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Sierra Larson is a chaplain in the USAF, a Private Practice therapist, and is currently the  Stake Relief Society President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Brandon Stake. She married her husband, Joe Larson, in the... The post 892 Sierra Larson -Chaplain in the US Air Force Reserve appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.

Airpower begins with airmen. An innovative US Air Force Reserve artificial intelligence system gets the right people into the jobs where they are most needed. Brigadier General Mike McGinley joins us to explain how the system, called GigEagle, makes the military more effective. And we have the week's headlines in airpower. All powered by GE!

We are inspired by the leadership, passion, and mission-focus that veterans bring to the built environment. However, figuring out what your next steps are after serving can be challenging.  During this episode, we welcome Arpan Patel, Director of Operations at the US Air Force Reserve. He shares his story, from growing up with immigrant parents, to serving and leveraging his background in civil engineering to build a career on the other side.  You'll also hear about the process of excavating his Ikigai, where the synergy of purpose, skills, opportunity, and passion lives. Arpan describes how he found the willingness to absorb what was available to him in order to make an informed decision about his future. We also explore the importance of favoring legacy and people over dollars and cents, before Arpan shares some of the ideas and principles that have supported him along the way.  Thanks for tuning in!  Key Points From This Episode: •   Navigating the gut punch of not reaching a lifelong goal to be an aviator.•   The mindset shift required to understand that engineering supports the mission. •   Leadership lessons for the transitioning veteran: networking and more.•   Understanding that people and legacy far outweigh dollars and cents. Quotes:“A theme throughout my history is networks that have helped bolster opportunities or allowed me to leverage the opportunities in front of me, opened doors, and allowed me to walk through them.” — Arpan Patel “Life is unfair and doesn't pan out the way that you see it, but that doesn't mean that you have to be defeated.” — Arpan Patel “Life is tough, but tough times don't last, tough people do.” — Arpan Patel  “Do your best, go for it, do everything you need to do, but if it doesn't work out, keep your head up.” — Arpan Patel  “When you find communities that have shared passion and values, you'll connect.” — Arpan Patel  Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Arpan Patel on LinkedIn Society of American Military EngineersThe E-Myth RevisitedWorking GeniusIkigaiThe Go-GiverGetting Naked Inspiring People & Places PodcastMCFAMCFA CareersBJ Kraemer on LinkedIn

This weeks guest is Dr. Jake Smithwick, a professor at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Jake and his team have assisted hundreds of owners improve performance outcomes across thousands of projects ($15+ Billion of procured services in construction, IT, auxiliary services, design, healthcare, insurance, and more). His industry experience also includes field inspection of nearly 2,000 roofing systems (74 million square feet) across the United States, and six years in the US Air Force Reserve (civil engineering squadron).On this episode, Dr. Smithwick discusses the role of AI in facilities management, including: The value of mentorship in the FM industry and the positive impact AI can have in knowledge transfer and enhancing FM practices. The fear of the unknown and the skepticism surrounding AI Practical applications of AI in FM for tasks such as work order scheduling, maintenance planning, and data analysis. Chapters00:00Introduction and Background08:39The Impact and Potential of AI in FM15:31Practical Applications of AI in FM28:31Closing RemarksInterested in closing the skills gap? Check out our friends at Interplay Learning!

