Ashley Gorbulja proudly served her country as an Army National Guard veteran for over eight years and continues to serve her community as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Veterans Health Administration and Founder & CEO of GuideOn Education Consulting LLC. Ashley is a consummate professional and a leading voice in supporting America's military-connected community.
Ashley is a driven, passionate, and strategic visionary that has experienced increasing organizational responsibility in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. She has dedicated her career to building nationally recognized programs, brands, and communities through strategic communications and marketing. She focuses on improving the outcomes of non-traditional students in higher education, empowering call-to-action storytelling to demystify the military-civilian divide, and improving local, state, and federal policies and programs.
Over the past seven and a half years, while working in higher education and pursuing her education, Ashley graduated debt-free with three degrees and received over $63k in scholarships! Ashley earned her Public Health from the Consortium of Eastern Ohio of Public Health, a Northeast Ohio Medical University program emphasizing concentration in military transition, family policy, and community wellness. She also holds bachelor's degrees in The Science of Education and The Science of Organizational Supervision with a minor in Psychology from The University of Akron. Ashley is currently pursuing her second Masters's in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco.
Ashley was a 2019 top ten finalist for Ms. Veteran America, an accomplished Legionnaire helping foster University of Akron American Legion Post 808 as a Past Commander, a volunteer across multiple military spouse and family organizations; a national women veteran advocate, academic, and community liaison to a plethora of policy and issues about the veteran community.
Ashley has been featured on numerous podcasts, publications, panels and recognized for her outstanding achievements by non-profits, state, and federal organizations. Ashley is a force to be reckoned with, challenging others with the mantra: I Can. I Will. Watch Me.
Ashley Gorbulja has hosted 165 Episodes.
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Episode 149: Tango Alpha Lima: Military Women's Memorial President Phyllis Wilson
March 7th, 2023 | Season 4 | 47 mins 56 secs
ai, american legion, arlington national cemetery, battlestar galactica, cemetery, commentary, community, community service, desegregation, education, exhibit, gen. vaught, gwot, herstory, jimmy carter, killer robots, korean war, lee mansion, military, military history, military spouse, nca, non-profit, nuclear reactor, panera, post-9/11, rbg, registry, research, revolutionary war, second service, storytelling, top chef, topical, ukraine, veteran, veterans service, vietnam war, women veterans, women’s history month, wwi, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 148: Tango Alpha Lima: HillVets Founder and CEO Justin Brown
February 28th, 2023 | Season 4 | 48 mins 50 secs
adapt, ai, american legion, bhm, black history month, capitol hill, coast guard, commentary, community, community service, company of heroes, congress, deployment, ega, family readiness group, fellowship, frg, helicopter crash, hillvets house, hiring, history, hooters, housing, improvise, italy, jobs, legislative priorities, lobbyist, lumpia, merced, military, military families, moving, natcon, navy seals, networking, non-profit, north africa, orlando, orrin hatch, overcome, pcs, post-9/11, service officer, slc, space force, sva, topical, utah, veteran, veterans service, video gaming, washington dc, wisconsin, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 145: Tango Alpha Lima: Veterans Yoga Project CEO Brianna Renner
February 7th, 2023 | Season 4 | 47 mins 48 secs
academy award, american legion, american legion auxiliary, bah, balance, breathwork, commentary, community, community service, fighter pilot, food insecurity, food pantry, food stamps, gratitude, health, korean war, merch, military, military families, mindful resilience, mindfulness, national security, navy cross, non-profit, oscar, post-9/11, san diego, silver star, top gun maverick, topical, valentine, vet center, veteran, veterans service, wellness, wic, yoga, yoga studio
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 141: Tango Alpha Lima: SVA NatCon 2023 Recap
January 10th, 2023 | Season 4 | 18 mins 9 secs
american legion, college, commentary, community, community service, conference, education, employment, gi bill, military, military transition, non-profit, post-9/11, student veteran, sva, topical, veteran, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 140: Tango Alpha Lima: Connecticut State Trooper Kyle Kaelberer
January 3rd, 2023 | Season 4 | 55 mins 8 secs
988, afghanistan withdrawal, american legion, be the one, buddy check, commentary, community, community service, connecticut state police, de-escalation, disney plus, empathy, green beret, i-84, lockheed-martin, maclaren, military, natgeo, non-profit, oscars, post-9/11, retrograde, topical, veteran, veteran suicide, veteran's crisis line, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 139: Tango Alpha Lima: Retired Navy Commander and counterterrorism expert Youssef Aboul-Enein
December 20th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
9/11, a christmas carol, al-quaeda, alaska, alaska air national guard, american legion, arabic linguist, author, bosnia, christmas, citizenship, commentary, community, community service, counter-terrorism, dia, donald rumsfeld, egypt, gulf war, hanukkah, holiday, immigration, inuipat, islam, jihad, libya, medevac, military, muslim, natcon, non-profit, north africa, nuiqsut, post-9/11, qaddafi, riyadh, santa, saudi arabia, sva, topical, toys for tots, translator, veteran, veterans service, yemen
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 138: Tango Alpha Lima: Give An Hour CEO Dr. Trina Clayeux
December 13th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 4 mins
afghan refugees, afghanistan, amazon smile, ambassador, american legion, battle buddy, be the one, blood drive, blood type, christmas, commentary, community, community service, connection, counseling, crafting, destigmatize, disabled veteran, five signs of suffering, fred brock post 828, give an hour, group support, health care, holiday, individual counseling, life insurance, mental health, mental wellness, military, military exchange, military spouse, non-profit, peer groups, post-9/11, texas, therapy, topical, trauma support, va, veteran, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 137: Tango Alpha Lima: Fitness and Wellness with certified personal trainer Jennifer Campbell
