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    The Jedburgh Podcast

    The Jedburgh Podcast empowers leaders to achieve success on their journey to transform themselves and their organizations. Creator, Host and Special Forces Green Beret Fran Racioppi interviews the world’s most prominent visionaries, drivers of change, and those dedicated to winning.

    Each episode is an in-depth discussion with trailblazers who’ve earned success through a dedication to talent development, preparation, introspection, and the drive to get things done. Our conversation will empower listeners to define success and operate at an elite level, regardless of the task at hand. 

    In May 1943 the Allied Forces determined a new type of leader was required to win World War II. Operation Jedburgh parachuted three-man teams deep behind enemy lines to win no matter the challenge. Jedburghs lived by the mantra “how you prepare today, determines success tomorrow.”  Today’s leaders are no different.

    Fran speaks with leaders in public service, business, athletics, and academics about their personal leadership stories of success, failure, and the road to continuous improvement. Our discussions focus on the character traits of elite performance used by Special Operations Forces to recruit, assess, select and retain elite performers. Through this lens, we show listeners that success in any field must be earned every day.

    We strive for each listener to take valuable lessons learned and concrete action steps to improve themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Although developed and used by US Special Operations Forces, these characteristics are inherently applicable to building resilient and successful organizations in any sector or industry, as well as in the betterment of our personal and professional lives. 

    The Nine Characteristics of Elite Performance:

    -Drive: Growth mindset, be better than yesterday, continuous self-improvement

    -Resiliency: Perseverance in the face of challenges

    -Adaptability: Adjust one’s behavior to the situation

    -Humility: Recognize that you do not have all the answers; a willing learner maintains accurate self-awareness

    -Integrity: Understand what is legal and correct and align actions and words to both

    -Effective Intelligence: apply one’s experience and knowledge to the situation

    -Team Ability: Prioritize organizational needs ahead of oneself, work as a cohesive unit

    -Curiosity: Exploring the unknown, questioning the status quo in pursuit of better

    -Emotional Strength: Emotional control in stressful situations brings calm to chaos

    Fran Racioppi is the Founder & CEO of FRsix where he leads operations in critical infrastructure projects. He served 13 years in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret. Fran is passionate about building the world’s best leaders and the impact our special operators have in service and beyond. He holds a BA from Boston University in Broadcast Journalism and an MBA from NYU Stern, as well as the security industry’s highest accreditation as a Certified Protection Professional.

    The Jedburgh Podcast is an official program of the Green Beret Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to supporting U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers and their families. The Foundation provides emergency and ongoing support across five pillars: Casualty Support, Health and Wellness, Transition, Family Support, and Gold Star and Surviving Families. Learn more at https://greenberetfoundation.org/the-jedburgh-podcast/.

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    #140: You Better Be More Than A Good Dude - Medal of Honor Recipient CSM Matt Williams & LTC Dave Lucas, Special Forces Qualification Course MOS Phase Jun 21, 2024
    Show notes

    Stress is the great equalizer in leadership. When you're cold, you're wet, you're tired, your company’s losing money, you have no revenue, you’re pinned down by enemy fire, or you're down by five with two minutes left, great organizations need leaders who stand up, take charge, make decisions and act. America’s Green Berets are the best in the world at leading under stress.


    To unpack just how we’re selecting the next generation of Special Forces Operators, Fran Racioppi sat down with the team responsible for training them; LTC Dave Lucas and Medal of Honor Recipient Command Sergeant Major Matt Williams; the command team for 4th battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group, otherwise known as the MOS phase of the Qualification Course.


    From the JFK Special Warfare Museum at Fort Liberty’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School they cover the Q-course; what it takes to be a successful Alpha, Bravo, Charlie or Echo; how they’re upholding the standard and preparing the force for the peer-to-peer battlefield and the difference between motivation and leadership.


    Plus CSM Williams shares his account of the Battle of Shok Valley and why sometimes the greatest displays of leadership have nothing to do with rank, position, or tenure.


