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    <title>Tango Alpha Lima Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Creative”</title>
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    <description>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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    <itunes:summary>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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  <title>Episode 233: How veterans can find their passion in dance</title>
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  <itunes:episode>233</itunes:episode>
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  <itunes:duration>59:52</itunes:duration>
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  <description>THE INTERVIEW
Román Baca, Artistic Director of Exit12 Dance Company is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer who, in 2001, took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq.
Baca shares how he founded Exit 12 Dance Company to give veterans a storytelling platform through dance, theater and movement.
SCUTTLEBUTT
Reviewing Raygun - the breakout Olympic break dance competitor
How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi
Bravo Zulu to Legion members in Canton, Ga. Special Guest: Román Baca.
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    <![CDATA[<p>THE INTERVIEW<br>
Román Baca, Artistic Director of Exit12 Dance Company is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer who, in 2001, took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq.</p>

<p>Baca shares how he founded Exit 12 Dance Company to give veterans a storytelling platform through dance, theater and movement.</p>

<p>SCUTTLEBUTT<br>
Reviewing Raygun - the breakout Olympic break dance competitor<br>
How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi<br>
Bravo Zulu to Legion members in Canton, Ga.</p><p>Special Guest: Román Baca.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/pjYzIJhcBbY">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Improve Financial Health with VetCents 🇺🇸 Veterans Benefits Banking Program" rel="nofollow" href="https://veteransbenefitsbanking.org/vetcents/">Improve Financial Health with VetCents 🇺🇸 Veterans Benefits Banking Program</a></li><li><a title="Exit12 Dance Company" rel="nofollow" href="https://exit12danceco.org/">Exit12 Dance Company</a></li><li><a title="The American Legion and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans for Legionnaires | Wellcare" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wellcarenow.com/veterans/?cid=CMT84543">The American Legion and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans for Legionnaires | Wellcare</a></li><li><a title="Raygun Window Wiper!! #raygun #olympics - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg660aDBq2o">Raygun Window Wiper!! #raygun #olympics - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="The defense of Australian breakdancing girl &quot;Raygun&quot; is stupid : r/TrueUnpopularOpinion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1eoghh9/the_defense_of_australian_breakdancing_girl/">The defense of Australian breakdancing girl "Raygun" is stupid : r/TrueUnpopularOpinion</a></li><li><a title="How are new sports chosen for the Olympics? : NPR" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051616/how-are-new-sports-chosen-for-the-olympics">How are new sports chosen for the Olympics? : NPR</a></li><li><a title="How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/?utm_source=sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mil-ebb">How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi</a></li><li><a title="Vets help Canton teen reach dream of joining Marines | Legiontown U.S.A." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legiontown.org/veterans-strengthening-america/13607/vets-help-canton-teen-reach-dream-joining-marines">Vets help Canton teen reach dream of joining Marines | Legiontown U.S.A.</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>THE INTERVIEW<br>
Román Baca, Artistic Director of Exit12 Dance Company is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer who, in 2001, took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq.</p>

<p>Baca shares how he founded Exit 12 Dance Company to give veterans a storytelling platform through dance, theater and movement.</p>

<p>SCUTTLEBUTT<br>
Reviewing Raygun - the breakout Olympic break dance competitor<br>
How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi<br>
Bravo Zulu to Legion members in Canton, Ga.</p><p>Special Guest: Román Baca.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/pjYzIJhcBbY">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Improve Financial Health with VetCents 🇺🇸 Veterans Benefits Banking Program" rel="nofollow" href="https://veteransbenefitsbanking.org/vetcents/">Improve Financial Health with VetCents 🇺🇸 Veterans Benefits Banking Program</a></li><li><a title="Exit12 Dance Company" rel="nofollow" href="https://exit12danceco.org/">Exit12 Dance Company</a></li><li><a title="The American Legion and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans for Legionnaires | Wellcare" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wellcarenow.com/veterans/?cid=CMT84543">The American Legion and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans for Legionnaires | Wellcare</a></li><li><a title="Raygun Window Wiper!! #raygun #olympics - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg660aDBq2o">Raygun Window Wiper!! #raygun #olympics - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="The defense of Australian breakdancing girl &quot;Raygun&quot; is stupid : r/TrueUnpopularOpinion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1eoghh9/the_defense_of_australian_breakdancing_girl/">The defense of Australian breakdancing girl "Raygun" is stupid : r/TrueUnpopularOpinion</a></li><li><a title="How are new sports chosen for the Olympics? : NPR" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051616/how-are-new-sports-chosen-for-the-olympics">How are new sports chosen for the Olympics? : NPR</a></li><li><a title="How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/?utm_source=sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mil-ebb">How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi</a></li><li><a title="Vets help Canton teen reach dream of joining Marines | Legiontown U.S.A." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legiontown.org/veterans-strengthening-america/13607/vets-help-canton-teen-reach-dream-joining-marines">Vets help Canton teen reach dream of joining Marines | Legiontown U.S.A.</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 66: Tango Alpha Lima: Vietnam...Through My Lens with guest Stu Richel</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>66</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Tango Alpha Lima: Vietnam...Through My Lens with guest Stu Richel</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by three post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>45:25</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Team Tango chats with Stu Richel, a U.S. Army combat journalist with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, who came home to work as an actor and playwright in California and New York.
A refreshingly unabashed Stu shares stories of his experiences, as well as treats the hosts to an excerpt performance from his one-man play, “Vietnam...Through My Lens.” 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Team Tango chats with Stu Richel, a U.S. Army combat journalist with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, who came home to work as an actor and playwright in California and New York.</p>

<p>A refreshingly unabashed Stu shares stories of his experiences, as well as treats the hosts to an excerpt performance from his one-man play, “Vietnam...Through My Lens.”</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/W7Gampl4aik">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Send us your feedback!" rel="nofollow" href="https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/contact">Send us your feedback!</a></li><li><a title="Home - Heroes With Hearing Loss" rel="nofollow" href="https://heroeswithhearingloss.org/">Home - Heroes With Hearing Loss</a></li><li><a title="More on Father Devine" rel="nofollow" href="https://paulist.org/the-conversation/in-memoriam-paulist-fr-kevin-devine/">More on Father Devine</a></li><li><a title="vietnam through my lens" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vietnamthroughmylens.com/">vietnam through my lens</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Team Tango chats with Stu Richel, a U.S. Army combat journalist with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, who came home to work as an actor and playwright in California and New York.</p>

<p>A refreshingly unabashed Stu shares stories of his experiences, as well as treats the hosts to an excerpt performance from his one-man play, “Vietnam...Through My Lens.”</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/W7Gampl4aik">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Send us your feedback!" rel="nofollow" href="https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/contact">Send us your feedback!</a></li><li><a title="Home - Heroes With Hearing Loss" rel="nofollow" href="https://heroeswithhearingloss.org/">Home - Heroes With Hearing Loss</a></li><li><a title="More on Father Devine" rel="nofollow" href="https://paulist.org/the-conversation/in-memoriam-paulist-fr-kevin-devine/">More on Father Devine</a></li><li><a title="vietnam through my lens" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vietnamthroughmylens.com/">vietnam through my lens</a></li></ul>]]>
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