For the Zoomies
By Andrew Cormier
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The For the Zoomies podcast is hosted by Air Force Academy cadet Andrew Cormier, with the intention of helping anyone who is thinking about commissioning into the United States Air Force by providing insight into what jobs in this branch are like. Every episode is an interview with an Air Force officer asking questions to get a first-hand, in-depth perspective on what different mission sets are like. Tune in for some insight and a war story or two!
The views presented are those of the speaker or author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its components
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2nd Lt Andrew Cormier '25 - 8 Lessons I've Learned Over the Past 99 Conversations, Final Episode | Perspective Ep 42
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Vishaal "V8" Hariprisad '06 - Distinguishing Laws, Policies, and Regulations is the Key to Cutting Through Bureaucracy! | Perspective Ep 41
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Dave Lam '11 - Helping Small Business Owners with Micro Private Equity Buy-Outs | Perspective Ep 40
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Brig Gen (R) Dave Stilwell - Beyond TikTok & Taiwan, How is the PRC Threatening the U.S. Way of Life? | Perspective Ep 39
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May 26, 2025 |
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Lt Gen Dale White - Deterrence, Venture Capital, and Measuring Risk in Air Force Acquisition | Perspective Ep 38
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May 19, 2025 |
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Brig Gen Linell Letendre '96 - A First Principles Approach to Leadership and Multidisciplinary Thinking | Perspective Ep 37
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May 12, 2025 |
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Nick Co - Building the Veteran Transition Timeline, Creating a Simpler Transition/Retirement Process | Perspective Ep 36
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May 05, 2025 |
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Sarah Broadbent '13 - So Many Travel Opportunities with LEAP, Start Studying a New Language! | Perspective Ep 35
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Alex Lisot '11 - He Pulled Off the 4-Hour Work Week! A Peak Into the Mind of a Digital Nomad | Perspective Ep 34
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Jazmin Furtado - Using Intrepreneurship to Create Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence | Perspective Ep 33
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Andrew Costa '11 - Pooling Pro Athletes' & Celebrities' Money to Grow Great Companies | DFM Ep 16
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Jack Gendron '15 - Getting Out of the Country to Shift Your Perspective | Perspective Ep 32
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Phil Cohen '04 & Kevin Harrison '04 - What Are the Differences Between Being Entrepreneur and Climbing the Corporate Finance Ladder? | Perspective Ep 31
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Maj Gordon Broadbent '13 - Integrating Skills and Expertise from Microsoft into the Defense Acquisition Landscape | Perspective Ep 30
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Gen (R) Mike Minihan - 7619 Miles of Water to Cover, How Are We Preparing for the Challenge? | Perspective Ep 29
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Casey Wyman - Running a University is Like Running a Small City | Perspective Ep 28
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Lt Col Graham Auten - Civil Engineering Squadron Commanders Are The Base's Fire Chiefs? Leading a CE Squadron | AFSC Series Ep 39
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Dr. Chris Howard '91 - What Does a University Executive Vice President Do, and How Do They Get There? | Perspective Ep 27
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Capt Garrett Kauppila '19 - How Can Officers Be Smarter With Their Money? | DFM Series Ep 15
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Maj J Mintzmyer '12 - He Found His Investing Niche in Shipping & Logistics as a Cadet and Has Stuck With It Since! | Perspective Ep 26
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Dave Won '10 - Our Money Issues Are Emotional Problems That Can't Be Solved with a Practical Solution | DFM Series Ep 14
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Dr. Ravi Chaudhary '93 - The Spirit Missions at USAFA Make the Astro GRs Somewhat Bearable, Keeping Your Head Held High as a Cadet | Perspective Ep 25
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Jake Sortor '15 - How Do You Respond to Losing Your Pilot Qualification? Start a Company | Perspective Ep 24
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Maj Gen Pierre Real - Bridging Perspectives of Service Academies Across Countries and Cultures | French Air Force Academy Superintendent | Perspective Ep 23
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Capt Dan Weissenhofer '15 - Acquisitions Officer and Co-Founder of the Ugly Company | DFM Series Ep 13
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Loyd Bradley Jr '14 - Financial Managers and Their Role Inside and Out of the Air Force | DFM Series Ep 12
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Kristov George '16 - Who Said Engineers Can't Break Into Finance? Equity Research Analyst at MFS | Perspective Ep 22
