Throw Back Thursday -

John had developed a unique set of skills thru his life, from personal adversity, to military training to traveling the world as an MMA fighter. When the opportunity came available for him to train soldiers for the US Army; John embraced this opportunity with the same passion and dedication that had helped him grow and develop to be the man he is today. John was the first civilian certified by the Army to train soldiers and has direct influence on several of the cutting-edge trainings that all soldiers go thru in the military.

As John was leaving the Army to pursue his bachelors degree he found a new phenomenon to display his inner “scrapper” it was called MMA. This adventure lasted 10 years with 68 professional MMA, boxing and kickboxing matches under his belt and 6 world titles spanning three different continents. Proving Adversity can be overcome time and time again!

he has now found a new adventure in the travel industry. It is a perfect mission for his talents and abilities that have made John successful so far, to come together and help entrepreneurs find success doing business God’s way, by giving back and never asking in return. Thru all his adventures, John has been a “Traveling Warrior”; you will not find anyone better suited to lead you on your next business adventure that provides more time, more freedom and more life. https://johnrenken.com/

Through out these interviews I have been really impressed with the tech solutions that people have been coming up with to pay for their passion.  Jen has an amazing concept that will blow you away, welcome to Levantr.  Her platform is simply amazing.  

Resources:

Jen Hong

https://levantr.com/ or contact her on IG: my_levantr

Bio: 

Jen is a location-agnostic remote entrepreneur who recently launched a travel tech startup called Levantr. She went to an international school with 42 ethniticities when she was young and traveled to 36 countries in her 20s. She believes that traveling and being exposed to different cultures early on allows one to be less prejudiced and more empathetic and built her travel planner startup to inspire more people to travel farther and explore the unknown.

In this episode of Tactical Traveler, John talks with Dave and Lisa Muz who he has known for a few years now.  He loves their material, teaching style and humility.  They are not rich.  They are not the typical "IG influencers" yet have managed to travel all over the world with travel hacking.  It is a pure pleasure every time he speaks with them.  They just released their new course on travel hacking.

Conversation Highlights:   

1:00 5 years ago began to work on credit card points

3:00 frugal living they aren’t rich making millions

4:00 what can not put on your card

7:00 what can you pay on the card

8:00 pay off every month

15:00 Run the chase gauntlet

19:00 how many cards have you had

23:00 tropical holidays 7-8 weeks

27:00 7 countries, 80 nights, 70K, for less 5000

29:00 best card to get

31:00 highest 125K with 10X

35:00 paying others

37:00 Covid and points

41:00 business card vs personal

Resources:

https://basictravelcouple.com/new-course-step-by-step-learn-to-travel-hack/

Bio: 

The “Basic Travel Couple”

Dave & Lisa founded Basic Travel Couple in 2018 after learning how to utilize Credit Card Reward points to travel the world for almost free. From Scuba Diving between two continents in Iceland, running from Monkeys in Thailand, sleeping in a glass igloo in Finland, getting engaged in Egypt, Lisa Breaking her leg in Galapagos Islands, Swimming with Sharks in the Bahamas and jumping out of airplanes in Hawaii, there is no adventure that these two aren’t willing to take on. The next logical step seemed to be to teach others their points and miles knowledge!

You can follow along their journey on Instagram, join their Basic Travel 101 Facebook Group to get insider information, or check out some of their other social media sites on their contact us page.

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In this episode of Tactical Traveler, John talks with Cowboy Jax about suicide, travel, and how he was given the Orange County Choppers bike Americana from the OCC for the celebration of 100 years of Veterans Day.

Conversation Highlights:

:50 Orange County not CA but NY

3:00 Tells the story of getting the bike 100th anniversary of veteran days from OCC

6:00 Jax talks about his non profit - SHF

9:45 suicide 22 a day

12:00 moving to prevention instead of #’s

14:00 relocation

24:00 tour starting Detroit

27:00 what’s next after service: IAC

32:00 vacations are important

37:00 traveling domestically

40:00 What’s next for you

42:00 Smithsonian

45:00 100 years of Veterans

Resources:

Jax Young

Reach out to him 

@savehomefront 

Shfveterans.org

Bio: Jax Young

CEO/Founder, Cowboy Jax Young is a disabled Veteran and suicide survivor with service-connected traumatic brain injury who founded Save Home Front (SHF) in 2016. Honorably discharged from the 101st Airborne Division, 1st of the 502nd Infantry “Air Assault.” After finding out that his battle buddy was killed in Iraq in ’03, he elected to pursue a  career in professional entertainment which has proved to be multi-faceted, over 20 years. This journey has led SHF in creating on-going relationships with celebrities, world influencers, and public figures who serve and support our country. These partnerships with Veterans and Community Neighbors (non-Veterans) is the purpose of the Life After the Uniform Movement; substantiating that “An authentic depiction makes all the difference.” #OCC #DreamChopper #Winner #Unveil #Motorcycle #Chopper #OrangeCountyChoppers #JoinUs #GreatMusic #HudsonValleySPCA #Event #FreeAdmission #PaulSr #AmericanaTheChopper #SHFHonors   OCC Grand Opening 

Tamara Bee has been traveling the world predominantly as a solo woman for the last 30 years.

She has been to 76 countries to date and travels via road or waterways on her epic road trips.

She is a Canadian Brit who moved to the UK from Nairobi, Kenya in 1994 and lived there for

over 20 years. This is where she obtained her Chinese Medicine degree. She now works in

digital marketing after 22 years, she is now residing back in Canada.

She is the solo creator which are based on her own travel experiences.

Her website is https://manyroadstravelled.com/ and her podcast is https://manyroadstravelled.com/solo-female-travel-podcast/

Throw Back Thursday 

– The Military Show

Meet John Renken, MACP level IV combatives trainer, fighter, and much more!

So fall out, Hiyaa army, it’s time to report for duty!

For my first interview I asked Travis Johnson to be on the show since he is the one who told me to start a podcast.  He runs the Non Profit Architect podcast and is a digital nomad who is actively serving in the military.  The best way to reach him is through his LinkTree.

Throw Back Thursday - This is an interview I did with Emily Carpenter.  

John Renken is a man that follows his dreams and he wants to help others to do the same. Many people do not travel because they think they do not have enough time or money. John teaches how to make travel affordable and dreams come true.

Throw Back Thursday - 

John Renken is a single father of 4 wonderful kids. John is a retired MMA Fighter who spent the last 30 years fighting and training Soldiers in Hand to Hand Combat. Two years ago, he started traveling a lot more and wanted to cut the cost of work-related travel. John began researching the travel industry it ignited a fire in him to help people travel more often for less money. Little did John know this would begin a transformation from the Fight Guy to the Flight Guy. John now has a booking engine beating Expedia by over 30% on Hotels, Vacations Packages, Group Packages, and Mystery Adventures. John has courses to show you how to travel more often for less money and to be a Travel Entrepreneur.  Topics we discussed ranged from: what's your side hustle, recognizing your skill sets, veterans in transition, travel hacking, a single-dad's experience, and much more.  To find out more about John go to www.johnrenken.com or travelmavericks.com.