web02.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:53:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tango Alpha Lima Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Olympics” https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/tags/olympics Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400 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 en-us episodic A podcast for and by military veterans and service members, brought to you by The American Legion The American Legion 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 no veterans, military service, The American Legion, community, transition, PTSD, service members, careers, military life, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force National Guard, Reserves, DoD, defense, national security, veterans service organizations, VA benefits The American Legion hsoria@legion.org Episode 233: How veterans can find their passion in dance https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/233 fd6f7096-061f-4242-a21f-d63c44b50975 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400 The American Legion 233 How veterans can find their passion in dance full 5 The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima. 59:52 no 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. military, veteran, post-9/11, GWOT, American Legion, service, community, dance, ballet, choreography, Marine, Iraq, arts, art therapy, Korean War Veteran, military family, creative, joy, spirituality, hope, breakdancing, olympics, Raygun, wifi, Navy, scandal, homeless veterans, bravo zulu 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.

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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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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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]]> Episode 218: Tango Alpha Lima: Wrestle Like a Girl CEO and founder Sally Roberts https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/218 575d317e-4bf5-4ac3-a13b-48247fe27d9f Tue, 18 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400 The American Legion 218 Tango Alpha Lima: Wrestle Like a Girl CEO and founder Sally Roberts full 5 The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima. 1:16:27 no Gators on the FOD walk An Olympic Challenge THE INTERVIEW Sally Roberts is an athlete, Army veteran and the founder of Wrestle Like A Girl, an organization that empower girls and women to become leaders – while participating in the sport of wrestling. On this episode, she delivers her message: “It’s OK to suffer, it’s OK to endure, it’s the lessons we learn from it.” SCUTTLEBUTT Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves Tracking Brain Baselines Celebrity Veteran: FedEx Founder Fred Smith Special Guest: Sally Roberts. military, veteran, post-9/11, GWOT, American Legion, service, community, FOD walk, Florida, gator, Paris Post 1, Olympics, women, female veteran, wrestling, athletics, resources, advocacy, bad-ass women, life lessons, non-profit, be the one, stigma, it's OK to not be OK, self-love, joy in suffering, alternative therapies, military spouses, pentagon, state department, federal employment, head trauma, baseline, brain health, cognitive testing, assessment, neurological activity, TBI, traumatic brain injury, biomarkers, hormones, dementia, personalized medicine, leadership, veteran of the year, Fred Smith, camaraderie, love is service, vulnerability, sharing Gators on the FOD walk
An Olympic Challenge

THE INTERVIEW
Sally Roberts is an athlete, Army veteran and the founder of Wrestle Like A Girl, an organization that empower girls and women to become leaders – while participating in the sport of wrestling. On this episode, she delivers her message: “It’s OK to suffer, it’s OK to endure, it’s the lessons we learn from it.”

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Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves
Tracking Brain Baselines
Celebrity Veteran: FedEx Founder Fred Smith

Special Guest: Sally Roberts.

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An Olympic Challenge

THE INTERVIEW
Sally Roberts is an athlete, Army veteran and the founder of Wrestle Like A Girl, an organization that empower girls and women to become leaders – while participating in the sport of wrestling. On this episode, she delivers her message: “It’s OK to suffer, it’s OK to endure, it’s the lessons we learn from it.”

SCUTTLEBUTT
Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves
Tracking Brain Baselines
Celebrity Veteran: FedEx Founder Fred Smith

Special Guest: Sally Roberts.

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]]> Episode 65: Tango Alpha Lima: First steps for Afghan Interpreters, Pay the Guard, and GOMORs Galore https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/65 d0f3bd40-9444-4c1b-9233-1a6b65dd65d8 Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0400 The American Legion 65 Tango Alpha Lima: First steps for Afghan Interpreters, Pay the Guard, and GOMORs Galore full 2 The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by three post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima. 42:15 no CV gets a surprise, then shares a story of positive first steps for Afghan Interpreters as Fort Lee prepares temporary housing for evacuees. Ashley talks about the National Guard facing shutdown as Congress debates payment of the $520 million tab to reimburse the force for protecting lawmakers during its months-long Capitol Hill mission. Jeff learns about GOMORs (General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand) and debates Fort Knox official issuing them as punishments for unvaccinated troops caught unmasked. Rapid Fire: Battle Taxis, Ft. Hood looks for lost NVGs, Immigrant turned U.S. Army soldier competes in Olympics, and drones fired fro grenade launchers. military, veteran, post-9/11, commentary, topical, American Legion, veterans service, community, community service, non-profit, Boys Nation, Ft. Lee, Afghan interpreters, National Guard, pay the guard, Pay Our Coast Guard Act, Congress, masks, vaccine, COVID-19, Fort Knox, GOMOR, battle taxi, submarine, Fort Hood, night vision, Olympics, runner, Team USA, Kenya, Texas Tech, Chariots of Fire, drone, grenade launcher, honor flight, American Legion Kenneth Nash Post 8 CV gets a surprise, then shares a story of positive first steps for Afghan Interpreters as Fort Lee prepares temporary housing for evacuees.

