Military Retirement Podcast

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Part 2, Marine Retirement is not so easy. Here are some tips to make it easier. Nov 06, 2023

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Part 2 of my interview with @thegreenlogbook (aka Victor De La Flor)Talking about retiring out of the Marine Corps, dealing with retirement issues, mentally shifting to a new life, writing resumes and more. To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Links: 🔗 Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) - https://benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/benefits-delivery-discharge-program.asp#:~:text=The%20BDD%20program%20allows%20Service,evaluate%20the%20claim%20before%20separation. BDD hireherosusa - resume resources ChatGPT for resume writing linkedin easy apply the undercover clip @vtdelaflor MRT facebook.com/themilitaryretirementgroup https://youtube.com/@thegreenlogbook https://linkedin.com/in/victordelaflor asapasap.org Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

Part 1, Marine Retirement is not so easy. Here are some tips to make it easier. Oct 30, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 0:46 - What is your morning routine after the military?

⌚ 4:17 - What made you join the military?

⌚ 8:11 - What are some good books for self development?

⌚ 14:41 - How did you navigate the first 30 days of retirement?

⌚ 20:40 - Documenting your last year in the military

⌚ 24:20 - Outro

Links:

🔗 https://youtube.com/@thegreenlogbook

🔗 https://facebook.com/themilitaryretirementgroup

Books:

📚 Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss

📚 Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

📚 Start With Why - Simon Sinek

📚 What You Are Really Meant To Do - Robert Steven Kaplan

📚 The creative Act - Rick Rubin

📚 How to have a life - Seneca

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Live streaming with @agileninjanerd talking about retirement and transition Oct 29, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Sitting down in a live stream talking about Military transition and retirement. Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

Applying lessons learned as and CAV Scout to a career in Counseling Oct 16, 2023

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Join me and Jerome Dingle talking about his retirement transition and changing the course of his career midstream.

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 1:33 - Morning Routine

⌚ 3:15 - Coming into the Army through ANG

⌚ 7:49 - A school, a book, and a suicide that changed my life

⌚ 12:20 - Personality tests, Myers Briggs

⌚ 14:36 - Deciding to retire - the painful 1% choice

⌚ 21:30 - Killing 9 Semester Hours in 6 months

⌚ 24:54 - Failing the Army Height and Weight propelled me into my new life

⌚ 29:50 - Dont shrink yourself, Become a better person

⌚ 35:24 - What you do in the Army is what you did, not who you are

⌚ 40:40 - Advice on finding a mentor, and then being a mentor

⌚ 47:02 - Technical Difficulties - Please Skip this part! (Sorry for that)

⌚ 49:24 - Uncovering regret - Do what you can now - dont be afraid

⌚ 57:51 - Comics shaped me, but my experiences changed my life

⌚ 59:27 - Why is the drug dealer on the corner? the Equal Opportunity Course insight

⌚ 1:06:30 - System, Victim, Focus

⌚ 1:10:00 - Understanding DWB - Driving While Black

⌚ 1:18:20 - How would you live your life if there were no reservations

⌚ 1:22:17 - What message would you send the world? - Listen for Understanding, Not agreement. - If you can't change the people around you, change the people around you.

⌚ 1:24:32 - How do I get the money to buy motorcycle parts?

⌚ 1:29:51 - Leave the military behind when you leave

⌚ 1:31:46 - How do you go viral on TikTok?

⌚ 1:38:05 - The Army recruiting problems

⌚ 1:45:45 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Equal Opportunity Advisor Course - https://www.defenseculture.mil/Portals/90/Documents/Ed-and-Training/CourseDescription/Class_Description_EOARCC_20200706.pdf?ver=2020-07-08-131937-430

🔗 Licensed Clinical Social Worker - https://socialworklicensemap.com/social-work-careers/become-a-lcsw/

🔗 MBTI - Myers Briggs Type Indicator - https://www.mbtionline.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwvrOpBhBdEiwAR58-3Ho0jOswyP6wIM7zTz3skw88ZxPvNQGyFWb94QWDtL_NPlvGr6tBFhoCDXgQAvD_BwE

🔗 Jerome Dingle Youtube: @jeromedingle1528

🔗 Jerome Dingle TikTok: duckhunter996

🔗 Jerome Dingle Instagram: @duckhunter996

🔗 Jerome Dingle Email: lifedesignswithjd@yahoo.com

Books:

📚 Real Life Management - Wayne Nance - https://www.amazon.com/Real-Life-Management-ALTERing-Relationships/dp/0743289390

📚 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne - https://www.amazon.com/Secret-RHONDA-BYRNE/dp/8875078475

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Did I miss the boat on Skillbridge?? 🛥️ - ways to find mentorship / Be a mentor Oct 09, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 2:17 - Mentorship ⌚ 2:20 - ACP American Corporate Partners ⌚ 6:03 - Hire Heros USA ⌚ 7:40 - Skillbridge ⌚ 16:00 - Hiring our Heros ⌚ 17:24 - Military Retirement Group (Facebook) ⌚ 23:10 - Outro Links: 🔗 Schedule for rating disabilities - https://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/bookc.asp 🔗 ACP - https://www.acp-usa.org/ 🔗 Hire Heros USA - https://www.hireheroesusa.org/ 🔗 Skillbridge - https://skillbridge.osd.mil/ 🔗 Hiring Our Heros - https://www.hiringourheroes.org/ 🔗 Military Retirement Group - https://m.facebook.com/groups/981767756191573/?ref=sharehttps://m.facebook.com/groups/981767756191573/?ref%3Dshare&exp=8ce3&mibextid=S66gvF Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the sitec

New co-host, finding purpose, Mental Health Awareness Month Sep 25, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 02:24 - Finding your purpose - Jobs, Personal Development, Books ⌚ 10:00 - Defining purpose ⌚ 13:10 - What is the learning cycle for creating purpose and passion⌚ 21:25 - Mental Health Awareness⌚ 35:53 - Outro Military Retirement Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/981767756191573Retire.Army Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/293498999788476 the greatest salesman in the world - og mandino tribe of mentors - tim ferriss the dummy phone - https://a.co/d/j3hjwQC mental health awareness month (September) - https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Health-Awareness-Month Veterans Crisis Line - suicide prevention - https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ Navy Marine Corps Relief Society - https://www.nmcrs.org/ Army Emergency Relief - https://www.armyemergencyrelief.org/ thegreenlogbook@gmail.com - @thegreenlogbook john.a.mcconnell@gmail.com my private channel for those interested - @chiefmcconnell Books: 📚 The Greatest Salesman In The World - OG Mandino 📚 Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

LTC (RET) Dave Grossman Reveals the Shocking Impact of Sleep Deprivation Jul 17, 2023

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Today we dive into a lot of topics surrounding 12-time author and former US Army Ranger Dave Grossman. His extensive and sometimes controversial knowledge of the psychology of combat, killing, and this time around sleep deprivation. We go off the rails a little, but there is plenty of really good information about how sleep can be a key factor in preventing suicide. You can find all things surrounding Dave at https://grossmanontruth.com

To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 1:06 - Don’t hold on to your rank after you retire - A brief history of Dave Grossman

⌚ 4:57 - Secrets of Mental Marksmaship

⌚ 7:53 - Why is sleep important - The biological blind spot

⌚ 16:20 - Why is sleep deprivation a key factor in suicde?

⌚ 29:52 - Dave’s Morning Routine

⌚ 36:00 - Intermitent Fasting and what it does for you

⌚ 37:25 - will napping counteract a bad night of sleep?

⌚ 45:00 - Dave joining the military

⌚ 51:33 - Dave on transition out of the military

⌚ 56:09 - how to record your story and turn it into a book

⌚ 1:05:02 - Defund the police, character assassination and using treats to guid cognative behavioral therapy

⌚ 1:16:59 - Dave’s advice to his 16 year old self

⌚ 1:19:33 - What is the meadowing movement?

