Great podcast and very informative. What happened to it? They just start making episode

Great podcast. Wish there was an update on new material. Recommend this to all veterans as a resource.

Who saw the one where they were talking about illegal operations after getting chased from Afghanistan? Or the one where they laughed about drone strikes and other war crimes?

Excellent show with outstanding guests, helpful, and timely information.

The episode with Navy Veteran Ken Harbaugh spoke the truth about all Veterans’ feeling of service that continues after their time in the military ends. Once service starts, that feeling and passion never ends. Longtime listener, Vince Walburn USAF 1983 - 2015.

This podcast is amazing. As a case manager for homeless veterans, it has been so nice to hear about others speak of SSVF, HUD VASH, etc. I also enjoy hearing from other veterans about their experiences returning to civilian life. I am so grateful to have this podcast to listen to on my way to work everyday. Thank you!! Gabriella Marcinowski, Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in Illinois (:

Thanks for the well done podcast. I will listen more often! Keep up the great work.

This podcast is very informative and helpful while also being entertaining to listen to. I have heard great stories from other Vets and gotten information to help myself or other Vets that I know.

This podcast is great. It opens your eyes to the services that the VA has to offer. I started with the podcast about Irreverent Warriors because they helped me through a tough time in my life and I wanted to support them. I stayed because I loved every minute that they talked. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to the Afghanistan round table, do it. Thank you and keep it up! Love this.

I really like your show. I wonder if you would consider a female veteran co host. It could make it less of a our (male veteran show) that we sometimes invite woman to.

Tanner Iskra is one of the best podcast hosts today. He does a great job, is a valuable resource for vets, and knows how to do an interview. He clearly continues to serve.

Borne the Battle does an excellent job of including a diverse range of guests, and Tanner is a fantastic host - he's always able to make the guests feel at ease in sharing their incredible stories. The podcast has the perfect balance of important information, humorous and inspiring stories, and conversations about serious or difficult topics.

The Borne the Battle podcast is an excellent way to not only be informed but stay connected. Listen in to a variety of veteran/military related topics and learn about the different services the VA has to offer along with engaging stories from our nations veterans.

Love this podcast. As a VA employee who does not interact with the public, I very much enjoy hearing the stories of our wonderful Veterans.

This podcast series is incredibly informative and inspiring!

Hi Tanner, You make me laugh out loud when I hear you laugh. This show relaxes me when I hear other Veterans stories. The brotherhood and sisterhood in the military is very special and this show brings us closer together. The information learned hear is very valuable for Veterans to hear what is available for them. Keep up the good work.

Wanted to provide a review for your great podcast. I enjoy your topics, guests, and outreach to our Amazing Veterans. Truly exceptional and inspiring content. I did not serve in uniform but I am serving our Vets as an employee of VA. Keep up the great work!

At first I was a bit skeptical about adding this podcast as I wanted to ensure I would be getting useful information. Not only is the information useful but essential to veterans. Best veteran podcast ever, from an Iraq and Afghanistan vet…I recommend this to all veterans.

BTB is a great podcast that provides good and important insight into benefits as they roll out across the VA and great stories of Veterans who take on the next mission of service following their time in uniform. With so much information available to us Veterans, it's nice to have in-dpeth information on specific issues and great to have interviews with Veterans who have excelled following their service.

Great talk about Veteran suicide and how connecting with Vets on hikes can heal by restoring connections and camaraderie.

And episode 245 - proud to work at VA, recognizing work like Josh Seefried’s and celebrating PRIDE month.

I've been listening for about a year now and love how alot of 90' - 00's vets start off with "Went to college and realized it wasn't for me.." I introduced this podcast to my dad by playing it whenever I drive him around. Great info for him to use now and great for myself as I get ready to exit active duty. Keep up the awesome content and information!

Tanner & Co. at the Borne the Battle podcast have a unique talent in delivering insightful interviews about Veteran services, careers, and personal experiences which helps audiences peer into the mindset of Veterans in life after active service. The podcast offers informative content for listeners both civilian and military alike which makes it an ideal resource for anyone who is or might have a loved one in need of any of the programs or guidance provided in the content of Borne the Battle. This podcast without a doubt holds up to it’s moniker derived from the motto of the VA, stemming from President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865: “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.”

Listening to this episode was so fulfilling. Knowing there are non-for profits out there doing great work for veterans was so encouraging. Please keep the great work and keep bringing the guest that have many things to offer to fellow veterans. Great job!!!

This podcast is awesome not only for Veterans but VA employees as well. I’m not a Veteran myself but I work closely with Veterans everyday in my job and I love hearing their stories and the benefit breakdowns on your show. It helps me better connect with Veterans and guide them to the many resources VA has to offer. Most importantly, it reminds me why I love my job and working with Veterans.

Tanner is rocking’ it with a great balance of important info for vets and powerful stories of vets across the spectrum all of which really lift up and honor the service of our vets. From the first “Oh yeah!” To the final "lug a thousand rounds not bringing back one,” Tanner is focused on the needs of all vets. The VA press releases (best when summarized as bullet points) keep us up-to-date on the important things the VA is doing for our vets. The interviews are unlike anything found anywhere else. The stories bring me back to that esprit de corps and calls me to not drop the flag and keep developing-growing to be the best veteran I can be where I once sought to be the best soldier I could be. I haven’t really caught that call to be the best veteran anywhere else in the last 30 years. I have known that I can never get what the Army called and made me to be when in uniform, I just haven’t realized that is a calling for me as a vet as well. Thanks Tanner. In recent episodes for black history month and now women’s history month have deeply impacted me even as a white male—I’am a veteran. I would so like to meet these incredible people and for a short time, Tanner brings them to us. If your a vet, whether you know it or not, its in your heart and in your blood. Be sure and catch Borne The Battle to better live as a vet.

Great podcast for Veterans! I’ve really loved these last few episodes highlighting women Veterans. I enjoy all the episodes & am usually able to walk away w/some enlightening information. However, as a woman Veteran myself, these last few episodes with Dawn, Graciela & Diane have been extremely inspirational & empowering! Truly grateful for women Veterans like them who have set the path for myself & other women Veterans to follow!

This podcast is bought and paid for by the VA and it uses a cute little toy veteran as it’s host. Listed to the episode for VR&E, let me explain that the entirety of the PodCast is propaganda. Not one instance of the host or the director speaking actually is how this program works. In addition to the programs(VR&E) counselors being gate keepers, not actually licensed clinicians, they will do everything they can to provoke veterans during the interview process, they will and have asked thousands of veterans to email PII over non-secure emails to these program gatekeepers, they are not actually aware of the laws and requirements of the program thus they will lie and manipulate the veteran every chance they get. Example: the first time I applied I was told that assisted everyday living was all I was able to receive, they then sent me a letter removing me from the program. Nothing the director said happened; I received no in home assistance, no rehabilitation assistance and absolutely no equipment support. I just had my second interview under the same program new title, “VR&E.” Where the counselor was unaware for over a week that my paperwork was scanned into my file and had no idea the VA was using a central fax line! Then she informed me that because I had “0” months of Post 9-11 GI Bill I would not be able to go to college. According to the program director of VBA Houston that is a lie, according to the VBA National Director that is a lie. But for us “peasants” on the ground floor these lies and propaganda are what we live with. Like community care and no wait lines longer than a month? It took 2 months to get community care for medicine to be placed into my intrathecal pain pump, I have been waiting 14 days for an “emergency referral” for a dental abscess. Save yourself the time of listening to this podcast. Pray the country fixes it, or pray no one ever has to suffer the indignity of having the military ruin their lives and then be stuck dealing with socialist Russia politics and programs of the VA!

I started listening to Borne the Battle last year, but due to COVID I spent the majority of my year working from home and didn’t find myself listening to podcasts. Now that I’m back to commuting, I look forward to new episodes each week! I was active duty for 5 years in the Marines, spent some time using my GI Bill, had 6 years in the Air Force Reserve, and now I’ve commissioned in the active Air Force. I enjoy the diversity of these podcast and have already started sharing stories with my coworkers. Hopefully I can get some of them to listen and enjoy Borne the Battle! Keep it up Tanner Iskra! Good stuff!

An outstanding resource for veteran specific information. But also a diverse collection of interviews where guests share their personal stories. Relatable and entertaining to veterans and civilians alike.

I highly encourage all Veterans to subscribe to this podcast. I retired from the Army in 2011, and in this age of polarized culture, news and other media, I was struggling against the negativity of it all. Borne the Battle has created a great place to rejoin my ‘tribe’ of the military. The Veterans’ stories of struggles and success, and even just reminiscing about deployments has become a great way to reconnect to my positive Service experiences. I recommend all Vets turn off the news, and listen to this podcast. Thanks Tanner! Outstanding job!

Clear, succinct information, delivered in a pace and tone to convey that information but not put one to sleep. The one critique is that some parts could be quicker. The pause between phrases could be less. Otherwise very good. Thanks!

Tanner is a great host (fellow Marine, no surprise :) I honestly thought this podcast was just going to be VA bureaucracy talk but it’s actually very interesting personal stories of fellow veterans. Thank you for sharing these!!

The Halloween Episode was the best one yet!

David and I go way back to flight school together...probably a good thing he didn’t share any stories! He has done amazing work for the Veteran community and I am proud to say we are friends. Heroes Linked is an excellent organization and I encourage all Vets to give it a look, whether you are looking for help or want to help out. Additionally Borne the Battle has done an exceptional job of showcasing Veterans. Well done Tanner, keep up the great work!

I have been listening to your podcast for a couple of months now and truly been enjoying listening to the personal stories of various stories. Most recently i was very touched by how Erika started using/writing poetry to heal herself and others. Her poetry is relatable to us veterans. I also enjoyed listening to Aaron’s story and learning about Operation Pop Smoke. Thank you and keep up the good work

Connection is the key. Tanner connects with his guests personally and professionally. Episode #212 was deeply moving as Marine Corps Veteran Aaron Quinones gives a personal account of his struggles after returning home from war.

This is the first podcast I’ve listened to. I found it on the VA news letter. I’ve recommended it to all my battle buddies. Thanks for the this great representation of the diversity of veterans.

I just found this podcast in an email that I received from the VA. The story that came up when I pressed enter was a Podcast of Borne the Battle, #213 Healing through Poetry w/Army Veteran Erika Land, War Poet, she’s also dealing with PTSD. It’s really interesting that she had written this poem not immediately, but was saving it as a farewell gift to the world before she committed suicide. The rest you will have to read about and discover the outcome for yourselves. I’ll NOT ruin the interview. I just want to say of Erika, thanks for finding your voice. I am and has been dealing with PTSD for quite a few years. I didn’t even know what PTSD was. However, while still on active duty, I was feeling that something wasn’t right within myself. I tried to seek out help but it was to no avail. After retiring from the Military, I once again sought help. This time I went to the VA and to no avail. It wasn’t until our son who was in the Marines came home and hung himself at 26 years of age. I found our son early early that New Year’s Day. I myself had gone to the VA for years trying to get help for myself. My thinking was off, my rationalizing was off, my concentration was off, and I was having dreams of events that I witnessed while serving on active duty. I was restless, seemed to be on edge, and most of all I was beginning to not trust myself. I had gone to the VA several times, and was told and my records documented that I did “not” have PTSD. However, after the sudden death of our son, I again sought out help at the VA. This time, the same mental health doctor who had earlier disapproved my PTSD finally gave me the diagnosis so that I was able to begin receiving the proper treatment for PTSD. I had to struggle and advocate for myself. It’s now been several years and I’m still trying to find my voice. In the meantime, I take it one day at a time. On a few occasions I’ve contemplated suicide, but then felt guilty for letting so many people down, so I didn’t go through with it. I’m happy for Erika, that she have found her voice. This poem really speaks, and her voice is powerful. It speaks so much that I had to listen to it from the very beginning. Thank you fellow soldier for finding your voice, and sharing that gift through poetry. It’s hearing your story, and the story of so many others that push me to continue standing. Soon I will be helping the cause. I know with time, I too! will find my voice. Thank you for airing this post cast. I have given you 5stars.

From RallyPoint. There are so many non-profits working to prevent suicides. I’m in Kansas and one of our organizations is The Forgotten22.

Found this pod off a VA email. Lots of great info and real-time updates! Recommend to all Vets and their dependents!

Dear Tanner, I have just discovered your podcast and have been listening to Borne the Battle since then. I appreciate the information provided and am inspired by the folks that you have had on the show. Thank you for all that you do for vets.

Amazing episode! Candid and insightful discussion with Aaron Quinonez. Thank you for bringing this inspirational warrior’s story to your BtB listeners.

What a great way to help prevent suicide. This is so needed and it will bring help to those that need it with a push of a button. Thanks for the info.

Great podcast very informative I would like to hear a podcast about gray area soldiers benefits. What’s new or what’s coming soon I served 22yrs in the USAR and has been a gray area soldiers for 12yrs Thanks SSG Sturgis Retired

I was a Combat Veteran wounded by shrapnel in my back. I now have a Titanium back with Titanium rods, screws, and cages. I have been disabled since 2004 when I had the surgery at Johns Hopkins University. This is very informative and helpful so I am able to try to apply for benefits. I still don’t know what the outcome is, but at the very least I have been able to apply. Thank you for all the help and information on my benefits. Thanks Again, Jeff H. Conz

Best podcast ever!!!!!

So proud of the VA for modernizing. I am career USAF Veteran, not a combat Veteran. Love the focus on wellness. Your stories about how Veterans is also appreciated. Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz

As a 22 year vet of the United States Air Force I say thank you. You provide an invaluable resource to our community. I have been retired from service for 10 years and am just now learning of the many services afforded us. Again, thank you for what you do. FM MSgt USAF (retired)

Listened to first episode with Author G. Michael Hopf. This Marine understands carpe diem as a prolific writer. Engaging host who ties in military service. I look forward to many more podcasts. Donald G. “ Skip” Mondragon, MD Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired Author of Wrestling Depression Is Not For Wimps