About the show
Three Global War on Terrorism veterans interview military veterans and other influencers in the military community who share stories related to transitioning, valor and heroism, mental wellness and overcoming PTSD, accessing VA benefits and much more. Join us each week 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 239: The Power of Lifestyle Medicine for veterans
November 12th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 2 mins
american legion, army/navy game, community, dadt, don’t ask don’t tell, film, football, gwot, health-care, lgbtq, lifestyle medicine, military, movie, mystery meat, obesity, performance medicine, plant-based, post-9/11, presidential pardon, ptsd, public health, rivalry, service, tbi, treatment, veteran, whole-food, world war ii, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 238: How veterans can serve during election season
November 2nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 1 min
advocate, american legion, apology, ballots, be the one, civic engagement, comedy, community, delta airlines, elections, flight, gwot, jury duty, marine corps, military, national convention, office joe, pentagon, pilot, poll workers, polls, post-9/11, scuttlebutt, service, space force, true-crime, vet the vote, veteran, veteran suicide, vietnam veteran, voting, we the veterans
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Iraq War documentary filmmaker Jake Rademacher
November 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 43 mins 8 secs
afghanistan, american legion, be the one, boys state, brothers, community, deployment, documentary, embedded, film, gwot, hollywood, homecoming, iraq, journaling, marines, mental health, mental wellness, military, military family, military transition, movie, post-9/11, premiere, ptsd, resiliency, sacrifice, screening, service, suicide prevention, therapy, thriving, veteran, veterans, vietnam veterans, workshop
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 237: Be Unstoppable with former Navy SEAL Alden Mills
October 29th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 2 mins
american legion, community, congressional gold medal, dad jokes, dustoff pilot, entrepreneur, fitness, force multiplier, goal-setting, gwot, hurricane helene, hurricane milton, leadership, military, military transition, naval academy, navy seal, post-9/11, sacrifice, service, unlock your potential, veteran, vietnam
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 236: Meet the widow of PACT Act namesake
October 22nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 13 mins
advocacy, american legion, apache, area 52, blackhawk, burn pits, cancer, chinook, community, gaffers' tape, gorilla tape, gwot, iraq, kosovo, legislation, military, pact act, post-9/11, service, state of the union, top secret, toxic exposure, uct tape, va disability rating, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 235: How to support Blue Star Families
October 15th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 6 mins
american legion, beetlejuice, blue star, capitol hill, childcare, community, dark humor, financial security, gwot, halloween, homeless, lobbying, love, marine corps, mental wellness, military, military family, military lifestyle, military spouse, pcs, post-9/11, service, total family force, tropic thunder, veteran, virginia, welcome week
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 234: How military families can fight food insecurity
October 8th, 2024 | Season 5 | 42 mins 1 sec
american legion, anonymity, asking for help, bravo zulu, bz, clean your plate, community, compassion, empathy, financial stability, food insecurity, food pantry, food stamps, gwot, junior enlisted, logistics, military, military families, navy, networking, post-9/11, sasquatch, service, stigma, supply shortage, veteran, veteran non-profits, wic
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 233: How veterans can find their passion in dance
October 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 59 mins 52 secs
american legion, art therapy, arts, ballet, bravo zulu, breakdancing, choreography, community, creative, dance, gwot, homeless veterans, hope, iraq, joy, korean war veteran, marine, military, military family, navy, olympics, post-9/11, raygun, scandal, service, spirituality, veteran, wifi
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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A mother's view of veteran suicide prevention
October 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 39 mins 10 secs
abu ghraib prison, american legion, anti-psychotics, be the one, community, green star family, green star mother, gwot, mental health, mental wellness, military, military family, post-9/11, prescription, psychiatric drugs, ptsd, service, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention, va, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 232: What veterans need to know about VA Pact Act
September 24th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 17 mins
accredited service officers, afghan interpreters, agent orange, american legion, astronaut, budget shortfalls, c&p exam, community, disability claim, fallujah, flight surgeon, gwot, homelessness, ied, inter-generational effects of exposure, international space station, iraqi interpreters, issues-based, local national partners, military, military transition, mustache, naval aviator, navy seal, non-partisan, pact act, post-9/11, presumptive conditions, professional development, service, service dog, siv, tikrit, toxic exposure, unhoused veterans, va secretary, vba, veteran, veteran employment, vietnam veteran, vso, west la va, west point
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 231: Meet the "Littlest" Navy SEAL
September 17th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 11 mins
007, american legion, arine, author, buds, civic duty, community, election, epa, freedom, gwot, hell week, ied, interpreter, iraq, jacques cousteau, memoir, military, navy seal, ncis, politics, post-9/11, service, special agent, two-party system, udt frogmen, veteran, veterans issues, voting, white house
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 230: Marine veteran's mission across Antarctica
September 10th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 29 mins
9/11, addiction, adventuring, alcohol, american legion, antarctica, be the one, blackhawk down, camaraderie, claims processors, community, disability claim, drugs, duality, e-sports, ego, expedition, gaming, gwot, keto, marine corps, medal of honor, military, nature, oklahoma, peer-to-peer, post-9/11, ptsd, regiment gaming, service, south pole, suicide, support, va, valor, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 229: Wellness advocate and rock star 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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Golden Gate Bridge jump survivor Kevin Hines
September 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 38 mins 37 secs
american legion, atlanta, be the one, bipolar depression, brain health, community, despair, food as medicine, functional medicine, golden gate bridge, gwot, healing, hope, i need help now, isolation, listen, mental health, mental wellness, military, normalize thoughts of suicide, post-9/11, ptsd, recovery, self-awareness, service, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 228: Tango Alpha Lima: American Legion 105th National Convention
August 27th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 18 mins
american legion, be the one, burial benefits, cemetery, champva, coin collection, comfort, community, crafting, dental care, fitness, gaming, gravesite, gwot, healing, honor, ketamine, medicare, medicare advantage, mental health, military, military spouse, mint, neuro plasticity, post-9/11, psychedelics, ptsd, public health, quilting, rpg, service, social isolation, stigma, suicidality, supplements, tricare, veteran, wellcare, wellness, wwii, wwii memorial
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.