THE INTERVIEW
Jay Glazer, Fox Sports NFL Insider, talks about his advocacy for military veterans. As a co-founder of Merging Vets & Players, Glazer helps match former combat veterans and former professional athletes to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the battlefields and playing fields.⁠
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Glazer also talks about his book, "Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can Too," being a voice for those struggling with mental health, and organizing the reunion of former POW Shoshana Johnson and one of her Marine rescuers.⁠

SCUTTLEBUTT
Los Lunas American Legion Post makes her-story

South-by-Southwest Festival bars military and defense companies from top-level sponsorships at the 2025 music and technology event

Celebrity Veteran: ESPN founder and Air Force veteran, William "Bill" Rasmussen

Special Guest: Jay Glazer.

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• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• The History of the Purple Heart | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
• Find a Service Officer
• Saving lives of veterans, their families, and communities with the Columbia Protocol | The American Legion
• MVP | Merging Vets & Players
• Unbreakable by Jay Glazer – HarperCollins
• MVP The Movie — MVP | Merging Vets & Players
• Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental Wealth Podcast on Apple Podcasts
• Los Lunas American Legion Post makes her-story | Good News | abqjournal.com
• South By Southwest festival bars Army, defense industry from 'sponsoring' 2025 event - Breaking Defense
• (6) The 100 Tampons NASA (Almost) Sent To Space -- and Other Absurd Songs | Marcia Belsky | TED - YouTube
• ESPN founder writes new book, pushes positivity

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
Military Women's Memorial President Phyllis Wilson talks about the continuing nationwide push to collect and document the stories of women who served.

RAPID FIRE
Army spouse recruited to lead Second Service Foundation
War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
National Cemetery Administration nets prestigious honor

Special Guest: Phyllis Wilson.

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• Join The American Legion
• A nuclear reactor was melting down, naval officer Jimmy Carter came to the rescue | Stars and Stripes
• Home - Military Women's Memorial
• A Q&A with Military Women’s Memorial President Phyllis Wilson | The American Legion — continuing its nationwide push to collect and document the stories of women who served
• Army spouse recruited to lead Second Service Foundation - We Are The Mighty
• War in Ukraine Accelerates Global Drive Toward Killer Robots | Military.com
• National Cemetery Administration nets prestigious honor   | The American Legion

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
Commander B.J. Farrell is the first female commanding officer of the USS Constitution. She talks about life aboard the three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate known as “Old Ironsides” and the events surrounding a milestone year.

RAPID FIRE
There's a new, shorter suicide prevention hotline number to help veterans
The Air Force received its first laser weapons for fighter planes
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Special Guest: Commander B.J. Farrell .

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• AMERICAN LEGION DYER-GUNNELL POST 180
• Blue Angels 2023 roster includes first woman Super Hornet demonstration pilot | Stars and Stripes
• Home - USS Constitution Museum
• Bing Crosby recites Old Ironsides
• Bunkerhill Post 26
• ‘Walking into history,’ Dillard tours USS Constitution | The American Legion
• Join The American Legion
• The Air Force received its first laser weapons for fighter planes
• There's a new, shorter suicide prevention hotline number to help veterans
• Podcast Awards - The People's Choice