December 6th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
american legion, army/navy football, celebrations, collegiate athlete, commentary, community, community service, consistency, fitness, fitness tracker, health, healthy swaps, holiday, hospital, hydration, leaderboard, lifestyle changes, meditation, military, mindfulness, nasa, nutrition, old ironsides, ope, personal training, physical activity, post-9/11, prosthetic leg non-profit, rivalry, signs of a stroke, space, tank division, topical, triathlete, u of iowa, uniform, va, veteran, veterans service, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 136: Tango Alpha Lima: The physical inactivity epidemic with Dr. Dan Bornstein
November 29th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 22 mins
active lifestyle, american legion, be the one, black friday, bmi, cat, cdc, cold case, commentary, community, community service, cyber monday, decapitation, diabetes, dod total force fitness, exercise, fedex, fitness, food desert, food labels, fort riley, frederick w. smith, gift shopping, holiday, letterkenny, m1 abrams, mental wellness, military, military pass, military.com, mission readiness, movement, mski, national park pass, national security, non-profit, nps, obesity epidemic, outdoors, physical inactivity, post-9/11, ptsd, recruiting, rep. torres, tank, top gun, topical, true-crime, university of health and performance, va, va whole health, veteran, veterans service, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 135: Tango Alpha Lima: President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition with Rob Wilkins
November 22nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 11 mins
a christmas story, accountability, american legion, be fit to fight, cards, chiefs mess, commentary, commit to fit, community, community service, competitive, congress, discipline, election, exchange aafes, exercise, fitness, fragile, leg lamp, military, military star card, national military physical fitness month, naval hospital camp pendleton, non-partisan, non-profit, physical activity, post-9/11, recruiting, rolling thunder, screening saves lives, sequel, stress, topical, veteran, veterans day, veterans in congress, veterans service, voting, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 134: Tango Alpha Lima: VET Tv CEO Waco Hoover
November 15th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 2 mins
aliens, american legion, cannes film festival, ceo, commentary, community, community service, creatives, dogs, entertain, entertainment, entrepreneur, failure, grunt style, hollywood, inform, inspire, interpreters, irreverent warrior, jdogg, los angeles, mgm, military, military influencers conference, non-profit, nyu, operation hidden treasures, post-9/11, recruiting, serendipity, space junk, spies, stereotypes, storytelling, topical, ufo, veteran, veteran-specific content, veterans service, vettv, vme
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 133: Tango Alpha Lima: 49-year-old NDSCS Wildcats Defensive Lineman and ND-ANG Sgt. Ray Ruschel
November 8th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 13 mins
acft, american legion, amityville ny, arlington, avenger, bagpipes, boot-camp photo, chicago pizza, college, commentary, community, community service, d-day, dental health, division 3, fergus falls, finals, fitness, football, membership, military, national guard, ndscs, non-profit, normandy, north dakota, nyc, parks & rec, post-9/11, potus, renewal, social media, texting, tiktok, tom brady, tomb of the unknown, topical, veteran, veterans day parade, veterans service, wildcat
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 132: Tango Alpha Lima: Retired U.S. Army Old Guard Sergeant of the Guard Chelsea Porterfield
November 1st, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 15 mins
21 steps, afghanistan, american legion, arlington, be the one, commentary, community, community service, drill sgt. sword, fort hood, freedom, infantry, iraq, l.a., legiontown, letterkenny, mcgyver, mental wellness, mentorship, military, nato, non-profit, nuclear exercises, old guard, post-9/11, self-accountability, stigma, tacos, tgib, thank you for your service, topical, toys for tots, trauma-compare, ukraine, veteran, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 131: Tango Alpha Lima: Former MLB pitcher and American Legion Baseball Alumni Steve Woodard
October 25th, 2022 | Season 3 | 53 mins 24 secs
alabama, alws, american legion, american legion baseball, american legion world series, baseball, be the one, burn pit registry, candy corn, commentary, community, community service, david ortiz, documentary, dodger dog, drug-smuggling, espn, fall, georgia, ghost story, halloween, haunted mlb, hot dog, idaho bandits, legiontown, mental wellness, military, milwaukee brewers, narcotics, non-profit, orel hersheiser, post-9/11, prime video, roger clemens, shelby, spooky, stigma, team effort, topical, toxic exposure, travel baseball, troy post 70, va, veteran, veterans service, wildcat
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 130: Tango Alpha Lima: Cup of Joe Radio with Mike Spotswood and Doug Bradley
October 18th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 8 mins
60s, american legion, army war college, broadcasting, codebreaker, commentary, community, community service, cost of living, dick clark, fm, johnny cash, legislation, military, music, music therapy, non-profit, post-9/11, ptsd, radio, rock & roll, russian code, therapy, topical, va, veteran, veterans service, vietnam war, we gotta get out of this place
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 129: Tango Alpha Lima: U.S. Coast Guard veteran and author Ashlee Leppert
October 11th, 2022 | Season 3 | 52 mins 48 secs
alaska, american legion, amp pendleton, author, be the one, bison, book, china, commentary, community, community service, faith, guided missile cruiser, healing, hope, hurricane harvey, inspiration, memoir, military, non-profit, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, prayer, ptsd, rescue, russia, san diego zoo, thriving, topical, trauma, uscg, veteran, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.