret) Nathan learned the value of training, rank, accountability, responsibility in leadership positions, and maintaining dignity and respect for fellow sailors.   (1:17:11) - Surgeon General's Reflections and Stories VADM(Ret) Nathan shares his strategy to reduce purchase care costs, his work on the Recovering Warrior Task Force, and his advice on understanding the differences between the Navy, Army, and VA systems.   (1:23:33) - Career and Dedication in the Navy Dr. Nathan emphasizes the need for excellence, shares a story of caring for an officer's wife that made a lasting impact, and advises listeners to strive for their best.   Take Home Messages: Leading the Navy Medical Corps comes with a variety of challenges, such as navigating the cultural differences between the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines. It's important to foster a harmonious culture and unified, cohesive standards of patient care. Serving in the military is more than just a job, it's a lifestyle that comes with responsibilities and privileges. The rank you hold comes with the expectation to respect and care for those under your command. The Navy plays a crucial role in patrolling the seaways and providing aid at a moment's notice, demonstrating their dedication to service. Lessons learned from military service can be extremely valuable in civilian roles, such as leading a large hospital system. The congressionally chartered Recovering Warrior Task Force played a significant role in supporting Wounded Warriors and their families, highlighting the importance of coordination and integrated care systems. It's essential to remember and memorialize the knowledge gained from wartime experiences to ensure that it doesn't evaporate and can be used for future reference. A leader should always be prepared to face challenges, be it reducing purchase care costs or integrating diverse cultural teams. It's important to adopt strategies that benefit the team and the patients. Serving in the military during war times is demanding and can take a toll on individuals. It's vital to ensure that servicemen and servicewomen are provided with the necessary support and care to recover and refresh. Military medicine requires constant learning and adaptability, given the different operational and strategic assignments that one may have to take on. Never take privileges for granted, and always strive to do your best, whether in the military or civilian life. Every role carries a responsibility that must be upheld. Episode Keywords: Military Medicine, Leadership Lessons, Marine Corps, Cold War, Bridgeport, California, USS Blue Ridge, USS Saipan, Navy Medical Corps, Cultural Differences, Healthcare, Joint Commission Survey, Defense Health Agency, Recovering Warrior Task Force, Wounded Warriors, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Command, Rank, Accountability, Responsibility, Vaccine Hesitancy, Memorializing Experiences, Champions, Reserve Force, Culture Wars, Unified Standards, Patient Care, Purchase Care Costs, Redundancies, One Best Standard, Distributed Virtual Care, Operational Risk Management, Social Impact, Disparities, Head of Line Privileges, Credibility, Executive Medicine, Positive Impact   Hashtags: #wardocs #military #medicine #podcast #MilMed #MedEd #MilitaryMedicine #LeadershipLessons #NavyLife #ValorAndService #HealthcareHeroes #WartimeChallenges #PatientCareStandards #VeteranInsights #FrontlineStories #ServiceAndSacrifice   Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine   The WarDocs Mission is to honor the legacy, preserve the oral history, and showcase career opportunities, unique expeditionary experiences, and achievements of Military Medicine. 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“Ouch.”Believe it or not, this one word could be all it takes to breakthrough bystander paralysis when a pattern interrupt is needed to disrupt someone who is making inappropriate comments. In this highlight episode of Brad Johnson's amazing interview last week, I review his brilliant action steps to help reduce bystander anxiety and step into the much-needed role of active ally at work and in life.More about Brad JohnsonW. Brad Johnson is Professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States Naval Academy, and a Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. A clinical psychologist and former commissioned officer  in the Navy's Medical Service Corps, Dr. Johnson served at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor where he was the division head for psychology. He is a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Teaching Excellence Award, and has received distinguished mentor awards from the National Institutes of Health and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous publications including 14 books, in the areas of gender in the workplace, mentoring, cross-gender allyship, professional ethics, and counseling. His most recent books include: Good Guys: How Men Can Become Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (Harvard Business Review, 2020, with David Smith), Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (Harvard Business Review, 2016, with David Smith), The Elements of Mentoring (3rd edition, St. Martin's Press, with Charles Ridley), and On Being a Mentor (2nd edition, Routledge Press).

