Ep. 43: Scott Weaver - The Struggles, Challenges, and Successes After Military Retirement
Scott Weaver, retired Navy EOD Senior Chief, sits down and talks about life one year after retiring from active duty. We discuss what it's like to leave something that has been your main focus for 20 ...
20 Aug 20242h 26min
Ep.42: Tony Seifert - EOD and Ultra Running
Tony Seifert is a Navy EOD Operator who has an exhausting hobby. In his free time he goes out and trains, running mile after mile, eventually spending his weekends competing in races of 32-100 miles. ...
5 Aug 202454min
Ep.41: Richard Davidson - Bartending in Vietnam to Becoming an Alkalarian
Richard Davidson joined the US Navy in 1959 and ultimately retired in 1989 as a CWO4 in EOD, after 22 years. Among his many deployments, he did five tours in Vietnam and deployed worldwide. After he r...
1 Juni 20241h 41min
Ep.40: Jacquelyn Read - Linguist to EOD Operator and Beyond
Jacquelyn Read is a retired Explosive Ordnance Disposal Senior Chief with 21 years in the Navy. After six years as a Chinese linguist, she graduated from EOD school and ultimately EOD Mobile Unit Thre...
1 Maj 20241h 50min
Ep.39: Karl Krahn - It’s not Failure if You Don’t Quit
Learning to deal with adversity is understanding that you haven't failed if you don't give up. A positive attitude will bring us all to a greater position in life. Karl Krahn separated from the Navy ...
1 Apr 20242h 33min
Ep.38: Jeff Simons - Around the World
Jeff Simons spent 26 years with US Navy EOD, retiring as a Lieutenant Commander (select). During that time he was stationed and deployed all around the world. From Operation Earnest Will, and Desert S...
1 Mars 20241h 23min
Ep. 37: Brian Kirk - Building the Quality of Person You Want to Be
Episode 37 is with Brian Kirk, a US Navy Reserve Commander who served 11 years on active duty as a Navy EOD Officer. During his active duty time, he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and spent signific...
1 Feb 20242h 2min
Ep. 36: Tod Neal - The Strength a Hard Life Teaches
Tod Neal, a 30-year Navy Veteran who retired as a Senior Chief EOD Operator, joins me for episode 36 of the podcast. Growing up in a Methodist children’s home, he had a tough childhood. While struggli...
14 Jan 20241h 38min