⌚ 1:25:39 - If you had $10M to invest in anything where would you use it?

⌚ 1:30:42 - Final thoughts and where to find Dave

⌚ 1:32:53 - Outro

Books:

📚 Secrets of mental marksmanship - https://amzn.to/4481cWG

📚 On Killing - https://amzn.to/46f3PHN

📚 On Sleep - Coming soon

📚 Why We Sleep - https://amzn.to/3NDWTwD

📚 On Combat - https://amzn.to/3p6zNWl

📚 On Hunting - https://amzn.to/3CDQ3B5

📚 On Spiritual Combat - https://amzn.to/3qRNetJ

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How to make the world better by helping one person | Lessons learned from two government retirements Jun 20, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:41 - morning routine from Active Duty to GS Civilian to Contractor ⌚ 6:12 - Where does the stress of responsibility come from? ⌚ 11:08 - How my Air Force recruiter set me up to join the Army ⌚ 15:49 - What was the transition from military to government civilian in silicon valley? ⌚ 23:24 - How far in advance do you need to put your resume out for a job? ⌚ 23:52 - How does the dot com bubble before look like the bubble now? Does tech make sense still today? ⌚ 29:47 - Can I take a gap year or an internship? ⌚ 38:38 - what does it look like retiring from civil service? ⌚ 46:17 - What are some fundamental skills you have learned over 2 government careers? ⌚ 48:34 - Why is the VA rating important and what is P&T? ⌚ 55:25 - What are some differences between state and federal disability benefits? ⌚ 57:06 - How should I submit my VA claim after I have left the service? ⌚ 1:05:37 - How do I increase my VA rating or get re-evaluated? * ⌚ 1:10:04 - Is there anything you would say to your 16 year old self? ⌚ 1:15:18 - Why would you tell 5 million people on linkedin about failure? ⌚ 1:19:01 - Why it took 20 years to finish my degree? ⌚ 1:24:31 - Are you serving your country with honor? ⌚ 1:28:00 - My most significant mentor, who always pushed me further ⌚ 1:34:08 - Most important books (https://retire.army/books) ⌚ 1:44:15 - How can you be the change agent? ⌚ 1:49:01 - Question Everything ⌚ 1:51:41 - How do I build my personal brand? ⌚ 1:58:21 - How do I understand the difference between social platforms? ⌚ 2:00:55 - Outro How to contact Kevin: email: khaimovici@gmail.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-haimovici/ Books: 📚 Burn the Boats - Matt Higgins - https://amzn.to/447sgoK 📚 The One Minute Manager Meets The Monkey - Ken Blanchard - https://amzn.to/3NAUNhh 📚 Leadership and Self-Deception (Getting out of the box) - Arbinger Institute - https://amzn.to/3NBNXIr 📚 The Daily Stoic - Ryan Holiday - https://amzn.to/463IfWV 📚 The Daily Laws - Robert Greene - https://amzn.to/3JjkT5O 📚 The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday - https://amzn.to/46cgafS Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

Easing back into the podcast, rethinking relocation, job, time off, and remodeling Jun 12, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro & Disclaimer!

⌚ 1:08 - Recap of Hillvets, and wrapping up loose ends with mentors

⌚ 3:08 - House work recap - looking for another primary residence

⌚ 4:42 - Overcoming fear and procrastination - weighing job value and options

⌚ 9:55 - is internship worth it?

⌚ 13:57 - cost of living, where and why to move

⌚ 17:32 - Federal vs State vs Local government employment

⌚ 18:37 - Books - Habits - Insights

⌚ 21:48 - what do I do with all this extra time after I retire?

⌚ 22:58 - Decision fatigue

⌚ 24:33 - Thomas Kuhn and Scientific revolutions, paradigms and paradigm shifts

⌚ 26:08 - Psychology, sales, and the study of human interactions and communications

⌚ 29:04 - Anxious to get the ball rolling - you just have to start taking action

⌚ 31:15 - Transitioning the replacement to take over your position - right seat left seat

⌚ 31:59 - what do you have to hand off to your replacement?

