Returning guest and Navy SEAL Veteran Monty Heath shares some insight of the "Clever Talks" conference he attended in San Diego, CA. Clever Talks conference is a non-profit that showcases successful veteran business owners. Some note worthy names consist of Tom Davin–CEO of 5.11 Tactical, Evan Hafer–Black Rifle Coffee, the owners of Vet T.V., and David mutha****ing Hasselhoff! That's right! The HOFF!!! You'll love this episode of impact stories from fellow veterans. The Clever Talks 2019 40 city tour was just posted–if you're near one, you should check it out. I attach the link below. 

Clever Talks 2019 40 City Tour

Don't forget to check out our guest host new blog and podcast website! He has great content for those looking to grow personally and professionally.

Navy SEAL Veteran Monty Heath blog and podcast website

He's also part of the VetToCEO program for those looking to educate themselves on starting a business. 

VETToCEO–Educational material on starting your own business

Rob Vessels Senior Campaign Representative, Military Outdoors

A barrel chested freedom fighter, turned environmental advocate, found his new sense of purpose. Providing outdoor recreation opportunities to help fellow veterans heal. Our service oath doesn't discontinue, we must protect our lands against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Our national parks are treasures that should be protected and accessible for all Americans regardless of social-economic backgrounds. 

Marine Corp Veteran Jessica Rambo shares with us how her passion for art helped her healing and provided her with a new sense of purpose; helping fellow veterans express themselves through art. She is currently in the process of a converting a blue bird bus into a art studio (Skoolie) so she can provide art lessons to other veterans within the community and eventually nationwide.  

There is no other program in the country that offers the whole-life healing that we do at Higher Ground. We are the only program that invites the spouse or other supporter to be part of the journey. Together, the pair forms a new unit with other veterans and supporters in their program. They take on new challenges. They talk.

• The California native spent 32 years, 20 of which were active-duty, serving in the Army.

• In July 2011, Trost spent his last deployment in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. His objective as a civil affairs specialist was to work with the local community in developing infrastructure in the region.

• On Feb. 20, 2012, he was escorting an aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development when Trost and his team came under fire, killing one U.S. solider and injuring Trost and a fellow corporal.

• He was medically evacuated to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he spent 10 months receiving 31 surgeries, to repair the injuries of five gunshot wounds to his lower extremities. In 2014, he medically retired from the Army.

• Due to complications from his combat injuries, in April 2016, Trost made the decision to have a below-the-knee amputation on his right leg and was fitted with a prosthetic.

• Since retiring from the Army in 2014, Trost has concentrated on his growing farm and has earned a certificate in Brewing Science. His goal is to use the donated backhoe to grow hops to sell to local micro-breweries and home brewers in the Knoxville, Tenn. area.

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Masters enlisted in the United States Army in 2001 and served as an Airborne Ranger. Between 2002 and 2005, he deployed to Afghanistan three times and once to Iraq. He was honorably discharged and went to college to study film at the New York Film Academy.

In 2007, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserves and reclassified his military occupational specialty to combat cameraman. Masters received training through the Army in both photography and cinematography and deployed to Afghanistan in December 2009.

While serving in Afghanistan as a combat cameraman, Masters was injured due to a severe blast and medically evacuated out. He received treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and medically retired in 2012.

Looking to transition from his military career to his civilian career, Army Staff Sergeant John Masters now has a boost for his first film project, thanks to Hope For The Warriors® and its A Warrior’s Wish® program.

• Through A Warrior’s Wish, Masters received $15,000 of support to help fund the film Her Inescapable Brave Mission (HIBM), through his production company Masters Productions.

HIBM is a documentary of a 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon featuring Masters wife, Cara. At just 30 years old Cara was diagnosed with a rare type of muscular dystrophy called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM). With John by her side, the film will follow Cara striding on horseback as she descends nearly 6,000 feet into the country’s deepest canyons and continue to follow her as she rafts 150 miles down the Colorado River. The goal of the project is to break down the barriers faced by people with disabilities and to inspire everyone to live bravely in the face of adversity.

Link to sizzle reel of film: https://vimeo.com/271359388/9d0a62a400

Hope For The Warriors

http://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/ 

Welcome to The Triangle of Death, what the Iraqis called The Graveyard of the Americans. Peer into an Infantryman’s first-hand account based on the journal the author kept during his deployment to Iraq from 2006-2007. He does not hide the ugliness of war, but tells of the worst things it brings out of us, as well as our best. When all Hell breaks loose it is easy to wonder where God is. Often He is not in the wind, earthquake, or fire raging around us, but in the gentle whisper that follows. “Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire is a book that will give you a first-hand look through the eyes of a soldier in a war zone with IEDs, and the infiltration of fighters that don’t want non-Muslims in their country or even living at all.

Combat Veteran and competitive precision shooting athlete Stephen Acosta, shares his transition story home. He also shares how finding his passion in the firearms industry post-college, opened new doors of opportunity which led to working alongside one of the greatest firearms cleaning product companies in the world, Clenzoil.

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