On today's show, we have a special guest!

Matt Aston is a U.S. Army infantry Veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, musician, and now, worship leader at one of the largest churches in the nation.

In this episode we are talking about value - where do we find our value once we leave the military? Is there a definitive standard we can use to measure our own self-worth?

Matt answers these questions and more, coming from the perspective of a Veteran who has rediscovered purpose in post-military life. And he shares practical tips on how you can too!

Show Notes:

Someone told us we should consider doing a lighter episode, and so we did.

In this episode, we take a look back at a few of the biggest news stories impacting the Veteran community.

This is the first of a series of episodes called Just the News – Mostly.

Links:

As Veterans, sometimes it's difficult to even know - why should we try to rediscover our purpose?

We had purpose at one point in the past, and we can't imagine what that would be like - having purpose again.

And that begs the question, "Why try?"

Why even put forth the effort to rediscover purpose?

We answer that question and more in this, the very first episode of Season 2!

 What have we been up to since the end of Season 1? What's on the horizon for Season 2? What are we planning in 2019? We'll answer all these questions and more in today's episode of Courage to Fight Again.

We also give a short breakdown of how we are paving the way for Veteran's to rediscover purpose - the 9-Line Framework.

Find Courage to Fight Again on social media:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/couragetofightagain/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/couragetofightagain/

Woohoo, we have swag! Check it out here: https://teespring.com/courage-to-fight-again-gen-1#pid=369&cid=6515&sid=front

Music Copyright:  

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 

What can you do if you're impacted by the longest-running government shutdown? How can you make ends meet? What assistance programs are out there to help you?

That's what we're talking about in this bonus episode.

Links and Resources:

VA Blog - https://www.navyfederal.org/about/government-shutdown.php

Navy Federal - https://www.navyfederal.org/about/government-shutdown.php

USAA - https://www.usaa.com/inet/wc/ent-gov-shutdown-assistance-landing-mkt?akredirect=true

Phone Numbers: 

GI Bill Assistance - 1-888-GIBILL-1

VA Home Loans - 877-827-3702

Overpayments (Debt Management Center) - 800-827-0648

Credits:

Broke for Free - Something Elated

Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/