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.
The 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 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 212: Tango Alpha Lima: Air Force EOD veteran and endurance athlete Adam Popp
May 7th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 7 mins
9/11, air force, american legion, arnold palmer, baghdad, care packages, combat veteran, community, cumulative blast, deployment, elite athlete, eod, explosives, force reductions, golf, gwot, ied, invisible wounds, iraq, katz deli, macrame, marathon, mental health, mentorship, military, motivation, op tempo, opportunities, pez, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, recovery, remains recovery, resilience, running, service, social media, the hurt locker, transition, ultra-marathon, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP09: "The Keeper" with George Eshleman
May 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 27 mins 27 secs
american legion, appalachian trail, be the one, community, desert shield, desert storm, gwot, hollywood, mental health, mental wellness, military, movie, mst, name tapes, post-9/11, ptsd, service, stigma, suicide prevention, the keeper, veteran, you’re never alone
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 211: Tango Alpha Lima: Comic artist and illustrator Stephen Russell
April 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 57 mins 11 secs
american legion, article 15, artist, authentic stories, author, baqubah, care packages, catharsis, ceremony, comic books, comic strips, comics, community, creative process, deployment, fob warhorse, gwot, honor, illustrator, iraq, iwo jima, memoir, military, native american veteran, orthopedic joints, patriotism, petraus, post-9/11, remembrance, self-reflection, service, storyteller, troop surge, veteran, veteran-owned business, vietnam, world war ii, writing therapy, wwii
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.
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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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Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP08: Retired Navy SEAL Jason Redman
April 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 38 mins 31 secs
alternative therapy, ambush, american dream, american legion, ask for help, be the one, community, cte, entrepreneur, fallujah, get off the x, gwot, inspirational, iraq, mental health, mental wellness, military, military family, post-9/11, psychedelics, ptsd, public speaker, purpose, service, sof, special forces, stigma, suicide prevention, tbi, ted talks, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Tango Alpha Lima Trailblazing Women Veterans: Iraq War POW Shoshana Johnson
March 27th, 2024 | Season 5 | 47 mins 19 secs
afghanistan, air force, american legion, army, coast guard, cold war, community, gulf war, gwot, iraq, marines, military, military women, military women wednesday, navy, post-9/11, pow, service, space force, veteran, 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 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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Tango Alpha Lima Trailblazing Women Veterans: Col. Allison Black, the "Angel of Death,"
March 20th, 2024 | Season 5 | 22 mins 2 secs
afghanistan, air force, american legion, bravery, cold war, combat nurse, community, gwot, heroic, korean war, military, military women, operation babylift, post-9/11, service, taliban, veteran, vietnam war, women in combat, 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 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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Tango Alpha Lima Trailblazing Women Veterans: The Angels of Anzio
March 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 31 mins 50 secs
american legion, army nurse corps, bravery, community, donut lassies, gwot, hello girls, heroic, military, military medicine, military women, navy nurse corps, post-9/11, service, silver star, spanish-american war, veteran, wac, wasp, wave, women in combat, women's history month, world war i, world war ii, wwi, wwii
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.