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Dr. Melissa Thompson

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We welcome Dr. Melissa Thompson, who served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, to the show to talk about Aspen Dental’s 8th Day of Service, an incredible program where the over 500 Aspen Dental offices provide free dental services to veterans and their families. This year, the day is on June 11th, and all veterans have to do is call 844-ASPEN-HMM to find a location and reserve a spot. Thanks to Aspen Dental for their continued support of the health of our veterans and their families!

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Andrew Sandoe

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We welcome the Chief Executive Officer of Hire Heroes USA to the show to talk about his military service in the US Marine Corps, and his work in putting military veterans to work in the private sector once their military service career has come to an end. Randy talks with Andrew about how his military career was inspired by the attack on the World Trade Center Tower II on September 11th. Thanks to Andrew for his military service and for the incredibly important work he is continuing in helping our veterans put their unique skill sets to work in the civilian world.

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Alex Balbir

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We welcome back Alex Balbir, Director of Independence Services at the Wounded Warrior Project, to talk about the incredibly important role played by caregivers of military veterans, and what Wounded Warrior Project is doing to both support and advance the methods to keep veterans in their homes and not be sent to institutional care.

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Mimi Rogers

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We welcome Hollywood actress Mimi Rogers to the program to talk about her long-running career on stage and screen, her unique name, and her newest project as Honey Chandler in Bosch: Legacy. Bosch: Legacy will stream on Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV), and Mimi talks with us about how following the 7th season of the program, there was thought the series was going away. But, the news that the show would continue brought tears to her eyes.

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Pam Tillis

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We are thrilled to welcome singer-songwriter and actress, the Grammy-Award winner Pam Tillis to the program to talk about her career on stage and screen, including the Crackle network single-camera comedy “Fairwood.” Pam is hitting the road again this summer to perform her songs, including our favorite “Maybe It Was Memphis,” so check out her website at PamTillis.com.

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Cedric the Entertainer

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The National Defense Network is happy to welcome, all the way from Dubai, Cedric the Entertainer! Cedric and Randy talk about his long-running comedy career, his new show on CBS “In the Neighborhood,” and about how growing up in the mid-west influenced his own personality as well as the ethos of the characters he plays.

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John Gleeson

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We welcome a very interesting guest in retired Federal prosecutor John Gleeson to The National Defense. John had a long-running career in law enforcement, particularly in terms of taking on organized crime and powerful mafia families, and details his work in taking down the “Teflon Don” in “The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America’s Most Notorious Mobster.”

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Chris Jackson

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We again highlight the Military and Diversity Recruiting team at T-Mobile, and welcome one of their team members, a combat tour veteran and now Partnership Manager for T-Mobile, Chris Jackson, to the show. We talk with Chris about his work on a tank crew in the Middle East and how his work in the military translated to life in the civilian arena.

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Backpacks for Life’s Brett and Alexa

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We welcome Brett and Alexa from Backpacks for Life, an organization founded by Brett, a Marine Corps veteran, and his wife, to offer a support system for homeless and at-risk veterans struggling to reintegrate into civilian life. Bob Evans Farms “Heroes to CEOs” program awarded Backpacks for Life one of their fantastic grants, and we salute the work of Brett and Alexa as well as Bob Evans Farms for continuing their support of our great veterans and their families.

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Ken Fisher

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As the Invictus Games wrap up, we welcome Ken Fisher, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher House, to talk about his own personal experience in attending the event at The Hague, Netherlands. Ken has attended every Invictus Games since its inception and tells us about his experience there as well as some stories about the competition that took place in 2022, following a two-year hiatus for the pandemic. Randy and Ken then discuss the incredible Fisher House program and gives us some reports on where the VSO currently stands and where it’s going in the future.

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