About the show
Three Global War on Terrorism veterans interview military veterans and other influencers in the military community who share stories related to transitioning, valor and heroism, mental wellness and overcoming PTSD, accessing VA benefits and much more. Join us each week for vibrant camaraderie, playful joking and hot takes on current events, interesting trends and quirky stories of interest to the military and veteran community.
This weekly podcast is produced by The American Legion. For more stories and videos please visit www.legion.org/tangoalphalima
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Episodes
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Episode 284: Ken Burns previews American Revolution documentary
September 16th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 12 mins
american 250, american history, american legion, american revolution, benedict arnold, british empire, buffalo, bunker hill, civil war, combat, community, concord, documentary film, education, filmmaker, funding, genealogy, george washington, gwot, history, lexington, loyalist, maps, military, nathaniel greene, native american, patriot, pbs passport, photography, post-9/11, re-enactors, rebel, reddit rabbit hole, revolutionary war, service, slavery, storytelling, veteran, video production, war
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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BONUS: Introducing the Global War on Terrorism Memorial podcast series
September 12th, 2025 | Season 6 | 16 mins 33 secs
advocacy, american legion, capitol, child, children, community, connection, courage, daughter, dc, design, families, fellowship, foundation, gold star, grief, gwot, honor, husband, kid, kids, leadership, loss, memorial, mil spouse, military, military family, military spouse, motherhood, national mall, new podcast, perspective, post 9/11, post-9/11, pride, remembrance, resiliency, service, son, spouse, spouse loss, stories, strength, terrorism, veteran, veterans, war, washington, wife
The American Legion welcomes the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Podcast: Welcome Home to the Tango Alpha Lima podcast family. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 283: How military spouses can create an online business
September 11th, 2025 | Season 6 | 27 mins 7 secs
american legion, angel investor, b2b, bootstrap, career, community, community-based marketplace, creators, e-commerce, entrepreneur, funding, growth, gwot, hiring, makers, mentorship, military, military spouse, post-9/11, resources, scaling, service, shop small, small business, support, veteran, vision, word of mouth
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 282: How to apply military technical skills to a career
September 10th, 2025 | Season 6 | 44 mins 40 secs
afghanistan, american legion, army ranger, camaraderie, community, credentialing, elevator, gwot, iuec, licensing, mentorship, military, ojt, op tempo, post-9/11, service, special operations, trades, transition, veteran, veteran entrepreneur, veteran-owned business
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 281: How to pivot from a failing business to a successful one
September 9th, 2025 | Season 6 | 27 mins 10 secs
american legion, community, entrepreneur, financial literacy, flipping, gwot, homeownership, investment, investment blueprint, military, passive income, personal finance, post-9/11, property owner, real-estate investment, rental, service, short-term rental, tax loophole, va home loan, vacation rentals, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 280: How to create a mission-driven business that turns a profit
September 8th, 2025 | Season 6 | 33 mins 59 secs
888th, american legion, brand, business incubator, commercial kitchen, community, e-commerce, entrepreneur, family, gwot, history, legacy, mentorship, military, multi-generational support, pandemic, pivot, post-9/11, service, small business, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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MandatoryFunDay, GWOT memorial and community service
September 2nd, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 12 mins
alcohol, american legion, be the one, buddy check, camaraderie, cemetery, claim shark, comedy, community, community service, first responder, gwot, healing, honor, humor, memorial, mental health, military, national mall, podcast, post-9/11, remembrance, service, service officer, sobriety, suicide prevention, therapy, transition, va claim, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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United in support of veterans
September 2nd, 2025 | Season 6 | 52 mins 46 secs
american legion, animal, be the one, buddy check, career, communication, community, conservation, depression, exotic animal, finance, gi bill, gwot, hearing aid, hiring, insurance, isolation, mental health, military, otc, post-9/11, service, therapy, transition, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 278: Communicating the stories of war through art
August 26th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 10 mins