    Take a listen, watch, or read our conversation then head over to our YouTube channel to watch this episode and watch CSM Williams & LTC Lucas share the lineage of America’s first Special Forces in the Jedburgh Media Channel’s first documentary, Unknown Heroes, Behind Enemy Lines at D-Day, the story of Operation Jedburgh.


    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Introduction
    • 5:35 Succeeding in the Special Forces Qualification Course
    • 10:10 Scenario-based training to a standard
    • 15:30 Preparing Special Forces for the next battlefield
    • 22:15 Motivation isn't leadership
    • 28:57 CSM Williams Medal of Honor battle in Afghanistan
    • 413:40 Daily Keys to Success


    Quotes:

    • “Our job is to teach them the fundamental skills that they will utilize, that they will bring to their operational detachments.” (6:43)
    • “When it’s cold, it’s wet and it sucks, we want guys that understand why they're here.” (7:56)
    • “What we really try to do is eek out your capabilities under stress.” (11:48)
    • “The standard is the standard, is the standard, is the standard.” (13:46)
    • “We’re sending guys out to the force to do some of the hardest things in the world, and they can’t just be because you're a good dude.” (15:13)
    • “Motivation and leadership are not the same thing.” (23:42)
    • “It’s two junior bravos on the side of a cliff figuring out what we’re going to do.” (36:55)


    Special thanks to Roxanne Merritt and the entire team at the Special Warfare Museum for graciously hosting this series.

    #139: SWCS 2030 – Special Warfare Training For The Peer-To-Peer Fight – BG Will Beaurpere & CSM Lee Strong May 23, 2024
    Show notes

    One hundred men will test today. But only three win the Green Beret. Developing America’s Green Berets takes a vision for the future, knowledge of the past, and an understanding of the present.


    The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School is the home of both training Green Berets and developing the policy and doctrine our Special Forces operate by. To share the mission of SWCS, Fran Racioppi sat down with Commanding General Brigadier General Will Beaurpere and Command Sergeant Major Lee Strong from the JFK Special Warfare Museum at Fort Liberty, NC.


    BG Beaurpere and CSM Strong explained how SWCS 2030 will develop a more prepared Special Forces Regiment through the establishment of three Branch Schools for Green Berets, Civil Affairs and Psyops, each under their own O-6 level command.

    They also break down irregular warfare, why it’s important, and how it’s complemented by psychological operations; another school being developed through SWCS 2030.


    Finally they talk recruiting as the GWOT generation of soldiers is retiring and SOF was directed to cut personnel, while enforcing the standard, continuously improving professionalism, and integrating technology and automation into the force.


    Take a listen, watch, or read our conversation about the past, present and future of SWCS. Then head over to our YouTube channel to watch BG Beaurpere and CSM Strong share the importance of the Jedburghs in the Jedburgh Media Channel’s first documentary, Unknown Heroes, Behind Enemy Lines at D-Day, the story of Operation Jedburgh.


    The Jedburgh Podcast and the Jedburgh Media Channel are an official program of The Green Beret Foundation. Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.


    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to the Special Warfare Museum
    • 2:27 The SWCS mission
    • 8:42 SWCS 2030
    • 12:03 Commandants, Irregular Warfare & the Psywar School
    • 22:00 SOF’s role in Strategic Disruption
    • 30:33 How do you maintain the Special Forces Standard?
    • 36:08 Integrating technology but building leaders first
    • 49:08 The 3 Keys to Daily Success


    Quotes:


    • “We watch the battlefield of the modern era and we draw that into our doctrine.” (5:02)
    • “The cadre is where you really achieve mastery.” (8:04)
    • “Psychological Warfare is something we’ve conducted for the preponderance of our history as a military.” 17:01
    • “That’s what SOF does…conduct operations and activities forward, before conflict.” (20:06)
    • “The one place we will not assume risk, and cannot assume is risk, is in the production of world class special forces, civil affairs and psyops soldiers.” (28:37)
    • “What is the one or two percent we can do to improve to ultimately make this better, myself better, the team better.” (34:45)
    • “You're only as hard as your last hard thing.” (53:04)


    Special thanks to Roxanne Merritt and the JFK Special Warfare Museum for graciously hosting this series.