The US Space Force, the newest branch of the American military, takes national defense to a new frontier. Here on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I sit down with AEI senior fellow Todd Harrison to discuss the state of the Space Force and its evolving mission.Harrison has served as senior vice president and head of research at Metrea, a defense consulting firm, been a senior fellow for defense budget strategies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, directed the Defense Budget Analysis and Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and served as a captain in the US Air Force Reserve.In This Episode* Creating the Space Force (0:53)* A New Kind of Warfare (9:15)* Defining the Mission (11:40)* Conflict and Competition in Space (15:34)* The Danger of Space Debris (20:11)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversationCreating the Space Force (0:53)Pethokoukis: I was recently looking at an image that showed the increase in the number of satellites around the earth, and it's been a massive increase; I imagine a lot of it has to do with SpaceX putting up satellites, and it's really almost like—I think to an extent that most people don't understand; between  government, military, and a lot of commercial satellites—it's really like the earth is surrounded by this information shell. And when looking at that, I couldn't help but think, “Yeah, it kind of seems like we would need a Space Force or something to keep an eye on that and protect that.” And I know there was a lot of controversy, if I'm not mistaken, like, “Why do we need this extra branch of government?” Is that controversy about why we need a Space Force, is that still an active issue and what are your thoughts?Harrison: To start with where you started, yes. The number of satellites in space has been growing literally exponentially in the past few years. I'll just throw a few numbers out there:  In 2023 alone, about 2,800 new satellites were launched, and in that one year it increased the total number of satellites on the orbit by 22 percent, just in one year. And all the projections are that the number of satellites, number of launches, are going to keep growing at a pace like that for the foreseeable future, for the next several years. A lot is going into space, and we know from all other domains that where commerce goes conflict will follow. And we are seeing that in space as well.Like the Navy protecting the shipping lanes. Yeah, exactly. So we know that to a certain extent that's inevitable. There will be points of contention, points of conflict, but we've already seen that in space just with the military dimension of our space. Back in 2007, I think a lot of the world woke up to the fact that space is a contested environment when the Chinese tested an anti-satellite weapon, which, by the way, produced thousands of pieces of space debris that are still in orbit today. More than 2,600 pieces of debris are still in orbit from that one Chinese ASAT test. And, of course, that was just one demonstration of counter-space capabilities. Space has been a contested war fighting domain, really, since the beginning of the Space Age. The first anti-satellite test was in 1959, and so it has become increasingly important for economic reasons, but also for military reasons. Now, when the Space Force debate kicked into high gear, I think it took a lot of people who weren't involved in military space, I think it took a lot of people by surprise that we were having this debate.Yeah, it really seemed like it came out of nowhere, I think probably for 99 percent of people who aren't professionals tracking the issue.In reality, that debate, it started in the 1990s, and there was a senator from up in New Hampshire who had written a journal article basically talking about, “Hey, we need to separate space into its own military service.” You had the Air Force chief of staff at the time in the mid-1990s, General Ron Fogleman. He said that the Air Force should eventually become an Air and Space Force, and then one day a Space and Air Force. So you had the seeds of it happening in the '90s. Then you had Congress wanting to look at, “Okay, how do we do this? How do we reorganize military space?” They created a commission that was led by Donald Rumsfeld before he became Secretary of Defense for the second time. That commission issued its report in 2001, and it recommended a bunch of reforms, but it said in the midterm, in five to 10 years we should create a separate military service for space, something like a Space Corps.Nothing happened, even though Rumsfeld then became Secretary of Defense. We kind of took our focus off of it for a while, there were a few other studies that went on, and then in 2016, two members of Congress, a Republican and a Democrat, Mike Rogers and Jim Cooper, who were on the House Armed Services Committee, they took this issue up. They got so fed up with the oversight of looking at how the Air Force was shortchanging space in many ways in terms of personnel and training and funding and modernization, that they then put a provision into the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that would've created a Space Corps, they called it: a separate military service for space. And that bill actually passed the full House of Representatives.The Senate did not have a similar provision in their bill, so it died. It didn't make it into law—but then, all of a sudden, a couple of years later, President Trump, pretty much out of the blue floats this idea of creating a Space Force, and he did it at a rally that was at a Marine Corps base out in California, and, for some reason, it caught on with Trump. And then you already had the votes, a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives who had already pushed this, and so it started to gain momentum.It was very controversial at the time. The secretary of the Air Force at that time was adamantly opposed to it. Eventually, Trump forced it on the civilian establishment at DoD, and Congress ultimately enacted it, and the Space Force became a military service in December… I think December 20th, 2019. Now, there was some question, will the Biden administration keep it?Is this here to stay?It is written into law, so a president cannot unilaterally take it away, and, at this point, it's got its own roots in the ground and the Space Force is not going anywhere.A little bit off topic, but was there a similar debate when they separated the Air Force out of the Army?There was, yeah, and it lasted for a long time. So you had folks like Billy Mitchell who were in the Army Air Corps way back before World War II—I think in the late '20s, early '30s—they were advocating for a separate military service for Air. And I believe Billy Mitchell actually got court marshaled because he disobeyed orders from a superior about advocating for this with Congress.And so the idea of a separate service for Air pretty much died out until World War II hit. And, of course, that was a war that we were brought into it by an attack that came from the air, and that really brought air power into full effect in terms of a major component of military power. So then, at the end of World War II, the Air Power advocates got together, they created the Air Force Association to advocate for a separate military service and they got it in the National Security Reform Act in 1947, I think the Air Force actually stood up in 1948.It took longer, I would argue, a lot more advocacy and it took a World War, a crisis, to show us how important Air was to the military in order for us to actually create an Air Force. Now, I think, thankfully, we did that in advance of a crisis in terms of creating the Space Force.Right now, what the Space Force does, is it tracking satellites, tracking and space debris, is it a monitoring and tracking service? It's not a fighting service yet?Well, yes and no. A lot of what the Space Force does on a day-to-day basis is they provide space-enabling capabilities to the other military services. So if you want to get intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance from space, you can go to the Space Force. Separately, we have intel space that's run through the National Reconnaissance Office—that has not changed its organization. If you want to get GPS, the Space Force runs our GPS constellation of satellites, and they're responsible for defending it against all forms of attack, which it is attacked daily. If you want satellite communications, the Space Force delivers that. If you want missile warning… So the Space Force delivers lots of enabling capabilities for other parts of the military. At the same time, it is tasked with defending those capabilities, and it's not just against kinetic forms of attack where an adversary is literally trying to shoot a satellite out of the sky.A New Kind of Warfare (9:15)I guess that's the first thing that popped in my mind. Too much science fiction maybe, but…Well, that is real, that's a real threat. The truth is there's not a lot you can do to actively protect against that—at least, we don't have a lot of capabilities right now—but the forms of attack we see on a daily basis are cyber, electromagnetic, and other forms of non-kinetic attack like lazing the sensors on a satellite. You could temporarily, or even permanently, blind the sensors on a satellite with a laser from an aircraft or from a ground station.I'll give you an example: When Russia invaded Ukraine, at the very beginning of the invasion, one of the first attacks they launched was a space attack. It was cyber, and it was against a commercial space capability. What they did is they exploited a vulnerability, previously unknown, in ViaSat modems. ViaSat's, a commercial satellite communications company, they had some sort of a vulnerability in their modems. The Russians, through a cyber attack, basically bricked all those modems. They locked them out. The Ukrainian military relied on ViaSat for satellite communications, so it locked up all of their terminals right at the beginning. They could not communicate using Satcom. Incidentally, it locked up lots of ViaSat terminals across Europe in that same attack. So we see this happening all the time. Russian forces are constantly jamming GPS signals. That makes weapons and drones much less effective. They can't use GPS for targeting once they go into a GPS-denied environment.But the Space Force has ways to overcome that. We have protected military GPS signals, we have ways of increasing the strength of those signals to overcome jamming. There's lots of things you can do with counter-space and then counter to the counter-space.The problem is that we kind of sat on our laurels and admired our advantage in space for a couple of decades and did not make a concerted effort to improve the protection of our space systems and develop our own capability to deny others the advantage of space because others didn't have that same advantage for a long time.Well, that has changed, and the creation of the Space Force, I think, has really set us in a positive new direction to get serious about space defense and to get serious about denying others the advantage of space if we need to.Defining the Mission (11:40)The Chief of Space Operation at the Space Force recently published a short white paper, which I guess begins to lay out kind of a doctrine, like, “What is the mission? How do we accomplish this mission?” Probably the first sort of Big Think piece maybe since Space Force became a branch. What did that white paper say? What do you make of it?Yeah, so I think one of the criticisms of military space for a while has been that we didn't really have space strategy, space doctrine, we didn't have a theory of space power that was well developed. I would argue we had some of those, but it's fair to say that they have not been that well developed. Well, one of the reasons you need a military service is to actually get the expertise that is dedicated to this domain to think through those things and really develop them and flesh them out, and so that's what this white paper did, and I think it did a pretty good job of it, developing a theory of space power. He calls it a “theory of success for competitive endurance in the space domain.”And one of the things I thought was really great that they highlight in the paper, that a lot of US government officials in the past have been reluctant to talk about, is the fact that we are under attack on a daily basis—gray zone-type aggression in the space domain—and we've got to start pushing back against that. And we've got to actually be willing and able to exercise our own defensive and counter-space capabilities, even in the competition phase before we actually get to overt conflict, because our adversaries are doing it already. They're doing it to us. We need to be able to brush them back. We're not talking about escalating and starting a conflict or anything like that, but when someone