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We begin this episode honoring those lost in Uvalde, TX in an absolutely senseless tragedy. Our guest in honor of Memorial Day is Renee Nickell, previously featured on Episode 55. Renee is the author of "Always My Hero: The Road to Hope & Healing Following My Brother's Death in Afghanistan." Her brother was Marine Corps Major Samuel Griffith KIA in 2011. You can follow Renee on Instagram @renee_nickell and please pick up her book which is an inspiring read: https://www.amazon.com/Always-My-Hero-Following-Afghanistan/dp/1947279696/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24GSRTVMKVM8B Pick up the official Battleline Podcast shirt and be sure to tag us on Instagram: https://tanto-apparel.myshopify.com/collections/apparel/products/battleline-podcast Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcasthttp://twitter.com/battlelinepod To order your own custom painted flag, crafted by hand from start to finish, go to http://YourAmericanFlagStore.com and join them in their fight to cancel-cancel culture A veteran owned company that gives back to the community through a different veteran charity every month, BeardVet. They have a variety of products including their American made coffee, roasted in Omaha, Nebraska. Check them out now: http://beardvet.com For 20% off all Bub's Naturals gear and products including collagen protein and MCT oil powder, go to https://bubsnaturals.myshopify.com/discount/BATTLELINE .. All purchases help to support the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation For 15% off all Fort Scott Munitions products go to http://fortscottmunitions.com & use promo code: Battleline  For full video of this episode, subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/BattlelinePodcast

This is our first installment of Best of Badass Female Guests featuring excerpts from some of our favorite past shows with Julia Maki, Tanya Paronto, Joy Villa, Debbie Rochon, Kate Hyde, and Renee Nickell. Pick up the official Battleline Podcast shirt and be sure to tag us on Instagram: https://tanto-apparel.myshopify.com/collections/apparel/products/battleline-podcast Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast​http://twitter.com/battlelinepod For 15% off all Fort Scott Munitions merchandise go to http://fortscottmunitions.com & use promo code: Battleline - check out the dealer locator to find ammunition near you For 20% off all Bub's Naturals gear and products including collagen protein and MCT oil powder, go to https://bubsnaturals.myshopify.com/discount/BATTLELINE .. All purchases help to support the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation

For our special Memorial Day episode, we are very honored to talk with Renee Nickell, Author and Gold Star Sibling  to Major Samuel Griffith, USMC. Renee's mission is to “increase awareness of the difficulties military families face, so that we can help them endure, recover and heal.” Renee's beautiful and inspiring memoir, “Always My Hero: A Sister's Inspiring Story of Love, Sacrifice, and Hope” honors her brother Sam and brings light to the difficult journey of American Gold Star Families. “There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.”  - U.S. Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. - Bell Global Justice Institute

For our special Memorial Day episode, we are very honored to talk with Renee Nickell, Author and Gold Star Sibling  to Major Samuel Griffith, USMC. Renee's mission is to “increase awareness of the difficulties military families face, so that we can help them endure, recover and heal.” Renee's beautiful and inspiring memoir, “Always My Hero: A Sister's Inspiring Story of Love, Sacrifice, and Hope” honors her brother Sam and brings light to the difficult journey of American Gold Star Families. “There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.”  - U.S. Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. - Bell Global Justice Institute

Renee Nickell is the author of "Always My Hero: The Road to Hope & Healing Following My Brother's Death in Afghanistan." Her brother was Marine Corps Major Samuel Griffith KIA in 2011. Renee's website is http://www.reneenickell.com/ and you can follow her on Instagram @renee_nickell & on Twitter @RMNickell. The great military charity she speaks of during the interview can be found at http://www.renewalcoalition.org/ BATTLELINE PODCAST SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE NOW! Just look under Battleline Tactical: http://tanto-apparel.myshopify.com/ Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod For 15% off all Fort Scott Munitions products go to http://fortscottmunitions.com & use promo code: Battleline

Today’s author interview guest is Renee Nickell, author of the powerful memoir Always My Hero: The Road to Hope & Healing Following My Brother’s Death in Afghanistan. ★A compelling memoir about a sister who embarks on a journey to seek […]

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Join us this week as we finally drink booze again while Ben discusses his top 3 (or 5) books of 2018, featuring Alex White and Patrick deWitt, and Beth talks about books by Renee Nickell and Mike Reuther. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Happy Memorial Day! Here's an awesome interview to be released today in honor of the many who have served. Today's special guest is Renee Nickell, author of Always My Hero, which is the story of her brother, Major Samuel Griffith, who lost his life while serving our country while in combat on December 14, 2011.

Renee Nickell’s brother, Major Samuel Griffith, was killed-in-action in Dec, 2011. Since then, she’s gone thru many dark valleys and has found healing by writing a book: “Always My Hero” about her older brother and best friend. With her appearance last week on Home and Family, and her radio, podcast and TV tour this past […] The post Ep 065 – Memorial Day: Renee Nickell | Her Brother was Always Her Hero appeared first on .

Renee Nickell's brother, Major Samuel Griffith, was killed-in-action in Dec, 2011. Since then, she's gone thru many dark valleys and has found healing by writing a book: “Always My Hero” about her older brother and best friend. With her appearance last week on Home and Family, and her radio, podcast and TV tour this past […] The post Ep 065 – Memorial Day: Renee Nickell | Her Brother was Always Her Hero appeared first on .