    #138: Un-mythed! No Loyalty Between Veterans - Alpha Elite Performance Founder Travis Wilson (2023 Army Navy Game Series) May 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Social Media doesn’t tell the real story. It might look like we’re crushing it online, but the reality is that it’s held together by toothpicks and dental floss. For the final episode of the 2023 Army Navy Game Tailgate Series, Fran Racioppi welcomed back Travis Wilson; fellow Green Beret, entrepreneur, and Green Beret Foundation’s Director of Mission & Program Delivery.


    Travis and Fran debunk the myth behind Green Beret to Green Beret support; and why supporting each other’s businesses, families and initiatives is an important part of post-military success. As Green Berets we would have given our lives for the guy next to us; but when we get out, we forget that our brothers need the same level of support in the next chapter.


    In a Jedburgh Podcast first, Travis flips the script and asks Fran how he’s doing. Plus they catch up on the newest products from Alpha Elite Performance and how the AEP Outdoors is taking Veterans fishing in Mexico and heli-hunting across the world.


    Veterans know better than anyone the challenges other Veterans face in service and beyond; yet they’re often the last to volunteer support physically or financially to Veteran Service Organizations. We need Veterans to match civilian levels of support.


    Take a listen, watch, or read our conversation. Then grab a pre-workout, some GBNT Sleep and Rally and Recover.


    The Jedburgh Podcast and the Jedburgh Media Channel are an official program of The Green Beret Foundation. Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to the Army Navy Game Tailgate
    • 4:47 The most support comes from those who didn’t serve
    • 7:24 Green Berets need to support other Green Berets
    • 10:46 Extreme outdoors with AEP Outdoors
    • 11:50 Alpha Elite Performance drops Rally & Recovery
    • 13:45 Army by 7
    • 15:18 How’s Fran doing?



    Quotes:


    • “Our biggest support has come from people who didn’t serve.” (5:52)
    • “The true impact for guys like you and I is it creates an environment for us to get together.” (6:37)
    • “It’s very healing to get back together with other Green Berets and their families.” (7:47)
    • “These guys are hurting and struggling because they’re not getting the support of the brotherhood.” (9:50)
    • “The only person that ever failed is the one that quit. So don’t quit.” (17:29)
    • “I don’t look at anything and say I can’t do it. I look at everything and I say how do I make it happen.” (17:53)
    #137: Screwdrivers Can't Change Tires - Home Base CEO BG(R) Jack Hammond (2023 Army Navy Game Series) Apr 26, 2024
    Show notes

    America’s military must return our service members back to society ready to lead. Special operators are given the best tools in the military to do their jobs. They’re also completely immersed into the special forces lifestyle with almost no distractions. Yet when they leave service, they’re often left to themselves to find the right tools and to figure out what training they need to be successful in the next chapter.


    Two of America’s most important organizations have partnered to bring our Veterans the best tools and training all wrapped up into an immersive, life changing program.


    For the third episode of our 2023 Army Navy Game tailgate series Fran Racioppi sat down with retired Brigadier General Jack Hammond, CEO of Home Base. Home Base is founded and supported by the Boston Red Sox and Mass General Hospital; a formidable team dedicated to winning and solving the most complex challenges in medicine and athletic performance.


    Home Base provides leading edge clinical care to the medical challenges faced by our veterans; including the effects of prolonged blast exposure, mental trauma, diabetes and even cancer. Veterans train directly with the best medical and athletic performance professionals in the industry with one goal in mind; return our military personnel back to society ready to perform at the highest level and continue to lead others.


    Take a listen, watch or read our conversation…and whether you’re from Beantown or not, this is a Red Sox game you want to be a part of.