jams our satellite communication systems or GPS, they need to feel some consequences. Maybe something similar happens to their own space capabilities, or maybe we employ capabilities that show them we can overcome what you're doing. So I thought that was a good part of the theory of success is you can't just sit by and let an adversary degrade your space capabilities in the competition phase.How much of the focus of Space Force currently, and maybe as that paper discussed what the department's mission is, focused on the military capabilities, protecting military capabilities, the military capabilities of other nations, versus what you mentioned earlier was this really expanding commercial element which is only going to grow in importance?Today, the vast majority of the Space Force's focus is on the military side of providing that enabling military capability that makes all of our forces more effective, protecting that capability, and then, to a lesser extent, being able to interfere with our adversaries' ability to use space for their own advantage.They are just now starting to really grapple with, “Okay, is there a role for the Space Force in protecting space commerce, protecting commercial space capabilities that may be economically important, that may be strategically important to us and our allies, but are not directly part of a military capability?” They're starting to think through that now, and it really is the Space Force taking on a role in the future that is more like the Navy. The Navy does fight and win wars, of course, but the Navy also has a role in patrolling the seas and ensuring the free flow of commerce like we see the US Navy doing right now over in the Red Sea: They're helping protect ships that need to transit through that area when Houthi Rebels are targeting them. Do we need that kind of capability and space? Yeah, I think we do. It is not a huge priority now, but it is going to be a growing priority in the future.Conflict and Competition in Space (15:34)I don't know if such things even currently exist, but if you have satellites that can kill other satellites, do those exist and does the Space Force run them?Satellites that can kill other satellites, absolutely. That is a thing that exists. A lot of stuff is kept classified. What we know that's unclassified is, back in the 1960s and early '70s, the Soviets conducted many tests—a couple of dozen tests—of what they call a co-orbital anti-satellite system, that is a satellite that can kill another satellite, and there's still debris in space from some of those tests back in the '60s and '70s.We also know, unclassified, that China and Russia have on-orbit systems that appear to be able to rendezvous with other satellites, get very close. We've seen the Russians deploy a satellite that appeared to fire a projectile at another Russian satellite—looks like a test of some sort of a co-orbital weapon. So yes, those capabilities are out there. They do exist. We've never seen a capability like that used in conflict, though, not yet, but we know they existLooking forward a decade… One can imagine a lot more satellites, multiple space platforms, maybe some run by the private sector, maybe others not. One could imagine permanent or semi-permanent installations on the moon from different countries. Are plans being made to protect those things, and would the Space Force be the one protecting them? If you have a conflict between the Chinese military installation on the moon and the American, would that be in the Space Force domain? Again, it seems like science fiction, but I don't think it's going to seem like science fiction before too long.Well, that's right. We're not at that point today, but are we going to be at that point in 10, 20, 30 years? Perhaps. There are folks in the Space Force, like in the chief scientist's office that have thought about these things; they publish some papers on it. There's no real effort going into that right now other than thinking about it from an academic perspective. Should that be in the mandate of the Space Force? Well, I think it already is, it's just there's not a need for it yet, and so it's something to keep an eye on.Now, there are some rules, if you will, international agreements that would suggest, “Okay, some of these things should not happen.” Doesn't mean they won't; but, for example, the main treaty that governs how nations operate in space is the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. The Outer Space Treaty specifically says that you can't claim territory in space or on any celestial body like the moon or Mars, and it specifically says you cannot put a military installation on any celestial body.So, should China put a military base on the moon, they would be clearly violating the Outer Space Treaty. If China puts a scientific installation that happens to have some military capabilities on it, but they don't call it that, well, you know, what are we going to do? Are we going to call them before the United Nations and complain? Or if China says, “Hey, we've put a military installation in this key part of the lunar South Pole where we all believe that there is ice water, and if anyone tries to land anywhere near us, you're going to interfere with our operations, you might kick up dust on us, so we are establishing a keep-out zone of some very large area around this installation.”I think that there are some concerns that we could be headed in that direction, and that's one of the reasons NASA is pushing forward with the Artemis program to return humans to the moon and a set of international agreements called the Artemis Accords, where we've gotten, I think, more than 20 nations now to agree to a way of operating in the lunar environment and, to a certain extent, in Earth orbit as well, which will help make sure that the norms that develop in space, especially in deep space operating on the moon, are norms that are conducive to free and open societies and free markets. And so I give credit to former NASA administrator, Jim Breidenstein and the Trump administration; he came up with the Artemis Accords. I think it was wonderful. I would love to see us go even further, but NASA is still pursuing that and still signing up more countries to the Artemis Accords, and when they sign up to that, they can be part of our effort to go back to moon and the Artemis program, and right now we are on track to get there and put humans back on the moon before China. I just hope we keep it that way.The Danger of Space Debris (20:11)Let me finish up with a question based on something you've mentioned several times during our conversation, which is space debris and space junk. I see more and more articles about the concerns. How concerned are you about this? How should I think about that issue?Yeah, it is a concern, and, I mean, the physics of the space domain are just fundamentally different than what we see in other domains. So, in space, depending on what orbit you're in, if something breaks up into pieces, those pieces keep orbiting Earth indefinitely. If you are below about 600 kilometers, those pieces of debris, there's a tiny amount of atmospheric drag, and, depending on your mass and your surface area and solar weather and stuff, eventually things 600 kilometers and below are going to reenter the Earth atmosphere and burn up in weeks, months, years.Once you get above about 600 kilometers, things start staying up there much longer. And when you get out to geostationary orbit, which is 36,000 kilometers above the surface of the earth, those things aren't coming down, ever, not on their own. They're staying up there. So the problem is, imagine every time there was a shipwreck, or a car wreck, or a plane crash, that all of the debris kept moving around the earth forever. Eventually it adds up. And space, it's a very large volume, yes, but this stuff is whizzing by, if you're in low-earth orbit, you're going around 17,000 miles per hour constantly. And so you've got close approach after close approach, day after day, and then you run the risk of debris hitting debris, or debris hitting other satellites, and then creating more debris, and then increasing the odds that this happens again and again, the movie Gravity gave a dramatic effect to this.I was thinking about that scene as you're explaining this.Yeah. The timeline was very compressed in that movie, but something like that, the Kessler Syndrome, is theoretically possible in the space domain, so we do have to watch out for it. Debris is collecting, particularly in low Earth orbit above 600 kilometers, and ASAT tests are not helpful at all to that. So one of the things the Biden administration did is they instituted a unilateral moratorium on antisatellite testing by the United States. Well, it's easy for us to do. We didn't need to do any anti-satellite tests anymore because we already know we can do that. We have effective capabilities and we wouldn't want to use kinetic anti-satellite attacks anyway, 'cause it would hurt our own systems.We have been going around trying to get other countries to sign up to that as well, to a moratorium on ASAT testing. It's a good first step, but really you need Russia and China. They need to sign up to not do that anymore. And India, India conducted a kinetic ASAT test back in, I think, 2019. So those are the countries we really need to get on board with that.But there's a lot of accidental debris production that happens as well. When countries leave a spent rocket body up in orbit and then something happens. You know, a lot of times they leave their fuel tanks pressurized or they leave batteries on there, after five, 10 years in orbit, sometimes these things explode randomly, and then that creates a debris field. So there's more that we can do to kind of reach international agreements about just being smart stewards of the space domain. There are companies out there that are trying to work on technologies to clean up space debris. It's very hard. That is not something that's on the immediate horizon, but those are all efforts that should be ongoing. It is something to be concerned about.And actually, to circle back to the chief of space operations and his theory of success in his white paper, that's one of the tensions that he highlights in there, is that we want to use space for military advantage, including being able to deny other countries the ability to use space. But at the same time, we want to be good stewards of the space domain and so there's an inherent tension in between those two objectives, and that's the needle that the Space Force is trying to thread.I have one final question, and you may have no answer for it: If we were to track a large space object headed toward Earth, whose job would it be to stop it?So it would be NASA's job to spot it, to find objects like near-Earth orbit asteroids. Whose job is it to stop it? I think we would be figuring that out on the fly. First of all, we would have to figure out, can we stop it? Is there a way to stop it? And it would probably require some sort of an international effort, because we all have a common stake in that, but yeah, it is not in anyone's job jar.Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. 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Welcome to a new episode of the 'Kurdistan in America' podcast, marking our twelfth and final episode of Season Four. We are honored to feature Ms. Bonnie Carroll, the president and founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a non-governmental organization dedicated to supporting families affected by military losses.As we approach the new year, we'd like to take a moment to extend our warm wishes to our audience for a joyous holiday season and a New Year filled with hope and positivity.Ms. Carroll, the surviving spouse of Brigadier General Tom Carroll, also served in the military, retiring as a Major in the US Air Force Reserve.In her earlier civilian career, she served three Presidents in senior policy positions in Washington, D.C., lobbied on Defense and Aerospace issues, and was posted in Baghdad, Iraq from '03 to '04 during Operation Iraqi Freedom as an Advisor to the Ministry of Communications.Her experiences in Iraq inspired a global network offering hope and healing to all those grieving a military loss. The connections she forged among widows and mothers of the Peshmerga and Iraqi Army laid the foundation for TAPS' research on supporting the enduring legacies of service and sacrifice—the families left behind.Ms. Carroll was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama, the highest civilian recognition in the United States, in 2015.In this episode, Ms. Carroll shares her experiences in the U.S. military, her time in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, the inspiration behind establishing TAPS International, and her perspectives on the Kurdish people.Join us on this enlightening journey as she shares her remarkable life story. 