Our Special Guest this week is Renee Nickell. Renee became a Gold Star Sibling when she lost her brother, Marine Major Samuel Griffith in combat on December 14, 2011 in Afghanistan. Renee was very close to Sam; in her eyes, he was her hero. Losing him was devastating. Six years after his death, she decided to honor and remember Sam by writing a memoir about him, with the hope that it would help her and others who had lost a sibling, find some peace in the process of healing. The book is "Always My Hero" and it's a tribute to Samuel Griffith. Renee shares with us her journey from losing her brother, writing the book, and finding a reason to be whole again on this very moving episode of HAZARD GROUND. www.reneenickell.com | "Always My Hero" Support the podcast by supporting our sponsors at www.hazardground.com/sponsors! Help grow the show! Spread the word, tell a friend!! Subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes!

There’s a reason Mother’s Day overloads the post office or someone might say “I bet you’re a proud dad.” The paternal and maternal instinct creates a powerful bond and children recognize that as they mature. The honor and responsibility of big brother can carry an equal weight as it did for Sam Griffith. The marine flew fighter jets and later controlled their firepower from the ground. He served fearlessly, loved his family well, and died in the service of his nation. His death left a void in the life of many as his family now carries the adjective “gold star.” We often speak of a gold star mother or gold star wife, but for Renee Nickell, she became a gold star sister. Her 2018 book, Always My Hero: The Road to Hope & Healing Following My Brother's Death in Afghanistan, offers a powerful testimony of one gold star sibling as she navigates the difficult stages of grief while her husband and children shared in her difficult days. She not only lost a big brother, she lost the man that had been a father figure to her. In fact, Sam Griffith had been a big brother and father figure to many. “I’m going to be a fighter pilot.” Kindergartner Sam Griffith said that with the conviction of someone that knew their destiny. Earlier generations of boys might announce they want to be an astronaut, the President, or major league pitcher are always popular choices. After the film Top Gun released, aspirations to fly jets exploded across classrooms and playgrounds across the country. Cool shades and “the need for speed” made for popular discussion, but Sam made his declaration in 1970’s Pennsylvania. His passion for motorized things that go fast also developed through tinkering on cars with his father. Sam especially loved the Ford Mustang and gained so much proficiency that he’d eventually have his own parts website that he dedicated to his father and wrote articles for Mustang Monthly. His proudly restored, and owned, a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback, one of America’s most iconic American muscle cars. The family dynamics and relocations caused Sam and Renee to depend on one another and they developed a deep bond. After a mischievous incident that sent Renee to the ER, Sam wrote her a letter of apology. She recovered quickly but his letter expressed a deep remorse, appropriate humor, and promise that it wouldn’t happen again. He added: “Just remember if anyone ever picks on you (except me, of course), tell them if they don’t stop, your big brother will take them for a ride they’ll never forget!” Through his teen years, his passion to become an aviator never wavered. He applied for, and won, a Naval ROTC scholarship to Penn State. There are several paths to become a military officer. Some attend Officer Candidate School after their civilian college experience or they graduate from one of the nation’s military academy. ROTC graduates typically attend a short school to acclimate to their military branch and then train for their field. The United States Marine Corps offered Griffith the chance to earn his wings. After basic infantry school, a requirement for every marine, he began the two-year process of learning to fly. No one simply jumps into a cockpit. Hours upon hours are spent in the classroom learning aerodynamics, navigation, and aviation mechanics. The Marines sent him for preliminary training at Naval Air Station Pensacola. There’s nothing easy in these schools where even the brightest and physically fit struggle to learn everything from the Bernoulli Equation of the airfoil to survival if shot down. Then follows hours and hours in various training aircraft. Only the best and brightest are chosen to fly fighters, and Griffith made the cut. The Marines fly the F/A-18, a smaller platform than the famed F-14 Tomcat or larger attack aircraft. This plane combines fighter capabilities, the ability to deliver ordnance payloads, and has conversions for in-flight refueling and electronic warfare. While most fighter pilots have ten manuals to learn for air-to-air combat, the F/A-18 pilot must learn an additional ten for air-to-ground operations. Griffith learned them all and earned his wings as he’d first proclaimed he would as a kindergartner. After stints in Meridian, Mississippi and Lemoore, California, he’d eventually settle into life in Beaufort, South Carolina with the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533. Life as a marine aviator in peacetime is one of constant training. This also meant he had to gain qualifications by successfully landing on the pitching flight deck of an aircraft carrier, moving toward a catapult to be shot off, and land again to earn enough “traps” as they’re called. One of his fellow pilots remembers him as a true professional in the cockpit while also a loving husband, doting father, and tremendous friend. On the day that changed everything for everyone, 9/11, it set Griffith on a path for war. The United States had assets in Afghanistan almost immediately, but his first experience happened in the Iraq War in 2003. He flew in Iraq every day delivering ordnance for both the army and marines in highly tense s

Losing a family member in combat is an indescribably sad and tough experience, and each individual affected has to cope with the loss in their own way. For Renee Nickell, she decided to meet with some of the brave men who served with her brother, and self-publish a book that honors his legacy. Major Samuel Griffith served as a Marine Corps Officer & F-18 aviator, and was killed in late 2011 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Renee's book however, is not solely focused on her brother's tragic death, but the sibling bond they shared that was taken prematurely, and the many laughs that they enjoyed together. The book is "Always My Hero: The Road to Hope & Healing Following My Brother's Death in Afghanistan," and we hope that you give it a read. If you'd also like to cheer up a child of a service member killed in action for this Christmas and holiday season, Believe With Me is a great organization that Renee speaks highly of. This interview and more on Episode 408. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Renee Nickell, Author of Always My Hero, shares how equine therapy & evening devotions help her find hope & healing following her brother's death in Afghanistan. Learn more about her at http://reneenickell.com.