    The Jedburgh Podcast and the Jedburgh Media Channel are an official program of The Green Beret Foundation. Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to the Army Navy Game Tailgate
    • 3:50 Home Base is built by the Boston Red Sox & Mass General
    • 7:06 Two months of therapy in two weeks
    • 11:18 How Home Base is treating Operator Syndrome
    • 16:38 How to support Home Base
    • 17:50 Proven results of the program



    Quotes:

    • “When you look at the opportunity with those two powerhouse organizations and what the potential is to actually bend the curve and make a difference; they had me at hello.” (5:30)
    • “We have access to the best clinical resources in the world. Bar none.” (6:12)
    • “We created this 14-day intensive clinical program…that compresses two years of therapy into two weeks.” (8:55)
    • “We’re gonna be able to figure out what are the downstream chronic illnesses associated with concussive injury.” (13:49)
    • “If you don’t have the tools to do a job, it’s like a monkey trying to change a tire with a screwdriver.” (19:50)


    #136: The Mission, the Men, Me - Life After the Green Beret - Cold Zero Spirits Founder Casey Maxted & Secret Service Agent Bill "Hawk" Albracht (2023 Army Navy Game Series) Apr 19, 2024
    Show notes

    “The mission. The men. Me.” The “3 M’s” of leadership taught to officers in Vietnam and still applicable to building great leaders in any industry. As leaders we put people first, but sometimes the mission must happen regardless of the people.


    For the second episode of our 2023 Army Navy Game tailgate party, we warmed up with a little Cold Zero Whiskey and a conversation with two former Green Berets of very different generations who left service for federal law enforcement.


    Casey Maxted and Bill “Hawk” Albracht joined Fran Racioppi to share why grit and teamwork were critical to their careers in Special Forces, in the FBI and Secret Service, and now as they build a spirits company.


    Grab a glass of Cold Zero then take a listen, watch or read our conversation as Casey breaks down the opportunities and challenges that come with starting a spirits brand, and Bill shares what it was like to go back to Vietnam and walk the battlefield he once fought on.


    The Jedburgh Podcast and the Jedburgh Media Channel are an official program of The Green Beret Foundation. Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.


    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to the Army Navy tailgate
    • 3:48 Hawk volunteers for Vietnam
    • 4:32 Casey volunteers after 9/11
    • 5:27 Hawk protected four Presidents in the Secret Service
    • 7:56 Casey joins the FBI
    • 8:48 The character traits needed to build elite teams after Special Forces
    • 12:21 Founding Cold Zero
    • 14:09 Biggest challenge of starting a spirits company
    • 16:27 How Warrior Rising is supporting Veteran entrepreneurs
    • 17:46 The Greatest Generations Foundation takes Veterans back to their battlefields


    Quotes:

    • “I want to join the Army. I want to be a paratrooper. I want to go Infantry. And I want to go to Vietnam.” (4:09)
    • “Air Force One flew right over me and I don’t know what happened, but that moment is when I was like ‘I’m gonna serve’.” (5:04)
    • “The protection of Jimmy Carter, or Ronald Reagan, or George Bush, it never varied…time seems to by quicker when you’re with somebody that you admire.” (7:40)
    • “You look for grit in almost everything that you do. People that are gonna stick with it when the cards are stacked against you.” (9:06)
    • “There’s the three M’s of leadership: the mission, the men and me.” (10:18)
    • “If we truly understand our mission….in those moments when we’re under pressure, when there’s chaos, when there’s confusion, we can come back to that guiding fabric.” (11:40)
    • “It’s not about the individual. It is about the team. The team going forward. The team accomplishing the mission.” (12:15)
    #135: A Green Beret's Hardest Mission - Green Beret Foundation CEO Charlie Iacono & Green Beret Nick Lavery (2023 Army Navy Game Series) Apr 12, 2024
    Show notes

    There’s a dangerous difference between a Quiet Professional and Silent Professional. We’re conditioned as Green Berets to put the mission first and get the job done. That’s why Army Special Forces are the tip of the spear in both wartime and peace.


    For our first tailgate interview, and to kick off The Jedburgh Podcast’s new home as an official program of the Green Beret Foundation, Fran Racioppi sat down with CEO Charlie Iacono and America’s largest Green Beret Nick Lavery.