This episode was originally aired in March of 2022.   If you're looking to hire military veterans, you'll come away from this episode with some solid action items.   Today we talk to Jay Snyder. Jay is a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force Reserve and has served six years of active duty. He is also the president of Big Blue Innovations, a construction consulting firm. Jay has been in the private construction industry for more than 20 years, and he joins us today to talk about increasing the recruitment of military veterans into the construction industry.    Military vets are exceptionally well-qualified for employment in the construction industry. Jay runs down a list of reasons this: They're used to rigor and structure.  They're accustomed to establishing a sense of comradery.  They understand the value of training and careful execution.  They know how to trust their teammates. They have experience adapting to always-changing circumstances.   Jay shares a bit about his experience returning from active duty. He'd been doing project management while deployed. He expected to have a smooth transition from that role into construction. He was surprised to find that the private sector didn't really understand what he'd done or know how to fit him into their structures. Jay realized that he needed to use different words.    Jay talks through a list of organizations that work with veterans to get them set up on post-active-duty employment. Here are a couple that he mentions: ESGR (Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve): Facilitates communication between veterans and companies who are seeking to employee  TAP (Transition Assistance Program): Seeks to prepare service members for their transition back to civilian life. Jay encourages employers to connect with TAP and discuss how they can work together   We discuss how military draw-downs lead to large pools of potential employees. Not all of the people in this pool are looking for immediate employment, but a great many of them are. We discuss the benefits of actively targeting these people for recruitment.    Eddie discusses specific candidate pipelines that companies establish from colleges or training facilities. Jay explains that these pipelines can function like flywheels, requiring very little effort once they've been established.   As an industry, we need to communicate as clearly as we can with service members and transition-assistance programs in order to ensure that veterans feel welcome into our field.   Megaphone Message: The construction industry is in the midst of a huge transformation toward increased sophistication. Much of this transformation is occurring in response to a lack of people to fill positions. Companies that want to take the simpler route should make a concerted effort to recruit veterans.      Find Jay online: LinkedIn - Big Blue Innovations   Find Us Online: BrosPodcast.com - LinkedIn - Youtube - Instagram - Facebook - Eddie's LinkedIn - Tyler's LinkedIn If you enjoy the podcast, please rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to us! Thanks for listening! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I had a wonderful time talking with Cortez L. Carey. Cortez is an MSW, Advocate, and former Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute intern; he is in the US Air Force Reserve and the Director of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth and more. Please tune in to hear about his life experience in care and expertise.

