Today we welcome to the studio USA Cares assisted service member, former Marine Gregory Middleton.

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Today we welcome back USA Cares' own Tim Metheny to the studio.

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This episode we welcome retired United States Army General and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David H. Petraeus to the Studio.

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General Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer , five of which were in combat, including command of the Surge in Iraq, command of U.S. Central Command, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Following retirement from the military and after Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0, he served as Director of the CIA during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror, the establishment of important Agency digital initiatives, and substantial investments in the Agency’s most important asset, its human capital.

General Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy and is the only person in Army history to be the top graduate of both the demanding U.S. Army Ranger School and the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College. He also earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

General Petraeus taught international relations and economics at the U.S. Military Academy in the mid-1980s, he was a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Honors College of the City University of New York from 2013 through 2016, and he was for 6 years a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center. He is currently a Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute, Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Senior Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute, and a Member of the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Aspen Strategy Group, as well as a member of the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Institute for the Study of War, and over a dozen veterans service organizations. He is also (to his amazement) a LinkedIn Top Voice.

Over the past 20 years, General Petraeus was named one of America’s 25 Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report, a runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the Daily Telegraph man of the year, a Time 100 selectee, Princeton University’s Madison Medalist, and one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals in three different years. General Petraeus has earned numerous honors, awards, and decorations, including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, two NATO Meritorious Service Medals, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger Tab, and Master Parachutist and Air Assault Badges. He has also been decorated by 14 foreign countries and he is believed to be the only person who, while in uniform, threw out the first pitch of a World Series game and did the coin toss for a Super Bowl.

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Today we welcome USA Cares Director of Development and Outreach Rich Flaherty to the studio.


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Happy New Year! Today we welcome New York Times-bestselling author and former Marine Raider Elliot Ackerman to the studio.


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Happy 100th episode Special! Join Matt, Annice, Josh, Alexis and Trace as they take a trip down memory lane and talk about their favorite episodes and listen to some clips from the past 100 podcasts. Show Links www.usacarespodcast.orgwww.usacares.org FB - @usacaresorg Twitter - @USACares IG - @usacares YouTube - USA Cares YouTube Tiktok - USA Cares Podcast

This episode former U.S. Diplomat turned professional skydiver, Middletown Ohio Mayor Nicole Condrey joins us in the studio. Nicole talks about Team Fastrax, “America’s Skydiving Team”, assisting her husband Ron in recovery from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) resulting from his military service, the loss of her husband to suicide in 2018, becoming a member of the Veterans Advisory Board for the non-profit Concussion Legacy Foundation, and the mission of those pledging their brain to science through the Project Enlist program. Show Links Project Enlist  www.usacarespodcast.orgwww.usacares.org FB - @usacaresorg Twitter - @USACares IG - @usacares YouTube - USA Cares YouTube Tiktok - USA Cares Podcast

Today US Army Veteran Ben Weakley drops by the studio. Ben talks about his fourteen years in service including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and his poetry. BIO Ben spent fourteen years in the U.S. Army, beginning with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and finishing at a desk inside the Pentagon. He writes poetry and prose about the enduring nature of war and the human experience for veterans, their families, and anyone who would help them bear witness to war and its aftermath. A believer in the power of words to empower and heal, Ben leads writing workshops for Active Duty Military, Veterans, their families and caregivers, as well as Frontline Health Care Workers and other communities of ordinary people bearing witness to a difficult world. ​Ben lives in the Tri-Cities of Northeast Tennessee with his wife, two children, and a well-meaning but poorly behaved hound-dog. Show Links www.jbenweakley.com  www.usacarespodcast.orgwww.usacares.org FB - @usacaresorg Twitter - @USACares IG - @usacares YouTube - USA Cares YouTube Tiktok - USA Cares Podcast

Today US Paratriathlete and US Marine Veteran Zach Stinson drops by the studio. Zach talks about his military career and the day in Afghanistan that changed his life forever. This is a very powerful episode that you don't want to miss. Show Links www.zachstinsonracing.com  www.usacarespodcast.orgwww.usacares.org FB - @usacaresorg Twitter - @USACares IG - @usacares YouTube - USA Cares YouTube Tiktok - USA Cares Podcast

Today veteran and WCPO Cincinnati Good Morning Tri-State Anchor Adrian Whitsett stops by the studio to tell his story and talk about skills from the military brought into the civillian workplace. Show Links www.usacarespodcast.orgwww.usacares.org FB - @usacaresorg Twitter - @USACares IG - @usacares YouTube - USA Cares YouTube Tiktok - USA Cares Podcast