    Charlie shares his vision to enhance educational opportunities, make benefits the easiest part of transition and how he’s preparing the organization for America’s next battlefield. Nick explains how he’s committed to keeping Green Berets first in the fight and why telling our stories is critical to both retention and recruiting the next generation.


    Americans in combat may be out of the spotlight, but Green Berets continue their mission in every corner of the world and supporting them and their families will always be the core mission of the Green Beret Foundation.

    You decide if we’re in a 1939 moment and never forget… the Boston Tea Party was an Army operation…


    Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Tailgating from Gillette Stadium
    • 3:27 The Boston Tea Party was an Army operation; NOT Navy!
    • 5:37 Charlie’s vision as CEO of Green Beret Foundation
    • 9:25 Why demand for Green Beret support is greater now than during the War on Terror
    • 12:13 GBF advocates are in every active duty Special Forces Group
    • 17:45 The dangerous difference between Quiet Professional & Silent Professional
    • 27:17 Are we living in a 1939 moment?
    • 30:44 A cameo from US Army Special Operations Command Commanding General LTG Jonathan Braga



    Quotes:

    • “This is where it all started. A couple of guys in a bar with some ideas…and look where we are today.” (4:17)
    • “We are one of the few organizations that service and support the Veteran community of the Regiment and also the active duty space.” (7:12)
    • “It’s a commitment I made since day one. When that phone rings we’re gonna pick it up.” (8:55)
    • “The Special Forces ODA has been the most requested SOF unit of action since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism.” (9:48)
    • “Just because it’s not as obvious, do not mistake that for the need to no longer exist.” (11:20)
    • “Why does it seem like the hardest mission a Green Beret has to deal with is when he gets out he’s trying to get his benefits.” (13:529)
    • “My biggest challenge that I ever faced was not becoming a Green Beret…it was actually not being a Green Beret anymore.” (15:13)
    • “There’s a massive difference between being a quiet professional and being a silent professional.” (18:45)


    The Jedburgh Podcast and the Jedburgh Media Channel are an official program of The Green Beret Foundation.

    #134: Yoga, NYC Body Shaming & Taking Your Own Leg – Combat Wounded Amputees Dan Nevins & Elana Duffy (2023 NYC Veterans Day Parade Series) Jan 31, 2024
    Show notes

    Could you make the decision to remove your own leg. What if you’d already lost the other and taking the second meant starting over? For the final episode of the 2023 NYC Veterans Day Parade, Fran Racioppi and Psychotherapist Drew Newkirk were joined by Dan Nevins and Lana Duffy; two Army soldiers who were faced with one of life’s toughest decisions.


    Dan nearly lost his life in an IED explosion in Iraq, now after losing his legs, he shares how Yoga and Wounded Warrior Project saved him from depression, substance abuse and suicide. Lana suffered for years with an undiagnosed brain injury that prevented her physical recovery; today she’s the parades honorary Grand Marshal explaining how to navigate NYC’s culture of beauty and perfection with a body that doesn’t look like everyone else.


    Life is full of difficult decisions and most often the toughest decisions are thrust upon us. Are you ready to take action and do something when most are unwilling?


    Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to “Alive Day”
    • 6:53 Dan gets pinned in his vehicle after an IED explosion
    • 21:49 Battling depression, substance abuse and motivation
    • 28:15 How yoga without his legs saved Dan
    • 32:40 The effect of body shame and limiting disabilities after Lana’s IED blast
    • 42:26 Dating in NYC with one leg
    • 57:54 Dan and Lana tell their stories to help others


    Quotes:


    • “The greatest casualty is being forgotten.” (2:35)
    • “When the explosion happened I could feel and hear the truck basically disintegrate around my body.” (12:48)
    • “I knew I was going to die. I was making my peace with God. I was just giving up.” (15:19)
    • “They met me with a backpack and a promise that whatever I needed, whatever my family needed, they’d be there.” (20:54)
    • “I self-medicated with accomplishment, achievement, doing something.” (23:54)
    • “Yoga teacher training was the best leadership school I’ve ever been to in my life.” (31:33)
    • “I was doing limb salvage not just because I wanted to keep my leg, it was ‘I can’t be seen as weak.’” (34:32)
    • “Keep doing good things because that’s how you’ll be remembered.” (53:43)


    Brought to you in partnership with Just Ice Tea, Longtab Brewing & Talent War Group.

