Short Story Collection Vol. 053 by Various: Recent Episodes
LibriVox
A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Blackwood, Hawthorne, Dostoyevsky, Wilde and Thomas Hood.
EP 17: Former Air Force Captain, turned actor and author, Joe Zieja shares his story with Warrior Wednesday
EP 16: Retired military police officer Todd Rauch talks about being wounded in Iraq and how he wants to continue serving with his run for the Alabama State House of Representatives
EP 15: From West Point, to the battlefield, to business owner, Captain Clayton Hinchman talks about his life as an Airborne Ranger
Growing up in Hoover, Chris Parks worked at a family owned butcher shop. After high school he attended Auburn University. Almost 16 years and multiple combat missions later, Major Chris Parks is about to leave the U.S. Marines. Parks joined Scott Chambers, host of Warrior Wednesday to share his story. Parks talks about his days as a struggling student in college, to leading a rifle platoon on the battlefield. Hear what it was like in the heat of battle, a message that gave him hope in the middle of a mission, and how determination is the key to success.
From a Troubled Childhood, in a Single Parent Home, Congressman Scott Taylor (R- Virginia) Talks About Avoiding Charges as a Youth to serving as a NAVY Seal
Former Navy SEAL Andrew Arrabito knew he wanted to be a Navy SEAL from an early age. After 9 years traveling the world and hunting bad guys, “Bito” turned into an entrepreneur, where he makes custom knives. He gives back to the military community by employing former military members. You can find out more about his company at as founder of Half Face Blades.
Former Navy SEAL Craig Sawyer was a sniper on SEAL Team One. He was one of the original 33 Federal Air Marshall’s, keeping the skies over America safe. Today Craig spends his time combating child sex trafficking, as the founder of www.vets4childrescue.org He is a respected consultant for television and movies and teaches tactical training at Tactical Insider
Twitter: @CraigRSawyer
Facebook: @CraigSawmanSawyer
Jason Johnson was military police officer who turned his passion for military K-9’s into a charitable foundation to support former military and police K-9’s with the creation of Project K-9 Hero. www.ProjectK9Hero.org
From a small town in Tennessee, Bill Phillips went on to a 30+ year career in the United States Army, where he retired as a Lieutenant General. At the time of his retirement in 2014, Phillips was the most senior Army Aviator on active duty. He has 30+ years of aviation and acquisition experience in command & staff positions, and is qualified in CH-47, UH-1, & OH-58. After retirement, Phillips went to work for Boeing. He serves as Vice President, Army/Special Operations Forces (SOF)/Latin America and Huntsville Customer Engagement, BDS, Global Sales & Marketing. He is responsible for seven Field Marketing offices supporting Army, Special Forces and Latin America.
Jeff Still spent 18 years as a NAVY SEAL. He takes us on a journey from his time in the National Guard, to becoming a SEAL, working on the Captain Phillips mission, to his post military life as a businessman and now a state senate candidate in Alabama.
Kevin Lacz takes us on his journey from being a NAVY SEAL, working with his friend Chris Kyle, to being hired by Clint Eastwood to play himself in the movie American Sniper. He also talks about his career as a PA in the medical field and working with charitable causes for former military members.
www.KevinLacz.com
Brian Carney spent 13 years as a NAVY SEAL, serving on SEAL Team 2. He’s now a successful businessman and founder of the Bone Frog Challenge.
Carney talks about his time as a Seal, serving 7 deployments and then his life post military, as a successful businessman.
Tony Cowden has 18 years in the Special Operations community, serving nearly half of that time in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tony talks about his time in the ARMY and special forces. This conversation covers everything from what he was doing on 9-11 to his post military career as an entrepreneur.
Rich Choppa went to college, got a job with his senator in Washington D.C. From there he got fed up with politics and walked down the street to the ARMY recruiting station. That led to him becoming an ARMY Ranger, even recruiting his twin brother. After 21 years in the military Rich went to work in the private sector. He’s based in Huntsville, AL. where he serves as the head of global sales and marketing for air and missile defense at Boeing.