Adam Marr graduated from Texas Christian University in 2006 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. He graduated from flight school at Fort Rucker, AL in 2009 as an Apache Helicopter Pilot and would go on to make “Pilot-in Command” and “Air Mission Commander.” In 2010 Adam deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 1st CAB, 1-1 ARB out of Fort Riley, KS where he flew over 400 combat hours and was awarded the Combat Action Badge. In 2011 Adam took command of Charlie Company 1-1 ARB and became the first company in the Army to field and train on the new Apache Echo model aircraft. Adam’s last assignment from 2013-2015 was as an OCT at Ft Polk, LA where he helped train and evaluate Attack & Reconnaissance helicopter troops in full spectrum operations prior to their combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since 2015 Adam has been on the front lines of helping to organize, operationalize, and advocate for innovative solutions to the Veteran mental health & suicide crisis. Vowing to fix what was broken, Adam Co-Founded Warrior Angels Foundation 501(c)3 with his brother in 2015 to help bring an innovative message and solution to sponsor treatments for Veterans who had sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury.
In 2017 Adam co-authored the best-selling book "TALES FROM THE BLAST FACTORY," offering a unique perspective on the intimate challenges his brother, a Special Forces Green Beret, faced transitioning out of the Army because of his TBI and PTS injuries sustained in combat. This book was the inspiration for the Academy Award qualified documentary film Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain (2020).
Concurrent to all this, Adam spent 5yrs as a management consultant executive for Accenture LLC specializing in leading at the intersection of people and technology, helping fortune 100 executive teams deploy large scale multimillion-dollar organizational transformations.
In 2021 Adam left Accenture to support the passing of Texas House Bill 1802 which was the first legislation of its kind in the United States which allowed for clinical trials in the state of Texas through the Baylor College of Medicine using psilocybin and related therapeutics to help explore clearly, these breakthrough treatments that produce curative results not attainable with existing pharmacology.
Adam is an advocate for the safe and responsible use of these therapies. He attributes his ibogaine and 5MeODMT protocol as a life changing experience that helped reconnect him to his Christian faith and address his own personal combat and service-related traumas. In 2023 he shared his story of healing with these medicines in front of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement and Advisory Commission who is considering the allocation of $42M for novel programs using these therapies to combat the opioid epidemic.
Adam is the current Director of Operations for the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition. The VMHLC is a 501(c)19 coalition led by Lieutenant General Martin R. Steele USMC Ret. along with +45 organizations that advocate for increased research and safe, affordable access to psychedelic medicine and assisted therapies for Veterans and their family members. In 2023 the VMHLC helped unlock $12M in state funding across 4 states for these programs.
Adam is married to the love of his life Alycia, they live in the rural southern town of Slocomb,Ala., where they delight in raising their three children Amelia, Austin, and Aria.
Adam Marr has hosted 58 Episodes.
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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 269: Best practices for financial success with David Vardeman – Tango Alpha Lima
June 24th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 12 mins
american legion, banking, be the one, community, costco tuxedo cake, czech republic, dmv, finance, financial literacy, focus, grilling, gwot, international travel, magic circle, magician, mental health, military, military family, non-profits, opossum, patriotism, philanthropy, post-9/11, psychedelic therapy, raccoon, sailing, service, service dog, social anxiety, social media, sons of the american legion, suicide prevention, summer travel, veteran, washington dc, wild animals
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 268: The healing power of music for veterans with Mike Corrado – Tango Alpha Lima
June 17th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 4 mins
american legion, american revolution, art therapy, arts, battle of bunker hill, community, gwot, honor, low vision, memorial, military, music, music therapy, overseas graves. macaques, post-9/11, remembrance, service, snow monkey, tbi, us history, usa 250, veteran, veteran artists, visual sequela, wild animal
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 263: How to protect your identity with ID.me founder Blake Hall - Tango Alpha Lima
May 13th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 10 mins