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May 27, 2024 |
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Brian Niswander '90 - Leaving the Military isn't as Easy As You Think, Visit Military-Transition.org | Perspective Ep 21
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May 13, 2024 |
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Col Rob Mishev '99 - Remember your ALO? Explore What's Possible as a Reservist | DFM Series Ep 11
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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SA Tobiah Kroskob '14 - NCIS Was Actually Supposed to Be OSI, But the AF Didn't Want to Give Up Tricks of the Trade! | AFSC Series Ep 38
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Charles Prichard '11 - Weapons School for Acquisitions Officers, The Instructor Course | AFSC Series Ep 37
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Maj Austin McKinney '10 - USAFA Grads Can Wield More Than Military Power! Becoming a Diplomat in the U.S. State Department | DFM Series Ep 10
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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David Harris '17 - It's Like Buying Real Estate, but for Businesses, USAFA to Private Equity | DFM Series Ep 9
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Maj Ian MacDonald - Force Support is Way More than just Feeding Airmen! | AFSC Ep 36
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Brandon Mueller '13 - Wait, Wrestling is your Job? Training for the Olympics in the World Class Athlete Program | AFSC Ep 35
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Forrest Underwood '09 - Solutions to DoD Problems, AFSOC Pilot in Defense Tech Start-Ups | Perspective Ep 20
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Maj Brittany Hannah & Capt Jonathan McClurg - Legal Heroes in Uniform: How JAGs Keep Bases Running and Commanders Out of Trouble | AFSC Ep 34
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Jack FitzGerald '10 - The Inventor, Gamma Ray Detection Systems to AI Language Models | Perspective Ep 19
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Capt Jonathan Reasoner - Clearing Bomb Ranges, Riding ATVs, and Eating Steaks, Check Out EOD! | AFSC Series Ep 33
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Maj Gen (Ret) Heather Pringle - How Can We Empower People to Make Change? Leadership Lessons from Former AFRL Commander | Perspective Ep 18
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Vai Schierholtz - The Post-Commission Example of Requisite Variety, Mr. Doitall | DFM Series Ep 8
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Erik Baskin - So I Shouldn't Put My Cadet Loan on a 14-Leg Parlay? Avoid Financial Pitfalls as a Cadet and LT | Perspective Ep 17
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Maj Jim Behnke - ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE! What does a Combat Systems Officer do? | AFSC Series Ep 32
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Maj Bryce Luken - From Acquiring Satellites to Building Businesses, Its All About How You Spend Your Free Time! | DFM Series Ep 7
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Majs Zed and Sam Davies - It is not Advisable to have Kids During Pilot Training, How to Raise Happy Kids in the Air Force | Perspective Ep 16
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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ASFC Matching w/OLEA - Figure out how cadets REALLY get matched to their AFSC | AFSC Series Ep 31
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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MSgt Josh White - How Can Officers Manage the Intangible Factors of Leadership? | Perspective Ep 15
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Col (Ret) Marc Dippold - You Won't be a Pilot Forever, How Will You Rebrand Yourself? | Perspective Ep 14
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Lt Gen Rich Clark - Who Said Football Players Don't Deserve to be at the Academy? | Perspective Ep 13
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Capt Pete Smith - Bringing Corporate Strategy to Cyber Intelligence with Reserve Service! | AFSC Series Ep 30
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Sam Eckholm - How Can You Do More for National Defense as a Civilian? | AFSC Series Ep 29
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Lt Col Phillip Miller - SOF Pilots Racking up 10X the Combat Flight Hours Compared to Fighters | AFSC Series Ep 28
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Col Andrew Hamann - Is Being a FAO Just Sipping French Wine and Discussing Geopolitics? | AFSC Series Ep 27
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Capt Allison Trueblood - Building Skills & Relationships in Public Affairs! | AFSC Series Ep 26
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Daniel Walker - Solving Problems at 9Gs in the F-22 Raptor | Perspective Ep 12
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Maj Jennifer Walters - The Speechwriting, Aerial Refueling, Multilingual Wonder! Big Tasks Become Small with Repetition | Perspective Ep 11
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Capt Sam Sapita - What Does it Take to Come Back and Teach at the Academy? | DFM Series Ep 6
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Eddie Ortiz - Why Does Civilian Contracting Sound so much Better? | AFSC Series Ep 25
