The Veteran (Semi) Professional

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Lisa Forrest works with Live Oak Bank - a lender that specializes in funding entrepreneurs through the acquisition of a business. She has worked with a number of veterans and knows what makes veterans a special fit for entrepreneurship through acquisition. 

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Dr. Kristin Saboe and Dr. Nathan Ainspan wrote:

We dig into what the data says about the military transition journey. 

Dr. Saboe works for Boeing in talent acquisition.  She is a veteran herself and has worked extensively in veteran-related issues. 

Dr. Ainspan is the Senior Research Psychologist on Veterans Transition and Disability Employment at the Department of Defense's Military to Civilian Transition Office. 

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Happy Veterans Day! 

Thank you for your service.  You filthy degenerates.

Topics discussed today:
- China building mock US aircraft carriers
- Army cutting who gets an email
- Elon's tax maneuver 
- Social work degrees with huge debt
- GE breaks up the band
- This podcast is now 6.2% higher...just like inflation
- How the new infrastructure bill affects crypto

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Paul Rieckhoff is a legend in the veteran community:

Host, Independent Americans podcast
Author, Chasing Ghosts
Founder and President, Righteous Media
Founder, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

We talk:
- Current problems facing the veteran community and what can be done
- Why we need more independent voices in media
- The importance of veterans continuing to lead and serve
- Starting a nonprofit and then a media company 

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Clearance Jobs is the premier way for people with a security clearance to connect with employers who need cleared individuals. 

The best part about this market?  There are way more jobs than candidates so it's a good place to be as a job seeker.  

Katie joins us to talk about how Clearance Jobs can connect you with the right employer and their upcoming virtual career fair on Nov. 18 for veterans and military spouses. 

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Topics Discussed:
- Congress wants to know where that missing M9 is
- Fighter pilots have higher rates of cancer
- Carvana getting complaints
- Democrats' tax plan
- Why Dune is brilliant
- Truth Social
-3D houses are getting printed
- Why Hertz bought so many Teslas

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Freddie spent over 10 years in the army, finishing his career as a Special Forces officer.  He left and started working in manufacturing and eventually worked on his MBA from Northwestern along the way.  After a failed attempt at a small business, he started another focused on recruiting top-level veteran talent.  

This episode has a lot of great conversation about being honest with yourself about what works best for you. 

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The best news source for veterans thinking about their life after the military. 

Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- China's fancy new missile
- RIP Colin Powell
- Boozing on Air Force One
- PayPal to buy Pinterest? 
- $1 mm bounty for info on Tether
- Bitcoin to the moon
- Select Senate Democrats blocking the bill of bills
- Tesla making $$$
- The artist formerly known as Facebook 

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Amanda has done A LOT of fun stuff after the Navy.  From being a sports writer to climbing mountains, and traveling like a pro.  She's done a lot. 

But underlying a lot of her experience was a brain injury she received in the military. We talk about how this affected her and how she's had to learn to be her best advocate in navigating the healthcare system. 

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Big thanks to all of you for listening to the show!

This is an overvoew of the top 10 lessons I've learned about the military transition from 100 episodes.