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Dr. Paul Dillon, a Certified Management Consultant with more than 47 years of experience in the professional services industry and a U.S. Army Reserve Veteran who served in Vietnam as a 1st Lieutenant and was awarded 2 Bronze Star Medals. Paul is also an Adjunct Instructor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

In todays' episode Tyler and Paul talk about: What are the characteristics that make veterans great entrepreneurs; What’s the current landscape regarding veteran entrepreneurship today; and What resources are available for veterans who want to start their own businesses.

Veteran Led Incubators—Bunker Labs https://bunkerlabs.org

The “Launch Lab Online” program https://bunkerlabs.org/launch-lab-online/

Veteran Led Accelerators—Vet-Tech http://vet-tech.us is the nation's leading accelerator for veteran-owned businesses.

University Programs—Syracuse University's Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities http://ebv.vets.syr.edu is one of the most extensive programs in higher education for veteran entrepreneurship.

Community Colleges—Community colleges around the nation offer veteran entrepreneurship courses and programs, typically through their small business development centers.

Government Services—The SBA's Boots to Business program

https://www.sba.gov/sba-learning-platform/boots-business

https://www.warriorrising.org/vettoceo-business-accelerator/

The American Legion Entrepreneur Video Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b41aCjXB-MI

Community Based Organizations—SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives Veteran Fast Launch Initiative https://www.score.org/content/veteran-

fast-launch-initiative

Coding Bootcamps - Code Platoon in Chicago https://www.codeplatoon.org/ 

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Aid and Attendance Benefits and Housebound Allowance provides a monthly payment which increases a current VA benefit based on your situation. This additional income assistance opens up the opportunity to hire a home health aide to assist with organizing medication, bathing, eating or other needs of the Veteran and survivors to continue to live at home. 

The application for this benefit can be complex so it is suggested to reach out to your VSO for assistance in applying.

Visit https://www.va.gov/pension/aid-attendance-housebound/ to learn more.

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What you see is what you get with Pam Barragan! Real, Raw and Unashamed!

Tyler is joined by our newest team member to the Coming Home Well Family and she couldn't be a more perfect fit. Pam is the host of 2200TAPS and her story is the inspiration behind the podcast. In today's episode she briefly touches on some of the specifics and why she decided to join our network of podcasts.

What is #2200TAPS? It is a safe platform where veterans, first responders and individuals can share their struggles and the ways they have learned to manage the symptoms. Hearing others have the courage to be transparent and vulnerable gives us an open door policy to be able to tell our stories in a place free of judgement.

Follow Pam on Instagram @2200TAPS or visit her website at 2200taps.com 

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In this interview Liz talks with retired Air Force Colonel and airline pilot, Julie Tizard, about her flying careers and her book, The Road to Wings, a lesbian romance novel set in Air Force Flight Training in the early 1990s, which incorporates the intensity of military flight training from both the student's and instructor’s perspectives and the high stakes of same-sex relationships in the military at the time.

What does it take to earn air force wings? Your heart, your soul, even your very life? Lieutenant Casey Tompkins is starting the most difficult flight training program in the world. She has to face thunderstorms, the death of friends, and male instructors who want to wash her out. 

Captain Kathryn Hardesty is the toughest and best instructor pilot on the base and the chief of flight safety. She’s demanding because she knows the price of failure is tragedy and a smoking hole. She looks out for all the students, especially the female ones.

Casey has to learn to fly a supersonic jet, not get killed in the process, and face a growing forbidden attraction. Can she muster the intelligence, courage, and unbreakable determination to become an air force pilot? Does she have what it takes to earn wings, find love, and not crash and burn?

Liz Booker is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer for young adults. She hosts the Aviatrix Book Club and the Aviatrix Book Review Website and Podcast. This episode is a rebroadcast of the Aviatrix Book Review in collaboration with Coming Home Well.  You can find Liz @LiteraryAviatrix on social media.

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Part 1 of a 3 Series with Paul Dillion, a Certified Management Consultant with more than 47 years of experience in the professional services industry and a U.S. Army Reserve Veteran who served in Vietnam as a 1st Lieutenant and was awarded 2 Bronze Star Medals. Paul is also an Adjunct Instructor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he created and teaches a highly unique graduate level course entitled, “PubPol 590.04—Public Policy and Veterans”. 

Today Paul talks with Tyler about Veteran Employment and Retention Strategies. Paul stresses the importance as a Veteran, when searching for a job expressing that they have served and articulate their skills which are valuable resources in the private sector.

http://www.dillonconsult.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dillonconsult

Twitter: @pauldvet

More about Paul Dillon

Paul created and co-taught the first course in the history of the University of Chicago on veterans’ issues at the Harris School of Public Policy in 2012-2013.

His articles and quotes on veterans' issues have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, HuffPost, Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, US News & World Report, Investor’s Business Daily, the Times of Israel, Kiplinger Today, U.S. News & World Report, Arianna Huffington's ThriveGlobal, We Are The Mighty, and USAA Magazine. He is a sought after commentator on national veteran matters on numerous radio programs, podcasts, and TV programs, including CBS Radio's “Eye on Veterans” program, Bloomberg Business Radio, Westwood One Radio Network, Spectrum1 TV News, WRAL-TV, WUNC-TV in Raleigh, NC and WBKB-TV ABC 11 in Michigan.