There is a SCIENCE to BEING AN ACTIVE ALLY and it's anchored in our physiology. When disrespectful behavior is witnessed, many men experience by-stander paralysis. It's a real thing that often prevents men from speaking up in the moment. If bad behavior isn't disrupted in 2 seconds, the moment is lost. I had the privilege of learning about this and effective pattern interrupt techniques from the remarkable Brad Johnson, co-author of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women and Good Guys: How Men Can Become Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, both written with his partner in equity, David Smith. Listen. Share. Repeat : )More about Brad JohnsonW. Brad Johnson is Professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States Naval Academy, and a Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. A clinical psychologist and former commissioned officer  in the Navy's Medical Service Corps, Dr. Johnson served at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor where he was the division head for psychology. He is a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Teaching Excellence Award, and has received distinguished mentor awards from the National Institutes of Health and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous publications including 14 books, in the areas of gender in the workplace, mentoring, cross-gender allyship, professional ethics, and counseling. His most recent books include: Good Guys: How Men Can Become Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (Harvard Business Review, 2020, with David Smith), Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (Harvard Business Review, 2016, with David Smith), The Elements of Mentoring (3rd edition, St. Martin's Press, with Charles Ridley), and On Being a Mentor (2nd edition, Routledge Press).

Over the next several episodes, we'll dive into the medical evidence of the Kennedy assassination. First, we'll hear from the trauma doctors at Parkland Hospital and the autopsy doctors at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. What do they have to say? Is the single bullet theory legit or would the bullet have really needed to be magic to do all the damage the Warren Commission says it did? What does the evidence suggest?

Welcome back to Breaking Battlegrounds, the podcast that fearlessly tackles the most divisive issues gripping our nation today. In this riveting episode, we are thrilled to host two guests whose expertise and perspectives promise to ignite thoughtful discussions. Congressman Andy Harris joins us first, shedding light on critical matters such as legal immigration and the urgent need for enforcing our border laws. He also delves into the world of IRS whistleblowers and Secretary Mayorkas, providing keen insights into these complex topics. With a unique background as a medical practitioner in Congress during the COVID pandemic, Congressman Harris discusses the federal government's handling of COVID. Later, the show takes an intense turn as Professor Brooks Simpson engages in a fiery debate with Sam Stone and Michelle Ugenti-Rita, exploring the state of Free Speech at Arizona State and Barrett College. Get ready for a gripping episode filled with candid conversations that will challenge your perspectives and broaden your understanding. Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegroundsThe son of immigrants who fled communist Eastern Europe immediately after World War II, Dr. Andy Harris was as a physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a medical officer in the Naval Reserve, and a state senator before coming to Congress.Born in Brooklyn in 1957, he studied medicine at Hopkins, where he continued to practice as an anesthesiologist for nearly three decades. Andy specialized in obstetric anesthesiology. In 1988, Andy answered a recruitment call to fill a critical need for anesthesiologists in the Naval Reserve during the Reagan administration. He went on to establish and command The Johns Hopkins Medical Naval Reserve Unit.  In 1990, his unit was called up to active duty in order to assist with Operation Desert Shield (and later Operation Desert Storm) at Bethesda Naval Hospital.  Harris attained the rank of Commander (O-5) before leaving the Reserves after seventeen years.Unhappy with the status quo in Annapolis, Andy decided to take on the establishment and run for the Maryland State Senate in 1998, where he served for 12 years.  Maryland's First Congressional District first elected Andy to serve in the House of Representatives in 2010. He is the is the current Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies subcommittee on Appropriations. He also serves on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee as well as the Homeland Security subcommittee on Appropriations. Andy was married to his late wife, Cookie, for over 33 years, and he is the proud father of five children, stepfather of one, and grandfather to ten.  Andy lives with his wife, Nicole, and their dog in Dorchester County.  In his free time, he enjoys spending time on the Chesapeake Bay with his family and repairing old cars with his sons.-Brooks D. Simpson is an ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, where he is a member of the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts faculty. A member of the honors faculty at Barrett, The Honors College, during the spring 2017 semester he served as associate dean (interim) at Barrett's Downtown campus. As a historian of the United States, Professor Simpson studies American political and military history as well as the American presidency, specializing in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.Note: Brooks Simpson speaks on his own behalf, not as a representative of ASU. His opinions are his own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

