For episode 174, we welcomed Ramón Colón-López to the show! Ramón is a retired senior non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force and a former pararescueman and served as the 4th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) from December 13, 2019, to November 3, 2023. In his role as SEAC, Colón-López was the most senior enlisted member of the United States military. In 2007 he was the only Hispanic American among the first six airmen to be awarded the newly created Air Force Combat Action Medal. He served as the Senior Enlisted Leader of United States Africa Command from September 2016 to November 2019.

In our discussion, we covered his upbringing and what lead him into his military career, the military today and the challenges it faces, his definition of leadership and what makes someone a good leader, how the military recruiting efforts are going today, his thoughts on how the military branches handled the global pandemic, his friendship with Chef Robert Irvine, and so much more!

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