Former Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joe "Doc" Worley served in Iraq as a US Navy Corpsman. He was an infantry platoon medic in Second Battalion, First Marines in Fallujah in 2004.
On September 17, 2004, while on patrol an IED exploded into a Humvee killing a Marine and an Iraqi Interpreter. Not even 10 days prior, his former platoon had seven Marines killed in action when a vehicle borne IED drove into their patrol. The attrition from the blast was so severe that the platoon, known as Pale Rider Three, would be disbanded and the surviving Marines sent to other platoons in Fox Company.
As he was running to the aid of the two comrades mortally wounded by an IED, Joe was hit by a secondary IED that blew off his left leg, and suffered multiple wounds to his right leg, leaving it severely damaged. Miraculously, he survived, and was able to tie his own tourniquet and shout instructions to aid in the treatment the other wounded Marines.
Joe recieved a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart from his actionst that day. After 18 months of rehabilitation at Bethesda and Walter Reed, he now lives in Georgia with his family, and works for America's VetDogs, a non-profit that trains Service and Guide dogs for military and first responders. He also writes, sings, and narrates audiobooks, and tries to stay active in the gym so he can eat donuts and pizza in his spare time.
Joe Worley has hosted 23 Episodes.
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Episode 229: Tango Alpha Lima: Irish bassist and wellness advocate Tanya O'Callaghan
September 3rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 5 mins
american legion, animal welfare, bass player, bassist, be the one, caretakers, community, concurrent receipt, disability claim, documentary, foodie, gig, gwot, irish, mental health, military, miss usa, musician, nomad, pact act, pageant, post-9/11, richard starr act, service, suicide, touring, training, unity, va, va benefits, veteran, vietnam veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 227: Tango Alpha Lima: Wellbeing Think Tank founder Chase Sterling
August 20th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 25 mins
ai, american legion, community, dogs, entrepreneur, exercise science, fitness, gwot, halo, health, inclusivity, k9, marines, military, military dog, military transition, navsea, pentagon, post-9/11, red sky morning, robot, role model, service, spaceballs, supersoldier, swifties, taylor swift, toxic workplace, training, veteran, weightlifting, wellbeing consultant, working dog, workplace wellbeing
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 226: Tango Alpha Lima: Marine Corps Veteran and Comedian Bryson Banks
August 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 49 mins 19 secs
air force veteran, american legion, be the one, buddy check, camaraderie, coffee chat, comedian, community, crowdwork, f-bomb, fasting, gwot, honor, legion family, mental health support, military, military spouse, pershing park, post-9/11, ptsd, remembrance, service, soldier’s journey, stand-up, veteran, world war i memorial, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 225: Tango Alpha Lima: FOX Sports NFL Insider and MVP Co-Founder Jay Glazer
August 6th, 2024 | Season 5 | 58 mins 10 secs
afghanistan, american legion, be the one, bill rasmussen], celebration, combat veteran, community, douglas macarthur, espn, gwot, herstory, mental health, merging vets & players, military, mma, mvp, nfl, post-9/11, pow, ptsd, purple heart, rescue mission, selflessness, service, shoshanna johnson, survivor guilt, survivor responsibility, teammate, transition, veteran, veteran suicide, veterans portrait project, woman veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 224: Tango Alpha Lima: Servant Leadership with Retired Lt. Col Oakland McCulloch
July 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 9 mins
american legion, code-breakers, community, fdr, gwot, journaling, leadership, marketing, military, military jokes, navy, post-9/11, prayers, president franklin d. roosevelt, rotc, self-reflection, servant leadership, service, training, transition, trust, veteran, vision, waves, west point, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 223: Tango Alpha Lima: “A Date With Suicide” author D. Paul Fleming
July 23rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 11 mins
alternative therapies, american legion, audiobook, author, be the one, catharsis, childhood trauma, community, gwot, humor, legion baseball, mental health, military, military memoir, military story, pact act, post-9/11, ptsd, service, storyteller, suicide, va, va dental care, veteran, writing therapy
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 222: Tango Alpha Lima: Stem Cell therapy with BioXcellerator founder Eric Stoffers
July 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 47 mins
alternative medicine, american legion, balloon, be the one, bravo zulu, community, community walk, concierge, conscription, entrepreneur, gwot, holistic health, ice cream, ice cream barge, illinois, mandatory service, military, military draft, overseas graves, pacific theatre, post-9/11, selective service, service, stem cell therapy, suicide awareness, veteran, white glove, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 219: Tango Alpha Lima: Retired Army Maj. Gen. Tammy Smith - Living under the confines of DADT
June 25th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 17 mins
afghan allies, afghanistan, ally, american legion, authenticity, community, dadt, diversity, documentary, don’t ask don’t tell, flag officer, george washington, green beret, gwot, humanizing, inclusivity, korean war, korean war memorial, lgbtq+, major general baron friedrich von steuben, military, military discharge, military family, military memorabilia, military spouse, moral injury, outcomes based learning, post-9/11, powerpoint, pride, purple heart, retrograde, rotc, service, service officers, states' rights, support system, transition, tribe, veteran, vietnam veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 218: Tango Alpha Lima: Wrestle Like a Girl CEO and founder Sally Roberts
