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 166: Tango Alpha Lima: “Ghosts of Baghdad” author USMC Ret. Col. Eric Buer
July 4th, 2023 | Season 4 | 53 mins 6 secs
america, american legion, author, aviation, birthday, cobra, community, deployment, education benefits, fourth of july, fraud, gi bill, golden age games, gwot, health and wellness, iraq, military, movies, pickleball, post-9/11, service, student veteran, suni triangle, super cobra, tuition assistance, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 165: Tango Alpha Lima: Nixon's Secret War with Air Force Veteran Bruce Roberson
June 27th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 16 mins
aging, american legion, be the one, buddy check, bureaucracy, cambodia, canada fires, cia, coffee, community, dog handler, drones, entrepreneur, gi bill, gwot, health and wellness, heath, ho chi min trail, homelessness, hud/vash, ibm, identification, jfk, jolly green giant, k9, korean war, laos, loneliness epidemic, mcdonnell douglas, mental health, military, nixon’s secret war, north vietnam, podcast, post-9/11, presources, red tape, service, social isolation, southeast asia, student veteran, technology, thailand, transition, unhoused, va budget, veteran, vietnam war, women veterans, wwi, wwii, youth fitness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 164: Tango Alpha Lima: Task Force Movement Vice-Chairman Dan Kunze
June 20th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 4 mins
aim high, american legion, armored division, blue-collar, boot-camp, bullying, business, career, citizenship, community, cyber-security, diversity, dystopia, economy, education, employment, fitness, gwot, humvee, inclusion, infrastructure, invest in the future, it, jobs, labor, lgbtq, logistic, military, military family, mission readiness, national security, network, otr, pandemic, physical education, post-9/11, recruiting, reverse psychology, service, supply chain, tank, task force movement, trades, trucking, veteran, white house
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 163: Tango Alpha Lima: "Nevermind, We'll Do it Ourselves" authors Alec Bierbauer and Mark Cooter
June 13th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 1 min
afghanistan, ai, american legion, artificial intelligence, author, backpacks, be the one, cia, classified, comedy, community, counter-intelligence, dia, disability claims, gwot, hellfire, homeless veteran, intelligence, iraq, mental wellness, military, pact act, post-9/11, predator drone, redacted, security clearance, service, service officer, social media, standup, toxic exposure, transition, va, va backlog, veteran, veteran suicide
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 162: Tango Alpha Lima: The “Generosity Culture” with entrepreneur April Shprintz
June 6th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 2 mins
american legion, be the one, bud/s, business accelerator, community, don king, empowerment, entrepreneur, evangelist, generosity culture, giving back, gwot, legacy run, legacy scholarship, membership, mental health, mental wellness, military, mindset, motivation, motorcycle, movie critic, performance enhancing drugs, post-9/11, scaling up business, seal, service, social media, suicide prevention, tik tok, va care, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 161: Tango Alpha Lima: Legion of Valor National Commander Justin "JD" LeHew
May 30th, 2023 | Season 4 | 58 mins 12 secs
air force cross, american legion, anthropology, archeology, battle of tarawa, civil war, community, connection, dale dye, democracy, distinguished service cross, doordash, drones, enlistment, film industry, fort sill, future soldier prep course, gwot, heroism, hollywood, indian wars, jessica lynch, leadership, legion of valor, mandalorian, medal of honor, mia recovery, military, navy cross, ohio, post-9/11, pow-mia flag, pt, recognition of valor, ruck march, scholarship, service, spanish american war, team long road, this is the way, unity, veteran, vso, warrior class, wwi
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 160: Tango Alpha Lima: Special Assistant to the President for Veterans Affairs Terri Tanielian
May 23rd, 2023 | Season 4 | 44 mins 14 secs
american legion, be the one, buddy check, caregivers, community, deployment, dod, dol, economic policies, flanders field, fort hood, gen. cavazos, gulf war illness, gwot, homelessness, isolation, loneliness, mental health, mental wellness, military, military family, military transition, poppy day, post-9/11, president biden, psychology, recruit training, service, service dog, sotu, uss gerald r ford, veteran, veteran suicide, veterans affairs
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 159: Tango Alpha Lima: SteerBridge Founder Robert Schroder
May 16th, 2023 | Season 4 | 52 mins 35 secs
american legion, community, dod, government contract, gwot, harrier, hiring our heroes, homeless veterans, housing, hudvash, legion college, management consulting, military, military transition, mississippi boys state, post-9/11, service, service officer, sniper, steerbridge, technology, us army national guard, us chamber of commerce, va, va disability claim, vertical take-off and landing, veteran, veteran and military spouse, west la va
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 158: Tango Alpha Lima: "War Journal" author Jim Sisco
May 9th, 2023 | Season 4 | 51 mins 44 secs
