Author Matt Green shares his unique perspective as an embedded reporter with U.S. troops in Iraq, as well as his observations from working with returning British veterans. He has spent the past 14 years working as a correspondent for the Financial Times and Reuters and has reported from more than 30 countries, most recently Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he investigated subjects including the money men bankrolling the Taliban and the kingpins behind Pakistan's heroin trade.

After studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Oxford University, Matthew began his career with Reuters, working in east and west Africa and in Iraq, where he was embedded with US Marines during the invasion in 2003.

He later joined the Financial Times, working in Nigeria and then Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he spent time with US forces deployed to Helmand and Kandahar provinces in the Obama administration's troop surge.

Matthew is now based in London and appears regularly as a commentator on the BBC News Channel and World Service radio, and writes for publications including Monocle magazine and the Literary Review. His first book was The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Joseph Kony, which won a Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature and was long-listed for the Orwell Prize.

Similarities between Coalition Forces veteran mental health and U.S. veteran mental health

The gap between resources available and the ability to access those services

Stigma and the military mindset

Posttraumatic Growth, and the danger of relying on the concept of posttraumatic growth as a "positive" that comes out of trauma.

Going beyond PTSD to the other mental health concerns

The benefit of Peer Support in recovery and stigma reduction

The impact of the psychological injury on military families

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Charlotte Creech from Patriot Bootcamp a great resource for any veteran entrepreneurs in the tech space. Join us next week to continue our series on SEO.

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Struggles Our Military Community Faces During Transition

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Picking the Right Business Partners

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Justin Bailey is the creator of the Code of Character. Justin is a guy who feels old around millennials (anyone who doesn’t get a “Homey the Clown” reference) but doesn’t get the jokes of Gen X’ers, stuck somewhere in between. He's a sports fanatic, who has to intentionally regulate his emotion and time spent on teams that don’t know he exists. He has a beautiful, amazing yogi wife who has had plenty of reasons to give up on the roller coaster that is married but has decided to stay, fight, and grow with him. He is a father to three boys who challenge him every day.

Fatherhood itself challenges him, the enormity of realizing the potential to screw these kids up forever, or fill them with life and passion to change their pocket of the world, can be overwhelming sometimes. But the upside is limitless; the joy found in parenthood is incomparable to anything else in his life. Justin got married and left for Army boot camp in the same week. He wouldn’t advise this for anyone, specifically not a twenty-year-old kid who thinks he knows everything because a beautiful girl had joined the journey with him. He worked in information technology for over a decade, and it’s been very good to me. Several years ago Justin started thinking there may be another mission that I should be pursuing. " I was content working my career, raising my boys, and cutting up with Katie, but I felt like there was something else I was supposed to be doing. This feeling was the beginnings of Code of Character."  Justin decided a few years ago that what he loved doing was coaching and teaching. "Whether it was teaching a new technology to someone, or coaching baseball to kids, the central theme came back to the fact that I am most happy when I am able to see the light go on in someone’s eyes because they “get it”. My hope is that through providing resources to people, one on one problem solving and coaching, small group workshops, and speaking that I can fill a need in our society to make tomorrow just a bit brighter for the next generation."

About Code of Character

We all agree that society has lots of problems, lots of complex problems with no decisive answers that we all seem to agree upon. Whether or not the “good ‘ole days” ever existed doesn’t matter. What does matter is where we are now and where we are going from here. We are at a point in history where we have the resources and the means of communication to affect change on a global scale.

I believe the best course of action is a bottom-up approach, starting with men. Why men? Statistics show that men are wreaking havoc on our society than women, and we all know this to be true without looking at the data.

Call to Action

I am proposing a grassroots “man up” approach. Building a community of men together that crosses religious, political, and ethnic boundaries that focus on mutual values, faith in one another, and a commitment to building up each other and future generations toward building a society of excellent men. Men are able to communicate with one another about real life and intercede on behalf of each other when life is tough.

