This month is a PTSD Awareness Month to raise awareness we are releasing a new podcast episode with our inspirational Ambassador and podcast host Scotty Darroch. During this episode we have an informal chat and will be discussing PTSD and his own personal battle with PTSD. We talk about what it is like living with PTSD and the coping mechanism Scotty has found to help him.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

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Give Us Time Podcast: Mark Ormrod

During the episode we discuss his life, from joining the Royal Marines at 17 to Christmas Eve 2007 when he stepped on and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device during an operational tour to Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of both legs above the knee and his right arm.

This injury did need stop him though, after leaving the military he has gone on to do some remarkable achievements. We discuss his recovery and how he has gone on to win gold medals at the Invictus Games and raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

Website: https://www.markormrod.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markormrod/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkOrmrod

During this episode we talk to Lt Col. Nick Ord. Nick served in the Black Watch and during his career he was deployed on operational duties to Kosovo and Iraq.

On leaving the Army he requalified as a doctor and has currently been working during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We discuss his military career and what it has been like being a doctor over the past 12 months.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

During this episode we talk to CEO & Founder of Recruit for Spouses Heledd Kendrick. Heledd is the CEO & Founder of Recruit for spouses. For those of you who don’t know Recruit for Spouses is an independent social enterprise dedicated to supporting, championing and finding gainful employment for our amazing armed forces spouses. It launched in 2009 to help wives and partners into work. Since then, they have helped almost 6,000 partners of military workers – mostly wives – into jobs around the country.

She has won The Women in Defence award; David Cameron’s Big Society Award and she has been granted a fellowship at the Royal Academy of Arts.

We discuss her life, from how she started Recruit For Spouses to some of their amazing success stories.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

https://www.instagram.com/recruitforspouses/

https://recruitforspouses.co.uk/

During the episode we will be talking to former Special Forces operator Dean Stott.

We discuss his military career from joining Royal Engineers to going on to pass Special Forces selection and becoming one of the first Army soldiers to join the Special Boat Service (SBS).

We also discuss his life after the military and how he went onto become a double World Record Holder when he cycled the entire 14,000-mile length of the Pan-American Highway (PAH), the longest motorable road in the world. In doing so he became the fastest person to cycle the length of South America and completed fastest cycle journey of the Pan American Highway smashing the former world record by 17 days and became the first person ever to make the journey in under 100 days.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

Trigger Warning: This episode features some content that listeners might find destressing

During the podcast we will be talking to Andy Shaw about his experience in the Falklands war.

At the height of the Falklands War, he was a rifle troop commander in charge of 32 men, and was tasked with operating independently from his unit, in no man’s land.

During the war he was involved in a blue on blue this led to him developing PTSD which overtime brought an end Military career. He bought an old classic yacht with his wife, sailed off into the North Atlantic to help heal. He went onto start his own Charity “The Mountain Way” which helps Soldiers with PTSD.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

The Mountain Way - https://www.mountainway.org/ 

During the podcast we will be talking to is Andy Shaw, a former Royal Marine Commando. He joined the Royal Marine’s at 22 years old and passed out of training as the top recruit and later was awarded was the Royal Marines Sword of Honour for best Young Officer during his career.

During part one we will talk about how we ran away to sea when he was 16 and how he went on to circumnavigating the globe three times before joining the Royal Marines. We also talk what it was like going on his first operational tour of Northern Ireland after passing training.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

During the podcast we will be talking to Jess Sands. She is the founder of The Milspo Network which has over 900 military spouses, partners, and other-half members who are connecting, networking and building successful businesses.

She started off doing her a podcast series called The InDependent Spouse® podcast – a series of amazing weekly podcasts which explores the world of running a business by chatting to our inspiring military entrepreneurs.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

To find out more about Jess and Milspo click here - https://milspo.co.uk/ or search The InDependent Spouse on spotify!

During this episode we will be talking to Anna Boggi. For those regular listeners of the podcast, you will remember Anna from our episode with her husband; army veteran and triple amputee, Josh Boggi.

In this episode, we talk with Anna about her life; from when she first met Josh as kids, to how they reconnected all those years later, and discuss Josh’s terrible cycling accident in Majorca.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator, Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

During the podcast we will be talking to former Special Forces Operator Ken Hames. Ken is a truly remarkable man he spent 25 years in the British Military. He started his career as a tank driver before going onto wear the green beret on the Royal Marines and finally going on to join the world-famous SAS where he spent 16 years of his career.

Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.