A Deeper Way Certified Facilitators Christy Johnson (Ecumen), Dustin Lee (Prairie Senior Cottages), and Michelle Rivard (Ecumen) join Casey and Tim to discuss A Deeper Way Foundational Tenet #6: Be Patient, AgainTenet #6: Be Patient, again and again and again and againIt takes time for real insight to get embedded.  People often need to hear and experience the insight multiple times in multiple ways.  This reality can be difficult to accept; we want to see progress after all.  Patience is the reminder that the growth process is always being realized. For more than 20 years, Christy Johnson has empowered those she serves and works with in the senior living industry. She is the Talent Development Director at Ecumen where she supports team member experience, growth, and education. Her background in Organizational Leadership along with the A Deeper Way framework allows her to support those working in the healthcare industry while honoring their individuality and unique needs. Connect with Christy on LinkedInDustin Lee is the CEO and President at Prairie Senior Cottages with seven locations specializing in serving those living with memory loss. He is a passionate and relentless advocate for those those touched by all forms of dementia. Dustin has spent the entirety of his career working his way up in the healthcare industry, gaining valuable experiences in managing home health care agencies, traditional and memory care assisted livings, and served as a regional director of housing across 3 states supervising 17 locations. At the young age of 17 he began his career in health care by working with developmentally handicapped adults. After getting his college degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, his entrepreneurial spirit kicked in and he started his own medical transport business and eventually the development of several assisted living communities. Additionally, he spent 23 years in the US Army and US Air Force Reserve, with one deployment to Iraq.Connect with Dustin on LinkedInMichelle Rivard serves as the Learning & Development Manager at Ecumen, one of the nation's leading providers of senior living and healthcare services. Michelle's major areas of focus include team member onboarding, career development, and education. Michelle has been a Care Profiler | A Deeper Way certified facilitator for several years, and loves the opportunity to help team members discover and use their unique talents. Michelle holds a Master's degree in Communication and a graduate certificate in postsecondary teaching. Connect with Michelle on LinkedInJoin the Psychology at Work conversation online:InstagramLinkedInFacebookVisit us at adeeperway.com to learn about taking the work to a deeper level.

