Brian Marchegiani, co-founder of Mack Brothers Elevator, found his calling in the skilled labor field. But he does more than elevator repair. He gives back to the veteran community, providing jobs for former military members and military families. In fact, for this business owner, mentorship isn’t optional, it’s a force multiplier.

Learn more about this entrepreneur success story, how to apply his expertise to landing a job in the skilled trades and more in the third episode of Veteran Entrepreneurs, a special four-part series from The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima podcast.

Special Guest: Brian Marchegiani.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• Home - Mack Brothers Elevator
• Helmets to Hardhats
• International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) - NABTU

THE INTERVIEW
During his 20-plus year career, retired Navy SEAL Commander, Rich Diviney helped SEALs perform faster, longer, and better, especially in high-stress environments. After he retired, he used some of the same tools to develop the Attributes Method and now works as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant, to train business, athletic, and military leaders.  Diviney shares how his 42 attributes can be used to improve individual and team performance.

THE SCUTTLEBUTT
DARPA deploying tech solution to solve military overseas voting headaches
Buckets and Pockets - Navy rolls out new Uniform Policy
How to name a helicopter

Special Guest: Rich Diviney.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• Find a Service Officer
• The American Legion and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans for Legionnaires | Wellcare
• Discover Your Attributes
• Buy the Book
• A new way to measure trust between leaders and team members
• Huberman Lab
• Troops aim to be made ‘first-class voters’ with new DARPA tech
• Finally, sailors can put hands in their pockets under policy update
• Why US Army Helicopters Are Named After Native Americans
• Be the One | The American Legion

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
This week we visit with two female veterans who work with the PenFed foundation keep faith with the Afghans who served alongside U.S. forces by assisting with their rescue and successful resettlement into American communities.

Mahnaz Akbari served 10 years the in Afghan special forces as the Commander of a Female Tactical Platoon – a small unit of Afghan women who worked with U.S. special operations forces (SOF) in Afghanistan to search, questioning, and medical assistance of women and children - in a way that was respectful of Islam and Afghan culture.

Rebekah Edmondson served 10 years in U.S. Army and deployed to Afghanistan several times to support a program called the Cultural Support Team, where she trained FTPs.

Both women talk about how they got started in their military careers, the missions they were part of an Afghanistan, and the work they are doing in support of Afghan allies today.

RAPID FIRE
Air Force to review discharges of troops with mental health conditions

Drunken Special Operators Struggle to Finish a Mission in New Action Comedy 'Obliterated'

American Legion Post 109 Donates $4,500 to Feed Vail’s Schoolchildren

Special Guests: Mahnaz Akbari and Rebekah Edmondson.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• Petition to retire Pat Tillman’s #40 jersey league-wide gains momentum
• Petition · NFL Retire Pat Tillman’s #40 League-Wide · Change.org
• Be the One | The American Legion
• Home - PenFed Foundation
• American Legion Grassroots Action Center: PasS the Afghan Adjustment Act
• Join The American Legion
• Air Force to review discharges of troops with mental health conditions
• Drunken Special Operators Struggle to Finish a Mission in New Action Comedy 'Obliterated' | Military.com
• Vail Community ReSources and American Legion Post 109 (Tucson, Ariz.) | Legiontown U.S.A.
• Temporary Financial Assistance | The American Legion

THIS WEEK'S GUEST
Executive Producer and Director Chase Millsap and Executive Producer Dale King, join us to talk about their documentary, “Small Town Strong.”

Filmed over four years in Portsmouth, Ohio, the one-time pill mill capital of America, “Small Town Strong” follows Dale, a former Army Intelligence Officer, who returns to his hometown after two tours in Iraq, to find it in shambles amid the growing opioid epidemic. With no one coming to save them, King starts PSKC Crossfit gym and offers job opportunities to those in recovery. Their unorthodox strategy takes on fentanyl with fitness – resulting in one of the biggest comebacks in small-town America history.

RAPID FIRE
Women in Army SOF resorted to buying their own armor, study finds

Share your Buddy Check Week plans with us

How rucking can give your walking routine a boost

Special Guests: Chase Millsap and Dale King.

Links:

• Watch video of this episode on YouTube
• How the US Army made the world’s toughest sandwich
• Home
• Women in Army SOF resorted to buying their own armor, study finds
• Share your Buddy Check Week plans with us | The American Legion
• How rucking can give your walking routine a boost | CNN