NEW EPISODE DROP 6/23/23Brian Liebelt out of South East Georgia has been fishing up and down the East Coast but a happenstance meeting with a friend got him into making rods.  While running a Beach Fishing Guide service in the New York area, his friend had learned how to make rods at Bethesda Naval Hospital and mentioned he should check it out.  Fast forward a little while, he started with one, and then it became something more.  Now, he is doing it full time and making more and more people dream rod come to life.  If you've been thinking about a custom rod (and he makes more than surf rods!), reach out to Brian and let him guide you on your journey.  This episode is littered with solid fishing knowledge as well about how Brian does it and it is sure to help you get on a fish!Website: Bandit Custom Rods https://www.banditcustomrods.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fishbanditcustomrods/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banditcustomrods/This Episode Is Sponsored By:  Kids Can Fish Foundation: Kids Can Fish is a state and federally-recognized 501(c)(3) charitable foundation.  Their mission is to teach kids fishing fundamentals and, most importantly, HAVE FUN!!  Bait Check:    The Sinker Guy: The Bruno & Mortician rig, Sputnik Sinkers, Sinker pouring supplies, and terminal tackle.Bait Check:  Ninja Tackle: Ninja Dagger, 7' Travel Rod, Bummy Stick, Akios reels, rigs, bait, and firearm accessories (optics, Glock parts, attachments, and more)   Bait Check:   DS Custom Tackle: Tackle Supply for all anglers.  Floats, rigs, jigs, bait, and moreTheme Song Dirty Rock by TwisteriumMentions:Andy's LuresReed The Fish MongerFour Leaf Fishing ChartersFishbitesNavionicsGoogle EarthSt. Augustine Paddle SportsShawn Meyer GoFish Tours (South Africa)Bethesda Naval Medical CenterBaston EnterprisesRain Shadow BlankAmerican TackleMud Hole TackleGet Bit OutdoorsG LoomisGeorgia Saltwater Adventures#FindingDemoSurfFishing #BanditCustomRods #CustomFishingRods #GeorgiaFishing #SurfFishing #BeachFishing #SurfCasting #LearnToFish #Podcast #FishingPodcast #AndysLures #ReedTheFishMonger #FourLeafFishingCharters #Fishbites #Navionics #GoogleEarth #StAugustinePaddleSports #GoFishTours #BethesdaNavalMedicalCenter #BastonEnterprises #RainShadowBlank #AmericanTackle #MudHoleTackle #GetBitOutdoors #Loomis #GeorgiaSaltwaterAdventures

This edition features stories on an injured Airman at Bethesda Naval Hospital, giving blood to communities and a load crew competition. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Jason Litalien.

Package about NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, begining his week long US tour with a visit to wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Washington, DC. Includes sound bites from Gen. James Cartwright the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Capt. James Dunne, Chief of Trauma at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Available in high definition.

Part 4 of the JFK Assassination series details the multiple mysteries that still exist surrounding the murder of JFK and Officer JD Tippit. This episode covers strange witness accounts around Dealey plaza, the confusing witness testimonies at the shooting of Officer JD Tippit as well as the chaos at Parkland Hospital and the autopsy performed that night at Bethesda Naval Hospital.  On November 22, 1963 the world stood still as bullets rang out in the streets of Dallas. An assassin killed the US President John F. Kennedy. Since that day in Texas over 2,000 books have been written about what happened that November day. It is one of the most famous "conspiracy theories" of all time. Immediately after, President Lyndon Johnson organized an investigative committee to determined what happened to JFK. This was called the Warren Commission. Nearly 60 years later the death of JFK continues to be the most debated and researched conspiracy of all time. Reach out to us - We would love to hear from you! www.theconspiracypodcast.com info@theconspiracypodcast.com Instagram  Spotify  Apple   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theconspiracypodcast/message

This episode is a panel that consists of a few JFK researchers who have interviewed and documented various issues in the medical and investigative purposes of the assassination. Donald Jeffries has been researching the JFK assassination since the mid-1970s, when he was a student volunteer with Mark Lane's Citizens' Committee of Inquiry. William Law is the author of In the Eye of History: Bethesda Hospital Medical Evidence in the JFK Assassination. Law interviewed many of the autopsy participants and witnesses to events at Bethesda Naval Hospital, including Dennis David, Paul O'Connor, James Jenkins, Jerrol Custer, James Sibert, Francis O'Neill, and others. Russell Kent is the author of "JFK Medical Betrayal: Where The Evidence Lies" which examines the autopsy of JFK and how the president's autopsy did not conform to contemporary medical or legal standards.

