About the show
Join us for vibrant camaraderie, playful joking and hot takes on current events, interesting trends and quirky stories of interest to the military and veteran community.
This weekly podcast is produced by The American Legion. For more stories and videos please visit www.legion.org/tangoalphalima
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Episodes
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Episode 276: Call of duty: A veteran-led peer support network with retired Maj. Gen. Mark Graham
August 12th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 14 mins
american legion, american legion baseball, american legion world series, ask for help, be the one, bookazine, centennial, community, confidentiality, connection, crash-landing, disaster relief, escape, gold star father, grief, gwot, ibm, kerr county, korean war, legiontown, loss, manhattan project, mental health, military, military career, mlb, national guard, nazi, nef, peer-to-peer, personal computer, pilot, post-9/11, relief supplies, service, stigma, texas flooding, veteran, veteran suicide, wwii, youth program
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 275: A transgender service member speaks out about being forced out
August 5th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 24 mins
advocacy, aeronautics, aerospace engineering, afghanistan, air force, american legion, animal husbandry, animal welfare, arlington, army horse units, astrological engineering, caisson, challenge, community, community service, cop keating, equine units, farrier, fitness, gender identity, gps, gwot, innovation, leadership, lgbtq+, medal of honor, mental health, mental wellness, military, military retirement, national security, patriotism, personal histories, post-9/11, problem-solving, satnav, service, space force, stereotype, taliban, tattoo, transgender, usa250, vcf, veteran, veterinary care
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 274: How to overcome the broken veteran narrative with Kevin Schmiegel - Tango Alpha Lima
July 29th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 22 mins
accountability, america 250, american legion, be prepared, buddy check, called to serve, camp mystic, camp pendleton, caregivers, chaplain, coast guard, comfort, community, community service, depression, employment, enlisted, excavator, fitness, guadalupe, gwot, healing, health, hero, hiring fair, history, job, kit bag, marine corps, meaningful employment, mental health, mental wellness, mentorship, military, military family, military spouse, military transition, military-friendly, natural disaster, non-profit, police chase, post-9/11, purpose, recruitment, rescue, resources, resumes, retention, revolutionary war, self-improvement, service, spirituality, stigma, storytelling, tap, texas flooding, thriving, transition assistance, tribe, unemployment, usa 250, usa 250 challenge, va research, veteran, volunteering, wellness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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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 271: Guiding veterans to healing and mentoring the next generation with Bart Womack – Tango Alpha Lima
July 8th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 5 mins
101st airborne, american legion, arabian horse, community, drill sergeant, equine therapy, gwot, history, hollywood, leadership, mental health, mental wellness, mentorship, middle east, military, military technical advisor, post-9/11, purple heart, recruiter, revolutionary war, rotc, saudi arabia, service, spies, tennessee walker, usa250, veteran, why i joined
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 270: Top three things disruptive to your health with Jennifer Campbell – Tango Alpha Lima
July 1st, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 6 mins
4th of july, alzheimer’s, american legion, basic training memories, bertie botts every flavor beans, bio-identical hormones, blue zones, budget cuts, cognition, community, darwin awards, doge, evidence-based medicine, fireworks, fitness, functional medicine practitioners, gut health, gwot, health, health span, healthy habits, history, hrt, ice cream, journaling, july 4th, lifestyle, longevity, mediterranean, menopause, military, military culture, military family, military museum, nutrition, post-9/11, reddit rabbit hole, service, sexual harassment, supplements, 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 267: How to heal through mind-body wellness with Dr. Aletha Williams - Tango Alpha Lima
June 10th, 2025 | Season 6 | 49 mins 6 secs
aa, addiction, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, american legion, art therapy, cancer survivor, coaching, community, cultural, female veteran, forest bathing, gwot, jamaica, mental wellness, meth, military, military transition, mind-body medicine, muralist, navy, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, public art, service, social connection, substance abuse, therapy, tribe, veteran, vibration, wildlife
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 266: A guide for veterans to navigate VA benefits with Joshua Parish – Tango Alpha Lima
June 3rd, 2025 | Season 6 | 59 mins 3 secs
9/11, american legion, assistance, be the one, buddy check, community, gemini 4, gwot, homelessness, iraq invasion, mental health, military, mobile app, nasa, national guard, neighborhood drama, pet owner, post-9/11, service, space, spacewalk, tap, transition, va, veteran, veteran benefits, veterans affairs, yooper
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 265: How to transition from service to executive ranks with Matt Stevens - Tango Alpha Lima
May 27th, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 11 mins
adaptability, african american, american legion, audio books, authors, banned books, books, community, dad joke, dei, federal holiday, gwot, holocaust, honor, introspection, iraq, jokes, memorial day, military, military appreciation month, military transition, naval academy, navy seal, post-9/11, racial profiling, reddit rabbit hole, remembrance, service, special ops, taps, top gun, veteran, wild blue yonder
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.