american legion, battle of fallujah, combat art, combat zone, community, courage, creative arts, gwot, hoorah, hooya, mental health, military, military history, narrative, nasa, non-profit, oorah, post-9/11, sculptor, service, sharkweek, star trek, starship enterprise, storytelling, uss enterprise, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 277: From the battlefield to the Grand Ole Opry with Scotty Hasting
August 19th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 2 mins
1st infantry, afghanistan, american legion, author, baseball, big red one, bravo zulu, combat injury, community, country music, fly fishing, grand ole opry, gwot, independence day, kandahar province, legion riders, medal of honor, mental health, military, mre, music, musician, nashville, navy ship, new book, post-9/11, ptsd, purple heart, reddit, scars, service, sturgis, tabasco, therapy, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 276: Call of duty: A veteran-led peer support network with retired Maj. Gen. Mark Graham
August 12th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 14 mins
american legion, american legion baseball, american legion world series, ask for help, be the one, bookazine, centennial, community, confidentiality, connection, crash-landing, disaster relief, escape, gold star father, grief, gwot, ibm, kerr county, korean war, legiontown, loss, manhattan project, mental health, military, military career, mlb, national guard, nazi, nef, peer-to-peer, personal computer, pilot, post-9/11, relief supplies, service, stigma, texas flooding, veteran, veteran suicide, wwii, youth program
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 275: A transgender service member speaks out about being forced out
August 5th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 24 mins
advocacy, aeronautics, aerospace engineering, afghanistan, air force, american legion, animal husbandry, animal welfare, arlington, army horse units, astrological engineering, caisson, challenge, community, community service, cop keating, equine units, farrier, fitness, gender identity, gps, gwot, innovation, leadership, lgbtq+, medal of honor, mental health, mental wellness, military, military retirement, national security, patriotism, personal histories, post-9/11, problem-solving, satnav, service, space force, stereotype, taliban, tattoo, transgender, usa250, vcf, veteran, veterinary care
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 274: How to overcome the broken veteran narrative with Kevin Schmiegel - Tango Alpha Lima
July 29th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 22 mins
accountability, america 250, american legion, be prepared, buddy check, called to serve, camp mystic, camp pendleton, caregivers, chaplain, coast guard, comfort, community, community service, depression, employment, enlisted, excavator, fitness, guadalupe, gwot, healing, health, hero, hiring fair, history, job, kit bag, marine corps, meaningful employment, mental health, mental wellness, mentorship, military, military family, military spouse, military transition, military-friendly, natural disaster, non-profit, police chase, post-9/11, purpose, recruitment, rescue, resources, resumes, retention, revolutionary war, self-improvement, service, spirituality, stigma, storytelling, tap, texas flooding, thriving, transition assistance, tribe, unemployment, usa 250, usa 250 challenge, va research, veteran, volunteering, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 273: How to leverage military service into a rewarding civilian career with Natalie Schibell – Tango Alpha Lima
July 22nd, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 21 mins
10 forward, america 250, american legion, apache helicopters, aviators, battle of baqubah, battle of minisink, biofeedback, career coaching, career discovery, cdc, community, distinguished flying cross, forklift, gen. richard cody, gwot, health, health services medical corps, history, honor, iraq, iroquois, liberty brief, mental health, military, military quality of life, mind gym, mindfulness, native american, operation desert storm, pilots, post-9/11, recruiting, revolutionary war, safety brief, samurai sword, semiquincentennial, service, spork, star trek, therapy, transition, usa 250, uss virginia, valor, veteran, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 272: Living the punk life with former sailor John Joseph - Tango Alpha Lima
July 15th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 10 mins
abuse, ai, alcoholism, american legion, battle of stony point reddit rabbit hole, community, drug addiction, foster care, friction, gen. “mad” anthony wayne, gwot, history, incarceration, ironman, marathon, military, post-9/11, punk rock, rastafarian, rehab, revolutionary war, scared straight, self-medication, service, silicon valley, skynet, technology, ultra-marathon, vegan, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 271: Guiding veterans to healing and mentoring the next generation with Bart Womack – Tango Alpha Lima
July 8th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 5 mins
101st airborne, american legion, arabian horse, community, drill sergeant, equine therapy, gwot, history, hollywood, leadership, mental health, mental wellness, mentorship, middle east, military, military technical advisor, post-9/11, purple heart, recruiter, revolutionary war, rotc, saudi arabia, service, spies, tennessee walker, usa250, veteran, why i joined
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.