American Warrior Radio

Being a Marine rifleman was a huge part of BJ Ganem's identity. After losing a leg to an IED he had trouble transitioning and faced a spiral that included depression, divorce, bankruptcy and self medicating. He adopted a bulldog and his life turned around.

Sierra Delta now helps fund training for other Veteran's dogs. "Most of us don't NEED a Ferrari. We just need an F-150"

Huey gunship pilot Bob Lifesy was awarded FOUR Distinguished Flying Cross medals over the course of twelve months of combat in Vietnam.
* This is a replay of interview originally broadcast Aug. 11, 2024

Retired Army Intelligence Officer and West Point instructor Charles Faint joins us to discuss several topics pertinent to military and first responder communities.

The motto of Code of Vets is "Taking Care of Our Own..One Veteran at a Time." They have raised and distributed over $8 million in emergency gap funding to Veterans who have fallen on hard times. Founder Gretchen Smith joins us.

The US Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth is the only Level III maximum security prison in the Dept. Of War. Sergeant Major Daniel Dodds shares more about the institution's history and their reform and rehabilitation progams.

Operation Sparrow was either genius or suicidal..or both. Jason Bell tells us the amazing on little known story of three American Commandos who may have saved hundreds of thousands of lives by convincing the Nazis that the Allied invasion would come through Hungary.

When Army officer Patrick Naughton began researching his father's service in Vietnam, he identified several parrallels between that war and the war the current generations fought. His book "Born From War: A Solider's Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq and the Generational Impact of Conflict" is a fascinating read.

Ed McKenzie was a combat search and rescue crewmember in Vietnam. Folowing the war he became a Franciscan Priest. He uses lessons learned from Saint Francis of Assisi's journey from soldier to saint to help other Veterans address their Post Traumatic Stress.

Kevin and Lauren Wallace moved out of their condo, bought a used FedX van with 300,000 miles on the odometer. Their mission was to record 100 stories of Purple Heart recipients and Gold Star families.

280 days, 27,000 miles and 48 states later, they recorded 317.

California Fish and Wildlife game warden John Nores helped build the nation's first dedicated wildlife officer special operations units to reclaim America's wildlands from drug cartels. He explains the war taking place right in our own backyards.