Choices Not Chances Podcast

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Choices Not Chances Episode 24- Marcus Rains(GySgt. USMC)-"Rains and Sons L.L.C." Jun 07, 2022

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Marcus Rains joins the show to talk about his time in and out of combat. We reminisce about our days pranking young bucks at the schoolhouse and discuss life. I true hero and friend. Marcus launched a new initiative not long ago, he is now in the lawn maintenance profession with his company Rains and Sons L.L.C.

Choices Not Chances Episode 23- Kyle O'Toole(Sgt. USMC) May 24, 2022

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Kyle O'Toole Joins the show to talk about fitness and recovery. He is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Wounded Warrior Battalion - East. He is responsible for the weightlifting and recovery process for recovering service members' RSMs. This is where the nation's wounded Marine warfighters as well as the ill and injured go to get better.

Choices Not Chances Episode 22- Alex Tryon (Sgt. USMC) "Scout Sniper" May 10, 2022

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Alex Tryon is an American Marine Scout Sniper. He has been in multiple theaters of operation and made some incredible impacts on his fellow brothers in arms. He fought in Syria where his element was cut off for a number of days. With a kinetic fight at hand, Alex issued out American resolve at ranges exceeding 1400 meters. This is a "can't miss" episode!

Choices Not Chances Episode 21 - Johnny "MF" Glenn (CWO3 US Army Ret.) "Ranger School" Apr 26, 2022

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In this episode we have our first returning guest Johnny "MF" Glenn. We discuss a number of different topics from his epic ranger school story, his up coming trip to Saipan and his opinion of the current state of things in the world. If you missed his first episode check out episode 9 for more back story on this great American war fighter. Thanks for Listening.

Choices Not Chances Episode 20-David B. Brown (LtCol. USMC Ret.) Part 2- Battlelines Apr 12, 2022

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The Vietnam generation paved the way for my generation of warfighters to get help and establish the Veterans Administration as we know it today. Some of the men from this generation chronicled their war exploits and published them for the rest of the world to know what happened there. This is/was more important than you can imagine. Without written testimony and first-hand accounts from the ground, we as a people, could never properly learn from it. One of the more detailed books on the Vietnam conflict is called Battlelines. It was written by LtCol. David B. Brown USMC (retired) and his lovely daughter Tiffany Brown Holmes. LtCol. Brown earned a Silver Star medal for Gallantry in combat. He was a Company Commander in Vietnam, who took over command of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, shortly after they cleared Hue City. Following his time in Vietnam, first as an advisor and then as the Fox Company Commander, Brown had a distinguished career in the Marine Corps. LtCol Brown instructed at the U.S. Naval Academy and headed up the Marine Corps procurement budget. Upon retirement, he was a logistics consultant for both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. He served as the director of the 2nd Marine Division Association, he has published numerous articles in the Marine Corps Gazette, and the Amphibious War Review. He has also authored books on training, automated information systems, and logistics. He remains very active in his local community and is in the process of writing another book.

Choices Not Chances Episode 19-David B. Brown (LtCol. USMC Ret.) Part 1- Battlelines Mar 29, 2022

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Choices Not Chances Episode 18 -John D. Rogers- "Shape Your Shot" Mar 15, 2022

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In this episode, we talk with John David Rogers III. He is my older brother, a personal confidante, and someone whom I have learned a great deal from. Tonight we talk about some of the poverty-stricken areas in southern Ohio, the rise of Joe Burrow, and the things we can do and not do to set ourselves and our children up for success. This is a great episode for all who listen.

Choices Not Chances Episode 17-Jonathon P. Myers (LtCol. USMC Ret.)-American to the Corps Mar 01, 2022

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Jonathan Myers is a retired Marine with more than 20 years of Marine intelligence experience. He was in on some of the Marine Corps' most involved intelligence cases, from Edward Snowden's theft of intelligence to amphibious operations in Africa. The catalyst to our meeting however, originated in the catastrophic withdraw from Afghanistan. He joins us tonight to talk it all over.

Choices Not Chances Episode 16- Book Review- Capt. Adolf Von Schell- Battle Leadership Feb 15, 2022

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This episode is meant to illuminate critical after-action reports and lessons learned from the first world war. Instead of American after-actions, this is by one Captain Adolph Von Schell. "Captain Von Schell's collection of lessons learned as a small unit infantry commander during World War 1 should be part of every Marine's professional library"

-D.M. Twomey

Major General, U.S. Marine Corps

Choices Not Chances Episode 15- Harlan "SLIM" Hardy Feb 01, 2022

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In this episode, we talk to Harlan "Slim" Hardy about all things "oil-field" related. We also delve into some of his side work and his artistic side. Anyone interested in the oil field should really get a lot from this episode.

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