Kyle, Donny, Joe and Jack help prepare you for the upcoming 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers season by talking the TJ Watt extension, the difficulty of the schedule, the rookies and much more, including a chat with Buffalo news radio man and friend of the show Brendan Keany, keys to the Week 1 game at Buffalo and the guys give their picks. Episode 73 of the COMON Network Podcast is presented by the US Air Force Reserve and Polokus, and its Primal Instinct Pre Workout. Use code "COMON" at polokus.com during checkout for 15% off your order.

Your favorite trio returns for our yearly NFL preview, as Kyle, Donny and Joe go over their picks for how the divisions finish in the National Football League this season as well as who makes the Super Bowl and who wins the yearly awards. This episode of the COMON Network Podcast is presented by the US Air Force Reserve (afreserve.com/pittspodcast) and Polokus and its Primal Instinct Pre Workout (use "COMON" at checkout at polokus.com for 15% off).

This week on Casa DeConfidence, Sara Greco, learner of all things leadership and the biggest Harry Potter nerd you'll ever meet. After growing up a military brat and moving all over the place, Sara joined the US Air Force as an officer and then transferred into the US Air Force Reserve. While working part time in the USAFR, she  gained experience at a few companies and learned about the corporate world. Now, with over ten years experience in both military and corporate, she has seen so many different work and leadership styles. Through all this she learned one major thing, leadership skills are not taught early or often enough. When She is not working (and not during a pandemic) you can find her going down an Instagram rabbit hole trying to find all the coolest local restaurants or doing a Peloton class.To check Sara out or work with her go here: https://www.leadintoit.co/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CasaDConfidence)

The podcast is back with a short but big interview with Kyle and Jack being joined by Pittsburgh native, former Plum Mustang turned Minnesota Twin Alex Kirilloff. They talk with Alex about his season, his big-league firsts, family, time at Plum and more. The episode is presented by the US Air Force Reserve, where part time jobs carry full time benefits at the Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station. Visit afreserve.com/pittspodcast to learn more.

Joe Smeltzer and Jack Hillgrove react to the Pittsburgh Penguins first round loss to the New York Islanders in six games. Joe and Jack discuss the woes in net from Tristan Jarry, the poor performances from some of the Penguins stars, and the future of Mike Sullivan as the head coach. Episode 66 is presented by the US Air Force Reserve. Find out more about their part-time jobs where the impact is full time at the Pittsburgh IAP Air Force Reserve Station at afreserve.com/pittspodcast.

Kyle, Donny and Joe are back to break down the Penguins and Islanders upcoming playoff series as the East Division champion Pens embark on another playoff journey. After that, they discuss the NFL schedule release and the Steelers' 2021-22 schedule and way-too-early expectations before finishing the episode with some discussion on the Pirates season so far. Episode 65 is presented by the US Air Force Reserve. Find out more about their part-time jobs where the impact if full-time at the Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station at afreserve.com/pittspodcast.

Episode 63 centers around the hottest topic in high school sports in Pittsburgh right now: the non-renewal of Pine-Richland Rams head coach Eric Kasperowicz and his staff after an 85-18 record in eight seasons, which include four district titles and two state titles, the fourth and second of which came just about five months ago. Kyle, Donny, Jack and Joe are joined by former Rams' QB, Pitt and James Madison QB and current Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Ben DiNucci as well as Kasperowicz's QB coach Todd Jochem. Jochem helps to detail the situation from an assistant coach's perspective and to continue to dispell the allegations of a culture of hazing and bullying in the program at Pine. Then the guys break down their thoughts on the mess of a situation. Today's episode is presented by the US Air Force Reserve. Part-time jobs are available with full-time benefits at the Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve station. Learn more at afreserve.com/pittspodcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comon-network/support

Ericka Kelly retired from the US Air Force Reserve where she was one of the top 3 Chief Enlisted Master Sergeants and from Federal Law Enforcement, working for the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection. This episode is a bit different in that it starts with stories of her earlier life that shaped her resiliency and built who she was in the military and who she is today. 

The COMON Network Podcast is back to preview the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Kyle, Donny and Joe start the episode by breaking down some of their upset picks for early in the tournament before diving into their final four and national championship picks. The guys are then joined by COMON Network Betting Insider Matt Linden to discuss the tourney. Then, Nick Farrell, WU alum, anchor for Gold and Blue Nation and three-time WV Best Sports Anchor, joins the show to discuss the bracket as a whole, but especially the Mountaineers of WVU and the Big 12 teams in the dance. Today's episode is presented by the US Air Force Reserve. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comon-network/support

"Truth is truth. It doesn't matter who's voice it is.""You can make a change regardless of age. You can change your mind, but whatever you choose, do it with your whole heart."Sarah’s BioSarah Laidir is an international attorney and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve. She has served the Air Force in various capacities for the last 17 years and specializes in international contract law and international human rights law. She is also an advocate for women’s rights globally.Nichole’s BioNichole was born and raised in southeast Michigan. She is the second of three children having an older brother and younger sister. Nichole spent lots of quality time with her siblings, parents and other relatives growing up through sports to include basketball and track and field. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2014 and was commissioned as a Logistics Officer in the Air Force that same year. She has been on active duty for 7 years and will be taking her next assignment to be a ROTC instructor at her alma mater this summer.We need to take a moment to add a small disclaimer. Sarah and Nichole are members of the United States Air Force, and will be discussing their experiences in the military. Any views expressed are their own and are not the opinions of the United States Air Force.

