Ask former Marines about school shootings ... and the answers might surprise you. In this episode we talked to 3 members of the Coalition of Veteran Engagement at George Washington University.  They shared powerful thoughts on why war fighters should not guard schools with rifles, why they think arming teachers is dumb and where they plan on taking their fight next.

Students protested against gun violence by walking out of class.  #walkup encouraged them to be nicer to loners instead. Our colleague and Army veteran, Jake Hughes (once considered a dark and dangerous loner by his school) surpised us all with his story "Confessions of a Potential School Shooter".  

When Gretchen Smith was in the Air Force, she likely never dreamed she would become a voice (and a face) for the new conservative movement in American politics. But in just a short time, she has grown Code of Vets from an idea to honor her Vietnam Veteran father, to a daily conversation with over 70K followers. She recently shared with Phil Briggs her journey and inspiration.

In this episode hosts Phil Briggs & Eric Dehm discuss Johnnie Walker's transition to Jane Walker, Black Label, why American Airlines owes former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neil an apology and how VA Secretary Shulkin may have been spoofed, or whaled or whale spoofed.  So shake, stir and enjoy!

Another school shooting, and another week of people begging for change. But how do we protect our kids?  We talked with a veteran from #vetsforgunreform, an Army veterans and former cop, and author Paul Ratner to discover what we CAN do to make schools safe.  

Eric Dehm and Phil Briggs get together to discuss this week's weird news.  Including; the teacher who called military members dumb#%#, the fake 3 star General and a game we call Military Slang or Snowboard Trick?

After President Trump asked the military's top brass to look into creating a parade, "like the one in France" veterans, military members and everyone else in the country suddently had an opinion.  We asked VFW National Spokeperson, Joe Davis, Connecting Vets Reporter Jake Hughes and our Facebook audience to find out how America feels about a military parade.   

It’s not often that a hip hop artist’s experience with guns includes firefights in Afghanistan.  And it’s even more rare when the story of trauma, death and addiction has a happy ending.  But, the story of hip hop artist / Navy Veteran, Doc Todd, is truly inspiring.  Recently Connecting Vets.com reporter Phil Briggs sat down with Doc as he shared vivid details about his life, his current single "Not Alone" and his mission to stop Veteran suicides.   

By rejecting AMVETS #PleaseStand ad, the NFL has pissed off a ton of Vets. Even if you're not mad, you have probably seen the arguments online.  In this podcast you'll hear from AMVETS, the NFL, smack talking Twitter users and fabricated stories that are causing fights in the stands.