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Andrew Bustamante - Its a Great Place to be From! Becoming a CIA Operative Without Being an Intelligence Officer | AFSC Series Ep 24
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Andrea Henshall - How Can I Contribute? Continuing Education After Service | Perspective Ep 10
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Col Beth Makros - More Expensive than an Aircraft Carrier, What Its Like to Fly the B-2 | AFSC Series Ep 23
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Maj Nathan Dial - Welcome to the Board! Put Your All Into What You Do and Give Back When You Can | Perspective Ep 9
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Maj Gen (Ret) Allan Day - Climbing the Ladder of Alignment, Tips on Being a Great Leader Throughout your Career | Perspective Ep 8
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Col Derek Salmi - Behind the Light Switch, Why is Airlift and Mobility so Important? | AFSC Series Ep 22
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May 29, 2023 |
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Lt Gen (Ret) Joe Guastella - Airpower Anytime Anywhere! The Importance of Airpower in the Future Fight | Perspective Ep 7
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May 22, 2023 |
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Capt (Ret) John Doolittle - Keep the wind in your sails! Empower yourself by doing things for others | Perspective Ep 6
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May 15, 2023 |
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Brig Gen Paul Moga - M5 but better! How we are preparing for the future fight | Perspective Ep 5
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May 08, 2023 |
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Col (Ret) Kim Campbell - Straight from the Contrails! She flew in the face of fear and inspires others to do the same | Perspective Ep 4
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Maj Julian Gluck - What is your tiramisu? Old stories from the Zoo and ways to contribute to your community | Perspective Ep 3
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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DFM Series Ep 5 - Paul & Alison Yang Spencer Stuart Consulting
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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DFM Series Ep 4 - Maj Gen Alice Trevino Contracting Senior Leader
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Perspective Ep 2 Part 2 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Perspective Ep 2 Part 1 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 21 - Lt Col John Miller Operations Research
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 20 - Lt Col Nicholas Conover Missileer
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Perspective Ep 1 Part 2 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Perspective Ep 1 Part 1 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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DFM Series Ep 3 - Chase Lane Management Consulting
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 19 - Lt Col Ryan Rutter Military Financial Literacy
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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DFM Series Ep 2 - Russ Long Contracting Entrepreneur
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 2 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 1 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 17 - Maj Gen (Ret) Jack Catton F-15 Weapons School Grad
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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AFSC Series Ep 16 - Col Douglas Wickert Test Pilot/Aero Engineer
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 15 - Maj Kristen Heiserman U-28 Pilot/Speechwriter
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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For the Zoomies Trailer
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 14 - Maj Lauren Kruse Maintenance
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 13 - Maj Marcus Alvidrez MQ-9 Pilot
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 12 - Capt Mikhail Berlin Logistician/Linguist
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 11 - Maj Eric Scott F-15E Pilot
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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DFM Series Ep 1 - Lt Col Emily Bulger Finance
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 10 - Maj Alison Cruise Air Battle Manager
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 9 - Col Joseph Dietz USAFA History Dept Head
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 8 - Lt Col Matthew Linford Information Operations
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 7 - Maj Dominique Zhong Force Support
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 6 - Lt Col Walter Darnell Intelligence
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 5 - Lt Col Matthew Ross Acquisitions
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 4 - Maj Patrick Hussey HH-60 Pilot
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 3 - Maj Allen Tate Judge Advocate
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 2 - Maj Bart Dietrick Airfield Operations
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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AFSC Series Ep 1 - Maj Ryan Rutter A-10 Pilot
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Sep 09, 2022 |