Tango Alpha Lima Podcast

Brought to you by The American Legion

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

  • Tango Alpha Lima Be The One EP01: Meet Be The One Chair Waco Hoover

    September 1st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  32 mins 19 secs
    alternative therapies, american legion, asking for help, be the one, brain health, clinical, community, create awareness, culture, end the stigma, facethefight, gi bill, gwot, influencers, key thought leaders, lifestyle brands, marine, mcon, military, military adjacent, military family, military spouse, national convention, pact act, post-9/11, ptsd, resources, service, social connection, suicide prevention, sxsw, tbi, veteran, veteran suicide

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 174: Tango Alpha Lima: Typhoon Coast Author Mark R. Clifford

    August 29th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 42 secs
    advocacy, american legion, author, camaraderie, combat photographer, comedy, community, desert storm, eruption, gwot, helicopters, humanitarian aid, journalism, law enforcement, levity, medal of honor, mentorship, military, military photographer of the year, mindful meditation, moh, mt. pinatubo, natural disaster, novelist, operation fiery vigil, photographer, planes, podcast, post 9/11, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, ptsd, roast, san francisco, service, storytelling, suicide prevention, transition, veteran, volcano, writing therapy, yoga

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 173: Tango Alpha Lima: Second Service Foundation Executive Director Lauren Hope

    August 22nd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 16 secs
    advocacy, american legion, be the one, community, entrepreneur, free t-shirt, gi bill, gwot, mental health, military, military spouse, pcs, post-9/11, psycharmor, rwb eagle, sage the service dog, service, speed coaching, team red white and blue, underemployment, unemployment, veteran, veteran suicide,  uss gerald r ford

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 172: Tango Alpha Lima: Freedom Fitness America with USMC Lt. Col. Chris Reardon and Col. Patricia Klop

    August 15th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 3 mins
    afghanistan, american legion, chain of command, community, country music, deployment, fit for the fight of life, gwot, healthcare, holistic fitness, influencer, iraq, military, mortuary affairs, mst, ndaa, oath of enlistment, patient experience, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, ptsd, recruiting, reenlistment, resiliency, service, stigma, tik tok, va clinic, va hospital, veteran, viral video, wellness

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 171: Tango Alpha Lima: DoD athlete and cancer survivor Matt Cable

    August 8th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 10 mins
    alien life form, american legion, be the one, blood drive, cancer survivor, care packages, cheesegate, commissary, community, convention, gwot, job fair, keep fighting, leukemia, military, networking, overcoming adversity, pentagon, post-9/11, resiliency, service, shipping, stolen valor, titan games, uap, ufo, veteran, veteran-owned business

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 170: Tango Alpha Lima: POW/MIA League of Families CEO Ann Mills-Griffiths

    August 1st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 17 mins
    american legion, be the one, communist nations, community, compensation, dover air force base, f4, foreign dignitaries, good habits pow/mia, gwot, healthy lifestyle, homeless outreach, jeep, mental health, military, military family, military transition, missing in action, opioid addiction, pact act, pcs homelessness, post-9/11, recovered remains, ronald reagan, service, suicide prevention, toxic exposure, uss coral sea, va benefits, veteran, vietnam war, wwii

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 169: Tango Alpha Lima: Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Professional Networks Fellow Lydiah Owiti

    July 25th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 10 mins
    american legion, army innovation, be the one, cdl, citizenship, comedy, community, draft, fellowship, foreign born military spouses, goals, gwot, hipsters, hiring our heroes, immigration, kenya, law degree, mental health, mental wellness, military, military community, military spouse, military spouse career accelerator pilot, military spouse employment, msp networks, networking, pbr, post-9/11, professional credentials, s.a.v.e training, selective service, service, suicide awareness, suicide prevention, underemployment, unemployment, veteran, veteran military

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 168: Tango Alpha Lima: West Point Master of the Sword Col. Nick Gist

    July 18th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  53 mins 50 secs
    acft, american legion, anchorage, army holistic health and fitness, be the one, boxing, cadet, camaraderie, cognitive fitness, community, competitive sports, culture, d1, education, fitness, gamers, gaming, gen. macarthur, gwot, health, intramural sports, leadership, mandatory leave, marine commandant, master of the sword, mental toughness, mental wellness, mentor, military, military academy, military service, moose, motivation, paradox customs, physical education, post-9/11, pt, regiment gaming, resilience, senate, service, teacher, top brass, total force fitness, veteran, video game, wellness, west point

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • Episode 167: Tango Alpha Lima: HireMilitary founder and CEO Michael Quinn

    July 11th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 15 mins
    american legion, be the one, c-suite, career, community, dod skillbridge, employment, gwot, health, healthcare, humility, internship, job fair, job search, leadership, mental health, mentorship, military, military and veteran community, military spouse, military transition, networking, pact act, post-9/11, service, suicide prevention, toxic exposure, va claim, veteran, wellness, whole health, world war ii, wwii

    Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.