Ashley talks about the National Guard facing shutdown as Congress debates payment of the $520 million tab to reimburse the force for protecting lawmakers during its months-long Capitol Hill mission.

Jeff learns about GOMORs (General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand) and debates Fort Knox official issuing them as punishments for unvaccinated troops caught unmasked.

Rapid Fire: Battle Taxis, Ft. Hood looks for lost NVGs, Immigrant turned U.S. Army soldier competes in Olympics, and drones fired fro grenade launchers.

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Ashley talks about the National Guard facing shutdown as Congress debates payment of the $520 million tab to reimburse the force for protecting lawmakers during its months-long Capitol Hill mission.

Jeff learns about GOMORs (General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand) and debates Fort Knox official issuing them as punishments for unvaccinated troops caught unmasked.

Rapid Fire: Battle Taxis, Ft. Hood looks for lost NVGs, Immigrant turned U.S. Army soldier competes in Olympics, and drones fired fro grenade launchers.

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]]> Episode 54: Tango Alpha Lima: No Parking at the Pentagon, shift in DoD debate over combating sexual assault and more trouble over Taiwan https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/54 4af2f683-c551-4f97-932d-4e84717c7113 Tue, 18 May 2021 09:00:00 -0400 The American Legion 54 Tango Alpha Lima: No Parking at the Pentagon, shift in DoD debate over combating sexual assault and more trouble over Taiwan full 2 The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by three post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima. 35:34 no Jeff Daly laments the loss of parking privledges at the Pentagon for the Annual Memorial Day 'Rolling to Remember' motorcycle event in Washington D.C. Ashley shares news that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has indicated he is open to considering proposed changes to military rules that dictate who oversees the prosecution of military sexual assaults. CV sounds the alert as China and the United States face a growing likelihood of conflict over the status of Taiwan, which current and former officials fear could lead to upheaval unseen since World War II. Rapid Fire Marine Corp charging troops leave for COVID-19 quarantine U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Stefanowicz is ready to be an Olympian Retired Ranger Col. Ralph Puckett, 94, to receive Medal of Honor for Korean War battle Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’ in apparent nod to ‘Rick and Morty’ military, veteran, post-9/11, commentary, topical, American Legion, veterans service, community, community service, non-profit, talma, The American Legion Media Alliance, rolling thunder, rolling to remember, pentagon, motorcycle, American Legion Riders, honor & remembrance, pow/mia, mst, sexual assault policy, Gen. Milley, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Taiwan, ANZAC, China, Russia, Olympics, John Stefanowicz, Greco-Roman wrestler, Col Ralph Puckett, Korea, Rangers, mentorship, Ranger Hall of Fame, Rick and Morty, Pickle Rick, Britney Spears, South Park, PNC Dave Rehbein, Lou Gehrig Disease, Post 341 in Cicero, IN, Team RWB Jeff Daly laments the loss of parking privledges at the Pentagon for the Annual Memorial Day 'Rolling to Remember' motorcycle event in Washington D.C.

Ashley shares news that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has indicated he is open to considering proposed changes to military rules that dictate who oversees the prosecution of military sexual assaults.

CV sounds the alert as China and the United States face a growing likelihood of conflict over the status of Taiwan, which current and former officials fear could lead to upheaval unseen since World War II.

Rapid Fire
Marine Corp charging troops leave for COVID-19 quarantine
U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Stefanowicz is ready to be an Olympian
Retired Ranger Col. Ralph Puckett, 94, to receive Medal of Honor for Korean War battle
Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’ in apparent nod to ‘Rick and Morty’

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]]> Jeff Daly laments the loss of parking privledges at the Pentagon for the Annual Memorial Day 'Rolling to Remember' motorcycle event in Washington D.C.

Ashley shares news that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has indicated he is open to considering proposed changes to military rules that dictate who oversees the prosecution of military sexual assaults.

CV sounds the alert as China and the United States face a growing likelihood of conflict over the status of Taiwan, which current and former officials fear could lead to upheaval unseen since World War II.

Rapid Fire
Marine Corp charging troops leave for COVID-19 quarantine
U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Stefanowicz is ready to be an Olympian
Retired Ranger Col. Ralph Puckett, 94, to receive Medal of Honor for Korean War battle
Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’ in apparent nod to ‘Rick and Morty’

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