Eddie Lazzari joins Jeff and they have a fun and random conversation. for the first half. Jeff then makes a profound and direct plea to veterans to alter their behavior and expectations. he is blunt, honest, and can be offensive. this is the benefit and extra you get from Jeff and his unapologetic and sometimes purposeful language. Be warned and be brave and hear Eddie and Jeff talk about the Networks upcoming Easter Eggs and challenges, Jeff explains Patreon and gives shout-outs to Patreon donors as promised then stay for the free politically incorrect rant that is still informative and a call to action.

What are Easter Eggs and how you can start playing? Challenge made!

You will learn why you should support us through Patreon and should regret not already doing it and makeup by being generous.

You finally learn that Jeff is an in your face Jerk and it is only tolerated because he does it with the truth. Veterans need to hear and digest the talk Jeff gives and allow for it to sink in before they go ballistic and also because Jeff doesn't care if you are bothered by his words. He chooses them for the intent to be noted and make you take a good look at your own view of the veteran community. Eddie tries to be positive and Jeff allows him to read an article and then goes full Dick to end the show.

Find links to this episode's content here:

https://www.facebook.com/CYPOV/

https://www.facebook.com/edward.lazzari

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In this second episode of Head Space and Timing, Duane will share one of his primary personal principles: the Audacity Principle. Any measure of success that he has obtained is through bold and decisive action; this is a mindset that can be achieved by any and all!

The Audacity Principle, simply stated, is this:

 The Audacity Principle Explained 

Jas Boothe is a Chicago Native, Disabled Army Veteran, Cancer Survivor, and Side-Eye Connoisseur who gave over 16 years of service to this great nation; achieving the rank of Major. In addition to directing multiple PSAs, she has received the following awards for her veteran advocacy: DoD Spirit of Hope, CNN Hero, People Mag Hero, Oprah Winfrey Standing Ovation and etc. Jas is the mother of 2 boys, Brandon (United States Air Force) and Jammel Jr., and wife of Marine Combat Veteran, Jammel Sr.

Jas is the creator of Discharged an animated show that is basically If Full Metal Jacket, Friends, and Family Guy had a baby, Discharged would be their offspring.  Check out the show at http://dischargedcomedy.com  Then go support the show at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/discharged-animation#/

Nicholas Ripplinger author of Front Line Leadership enlisted in the United States Army Reserves as a Military Police Officer at the age of 17. Due to his young age when he chose to serve our country, a waiver signed by both of his parents was required before he could proudly take his oath.

He attended basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri between his junior and senior years of High School. After graduating High School, he enlisted in the Active Duty U.S. Army. Nick was stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Knox, Kentucky where he deployed to Iraq from both of these duty stations. He also served from a base in Stuttgart, Germany.

Nick advanced through the enlisted ranks faster than most of his peers and was hand-selected for several high profile positions such as the Division Commanders After Action Briefer for the Multi-National Forces Iraq-North. He was selected by over 50 other Non-Commissioned Officers for this position.

Nick was also selected as the European Command Protective Services Operations Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge where he was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the third-highest peacetime award. He was also awarded several other medals, ribbons, awards, coins, and certificates.

...Learn More about Nick Here

Everyone that serves in the military will all have to separate someday. There are many ways to do this successfully, and many ways to go down in flames. Educating yourself is your best defense and the best way to do that is to pay attention to those who came before you and did it themselves.

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 Front Line Leadership Journal

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Bruce Wayne and Batman are two different personalities but both exist in the same man and each serves a purpose. The modern American warrior has the struggle of having to be a hardened fighter when deployed and balance it with being a civilized family man when they are home.

Duane France talks to Jeff about the difference between these alter egos and split personality disorders. They also talk about how transitioning veterans are treated like dysfunctional lunatics and how some actually are.

This episode balances the serious nature of mental health and some light-hearted discussion about the other man that our combat veterans can be. Duane had some connectivity issues in the first few minutes of the show that makes his audio a little rough. This clears up quickly and does not affect the sound for the majority of the show.

Find links to this episode's content here:

 Correlation and Causation: Military Service and Killing Machines

 Superhero in the House: Living with Your Service Member’s Alter Ego

 Metallica At War: Combat and Confusion

 On Being “One of Those Weird Veterans” in the Workplace

Find & Follow Duane France at these links:

https://www.facebook.com/duane.k.france

@ThCounselingVet 

Head Space and Timing Website

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