⌚ 33:31 - Advice about spending all this money on baby furniture? 😯

⌚ 34:31 - The most important years for a new child (or grandchild)

⌚ 36:49 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Hillvets - https://www.hillvets.org/

🔗 AWS - https://aws.amazon.com/careers/

🔗 salesforce - https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/vetforce

Books: all books from any of the shows can be found at https://retire.army/books

📚 Atomic Habits - James Clear - https://amzn.to/3P71qJo

📚 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn - https://amzn.to/43U268O

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From Medical Evaluation Boards to Life's Edge and back - A Veteran's Resilience Unveiled May 29, 2023

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This episode we get into the weeds with Brandon Alborg, a 16 year Veteran who has deployed 3 times to the middle east. We talk about transition and the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) process, Not wanting to get out of the military, VA rating versus Army rating, and we conclude our episode with thoughts on suicide and dealing with the loss of fellow Soldiers not only to battle but also to this terrible tragedy. For all the Veterans out there who have made it back from your journeys, lets honor those who haven't made it back or possibly made it back only to, as Brandon puts it, "give a permanent solution to a temporary problem". To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service! Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 1:42 - morning routine now versus active duty ⌚ 7:52 - How did you join the Army? ⌚ 21:07 - What brought you to the point of leaving the military? ⌚ 39:34 - Getting through the waiting period of a pending medical separation from the military ⌚ 50:40 - How to sort out good and bad advice ⌚ 53:50 - Having self awareness to know how you learn - does learning from Youtube work for you? ⌚ 59:27 - The transition process and what was important ⌚ 1:06:17 - Benefits Delivery at Discharge - going to foreign doctors for your medical evaluation OCONUS ⌚ 1:13:40 - not retired, medically separated. multiple ratings for med board. what rating you need to be medically retired from the Army ⌚ 1:16:50 - The MGIB and securing college tuition for your kids ⌚ 1:17:36 - The types of disability ratings and why they matter (100% or 100% Permanent and Total) ⌚ 1:20:23 - getting help from external advocacy groups to bring your rating up to 100% ⌚ 1:27:20 - Letting down barriers to help others ⌚ 1:34:53 - The TikTok mentoring moment about transition ⌚ 1:37:10 - How to not take advice and get out of your own way ⌚ 1:44:41 - What would you tell your 16 year old self? ⌚ 1:48:27 - Timely advice about getting unstuck, getting out of the bottomless pit, reaching out for help when you need it ⌚ 2:00:17 - the ideations of attempted suicide, and the loss of a brother in arms from suicide - just reach out to someone please ⌚ 2:11:34 - Using your voice for good ⌚ 2:14:30 - Get in touch with Brandon ⌚ 2:17:49 - outro ⌚ 2:19:00 - Dedication to SSG Jason Matthew Lowe - Oct 20 1992 - Aug 15 2020. RIP brother. Links: 🔗 MEB - Medical Evaluation Board explained: https://home.army.mil/monterey/application/files/2716/5455/4754/Physical_Evaluation_Boards.pdf 🔗 CSX: https://csx.com 🔗 MRT - Master Resilience Training: https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/ard/R2/Master-Resilience-Training.html 🔗 SFL-TAP: https://www.armytap.army.mil/ 🔗 Trade School benefits: https://www.shamrck.com/the-benefits-of-trade-schools 🔗 Job Corps: https://www.jobcorps.gov/ 🔗 BDD - Benefits Delivery at Discharge: https://error.vba.va.gov/BENEFITS/benefits-delivery-discharge-program.asp 🔗 Veterans Advocacy Groups: https://vaclaimsinslider.com (just one of many DYOR please - this is not a recommended resource) 🔗 Permanent and Total disability: https://veteran.com/permanent-total-disability-ratings/ 🔗 Veterans Guardian: https://vetsguardian.com/ Where to find Brandon: 🔗 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@brandonfett19_dadalorian 🔗 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.alborg 🔗 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BrandonFett19 🔗 IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandonfett19/ Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

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