A bit of a program change this week as I share three poems I wrote in September of 1996. At the time I was a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Bethesda Naval Hospital and aboard the USNS Comfort. I found poetry to be a release from the sickness and pain I saw on a weekly basis.The Poems:Give a HootHooyah!Circle of LifeThank you all for listening, subscribing and sharing with a friend.Have a plan, stay informed and get involved,KevinKevin Pannell, PMP | Creator & Host of the "KEV Talks" and "You-Jitsu" Podcasts and the "Pannell 5 Fitness Club" YouTube Channel - Part of the KPannell Productions, LLC NetworkTwitter & Instagram: @pannellkgKEV Talks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevtalkspodKEV Talks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7H5njb6iG6NoRQ6bk-ooQ

  Quebec city event 2022 featuring Oliver Stone, Jim DiEugenio, Paul Bleau Why the Kennedy assassination is relevant even today The excuse for the Military Industrial Complex = perpetual war for perpetual peace Trust today in politicans and media is at its lowest FREE Borrowable Ebook: Arrogant Capital by Kevin Phillips FREE Borrowable Ebook: Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot The single biggest argument in favor of Oswald by the three guests Henry Lee, the foremost criminalist in the United States CE 399 would never be admitted in a court of law Out of 100 witnesses, more than 50 thought that the shots came front the front Another 20-25 thought the shots came from two different places And another 30 or so who thought the shots came from the TSBD 20 witnesses at Parkland and 20 at Bethesda saw a huge exit wound in the back of Kennedy's head "I'll never be able to sell 5 shots to the committee. So we have to cut it down to 4" - Robert Blakey Victoria Adams and the TSBD Book: The Girl on the Stairs: The Search for a Missing Witness by Barry Ernest: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Betsy Wolf, the HSCA researcher whose assignment was the Oswald file at the CIA Somebody at the CIA was rigging Oswald's file even before he defected to USSR Guy Banister, 544 Camp Street Oswald's Saturday night phone call Victor Marchetti said that Oswald signed his own death warrant with that phone call Stream/buy Oliver Stone's JFK: Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Microsoft Video: Jim Garrison meets Mr. X (Oliver Stone's JFK) The Christchurch Star: Nov 23, 1963 FREE Borrowable Ebook: Who Was Jack Ruby? by Seth Kantor Article: The CIA and the Media by Carl Bernstein Article: The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know by James F. Tracy Video: Edward Lansdale in Dealey Plaza, Dallas on 22 Nov, 1963 comfirmed by Col. Prouty & Gen. Victor Krulak 'The Collected Works of Col. Prouty' CD-ROM available for direct download here for just $30 Edward G. Lansdale was one of the early sponsors of Operation Northwoods What was Curtis Lemay doing at the Bethesda Naval Hospital? "Just get me elected and I'll give you your damn war" - Lyndon Johnson National Security Action Memorandum 263 and 273 FREE Borrowable Ebook: Vietnam, A History by Stanley Karnow Kennedy intended to withdraw from Vietnam by the end of 1965 Articles: JFK and the Unforgivable by Paul Bleau: Part 1, Part 2, Addendum The assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Bobby Kennedy wanted to reopen the JFK case Abraham Bolden thanks Oliver Stone for bringing forth the facts about the assassination Articles: The Three Failed Plots to Kill JFK by Paul Bleau: Part 1, Part 2 Bolden witnessed lax security at Chicago Abraham Bolden's pardon statement (on his facebook profile) The change of the parade route Kennedy fired Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell and Charles Cabell from the CIA Charles' brother Earle Cabell was the mayor of Dallas in Nov 1963 Earle Cabell was also a CIA asset How Oliver Stone got interested in the JFK case The documents released by the ARRB vindicate Jim Garrison Jim Garrison's office was bugged by both the CIA and the FBI Book: Accomplishing Jim Garrison's Investigation on the Trail of the Assassins of JFK by Michele Metta: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle  

