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 52 Episodes.
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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.
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Episode 255: Tango Alpha Lima: Finding your tribe with Gen. Paul Funk II and Col. Adam Rocke
March 18th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 13 mins
6888th, airborne, american legion, be the one, big red 1, camaraderie, career, community, deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, dod skillbridge, education, eliza barker johnson, funk’s fundamentals, gwot, hiring our heroes, homelessness, individualized treatment, jrotc, katie’s way, mental health, military, military family, military mom, military spouse, organizational structure, post-9/11, pride, ptsd, pufl, ranger, rosie the riveter day, service, service dog, soldier for life, tms, transition, tribe, veteran, warrior games, we can do it, women veterans, women’s history month, workforce development, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 254: Tango Alpha Lima: How sleep impacts wellness and readiness with Dr. Tina Burke
March 11th, 2025 | Season 6 | 59 mins 35 secs
american legion, blue light, breathwork, burning man, circadian rhythm, community, debunking, fact-checking, gwot, insomnia, jet lag, laughter, meditation, melatonin, memorial, military, monument, night mode, post-9/11, ptsd, red cross, service, sleep drive, sleep hygiene, sleep mode, sleep science, tbi, veteran, visualization, walter reed, wwi
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 253: Tango Alpha Lima: Transitioning tips for service members with Ret. Col. Sam Whitehurst
March 4th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 12 mins
american legion, aviation, career, citizenship through service, community, exercise, fallujah, gi bill, gwot, helicopter pilot, homelessness, housing insecurity, illustrators, immigration, leadership, medevac pilot, mental health, mentorship, military, military career, military spouse, military transition, naturalization, navy corpsman, ocs, post-9/11, protege, pt, red dye #3, service, silver star, support system, test pilot, transition, veteran, veteran authors, wellness, women veterans, women’s history month
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 252: Tango Alpha Lima: Guide to a healthy heart for veterans with Dr. Columbus Batiste
February 25th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 24 mins
addiction, american legion, automobiles, back to the future, cardiology, caregivers, cars, comfort food, community, ford fiesta, ford mustang, forgiveness, gwot, haiku, healthy heart, heart disease, high blood pressure, holistic care, isolation, k-car, korean war, la vamc, lee iacoca, lifestyle medicine, meditation, mentorship, military, military studies, minivan, movement, mythbusters, nicotine, nutrition, poetry, post-9/11, seebees, service, sleep, small steps, smoking, spiritual, spitter, stress, titanic, va cardiac rehab, veteran, volunteer, zyn
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 251: Tango Alpha Lima: What veterans should know about moving abroad with John Davis
February 18th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 5 mins
101st airborne, affirmation, american legion, bi-partisan, catalyst for change, community, compromise, congress, discipline, fodpal, foreign medical program, gwot, living abroad, marine corps, medical experiment, mental health, mexico, military, oath act, overseas, photography, photoshop, post-9/11, puerto vallarta, respect, retreat, service, thailand, therapy, travel, va, values, veteran, veteran stories, women veterans
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 250: Tango Alpha Lima: Who is MandatoryFunDay?
February 11th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 9 mins
american legion, arrested development, comedy, community, dinfos, gwot, influencer, inpatient, mandatory fun day, medal of honor, military, military romance scam, military wives, post-9/11, public affairs, recruiting, service, social media, spanish-american war, va, valentine’s day, veteran, yeet
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 249: Tango Alpha Lima: Kamin Samuel - the Navy's first Black female helicopter pilot
February 4th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 13 mins
african american history month, american legion, arizona bowl, aviation, be the one, black history month, buffalo soldiers, civil rights, coaching, community, coping, gi joe, gin & juice, gwot, helicopter pilot, mail carriers, medal of honor, mental health, military, moh, naval aviator, post-9/11, postal workers, role model, rosa parks, segregation, service, snoop dog, usps, veteran, world war ii, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 248: Tango Alpha Lima: The Honorable Patrick J. Murphy still serving veterans
January 28th, 2025 | Season 6 | 45 mins 21 secs
american legion, army. 82nd airborne, be the one, birthday, buddy check, california wildfire, careers, chalk river, coast guard, collaboration, community, congress, disaster relief, employment, entrepreneur, farts are funny, gwot, hot chocolate, jimmy carter, mental health, military, military spouses, natural disaster, nuclear meltdown, nuclear navy, palisades fire, post-9/11, red tape, reddit rabbit hole, service, transition, usaa face the fight, veteran, veteran suicide
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 247: Tango Alpha Lima: Folk musician Mary Gauthier on helping veterans through songwriting
January 21st, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 6 mins
addiction, alchemy, alcohol abuse, american legion, amish, artist, be the one, bob dylan, chef, community, depression, dui, environmental, folk music, green burial, gwot, humanity, ibogaine, joan baez, love, lyrics, mdma, meaning, mennonite, mental health, military, missile defense, national cemetery, north dakota, open mic night, passion, poetry, post-9/11, psilocybin, ptsd, purpose, pyramid, sad songs, service, singer, songwriter, storyteller, study, surrender, tbi, treatment, va, veteran, viking funeral, vulnerability
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 246: Tango Alpha Lima: Former POW and Leading with Honor founder Col. Lee Ellis
January 14th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 13 mins
100th anniversary, american legion, arctic, baseball, centennial, coaching, cold war, community, confidence, f4 phantom, flight school, geneva convention, global warming, greenland, gwot, hanoi hilton, ho chi mihn trail, humility, laos, leadership, marine, military, post-9/11, pow, prisoner of war, project iceworm, purpose, relationships, resilience, romance, sear school, service, torture, toxic waste, veteran, vietnam war, vulnerability
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.