American Warrior Radio
Telling the stories of our men & women in the military and those who support them.
Episodes
September 8, 2024 • 39 mins
Never Home - Rich Sherman
More than 521,000 Americans died fighting against tyranny and oppression during World War I and World War II. About 207,000 of them never made it home – even in death. Their remains rest in 23 cemeteries spread across 8 countries on 3 continents.
Cover of "Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned"
Retired Navy Intelligence Officer now professional photographer Rich Sherman travel...
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September 1, 2024 • 39 mins
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) just returned from a momentous nine month deployment in the Middle East during which they were engaged in one of the longest sustained sea combat periods for a US aircraft carrier since World War II. Their commanding officer, Captain Christopher “Chowdah” Hill joins us to share how he maintained motivation and morale in the face of two extended deployment periods.
Chowdah became a social media...
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August 25, 2024 • 39 mins
“Thank you for your service.” Those five words were a point of redemption in Beth Macy’s life.
Beth was teaching math but was looking for something more. Her father was an airline pilot so Beth explored the Air Force. Their quota was full, so she joined the Navy. She enlisted in 1976 while the Vietnam War was still fresh in everyone’s mind and military members were still unduly scorned.
At the time, women in the Military still fa...
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August 22, 2024 • 39 mins
Havok Journal owner Charles Faint joins us for an update. Havok Journal is my “go-to” website for all discussion military and first responder.
We do a deep dive into three poignant (and somewhat related) articles by former Army Ranger now law enforcement officer Jake Smith and Mike Warnock, Editor in Chief of the Havok Journal.
In “Half Staff Flags”, Smith discusses his changed perspective on seeing flags flying at half staff. Wh...
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August 18, 2024 • 39 mins
“The Unvanquished” is the latest offering from military historian and multiple bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell. He is recognized as a leading expert on America’s elite and special operations units. All of his 13 books are based on this subject matter and his book “We Were One; Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah” is required reading for all Marines.
Patrick says his topics “find him” and his latest is ...
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August 12, 2024 • 39 mins
The Distinguished Flying Cross is our nation’s the fourth highest award for heroism and the highest award for extraordinary aerial achievement. The fact that Robert Lifsey was awarded four DFC medals is impressive. Even more amazing is that the awards were presented over the course of only twelve months in Vietnam, along with a Bronze Star, a Republic of Vietnam Silver Star and four Airmen’s Medals with Valor.
After receiving a d...
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July 28, 2024 • 39 mins
MARSOC is an abbreviation for Marine Forces Special Operations Command. While the Marines have fielded special operations forces before, (the “Raiders” conducted amphibious light infantry missions in World War II) there has always been some resistance within the Corps against establishing an elite unit within what many already consider an elite force.
The “Raiders” were disbanded in 1944. However, after the 9/11 attacks, Secretary...
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July 22, 2024 • 39 mins
Militaryfares.com President Scott Lara was working at the Kmart camera department when his supervisor asked him what he wanted to do with his life. Scott replied that he had no idea. His supervisor said “Well, join the Navy and see the world!”
Scott DID enlist, serving from 1979 to 1988 as a radar man. Scott never traveled much as a young man but the Navy took him to Spain, Italy and France and would infect him with the travel bug...
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July 7, 2024 • 39 mins
The 299th Combat Engineer Battalion was the only combat engineer unit to land on both Omaha and Utah beaches during the D-Day invasion. Some of the engineers landed before any other allied soldiers set foot on the beaches earning them the nickname “First on Omaha”. Chief Warrant Officer James W. Tucker was among them. His daughter Jean joins us to share more about the “Famous 299th”.
James commanded a group of eight armored tracto...
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July 1, 2024 • 39 mins
“In Strange Company” author Ronald Tiso, Jr. highlights the role played by allied partners in Iraq. Iraq is often thought of as “America’s longest war”, but troops from dozens of other countries made up the coalition forces.
Colonel Tiso served as a war planner at US Central Command, and as Senior Military Advisor of the Arab Peninsula Shield Force and the Polish-led multinational division. He was also Chief of Staff and Deputy Ch...