Joining the Military BandCharlan served in the US Air Force as a clarinetist. In her role, she organized, performed, and supported community outreach events as well as internal military events. Her military career began after she completed a Bachelor's and Masters of Music degree. She won a national audition as a civilian and after being selected went to Basic Training. After graduating from Basic Training she reported to the Band of the US Air Force Reserve in Warner Robins AFB, GA.Just over a year later, she quickly transitioned to the US Air Forces in Europe Band at Ramstein AB, Germany as a newlywed. While in Europe, she became a mom, learned how to breastfeed in combat boots and discovered a new desire to stick with one enlistment to spend time with her young children after completing her military commitment.From AF to CivilianShe performed her last concert as a Senior Airman with the US Air Force Academy Band at Peterson AFB, Colorado. Then she moved her growing family back to the Greater Atlanta Area in Georgia. In the three years following active-duty military service, Charlan has homeschooled her two sons, tutored private K-12 and adult students, and written resumes and supporting materials for other service-members in transition as well as civilians.Lessons Learned PodcastCurrently, she is on the team for a new podcast, "Lessons Learned for Vets" designed to give transitioning veterans actionable plans through stories shared by veterans who have gone before, experienced success, and dealt with setbacks. "Lessons Learned for Vets" launched on November 11th, 2020.Connect with Charlan:LinkedInMentioned in this episode:Lesson’s learned for VetsBlended RetirementRelated Episodes:Working on Jet Engines in the Air Force - Episode 61The Story of an Air Force Civil Engineer - Episode 52A Developmental Engineer in the Air Force - Episode 8Check out the full transcript here.  Thank you to my Patreon Sponsor Col Level and above:Kevin Barba, Adriana KeefeThank you Patreon members for your support. Want early access to episodes, ad-free content, and one on one mentorship advice? Become a Patreon member today! Click here.   

In the second podcast recorded live from the 2020 virtual NEHRA Annual Conference, Dave was joined by Jason O. Harris. Jason spent over 7 years in the US Air Force Reserve. In his civilian life, he transferred those skills to American Airlines as a commercial pilot and to public speaking as an inspirational speaker and consultant on the concept of "No Fail Trust." Jason discusses the expectation of trust in the military vs. civilian entry-level jobs, unexpected skills and qualities veterans can bring to the workplace, and whether he has maintained his support for the Raiders after their move to Las Vegas.

Custodio earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico and worked for various industries before landing a job in the accounting department of Prinair (Puerto Rico International Airlines). There she met Edwin Custodio, with whom she would eventually have two children. She later worked for the US Department of Defense (DoD) in Panama. With the support of her husband, she presented herself before Headquarters, Air Force Military Personnel Center (AFMPC) to apply for the United States Air Force Officer Training School. Upon admission, Custodio was accepted as a pilot candidate to become a United States Air Force pilot. She entered the Flight Screening Pilot Officer Training School in January 1980. After successful completion of Flight Screening she entered Officer Training School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. She qualified for Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas and graduated the following year, thus becoming the first Latina to complete the U.S. Air Force military pilot training. Her first military assignment was that of instructor pilot at Laughlin AFB. She was the first female to become a Northrop T-38 Talon (T-38) UPT flight instructor at that base. The T-38 Talon is the Air Force’s two-seat, supersonic jet trainer. On one occasion a bird struck the engine of her plane in bad weather while she was in flight. She was able to overcome the emergency and safely land her plane. Because of this she was recognized by the Air Force, and awarded the HQ AETC Aviation Safety Award for superior airmanship. Custodio was later assigned to Randolph Air Force Base where she was also the first female T-38 Instructor Pilot. During her career she also served as Pilot Instructor Training; T-41 Flight Screening – Operations Officer and Check Pilot. Custodio retired from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel in October 2003, after serving in the military for 23 years and 10 months. Her last assignment as an Air Force Reserve officer was that of accountability and readiness the Directorate of Personnel, HQ USAF. In June 1988, while she was serving in the US Air Force Reserve, she was hired by American Airlines as a commercial pilot. Custodio became one of the first Latina commercial airline captains. During her years with American, she flew various types of aircraft. She piloted the Boeing 727, Fokker 100, Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 to various countries in Europe, the Caribbean, Central America and South America. She also flew to Mexico, Canada and to various cities in the United States. Custodio retired from American Airlines in February 2008, with over 11,000 flight hours. Custodio retired from the military after 24 years of service and lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband. There she founded “Dragonfly Productions LLC,” a production company that creates personal film documentaries. In 1992, she founded the Ballet Folklorico Borikèn, the Puerto Rican folk ballet. Custodio is a Trustee of the Order of Daedalians Foundation, a Board Member and Treasurer for the Women in Aviation Alamo City Chapter and Board Member for the Dee Howard Foundation. Custodio also serves as vice president of the Hispanic Association of Aviation and Aerospace Professionals (HAAAP). These organizations inspire young students in the San Antonio and surrounding areas to seek civilian and military aviation careers. They hosts students to tour various airplanes and control towers and also speak to students in all grades to present career opportunities in aviation and aerospace.

Quote:  “I've been absolutely blown away by the commitment, by the caring and the conscious endurance and persistence that people have had on the front lines.”  Jason O. Harris   We recorded this podcast around the beginning of April when we were a few weeks into the COVID shut down.  At that time, I was looking for inspiration and ideas on how to keep my listeners moving forward.  On this episode of The Wealthy Speaker Show, I invited my guest, Jason O. Harris to join me for a discussion about trust, faith in yourself and those around you as well as taking risks. Jason is an International First Officer with American Airlines in addition to serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve. He is a 2001 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served as an officer and pilot in mobility and special operations units. The majority of Jason's active duty military service was served in an elite unit within the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).  His career accomplishments include 470 combat missions with more than 2,000 combat hours in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, and other war-torn areas around the world. He also served as an academic instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Highlights you won't want to miss:A unique journey from flying to speaking.  2:15A shout out to all of the essential workers.  7:10Go Around – Instilling trust.  9:00The core of human needs.  13:30Peeling back the layers of influence.  18:10It's not always easy, but it's worth it.  23:15Keep your circle of support close.  29:30Reach out to serve, not to sell.  32:30 Click to Tweet:  Are you looking for a little inspiration to keep you going?  Join me to hear Jason O. Harris share his ideas about trusting in yourself and moving forward to serve. Jason recognizes the value of empowerment and how to create and cultivate an environment where talent can flourish, and people grow into their destiny. Jason is involved in the local community serving on boards and commissions with a belief that excellence is a journey, rather than a destination! He and his spouse, along with their daughter, look forward to continued service to the nation and local community. If you could use some ideas and motivation to shift your mindset from retreat to progress, you simply can't afford to miss this episode. I hope you'll download and learn. Links:Jason's website: https://jasonoharris.com/NSA:   https://www.nsaspeaker.org/CAPS: https://www.canadianspeakers.org/Want to win a FREE FOCUS 40 coaching session with Jane Atkinson?https://www.speakerlauncher.com/win/