    #133: America's National Will, Bias For Action & Friendless Men - MACV-SOG Green Beret Richard Rice & GORUCK Founder Jason McCarthy (2023 NYC Veterans Day Parade Series) Jan 19, 2024
    Show notes

    Great leaders exist in every industry. When we think about great leaders we often remember the things they did. But what’s more important is the impact they had on individuals, teams, organizations and society.


    For the second episode of our 2023 NYC Veterans Day Parade Series, Fran Racioppi and Psychotherapist Drew Newkirk welcomed two Green Berets from very different wars creating impact across generations.


    CSM Richard Rice served as a Green Beret in MACV-SOG in Vietnam and later became one of the founding members of Delta Force. Jason McCarthy served in 10th Special Forces during the Iraq war and went on to found GORUCK.


    Today they’re swapping roles as mentor and mentee as they apply their lessons from Special Forces to entrepreneurism, fitness, mental health and building community. We show you how to build organizations on character, why we must embrace challenge, how to live a life of bias for action, and how society is shaped by America’s Veterans after their military service.


    Drew also explores the difficulty elite performers have as they age and become friendless men; something scary to many of us.


    America became the greatest country in the history of the world because of a national call to service since the Boston Massacre. Today, the world is more dangerous than ever. It’s time we bring America’s people back together, rebuild our community and keep America atop the world order.


    Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcoming a legend of the Special Forces Regiment
    • 8:34 Why need to do hard things; especially at GORUCK
    • 10:59 Preventing “friendless men”
    • 15:03 The character traits needed to succeed in elite organizations
    • 16:38 The films that shaped Rich’s perspective on the military
    • 18:00 Why America must maintain our national will in the face of our adversaries
    • 24:14 Veteran service transcends their time in the military and carries into society
    • 25:10 How mentorship builds great organizations
    • 28:18 Making the case for military service


    Quotes:


    • “Throughout my entire life I’ve always looked for the challenge. Something to test me.” (5:02)
    • “It isn’t so much the military service…it’s what those Veterans bring back and what they put into our society after they’ve served.” (5:30)
    • “There’s no other way to really know what someone else is made of unless you do something hard with them.” (10:17)
    • “Have a bias for action in the real world and go get after it.” (13:56)
    • “If you’re not honest with yourself, you can’t be honest with others.” (15:48)
    • “We are in a peer-to-peer battle with not one nation, but a number of nation states.” (20:46)
    • “America needs to come back together. You do that through communities.” (23:04)


    Brought to you in partnership with Just Ice Tea, Longtab Brewing & Talent War Group.

    #132: The Biggest Veterans Day Event In America - NYC Commissioners James Hendon & Zach Iscol, Grand Marshal LTG(R) Mike Linnington, UWVC Chairman Nick Angione (2023 NYC Veterans Day Parade Series) Jan 11, 2024
    Show notes

    Veterans Day is about more than honoring service; it’s about preparing leaders to serve in the military and beyond. For the 104th running of the New York City Veterans Day parade from atop the red carpet Host Fran Racioppi is joined by special guest co-host Drew Newkirk to navigate conversations through the motorcycles, the sirens, the marching bands and the floats.


    They kick off the parade with two of New York City's most prominent veterans turned public servants; Commissioner James Hendon's a Reserve Army officer and leads New York City's Department of Veteran Services.


    Commissioner Zach Iscol served as a Marine, went on to found the Headstrong Project and now serves all New Yorkers leading Emergency Management. The Commissioners show us how to continue our impact post military service while leading our communities.


    We're also joined by Nick Angione and LTG(R) Mike Linnington. Nick's the chairman of United War Veterans Council, the organization charged with producing the parade and bringing 25,000 people to the heart of Manhattan.