Veteran Employment—Including veterans as an underrepresented group in today’s workforce, and why veterans make great members of boards of directors.

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Caring for our veterans at all stages of their healthcare needs is a priority. The Department of Veteran Services makes veterans their priority and it can show in the details. In this episode, Tyler talks with Brock Bakos, Administrator of the upcoming brand new Puller Veterans Care Center being built on the former Vint Hill Farms Station in Fauquier County, Virginia. Their focus is in the detail and making sure this facility is staffed and equipped to continue providing the utmost quality to our warriors in their aging years of healthcare needs.

Department of Veteran Services Care Centers

https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/veterans-care-centers/puller-veterans-care-center

Virginia Veterans Care Center (VVCC) in Roanoke

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center (SBVCC) in Richmond

Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center (JCVCC) in Virginia Beach

Upcoming Puller Veterans Care Center (PVCC) in Fauquier County

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In this interview, Liz talks with Air Force Academy graduate and pilot Patty Bear about her memoir, FROM PLAIN TO PLANE: MY MENNONITE CHILDHOOD, A NATIONAL SCANDAL, AND AN UNCONVENTIONAL SOAR TO FREEDOM. The book chronicles Patty’s journey from her childhood in an old-order Pennsylvania Mennonite community through a highly publicized scandal involving her father’s excommunication from the church, and her path to the Air Force Academy in the first wave of women to be accepted.

You can find Patty at her author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorPattyBear

And at her website: www.theflyingclub.com

For a more in-depth interview with Patty, listen to the Onward Podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/from-plain-to-plane-journey-from-mennonite-childhood/id1465324726?i=1000504259717

Liz Booker is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer for young adults. She hosts the Aviatrix Book Club and the Aviatrix Book Review Website and Podcast. This episode is a rebroadcast of the Aviatrix Book Review in collaboration with
Coming Home Well. You can find Liz @LiteraryAviatrix on social media.

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Check out our other podcasts: Beyond The Frontline, Be Crazy Well, Veteran Et Cetera

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In today's episode, Tyler talks with Brett D'Alessandro about the creation of Backpacks for Life and the amazing services they provide to at-risk and homeless Veterans. 

Backpacks For Life's mission is to provide a unique and personalized support system for homeless and at-risk veterans struggling to reintegrate into civilian life. After being equipped with the right tools and solutions, we want Veterans of all eras to seamlessly and confidently reintegrate into society and thrive. Through our two main programs, we can effectively support and empower our Veterans, reigniting the flame inside to live and succeed.

THE BOWERY PACK

The Bowery Pack was designed and engineered to sustain our homeless veterans during their time on the streets or in a shelter. With various safety and security features built-in, The Bowery Pack was designed to not only help our veterans survive but also, get off the streets.

www.roger.vet

Visit their webpage at https://www.backpacksforlife.org/

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Are you deploying and need help with your pets? Are you a Veteran and need surgery or have healthcare needs you are putting off because you have pets?

In this episode, Tyler talks with Betsy M. Kilkenny, Executive Director for PACT stands for People + Animals = Companions Together, about their mission to provide programs that benefit companion animals and their owners.

PACT is a network of passionate people who know the power of the human-animal bond and work hard to protect it. PACT is a constantly growing community of animal lovers that support each other and recognize the connection between a person and their pet goes beyond life’s temporary, unpredictable crises. They are constantly expanding this network as more people become aware of our work and join them in protecting the human-animal bond by fostering companion animals or providing other support to people and pets in need. PACT works towards a world where no beloved companion animals are unwillingly surrendered to shelters because of a temporary military or medical crisis.

Visit their home page at https://pactforanimals.org/ to learn more about their services

Follow PACT on social media so you can stay up to date

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PACTforAnimals

Instagram @pactforanimals

Check out the Dodo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-xb6y2a0M

Please share PACT information as they do not advertise and need your help to spread the word.

PACT is searching for points of contact within the Housing or the Family Readiness programs on military bases to help service members with their pet care needs when services members are being deployed or hospitalized. 

If you are a Veteran and need to have your own surgery and long term recovery, let PACT. help you with your pet's care while you take care of your own personal healthcare necessities. 

If you have a point of contact near you that helps Veterans please share PACT's information. 

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Today Tyler talks with Priya Sridhar, broadcast journalist/reporter and Navy Reservist Public Officer and Board Member with the Military Veterans Journalism (MVJ) Network. As our service members transition out of service journalism is a field of interest that can be continued or explored through MVJ. They offer a diverse range of programs (https://www.mvj.network/programs/) to help those looking for a new purpose and/or career. 

Military Veteran Journalism Mission

https://www.mvj.network/

Military Veterans in Journalism’s mission is simple: get more military veterans working in America’s newsrooms.

The United States has been at war for more than 18 years at a cost of more than 7,000 lives, about 50,000 wounded and billions in tax dollars. Yet military veterans are vastly underrepresented in our nation’s newsrooms.

While about 7 percent of Americans have served in the armed forces, only 2 percent of media workers are military veterans, according to U.S. Census data.

Veterans bring perspective, nuanced understanding and on-the-ground experience about the military and veteran affairs that ultimately benefits newsrooms and news consumers.

Connect with Priya on IG @priyareporter

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