Wei Wang is currently a co-founder of QD Learning and Gateway Academy. He is passionate about Speech,Debate,  Leadership, College Admission and anything in between to get students in K-12 ready for college and career. His previous career was in IT consulting/sales specializing in cloud computing & enterprise software. He is originally from Shanghai, China and graduated from UCLA with a MBA degree. He is also a Captain from US Air Force Reserve based in March Air Reserve Base. • In this episode, Robert and Wei discuss Toastmasters, the differences between Chinese and American education, and how the military plays into the speech world.  Listen for free through Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Overcast, Podbean, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Ashok is the Business Manager at Bold Gold Media, the parent company of 95.3 DNH. He grew up outside Philadelphia and spent 7 years in the the U.S. Air Force. After leaving active duty he transitioned to the reserve corps and also joined Bold Gold Media. Ashok brings in some of his favorite Indian food, and Adam brings in a classic American snack to share with Ashok.

Jason Harris grew up on the mean streets of Oakland, CA and despite being the product of a single parent home, the product of three failed marriaages and four fathers, he was able to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy, attend Air Force Pilot Program, and fly mobility and special operations planes whih has amassed him with over 2000 combat hours. Jason's incredible journey now enales hime to share withothers how, "the little guy who didn't belong" can go from surviving to thriving. If you accept the mission from Jason you too will thrive as you fly the sortees in your life.  Jason is currently an officer in the US Air Force Reserve and enjoys employment with American Airlines as an international wide-body pilot. About The Host  John Register is a long jump silver medalist and American record holder from the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. His business, Inspired Communications International, LLC, shows business leaders how to "Hurdle Adversity, and create their new normal" through his change management experiential keynotes.  Folllw John on all social media platforms at Johnregister.com  

Lesley Carhart (@hacks4pancakes) is a veteran security incident responder and digital forensics analyst. Programming since the age of 7, she forged her name in the industry by working with organizations like Motorola and the Air Force Reserve. Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/Episode496#Interview:_Lesley_Carhart.2C_Motorola_Solutions.2FUS_Air_Force_Reserve_-_6:00PM-7:00PM Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Lesley Carhart (@hacks4pancakes) is a veteran security incident responder and digital forensics analyst. Programming since the age of 7, she forged her name in the industry by working with organizations like Motorola and the Air Force Reserve. Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/Episode496#Interview:_Lesley_Carhart.2C_Motorola_Solutions.2FUS_Air_Force_Reserve_-_6:00PM-7:00PM Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

The rise of a small colony with an established set of principles to the world's leadership position is by any historical account - EXCEPTIONAL. If you think about what America has accomplished as a nation and you compare that to any other country in the history of mankind - there simply is no comparison. What then is behind the controversy of American Exceptionalism? You might remember the New York Times op-ed column a couple years back that Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote suggesting that America was NOT and should not consider themselves an exceptional country. We'll discuss AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM with our distinguished panel today with these three American military officers:  Colonel Tony Buntyn is in the US Air Force Reserve, where he has served over 33 years. He is also the President of IT consulting company U.S. Cyber Solutions. Colonel Jim Waurishuk USAF (Retired), is a 30-year career senior intelligence and political-military affairs officer. An expert in international strategic studies and policy, and serving in numerous USAF and Joint Special Operations special mission units. Colonel Bill Moline USAF (Retired) and West Point graduate. Since retiring from military service, Bill has worked as a business developer, career adviser and Master Networker. UNENGAGED A Pew Research survey found that young Americans (younger than 30) care more about the World Cup than the way in which our government functions or the upcoming election. (just 13% younger than 30 and 19% 30-49 age group follow these events closely. 36% of those 65 and older and 34% of those 50 to 64) Why are people tuning the NEWS of the day out of their lives? What can we do to engage more people at every age level? CORRUPTION There’s been a 20-point increase since 2006 in Americans who believe government corruption is widespread, says Gallup Research. Perceptions of widespread corruption actually dipped a bit after President Obama was first sworn in, there was a sense of optimism (especially amongst young people) about Hopenchange. At this time however Americans are more cynical than ever thanks to the level of scandals and corruption that beset our government at just about every turn. If the majority of Americans believe government is corrupt to the core as Gallup suggests and if the majority of Americans are unengaged as Pew suggests… Is this equivalent to a death sentence for America as we once knew her? And if not, then how do we change the narrative in America? Is it God, Country, Family? Or is it God, Family, Country? We shall find out on the show today as these three distinguished military heroes join us for this special program on... PATRIOTISM IN AMERICA.

Karen Courington is a visual artist and currently working as a technology consultant in the Bay Area. She served as a senior adviser to Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA). Karen is a Major in the US Air Force Reserve, was an active duty C-17 pilot, and is a graduate of both Georgetown University and The University of Virginia.