To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! 

**Please forgive the audio left/right - had some difficulties editing on this episode**

Following CW4 Justin Murphy on his last year of retirement - an inside look at going through the retirement process from mindset and the mental game to all the little things you might need to know along the way.

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 2:07 - pickle juice to stop muscle soreness?

⌚ 2:54 - ACP mentorship program update

⌚ 4:06 - HillVets update

⌚ 6:18 - Filing the VA Claim - Schedule for Rating Disabilities (link below)

⌚ 8:06 - Heartburn Acid Reflux a reated disability??

⌚ 9:20 - VA Burn Registry Online (Link below)

⌚ 9:24 - The importance of filing a VA Claim

⌚ 10:21 - BDD - Benefits Delivery at Discharge and using a VSO (Veteran Service Officer)

⌚ 16:11 - Breaking into a new career - 

⌚ 17:34 - Life Insurance as an afterthought

⌚ 21:00 - Any books or media that is relevant right now? (links below)

⌚ 24:12 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Schedule for rating disabilities - https://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/bookc.asp

🔗 Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry - https://veteran.mobilehealth.va.gov/AHBurnPitRegistry/#page/home

Books:

📚 Rule Number Two - Heidi Squier Kraft - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/heidi-squier-kraft/rule-number-two/9780316067911/

📚 Falling Upward - Richard Rohr - https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Upward-Richard-Rohr-audiobook/dp/B0054U2Q9O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10T9C9DXJ9LU5&keywords=falling+upward+by+richard+rohr&qid=1677864276&s=books&sprefix=fallin%2Cstripbooks%2C132&sr=1-1

📚 How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie - https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/B0006IU7JK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RX6TA0GJ43RJ&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people&qid=1677864404&s=audible&sprefix=how+to+win%2Caudible%2C115&sr=1-1

📚 Tribe - Sebatian Junger - http://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger

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