June 18th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 16 mins
advocacy, alternative therapies, american legion, assessment, athletics, bad-ass women, baseline, be the one, biomarkers, brain health, camaraderie, cognitive testing, community, dementia, federal employment, female veteran, florida, fod walk, fred smith, gator, gwot, head trauma, hormones, it's ok to not be ok, joy in suffering, leadership, life lessons, love is service, military, military spouses, neurological activity, non-profit, olympics, paris post 1, pentagon, personalized medicine, post-9/11, resources, self-love, service, sharing, state department, stigma, tbi, traumatic brain injury, veteran, veteran of the year, vulnerability, women, wrestling
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 217: Tango Alpha Lima: Veteran Socials to Combat Loneliness Epidemic with Dr. Jay Gorman
June 11th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 8 mins
american legion, arlington, be the one, buddy check, cemetery, community, connection, digital relationships, gaza pier, gi bill, gwot, history, humanitarian aid, loneliness, mementos, mental health care, mental health stigma, military, peer-to-peer connection, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, purple heart, resilience, service, service dog, social circles, social interactions, social media, substance use, suicidal ideation, tbi, transition, va, veteran, veteran gaming, veterans socials, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 216: Tango Alpha Lima: Wounded veteran and powerlifting champ Omar 'Crispy' Avila
June 4th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 19 mins
aces, agent orange, american legion, arizona ied, bench press, bravo zulu, burn pit, community, deadlift, family, fighter jets, food pantry, forgiveness, gwot, luke skywalker, medical screening, mental health, military, missile defense, pact act, pain management, paralympic athlete, paranormal, patience, post-9/11, powerlifting, prosthetic, self-reflection, service, service officer, star wars, stem cell treatment, support system, survivor guilt, tbi, thankfulness, toxic exposure, uap, ufo, veteran, weightlifting, world record
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 215: Tango Alpha Lima: USU CHAMP with Capt. J. Russell Linderman and Andrea Lindsey
May 28th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 15 mins
american legion, band of brothers, blackhawk, boeing, chinook, community, d-day, dietitian, easy company, evidence based, fara, fitness, gwot, holisitc, human performance, identification, legion family, military, military superstitions, national commander, navy sea cadets, navy seal, normandy, nutrition, pandemic, paratroopers, pcs, post-9/11, preventative medicine, ptsd, recruiting, research, service, sleep hygiene, sleeplessness, sons of the american legion, stress, supplements, tbi, transition, travel, tsa, usid, vertical flight, veteran, weight-loss, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 214: Tango Alpha Lima: DPAA Director Kelly McKeague
May 21st, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 7 mins
allies, american legion, anthropologist, archeologist, chosin reservoir, closure, cold war, community, dmz, dna, dpaa, excavation, forensic sciences, funeral, generational grieving, gold star families, guadalcanal, gwot, historian, honor, humanitarian effort, kia, korean war, legion riders, loss, medal of honor, medics, military, military honor burial, missing in action, moh, never leave a fallen warrior behind, north korea, photographer, pilot, poppy, poppyday, post-9/11, pow/mia, remembrance, repatriation, russian prison, service, spy plane, taps, veteran, vietnam, wwi, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 213: Tango Alpha Lima: 2024 Miss America - U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh
May 14th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 3 mins
afits, american legion, american legion riders, astronaut, aviation, back street boys, bookworm, bosnia, cancer research, chaplain, character, check ride, college education, community, competition, djbouti, dna, dpaa, fantasy book, gi bill, gwot, horn of africa, integrity, laos, long snapper, mia, military, military recruiting, motorcycle, nfl, non-profit, pageant life, pageants, pancreatic cancer, pilot, post 9/11 gi bill, post-9/11, richard starr act, role model, scotus, service, space camp, spy, taekwondo, tbr, tetris, thrillers, veteran, vietnam war, wind therapy, yemen
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 210: Tango Alpha Lima: Fort Meade Armed Forces Wellness Center Director Noelle Austin-Jones
April 23rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 57 mins 33 secs
american legion, armed forces wellness center, cadence, change, community, coping skill, danger-sleep, fitness testing, funeral benefits, funeral services, gwot, health, health readiness, heart health, holistic, homeless, human performance, meditation, metabolic testing, military, military spouse, mind body spirit, motivation, post-9/11, ptsd, service, sons of the american legion, stress-management, total force fitness, veteran, weight-tape, wellness injury prevention, woobie
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 209: Tango Alpha Lima: Afghanistan War Commission Executive Director Jaime Cheshire
April 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 6 mins
afghan allies, afghanistan, afghanistan war commission, american legion, appalachian trail, bin laden, boots on the ground, boys state, burn pits, children and youth, cia, community, congressional gold medal, deception, diplomats, female veteran, ghost soldiers, graffiti, gwot, history, intelligence assessment, interviews, kabul, mental health, military, military women, moral injury, national emergency fund, natural disaster, ort-a-john, policy, post-9/11, resolution of support, scholarship, security forces, service, testimony, tora bora, tornado, trust, ubl, veteran, veterans, withdrawal, youth programs
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.