David Wood is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and the author of a fantastic new book, What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars. He has covered conflicts all over the globe and has seen warfare in many forms. We have a wonderful conversation that includes:
• Understanding moral injury and how it affects Veterans
• How PTSD is often misused as a blanket term for all combat related stress
• Reconciling a pacifist upbringing with the realities of war and soldiering
• Ways that we can better support one another, and our communities
Very few people have more experience with the true nature of armed conflict and those that are affected by it. Please enjoy this episode and be sure to share it with friends!
Marjorie is the acclaimed author of the 2017 Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) winning book, The Frontline Generation: How We Served Post 9/11. The book began as a personal memoir for her son and turned into the first to define post 9/11 service and leadership.
In this episode we discuss:
• The term Frontline Generation, and what it means.
• Writing a book for her son
• Why she decided to independently publish, vs. a traditional publisher?
• How intelligence professionals view the world differently.
• What it’s been like to share unfiltered journal entries with the world.
Bergan Flannigan has one of the most compelling stories that we’ve ever brought to the Eagle Nation Podcast. Her military career began brilliantly as the top military graduate in her class from Norwich University. Upon completion of her Military Police training, she reported to Ft. Stewart, Georgia and was almost immediately deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Almost 9 months into the mission, Bergan was struck by an anti-personnel IED and lost her right leg above the knee…and that is just where her story begins.
During this episode, we have a great conversation about combat, relationships, recovery, mindset, and so much more.
Just as a note, this episode has a little bit of an NPR interview feel to it. Bergan and I had not previously met and we recorded outside a neighborhood Starbucks. You’ll notice me saying “Wow!” about 50 times. There’s a bit of background noise, but just imagine that you’re there, hanging out with us, on a warm Florida afternoon.
5 years ago, the Cooper brothers, Nathan and Aaron, set out on journey to ride motorcycles from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, to Tierra Del Feugo (an archipelago that sits at South America’s southernmost tip). The journey has turned out very differently than they intended, and they’ve learned a ton about themselves and other cultures along the way.
In this episode we discuss: