AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast
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AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast
AUSA’s Army Matters podcast amplifies the voices of the Total Army – one story at a time. Join hosts LTG (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith and SMA (Ret.) Dan Dailey every other Wednesday as they interview the modern chroniclers of the Army experience to discuss inspiring leadership stories, current issues face...
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How to Turn Pain into Purpose
In April 2003, CPL J.R. Martinez’s Humvee ran over a roadside bomb in Iraq, and he was trapped in the burning vehicle for over five minutes. When he g...
How an Iron Man Leads His Troops
In August 2024, LTG Brian Eifler stepped into the role of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel of the Army. Drawing on 33 years of experience leading S...
Why Is This EOD Captain So Happy?
When he originally enlisted in the Army, now-CPT Michael Villahermosa not only didn’t even consider becoming an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Sold...
Encore Episode: What Do Batman and Ruben Rivers Have in Common?
Comic book writer Chuck Dixon has written more issues of comic books than any other living writer today, most notably telling the stories of superhero...
From Refugee to Officer
In 1975, at the age of two years old, Captain France Hoang and his family fled the violence surrounding their home in Vietnam. Years later, he decided...
The Two Captains Who Captivate Listeners
During their Army careers, Captain Kim Liszka and Captain Dakota Olson-Harris experienced both the highs and lows of service. But it was their relatio...
The Rules of (Family) Engagement
One of the hardest—if not the hardest—parts of an Army marriage are the deployments, during which a soldier and their family are separated not only ph...
Lessons Learned from Decades of Green Notebooks
For decades now, Army Soldiers and officers of all levels have been issued hardcover green notebooks to record notes and ideas. While serving, LTC (Re...
How Small Changes Can Make Big, Healthy Differences
In 2020, the Army implemented the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) program, which emphasizes five factors—physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual an...
Mess Hall: Impossible
For the past 250 years (Happy Birthday, Army!), one thing that's united soldiers is mess hall food, and feeding our Army is about to get the celebrity...
DUST-ing OFF a Tale of Heroism
In 1968, Colonel Otis D. Evans landed in Vietnam and immediately started piloting 20-hour flights as a member of the Medical Service Corps helicopter...
Make ‘Em Laugh (and Enlist)
Three years ago, Virginia Army National Guard SFC Tyler Butterworth filmed a video replicating a scene from Parks and Recreation that included Army ra...
Ground Control to Major Rubins
In early 2021, as Dr. Kate Rubins was floating above Earth in the International Space Station, she decided she wanted to give back to the country that...
Battle Lessons from the War in Ukraine
For the past 100-plus years, V Corps has been helping to reinforce U.S. commitments in Europe. Today, under the command of LTG Charles Costanza, the c...
A Twisted Tale: From Pretzels to the National Guard
Seventeen-year-old Linda Singh was homeless and working at a pretzel stand in a suburban Baltimore mall when she met a National Guard recruiter. That...
A Medal of Honor Recipient AND a Comic Book Hero
On August 8th, 2012, as CPT Florent Groberg was escorting coalition and Afghan personnel to a compound in Asadabad, Afghanistan, he spotted a man appr...
Soldier, Ranger, Survivor
After a highly decorated 20-year Army career, LTC (Ret.) J.C. Glick found himself in the midst of a hugely difficult transition, first from his deploy...
Using Data to Fight Bad Guys
COL Julia Coxen grew up with a natural understanding of the importance of service to her country. Her experience in ROTC led to a successful Army care...
Leading Soldiers on—and off—the Field
The 2024 football season was one of the best ever for the Army West Point Black Knights Football Team. Leading the squad was head coach Jeff Monken, w...
Tales from a 99-Year-Old Army Vet
Seventeen-year-old Jack Moran enlisted in 1944 to help fight the Nazis, and, within his first fifteen seconds of combat, he witnessed seven fellow Sol...
One Big Happy Army Family
The Army is a family—and just like with all families, communication is key. That’s why Soldier and Family Readiness Groups were created, and the Army...
What the Army Taught an Olympic Champion
In the final seconds of the 2024 Olympics Women’s Rugby 7s Bronze Medal game, the American squad came from behind for an upset victory, clinching its...
Stopping Enemy Drones
Drone technology has made incredible advances in the last few years, and the Army is at the forefront of this technology. Leading the charge is Lt. Co...
In Case of Financial Emergency, Call AER
If Army Soldiers or officers find themselves in a financial emergency, the Army Emergency Relief (AER) organization is often the first place they turn...
This Army Vet Wants to Fund Your Business
After leaving the Army in 2010, Tim Hsia wasn’t quite sure what to do next, but he had an itch to become an entrepreneur. His path took him to Stanfor...
Once-Classified Con Artists Receive the Spotlight
Inflatable tanks. Phony uniforms. Fake radio traffic. In early 1944, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the “Ghost Army,” was founded, and...
A Memorial Day Miracle at “The Wall”
On Mother’s Day, 1968, Army Medic SPC Allen Hoe watched 18 of his friends die in battle during the Vietnam War. In the five decades since then, he has...
Finding Strength Through Tragedy: The Gold Star Mothers’ Story
Almost 100 years ago, a mother grieving the loss of her son in battle brought together other mothers who were coping with similar losses; in the proce...
Saving Lives After Hurricanes and Political Coups
When he was a young boy growing up in Puerto Rico, two relatives of Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez inspired him to enter the field of medicine. And an Army...
Is the Pen Mightier Than the Tank?
One of the most important elements of any large organization is to ensure free and clear communication between all levels and people. In the 1930s, th...
How the U.S. Army Trains Olympic Athletes
In Paris this month, SSG Leonard Korir competed in the challenging Men’s Marathon event at the 2024 Olympics. He completed the August 10th race with a...
How the Army Got Its Own “Bone Marrow Guy”
In the summer of 2021, SPC Christian Sutton reluctantly attended a punk rock concert and was intrigued by a bone marrow registration table there. Insp...
From West Point to Stanford to Miss USA
2LT Alma Cooper will be representing Michigan at the Miss USA Pageant this August, but she’s definitely NOT your traditional contestant. A 2023 gradua...
How Lieutenant Dan Continues to Help the Army
Thirty years ago, audiences around the world were introduced to Forrest Gump and his Army commander, Lieutenant Dan Taylor. For Gary Sinise, who playe...
Leave No Soldier Behind: Part II
It’s a simple yet powerful creed: “Leave no Soldier behind.” At the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), every single employee takes this to hear...
Leave No Soldier Behind: Part I
In September 2021, Medal of Honor recipient Father Emil Kapaun was finally buried near his Kansas home, seventy years after his death in a North Korea...
“I Lived A Full Life Because of Him”: A Memorial Day Moment
A teaser for our two-part series on the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency coming out in June.
How the Army Corps is Leading Baltimore’s Bridge Clean-up Effort
On March 26th, a cargo ship slammed into and destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge, killing six people, and creating unimaginable chaos. One of the key res...
Army, Hip Hop and Entrepreneurship
In 2020, Army Special Forces veteran and entrepreneur Ruben Ayala realized that a lot of top military-themed retail brands had become politically pola...
The Importance of the Bataan Death March
As a child, MG (Ret.) Antonio Taguba knew his father had been involved in the Bataan Death March – but it wasn’t until the older man’s dying days that...