Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours Today on After Duty Hours we welcome The Flying Dutchman Pim, creator of FUBAR coffee. He tells us about his upbringing in the Netherlands, his enlistment in the Dutch armed forces, and how he started his coffee company while residing in Germany.

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

We as Airman, Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors, know that the Mental Institution in the military is not the best, it is making strides to get better but us as wingmen and battle buddies we must step up. As for many people dealing with their issues just need a fellow brother or sister to talk to. During my time in Denver, I learned MH has no regard for race, gender, religion, or rank. I call it my No rank, No Bullshit initiative, when it comes to MH it knows no boundaries it doesn’t treat us as a rank status. If we see a fellow member down regardless of our position or what office we work in we need to reach out, the best way to prevent a possible suicide is to act earlier, when it comes to this our military seems to be focused on reacting instead of acting. As they have many outlines to do after an attempt or ideation but very little on what to do before it gets that far. It also takes all of us to understand in the end we are human beings and human decency shouldn’t be so much to ask for. At the end of the day, this uniform comes off forever, but we remain human our entire lifetime. ( Some quick MH facts for you, did you know that from 2016 through 2020, a total of 456,293 active component service members were diagnosed with at least 1 mental health disorder. And that Depression affects 23% of active-duty military. Also that in the US alone 1 to 5 adults in America live with a mental illness of some sort.) So my fellow colleagues we stand and are in a critical time of our military service we alone can be a change of generation for our mental health, as together we produce the loudest voice for change, the 22 a day needs to be a thing of the past, Now one person alone does not have the keys to stop this daunting disease, it’s a unifying effort, a mission that we can take a steps in accomplishing so that the numbers will lower. It pains me when I travel around this world to see homeless vets, left alone, with no access to mental health because of the ideologies of the old and insufficient knowledge of the past. These were men and women who fought on the island of the Pacific, or the conquest to save Europe, the jungles of Vietnam or the ever-changing environment in Afghanistan and Iraq. It creates a fire deep in my chest to work harder to help prevent situations like this in the future. These brothers and sisters who fought so valiantly to give us the opportunity to live and grow in a land full of opportunity. Let us repay them in the now to prevent the pain and begin a new day of change as JFK said “If not us, who? If not now, when? and that every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.” Sincerely, Daniel J. Colacino Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours Today on After Duty Hours we discuss with Noor Winn the challenges of staying in touch with family when stationed abroad, recognizing and comprehending other people's hardships, and we ask her about what she used to prep for staff testing and how she pursued her degree in criminology. We also discussed her travels while stationed in Germany and what she enjoyed the most. Thank you for watching!

Military life can be a rollercoaster. This includes the workload, morning PT in 18-degree weather, mandatory fun days, and of course MOPP 4 exercises. Although these could be considered the downside of the military, we can’t ignore the good memories we make. We all have a different story to tell. Our career has brought us friendships, places we thought we’d never see, and a chance to discover who we are as individuals. Come join us while we discuss various topics and have our guests participate in funny skits, but only during... After Duty Hours For our 13th episode we have our team member Courtney heiss (the plant lady), enjoy!

Cassie will be joining us on the After Duty Hours Podcast today. She tells us how she manages the demands of being the secretary of The First Four while working on her master's degree. She is an avid traveler and is known as a lover of national parks and cats. She explains how to start school while overseas and use the resources available in the KMC to start your college journey, including a scholarship from The First Four. She also tells us about her travels to 30 countries, and how she loves scuba diving and sky diving. She explains how she plans her vacations through RTT and Eurotrip adventures.