Retired Navy Corpsman Nick Nelsen joins the podcast. Nick spent 20 years in the Navy and had as varied a career as one can have. Nick did two separate tours at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, “best deployment ever!”, multiple deployments to Iraq, Japan, the Philippines, the Balkans and finally Afghanistan (where Nick shares his encounter with the Afghan Superman). Nick shares hilarious and inspiring stories of the soldiers he served with and how time and again he saw those young soldiers act in amazingly courageous ways. After retiring from the Navy, Nick got involved with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and he details all the many ways that this 120 year old organization serves our nation’s veterans.

Links:
-Nick’s VFW post is 1264-Irving L. Manning Post
The VFW National Home for Children
The American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)

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  1. JennaStocker Member
    JennaStocker
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    Another excellent show. I always learn so much (a low bar, I know). Thanks to both for sharing this.

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