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June 23, 2024 • 39 mins
“Rough men” is a phrase used to describe the brave warriors who volunteer to stand the watch and do what is necessary to protect our nation, freedoms and families. It is drawn from the quote “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” Sergeant Major Charles Ritter certainly qualifies.
Ritter is preparing to retire after a 26 year career in the military, a maj...
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June 16, 2024 • 39 mins
Jeff Nelligan is an Army Veteran that is recognized as one of the foremost commentators in the world of American Parenting. His book “Four Lessons from My Three Sons; How You Can Raise Resilient Kids” spent four months on the Amazon Parenting Best Seller’s List. His works have also been cited in numerous parenting magazines.
In addition to his Army Service, he formerly worked for three members of our US Congress and was twice a Pr...
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June 9, 2024
Code Name Nemo was the name eventually given to one of the most daring and audacious missions of World War II – the effort to capture a German submarine intact. Charles Lachman joins us to share this fascinating and still little known story. The capture of U-505 was the first time since the War of 1812 that an enemy vessel was boarded and captured.
Lachman is the Executive Producer of the nationally syndicated news program “Inside...
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June 2, 2024 • 39 mins
Alex Kershaw is one of the foremost authors writing on World War II subject matter, having written multiple best sellers. He was born in York, England and taught history before becoming a journalist. He has written for various publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and the New York Times.
His 2002 book “The Bedford Boys” became his first New York Times best seller. It tell the story of Bedf...
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May 26, 2024 • 39 mins
Belleau Wood is the site of one of the most storied battles in US Marine Corps lore. Marine Veteran Jason Angell gathered up his family and made a “pilgrimage” to this famous World War I battlefield. His experience is recounted in the Havok Journal article “A Pilgrimage to Belleau Wood”.
Jason is a ten year Marine Corps Veteran with three deployments to Iraq. He and his wife felt strongly that their teen aged children should be ex...
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May 19, 2024 • 39 mins
The Hazard Ground podcast was created by Mark Zinno to allow members of our military to share their stories of combat & survival and deliver inspirational stories about resilience.
Mark was studying communications at Loyola University and joined the ROTC to help pay for his tuition. His original intent was to simply complete his four year commitment to Army and then 9/11 happened. He now has twenty five years of service in both th...
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May 12, 2024 • 39 mins
Fueled by the Fallen founder Kevyn Major Howard never served in the military. He has 31 film and television acting credits and is perhaps most recognized for his role as combat photographer “Rafterman” in the iconic Stanley Kubrick Vietnam war film “Full Metal Jacket”.
We spend some time discussing the films production and the experience of working with greats like Kubrick and R. Lee Ermey.
Because of his role in Full Metal Jacke...
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May 5, 2024 • 39 mins
“Chamber Divers”, a new book by Rachel Lance, uses recently declassified documents to recount the story of a somewhat ragtag group of scientist who forever changed special operations. Lance is a biological engineer and blast injury specialist who works as a researcher on military diving projects. She spent several years working with the US Navy building specialized diving equipment for our Special Forces.
The need for better metho...
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April 28, 2024 • 39 mins
Air America pilot Neil Graham Hansen’s livelihood began in a manner that might portend what the rest of his career would be like. At age 23 he was the a private pilot for Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. When I became apparent that Hoffa would be taking a “Federal Vacation”, Neil began looking for a new job.
He responded to a newspaper ad seeking pilots to fly in Southeast Asia. He submitted an application but was told “we’re not hirin...
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April 21, 2024 • 39 mins
“Bobbie the Weather Girl” may have been the most popular celebrity of the Vietnam War, eclipsing even Adrian Cronauer of “Good Morning Vietnam” fame. Her real name is Barbara Keith.
Barbara grew up a military “brat”. Her father served in WWII, Korea & Vietnam and her mother was a Navy Nurse during WWII. She believes that “If you don’t do something for your country, don’t call yourself an American.” As an adventurous 19 year old, s...
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