Stacy Pearsall began her service as an Air Force photographer at the age of 17. During her time in service, she traveled to over 41 countries. She attended the Military Photojournalism Program at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where she was named a 50 Forward distinguished graduate. During her deployments, she earned the Bronze Star Medal and Air Force Commendation with Valor for combat actions in Iraq. Though combat disabled and retired from military service, her service animal Charlie helps her continue to work worldwide as an independent photographer and as an author, educator, military consultant, BRAVO748 public speaker and founder of the Veterans Portrait Project.
Her work has been exhibited at The Woodruff Arts Center, The Pentagon, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum among numerous other galleries and venues. She is the Producer and Host of the PBS television series, After Action. She is one of only three women to win the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Military Photographer of the Year competition, and the first woman to earn it twice. She has authored two books – Shooter: Combat from Behind the Camera and A Photojournalist’s Field Guide: In the Trenches with Stacy Pearsall.
Stacy has been presented with the Jefferson Award and Hill Vets 100 Artist of the Year, honored with the Daughters of the American Revolution Margaret Cochran Corbin Award and the Girl Scout’s Woman of Distinction Award, lauded by President Barack Obama as a White House as a Champion of Change, and she holds an honorary doctoral degree in journalism from The Citadel. She has served as a nominating juror for the Pulitzer Prize.
Her military medals and honors include:
Bronze Star
Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster (one earned aboard Army UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters in Iraq and the other earned aboard Marines CH-53E and CH46E Seahawks in HOA)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation with Valor with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Other Military Honors:
Army Combat Action Badge
Military Photographer of the year (2003 and 2007)
Joint Junior Service Member of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001)
Air Force NCO of the Year (2004)
John Levitow Recipient
Stacy became a life member of The American Legion when she transitioned out of service and joined Post 166 in Goose Creek when she settled in South Carolina a few years later.
Stacy Pearsall has hosted 18 Episodes.
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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.
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Episode 208: Tango Alpha Lima: Chief Strategy Officer of Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and America’s VetDogs, Brad Hibbard
April 9th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 14 mins
ada rules, american legion, anthem of the seas, anxiety, burial, cemetery, chuck norris, community, cruise, cupcakes, dog trainers, emotional support animal, etiquette, funeral planning, gi bill, guide dogs, gwot, hearing dogs, legal blindness, membership eligibility, military, military working dog, mobility, mst, national cemetery, pop art, post-9/11, ptsd, roy lichtenstein, seizure-response, service, service dogs, veteran, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 207: Tango Alpha Lima: Retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro
April 2nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 1 min
adaptive sports, afw2, air attack, ambush, american legion, author, bravo zulu, children & youth, communication, community, finding joy, food insecurity, food stamps, gwot, homelessness, inspirational, invictus games, military, military spouse, mlk, nfq, post-9/11, pranks, prosthetics, randolph afb, resilience, rotc, service, snap, stay strong, support, tacp, tfa, veteran, wounded warrior unit, youth program
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 206: Tango Alpha Lima: The Attributes founder Rich Diviney
March 26th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 15 mins
absentee, american legion, apache, attributes, buds, chinook, coaching, community, competitiveness, election, gwot, helicopter, hell week, high-performing teams, human performance, lakota, military, moxie, native americans, overseas voting, phone etiquette, pockets, post-9/11, seals, service, shared experience, sioux, special operations, standing rock, strength finder, teams, tiara, trust, veteran, voting
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 205: Tango Alpha Lima: Wellness Journey with Dr. Laurie Marbas
March 19th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 34 mins
ai, american legion, anxiety, aquatic mammals, be the one, birdwatching, chinese spy, community, crack, depression, diet planning, fasting, food, gwot, habits, healthcare, lifestyle medicine, meat substitute, medical technology, mental health, mike tyson, military, mindfulness, mocumentary, nutrition, pact act, personal development, pigeon, plant-based diet, post-9/11, preventive care, rocket launcher, self-care, service, service officer, shenanigans, surveillance, telehealth, toxic exposure, va, va benefits claim, veteran, vitality, wall-e, warrior spirit, wellness, wellness journey, whole foods
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 204: Tango Alpha Lima: With Honor Founder and CEO Rye Barcott
March 12th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 17 mins
