In this episode of Veteran Et Cetera, host Mike Kim chats with Ivan Brown, a Veteran, author, and spiritual influencer about his life and experiences. Ivan shares his journey from his time at Norwich University to his distinguished military career and his battle with Parkinson's disease. The conversation covers a range of topics including the importance of honor, the impact of faith, and the challenges of living with a neurological disorder. Ivan's insights provide a unique perspective on Veteran Readjustment Culture and the meaning of warrior life.

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This is a podcast of Veteran Et Cetera Live that aired on Father's Day.

In this episode Mike talks about the many different faces of the veteran dad. The combined role as a father and veteran, who has served especially during wartime, there is a compounded struggle to battle the darkness that often lingers from war and filling the role of being a good father.

Join Mike as he looks at veteran dads in history, literature and television and how they compare to other veteran fathers in today's society.

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This is a crossover discussion from the Be Crazy Well Podcast.

Mike and Suzi Landolphi, Host of Be Crazy Well Podcast are discussing Veteran Readjustment and pushing back on the Medical Model; Being curious and asking questions on what is actually working for our Veteran Community. Mike and Suzi are constantly collaborating and connecting to give voice and experience from different perspectives and treatments. The difference and solidarity in readjustment needs to fully look at before, during and after military service for a person to be seen as a whole individual.

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This episode of Veteran Et Cetera engages the significance of talk therapy for veterans. A profound article by Benjamin Fong from the NY Times "Freud's Radical Taking" helps me locate Freud's talking cure for veterans.

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/freuds-radical-talking/#more-123827

Go on a journey in this audio assay.

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Veteran Et Cetera features on this episode "One Dimensional Veteran" audio essay. The way of the Veteran is not easy. Are we programmed to be just one way as we readjust to society? Or do we get wrapped up with the commodity of our Veteran media presence? This essay engages three pieces influential in mass culture: the book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1955) by Sloan Wilson , the academic cultural studies piece One Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse (1964), and the Academy Award winning movie The Hurt Locker (2008). Where can we find the Veteran in these three pieces?

One Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse

https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/64onedim/odmcontents.html

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

https://youtu.be/FP7FCOzREY8

The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow

https://youtu.be/Jc_h1ufAXYs

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On this episode of Veteran Et Cetera, we explore the many lives of Robert “Buddy” Hackett. He lives the Good Life as Plato spoke about in Phaedrus (375 BC).

Here's a view of Buddy's life.

Buddy is a native of Massachusetts. He graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School and was in the distinguished military corps of cadets at Norwich University. He was in the class of 1990 but was deployed to the Middle East, as an 0311 Marine Rifleman, during the Persian Gulf War of the early 1990s.

Buddy completed his BS degree in Communications after his combat deployment in the Middle East and he was part of the legendary Norwich University Rugby Football Club. Additionally he motivated lots of Marines at Norwich as serving Semper Fidelis Society President. After Operation Desert Storm, Buddy remained serving as a Staff Sergeant in an elite Marine STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) Platoon.

He has had a career in corporate for many years and has coached numerous individuals in the business community. Buddy is a successful veteran entrepreneur as the owner of Renaissance Firearms and is the co-founder of a Veteran Non-Profit Organization called On the Hunt Veteran Strong that exposes veterans to the outdoors. He is a proud husband and father with his family.

Join us in my chat with Buddy.

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On this episode of Veteran Et Cetera, key questions are asked: How can veterans become poor? How can veterans end up homeless? Mike Kim and Mary Jane Nealon have spent decades working with the poor and homeless. The problems tied to veterans and others are not tied to morality but tied to the loss of communal bonds. Mary Jane Nealon is a published author and poet. She has over 45 years of healthcare nursing experience. She has been tied to veterans for years and is the daughter of a decorated WWII Veteran.

https://www.mjnealon.com/

https://endhomelessness.org/resource/housing-first/

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Much of the media is focusing on homelessness. This audio essay Veteran Homelessness: The Intersectionality of Poverty looks at homelessness from the veteran homeless situation. What can the civilian world learn from veteran Homelessness and the approaches towards improving the lives of other less fortunate human beings with challenges tied to basic care and housing.

I mention Dr. Tom Bryne, PhD, a respected researcher in the area of Veteran homelessness https://www.bu.edu/ssw/profile/thomas-byrne/e out of Boston University

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