Veteran Voices: SITREP

In this episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Tom and Chris sit down with Army veteran, therapist, and founder of Third Space Therapy, Roger St. Julian, for a powerful conversation about service, identity, trauma, transition, and healing.

Roger shares his journey from ROTC and the 82nd Airborne to deployment in Iraq, where his mission shifted from combat expectations to training, mentoring, and rebuilding trust. He opens up abo...

In this episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Tom and Chris Faust sit down with Anna Redmond, founder of BRAV and AllCoin, to talk about the powerful meaning behind challenge coins and the stories they carry.

Challenge coins have long been part of military, veteran, first responder, and security communities. But as Anna explains, the coin itself is only part of the story. The real value is in the memory, the moment, the relatio...

Veteran Voices: SITREP -Episode 48

In this powerful episode of Veteran Voices, we sit down with Alex Johnson, a combat veteran who shares his unfiltered journey from war, identity loss, and alcohol dependency to healing, accountability, and conscious leadership.

Alex opens up about the moment his marriage nearly ended, how alcohol became a coping mechanism after leaving the military, and what finally forced him to sur...

In this episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Tom and Chris sit down with financial professional Nick Jarvis — a man quietly becoming the go-to guide for veterans facing medical retirement, disability decisions, severance, and the terrifying question… “What now?”

Nick breaks down the real challenges veterans face when stepping out of the military and into civilian life — the uncertainty, the fear,...

In this episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer Frank McGaha joins us to share a raw, unfiltered look at transition, failure, purpose, and the realities of life after the uniform.

Frank takes us through his journey from BUD/S and SEAL training, to aviation, to multiple deployments, to a career-ending set of injuries — and the moment he realized he could no longer safely do the...

In this episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, co-hosts Tom and Chris Faust sit down with Army veteran and poet Chris Clark (SFC Retired) to explore how creative expression can help veterans process trauma and rediscover purpose after service.

After retiring from over two decades in the Army, Chris found that transitioning to civilian life wasn’t as simple as expected. Through poetry, he discovered a powerful outlet for reflection...

Episode 44 – Dr. Tony Dice: After the Trident

Former Navy SEAL, firefighter, paramedic, and now clinical therapist, Dr. Tony Dice has lived through both the highs of service and the depths of addiction. In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Dr. Dice opens up about the darker side of military culture, how alcohol and drugs became “emotional currency,” and the spiral that led him to rock bottom.

He shares powerful ...

🎙️ Episode 43: Dr. Brian Livesay — Moral Injury, PTSD, and the Healing Journey

In this powerful episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Dr. Brian Livesay—Army veteran, psychologist, and innovator of Critical Memory Integration (CMI)—joins Tom and Chris Faust to dive deep into the unseen wounds veterans carry after service.

From redefining PTSD as a survival response to exposing the silent epidemic of mor...

What happens when your military service ends, but the battle within continues?

In this powerful episode of Veteran Voices: SITREP, Navy veteran Robert Wheeler shares his unfiltered story of identity loss, trauma, depression—and how he found hope again. From military police service to struggling through the dark aftermath of his transition, Robert opens up about holding a gun in his hand, nearly giving up, and what saved him: c...