amazon prime, american legion, author, be the one, blue angels, border patrol, community, desert storm, documentary, ega, fitness, gwot, health, imax, immigration, kuwait, legacy run, legion college, migrants, military, mini-series, motorcycle, post-9/11, saddam hussein, service, texas a&m, thunderbirds, troop deployment, veteran, veteran suicide, walking
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 157: Tango Alpha Lima: 22Zero Founder Dan Jarvis
May 2nd, 2023 | Season 4 | 53 mins 2 secs
alaska, american legion, be the one, ceremony, children, community, deployment, disconnection, dna, drill sgt., exposure therapy, fort gordon, gold star families, gwot, isolation, law enforcement, legiontown, linkedin, linkedin learning, memorial day, mental health, mental wellness, military, military housing, neural pathways, neuro-linguistic programming, pandas, pearl harbor, post-9/11, pow-mia, ptsd, punchbowl, purpose, reconsolidation of xxxx protocol, repressed memories, research and recognition project, resiliency, service, spouses, substance abuse, substandard housing, suicide, suppressed memories, survivor’s guilt, transition, trauma, triggers, uss arizona, veteran, veteran suicide
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 156: Tango Alpha Lima: "Interpreters Wanted" director Robert Ham
April 25th, 2023 | Season 4 | 57 mins 23 secs
9/11, afghan adjustment act, afghan allies, afghan history, afghan withdraw, afghanistan, air national guard, allies, american legion, boy scout, brotherhood, camraderie, combat camera, combat outpost, community, congress, covid, deployment, desert shield, desert storm, dinfos, documentary, eagle scout, emmy award, film industry, film school, flag, flags of gratitude, flags of our fathers, grassroots, gulf war, gulf war illness, gwot, hitman, hollywood, honor, interpreters, legislation, los angeles, mark wahlberg, military, nih, post-9/11, public affairs, sal, service, sons of the american legion, storyteller, tom cruise, usc, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 155: Tango Alpha Lima: Military Transition with Sales Platoon CEO John Renken
April 18th, 2023 | Season 4 | 48 mins 58 secs
american legion, army ranger, artemis ii, astronaut, bdr, boxing, canadian, choir, chorus, community, covid, discipline, fight church, film, gerard butler, gwot, interpreter, kandahar, military, military transition, mma, moon, moon mission, navy pilot, nps, online booking, pandemic, post-9/11, resiliency, saint, sales careers, sdr, service, singing group, space, teamwork, travel, veteran, veteran suicide
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 154: Tango Alpha Lima: VA Vet Center Chief Readjustment Counseling Officer Mike Fisher
April 11th, 2023 | Season 4 | 47 mins 19 secs
access to care, american legion, american legion baseball, be the one, bereavement counseling, boys nation, boys state, children & youth month, combat, combat trauma, community, community-based, constitution, counseling, fort hood, girls nation, girls state, gwot, honor, iraq, mental health, mental wellness, military, military spouse, mobile app, mst, national guard, oratorical contest, peer to peer counseling, post-9/11, readjustment counseling, remembrance, scholarship, service, stigma, suicide, support, telehealth, trauma, trust score, va, vetcenter, veteran, veteran suicide, vha, vietnam veterans, vietnam veterans day, welcome home
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 153: Tango Alpha Lima: Military Transition with author Herb Thompson
April 4th, 2023 | Season 4 | 53 mins 26 secs
american legion, atlanta, coca-cola, community, drill sergeant, gi bill, goals, green beret, gwot, history, intermittent fasting, john pemberton, military, military spouse, military transition, mission, post-9/11, purpose, resources, rocky mountain oysters, service, skillbridge, special forces, taco bell, taxes, testicle festival, training, veteran, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 152: Tango Alpha Lima: Best Medicine Brigade with Robin Phoenix Johnson and Doug Bennett
March 28th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 19 mins
academy awards, american legion, candle, car donation, caregivers, comedy, community, david sedaris, feats of strength, goodfellas, gwot, healthcare, homeless veterans, inclusion, johnny carson, laughter is the best medicine, military, military experience, military family, military spouse, mission statement, observational comedy, oscars, paul sorvino, post-9/11, river walk, running, san antonio, service, therapy, va, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 151: Tango Alpha Lima: National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation CEO Chris Cassidy
March 21st, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 2 mins
american legion, anniversary, astronaut, baseball, basketball referee, be the one, bear, character playbook, commentary, community, community service, courage, deployment, do your best, eagle globe anchor, endeavor, fitness, govx, gratitude, international space station, leadership institute, marvel comics, medal of honor, memorial, mental health, mental wellness, mentor, military, mit, mlb, museum, namaste, nasa, national park service, naval academy, navy seal, nfl, non-profit, physical therapy, post-9/11, recovery, resilience, selfless act, shuttle launch, space, space shuttle, stroke, tbi, topical, veteran, veterans service, vyp, warning signs, yoga
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.