In this episode of the Semper Try Podcast, Bill sits down with his new friend Steve, host of Even Though I Walk, for a powerful conversation about service, faith, trauma, healing, and the stories veterans carry home.

Steve shares his journey from joining the Air Force at 17, serving as a firefighter, being called into ministry, and later spending 22 years as a Navy chaplain serving alongside sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen. From the USS Cole to Iraq and Afghanistan, Steve opens up about the weight of walking with others through grief, combat stress, PTSD, and suicide loss.

Bill also shares part of his own Marine Corps story, including a seven-and-a-half-month boot camp journey, stress fractures, pain, and the choice to keep going when quitting would have been easy.

This episode is about brotherhood, faith, mental health, veteran suicide prevention, and why telling these stories matters.

Because trying beats quitting.