    General Linnington is the CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project and was honored as the 2023 parade Grand Marshal. Nick breaks down the details of planning and hosting the largest veterans event in the country. LTG Linnington talks about the value that veterans bring to any organization and how hiring veterans isn't a charity move, it's a business decision.


    Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.



    Highlights:

    • 0:00 Welcome to the 104th New York City Veterans Day Parade
    • 5:32 Why America needs Veterans in public service after the military
    • 7:27 There’s no panacea for Veterans mental health
    • 11:00 The excitement of the parade
    • 12:32 Honoring first responders at the parade
    • 16:18 How United War Veterans Council produces the parade
    • 23:50 Developing leaders in the military from the first day



    Quotes:


    • “We look at all we have and how it’s borne on the backs of so few, it’s so critical for us to give these people their roses on days like today.” (4:01)
    • “The military…is an incredibly effective way to learn the basic tenets of leadership.” (6:47)
    • “There’s no panacea for mental health…you really have to use what works for the individual.” (7:53)
    • “There’s 16+ million Veterans across the country. I’m representing them.” (24:18)
    • “You can’t wait to be told what to do. You’ve got to understand your commander’s intent; your boss's intent. And then you’ve got to be able to act.” (26:03)
    • “Hiring a Veteran isn’t a charity endeavor, it’s a business endeavor. You want to improve your business; hire Veterans.” (28:23)


    Brought to you in partnership with Just Ice Tea, Longtab Brewing & Talent War Group.

    #131: NYC Welcomes Home Its Vietnam Vets - The Wall That Heals Comes to Queens - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Dec 20, 2023
    Show notes

    America's Vietnam Veterans didn't come home to parades. They didn't come home to standing ovations. They didn't come home to a welcoming public that embraced what they did overseas. When many of our Vietnam veterans came home, they got spit on. They were told that their uniform was a disgrace, they weren't integrated into society, and many people shunned them.


    58,281 of our Vietnam veterans never came home at all. Queens, NY bore more than its share of service and of loss. In September, Fran Racioppi had the chance to welcome home our Vietnam Veterans and all those who served from New York when the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund brought the Wall That Heals to New York City.


    A 3/4 replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the wall comes to those who can’t make it to DC. After the police escort, building the wall and the opening ceremony, Fran sat down under the lights with the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Veterans Services James Hendon, Chairman of the New York City Council Veterans Committee Bob Holden, Vietnam Veterans Association National President John Rowan, and Tony Nunciato, one of New York City's bravest veteran families, having lost his brother and Aniello in Vietnam.


    They talked about the struggles our Vietnam Veterans faced when they returned, how America's institutions weren't ready for so many who had seen so much, how many of them answered the call to lead in politics and set the foundation for small business and our economy, and what NYC is doing to support Veterans of every generation.


    Freedom's never free. It wasn't in the past, it isn't now, and it won't be in the future. To all our Vietnam veterans, thank you and welcome home.


    Learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.


    Highlights:

    • 0:00 The Wall That Heals comes to Flushing Meadows, Queens
    • 5:55 Vietnam War by the numbers
    • 8:18 Why Vietnam was a different war than the rest
    • 13:16 The family cost of Vietnam
    • 19:52 How New York supports Veterans
    • 26:29 The biggest improvements in Veteran support since Vietnam
    • 30:14 Continuing to serve for the next generation


    Quotes:


    • “The median age of our Vietnam Veterans right now is 78. We wanted to bring this to folks before it was too late.” (2:18)
    • “We owe it to the men and women who gave their lives. To have this come to Queens is just a tremendous accomplishment.” (4:37)
    • “246 is the number of the most casualties in one single day in the Vietnam War.” (8:10)
    • “We were the flower children. We were the pot kids. Our fathers were the crew cut guys who drank.” (11:08)
    • “He gave his life, he gave everything, to serve our country. To see his name, to see it memorialized…gives me great homage.” (19:04)
    • “Many of our Veterans don’t self identify. You see me, there’s three other folks who served who you don't see.” (21:24)
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