William Law is the author of In the Eye of History: Bethesda Hospital Medical Evidence in the JFK Assassination. Law interviewed many of the autopsy participants and witnesses to events at Bethesda Naval Hospital, including Dennis David, Paul O'Connor, James Jenkins, Jerrol Custer, James Sibert, Francis O'Neill, and others. His interest in the assassination of John F. Kennedy began in 1975 when he first saw the Zapruder Film on television. Another important factor was reading Best Evidence by David Lifton. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

The CME experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and unlock credits & more: https://earnc.me/3mdnw9 Brad Johnson is Professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States Naval Academy, and a Clinical Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. A clinical psychologist and former officer in the Navy's Medical Service Corps, Dr. Johnson served as a psychologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor where he was the division head for psychology. He is a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Teaching Excellence Award, and has received distinguished mentor awards from the National Institutes of Health and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous publications including 14 books, in the areas of mentoring, cross-gender relationships at work, and counseling. His most recent books include: Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women, The Elements of Mentoring (3rd edition), On Being a Mentor (2nd edition), and his new book, Good Guys: How Men Can be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace. Dr. Johnson's work has appeared in outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. Group Coaching for Physicians MD Coaches is proud to offer Group Coaching for Physicians. This is a small, intimate virtual group that will help to inspire participants to experience personal and professional fulfillment. Sessions begin on Thursday, October 6th, 2022 and runs through November 10th, 2022.  You will also earn CME credits by participating! For more information or to register please visit us at mdcoaches.store   Join the Conversation! We want to hear from you! Do you have additional thoughts about today's topic? Do you have your own Prescription for Success? Record a message on Speakpipe   All The Tools You Need To Build and Scale A Integrative Health Business Get a behind the scenes look at our playbook at Texas Center for Lifestyle Medicine to see the underpinnings of how they deliver health while keeping team members fulfilled. Find out more at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/IPB Unlock Bonus content and get the shows early on our Patreon Follow us or Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Amazon  | Spotify --- Show notes at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/116 Report-out with comments or feedback at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/report Music by Ryan Jones. Find Ryan on Instagram at _ryjones_, Contact Ryan at ryjonesofficial@gmail.com

Navy Veteran Ken Harbaugh grew up in a family of military pilots but never really thought about joining the military himself. However, in a moment of clarity while studying abroad during his junior year of college, he changed course. That led to him commissioning in the Navy and becoming a fighter pilot leading combat reconnaissance missions.After serving nine years, Harbaugh left the Navy and later enrolled at Yale University to study law. But the transition to civilian life was not easy for him. In this episode, he talks about what it was like adjusting and processing his emotions after leaving the military.Harbaugh discusses how his transition – and a trip to the Bethesda Naval Hospital – inspired him to co-found The Mission Continues, a nonprofit organization. He also talks about his progress to help Veterans transition back to civilian life and assist those with mental health issues.Harbaugh is a nonprofit entrepreneur who has been in leadership roles for many Veteran nonprofit organizations, such as The Mission Continues, ServiceNation and Team Rubicon. He talks about why he continues to serve in Veteran nonprofits.Lastly, Harbaugh talks about why he decided to work in media and how he became the host for multiple podcasts, such as Burn the Boats and Medal of Honor at Evergreen Podcasts. He also delves into how he formed partnerships with various podcast networks and what steps Veterans can take to start a new podcast.In this episode, Harbaugh also talks about: What he learned from his experiences in the military. Earning his law degree from Yale Law School. His time as a human rights researcher in Afghanistan. Working as a consultant for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Running for public office and how Veterans can become active in politics. Why it's important to continue serving after the uniform comes off. Borne the Battle Veteran of the Week: Army Veteran Thomas Ferrell AllisonAdditional Links: Borne the Battle #239: Marine Corps Veteran Jake Wood, Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Team Rubicon. Borne the Battle #264: Veteran Roundtable – Afghanistan Withdrawal / Evacuation. Clay Hunt Act complements VA's ongoing commitment to mental health. Veteran suicide prevention. Redevelopment of VA Greater Los Angeles West L.A. Campus represents proof of concept for the nation as a way forward in tackling homelessness  VA establishes presumptive service connection for rare respiratory cancers for certain Veterans VA encourages volunteers to “Carry The Load” for an American hero during trek across country VA expands reimbursement agreement program to Urban Indian Organizations