988, advocacy, afghan allies, afghanistan, american legion, authenticity, bi-partisan, border control, brandon act, break-through therapy, caucus, character, civics education, community, compromise, congress, culture war, disenfranchisement, elections, fallujah, food insecurity, gwot, hyper-partisan, ilitary retiree, immigration, integrity, iraq, jrotc, mandatory national service, mdma-assisted therapy, member benefits, membership, mental health, mentorship, military, mission, national security, polarization, political, post-9/11, pt, ptsd, purpose, service, service officers, stability and courage, starman, stolen valor, the big lebowski, therapeutics, transition, tribe, tron, unity, va volunteer, values, veteran, veteran affairs, veteran crisis line, vietnam veteran, vote, white russian
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 203: Tango Alpha Lima: Modern Elder Academy founder Chip Conley
March 5th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 8 mins
aging, american legion, archetype, askhole, bravo zulu, community, curiosity, editing, growth mindset, gwot, hotelier, intergenerational, mentorship, mid-life, middlescence, midlife crisis, military, modern elder, post-9/11, sandwich generation, service, veteran, wisdom
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima: Leaping Lizards – Meet the new Tango Alpha Lima podcast hosts
February 29th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 33 secs
alternative therapy, american legion, be the one, breakthrough therapy, community, grace, green beret, gwot, healing, mental wellness, military, non-profit, pache helicopter, pilot, podcasters, positive mindset, post-9/11, psychedelic therapies, ptsd, rotc, service, service dog, suicide, tbi, troop surge, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 202: Tango Alpha Lima: Ranger Up Founder and Diesel Jack Media CEO Nick Palmisciano
February 27th, 2024 | Season 5 | 49 mins 13 secs
afghanistan refugees, american legion, broccoli, comedy touring, community, customer service, docu-comedy, don’t be afraid to fail, feminine hygiene, finding happiness, grapple, gwot, incentives, marcus aurelieus, marketing agency, meditations, military, office joe, post-9/11, robot, service, social media, stoicism, tech industry, tech jobs, transition story, va, veteran, women veterans, wrestling
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 201: Tango Alpha Lima: Actor and comedian Rob Riggle
February 20th, 2024 | Season 5 | 43 mins 48 secs
american legion, ants, big slick, combat camera, commander-in-chief, community, culpeper spy ring, culper spy ring, dating in north dakota, family, fob, gwot, improv, military, military family, military food, miller light superbowl, minot, post-9/11, president, revolutionary war, robin williams, service, snacks, spies, stand-up comedian, taps, turn, uso tour, veteran, wwi, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 200: Tango Alpha Lima: Rutgers U. Veteran & Military Services Assistant Director Bryan Adams
February 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 45 mins 49 secs
afghanistan, american legion, bubbleheads, claustrophobic, commercial, community, credentialing, deployment, giraffe, gwot, iava, iraq, isolation, lived experience, love, mental health, mental wellness, military, military transition, mission-focused, movie previews, pat tillman scholar, post-9/11, ptsd, revolutionary war, service, service mentality, stigma, student veteran, submarine, therapy, va, valentine’s day, veteran, voice-over
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 199: Tango Alpha Lima: Veteran Help Point founder Michelle Lang
February 6th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 18 secs
a boy name sue, american legion, bomber pilots, community, employment resources, ets, gwot, military, military spouse, military transition, miss america, paranormal, post-9/11, service, taps, ufo, veteran, women veteran, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 198: Tango Alpha Lima: Lead the Way Recovery founder Dr. Marshall Bahr
January 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 39 mins 46 secs
addiction, american legion, army ranger, bob ross, combat medic, community, coping mechanism, government cheese, gwot, intervention, isolation, mental health, military, post-9/11, psychic spy, psychic warrior, ptsd, recovery, self-medication, service, star gate, sublimation, substance abuse, veteran, vulnerability
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima: Retired U.S. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey
January 23rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 2 secs
ai, american legion, artificial intelligence, bigfoot, central america, character, civics, colin powell, community, conspiracy theory, democracy, divisiveness, dr. ruth, economic, economic collapse, geo-political, gwot, isolationism, israel, journalism, leadership, loneliness, military, misinformation, national security, oller coaster, party planner, plan, political division, post-9/11, putin, radio shack, safe, servant-leadership, service, sinning, sniper, social media, syracuse university, ufo, ukraine, veteran, worry
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 197: Tango Alpha Lima: U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy
January 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 50 mins 42 secs
5 for 5 challenge, american legion, anxiety, asking for a friend, asking for help, be the one, buddy check, coast guard, community, connection, covid pandemic, depression, distinguished flying cross, doctor, express gratitude, forbearance, foreclosure, friendships, gwot, hobbies, homelessness, intention, isolation, listen, loneliness, medical, mental health, mental wellness, military, pider paws, podcast, post-9/11, ptsd, relationships, rescue swimmer, ribs, self-esteem, service, service officers, showing up, social media, stigma, suicide, surgeon general, tribe, veteran, vsos, well-being
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.