ai, airborne ranger, american legion, artificial intelligence, community, constitution, deep fakes, digital wallet, entrepreneur, etiquette, fallujah, gwot, identity, identity threat, iraq, landmines, legion family, manners, military, military family, mosul, oratorical, platoon leader, post-9/11, purpose, rats, recon, service, single login, speech contest, stop-loss, students, team, venture capital, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 262: Tango Alpha Lima: Patriotism in our National Parks with Chris Marvin
May 6th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 28 mins
afghanistan, alabama, american legion, aviation, blackhawks, climate change, coca-cola, community, connection, forest fires, gwot, hawaii, healing, history, illinois, john muir, memorial, military, military family, national park, notre dame, patriotism, post-9/11, public lands, purpose, rotc, scam, service, spies, teddy roosevelt, therapy, veteran, wounded veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 261: Tango Alpha Lima: From a dark place to healing others – HeroFront podcast host Josh White
April 29th, 2025 | Season 6 | 57 mins 5 secs
active shooter, aerospace ground equipment, alcohol, alexander hamilton, american legion, authenticity, be yourself, camaraderie, community, family legacy, first sergeant, gwot, healing, honor guard, hooters, inner hero, medical breakthrough, military, military family, military funeral honors, post-9/11, public health, public speaking, saigon, service, storytelling, va, veteran, veterans affairs, vietnam war
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 260: Tango Alpha Lima: Supporting other veterans in crisis with Vic Martin
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 11 mins
advocacy, american legion, american legion family, american legion riders, animal advocate, arabian gulf, autism, bahrain, balboa naval hospital, be the one, brain injury, chronic pain, clinical, community, community care, dod, fentynal, food insecurity, gwot, healthcare, holistic, ibogane, indigenous veterans, lgbtq+, medically retired, mental health, mental wellness, mentor, military, mineman, mines, minesweeper, mission, mission act, modality, native american veterans, navy, neurodivergent, nicknames, panic disorder, poker run, post-9/11, ptsd, purpose, sea lions, self-isolate, service, service over self, stigma, strait of hormuz, suicide, taps, tbi, therapy, transgender veteran, transition, tribe, tx hb3717, uss chief, uss gladiator, va, veteran, world autism awareness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 259: Tango Alpha Lima: Hank Donigan - Brain cancer survivor running 500th marathon
April 15th, 2025 | Season 6 | 59 mins 47 secs
american legion, be the one, beirut, boston marathon, brain surgery, brain tumor, call of duty, cancer survivor, community, currency, gaming, grenada, gwot, leadership, lebanon, marathon, marine corps, mel brooks, mental wellness, military, post-9/11, ptsd, resilience, runner, semper fi, service, stinky, stress management, suicide, taxes, therapy, va research, veteran, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 258: Tango Alpha Lima: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes - From paratrooper to award-winning movie director
April 8th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 22 mins
agri-therapy, american legion, be the one, beekeeping, bet the one, breakthrough therapy, community, dod, entertainment, farmer, filmmaker, gardening, gwot, hollywood, iraq, mdma, mental health, military, movies, operation iraqi freedom, outdoor therapy, post traumatic growth, post-9/11, psy-ops, psychedelics, purpose, service, storytelling, therapy, usc, va counselor, veteran, women in the military, women veterans
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 257: Tango Alpha Lima: Leadership lessons in the military with Ret. Master Gunnery Sgt. Robert Yarnall
April 1st, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 5 mins
american legion, american legion baseball, centennial, children & youth month, civics, community, generational healing, girls state, gun lock, gwot, japanese, leadership, leading forward, legiontown, mental health, mentorship, military, mlb, moral injury, native american culture, philippines, post-9/11, recruiting, service, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide protection, veteran, veteran stories, washington dc, wellness, western history, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 256: Tango Alpha Lima: Identifying veteran transition gaps with SVA VP of Research Abby Kinch
March 25th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 15 mins
academic, academy award, actor, american legion, belonging, community, connection, data, distinguished service cross, diverse experiences, food insecurity, gene hackman, gi bill, government shutdown, gwot, hero, isolation, linguist, marines, medal of honor, military, military-connected, moh, oscar, post-9/11, research, service, social transition wealth index, student veterans, survey, transition, va, valor, veteran, wellness, wwi
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.