The National Defense Radio Show

We welcome Scott Barnett, VP and General Manager of Lumen’s DoD sector. We discuss the new contract with the Department of Defense totaling $1.5 Billion for Defense Information Systems Network for the Asia-Pacific region. Randy and Scott discuss the 20 plus years of mission support that Lumen has offered the Department of Defense and what we can expect from their future.

Randy welcomes author Greg Wark to the program to discuss his new book: The Warfighter’s Soul: Engaging in the Battle for the Warrior’s Soul.” This book explains the trauma and depression that attack veterans and offers proven strategies to combat this enemy. His book is for veterans, those who know a veteran, and those entering the military. It will prepare readers to face the unseen enemy that buries itself in a veteran’s soul.

We welcome Army veteran and Ryder Logistics, Inc. Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Supply Chain Solutions, Todd Skiles, to the program. Randy and Todd discuss his Army career, and how Ryder appealed to his skillset in logistics. Ryder Logistics is making great strides to hire veterans. We salute Ryder for their efforts and for putting our veterans to work in great jobs!

We welcome actor Denim Richards, who plays Colby on Paramount+’s smash hit “Yellowstone” to talk about the upcoming BRAND NEW season five of the series. Randy and Denim talk about the excitement surrnounding the show, this new season, working with Kevin Costner, and much more. Randy’s happy; “Yellowstone” is back!

Randy welcomes one of his favorite comedic actors and hosts, John Michael Higgins, to the program to talk about ALL of the fantastic movies in which he’s appeared. We also chat about his upcoming project “Pickled” on CBS which is raising money for a great cause alongside Stephen Colbert, Will Farrell, and many more, all playing Pickleball.

We welcome the star of many of our favorite movies and TV shows, actor Jerry O’Connell, to the show to talk about his long-running acting career. Randy and Jerry talk about a funny story centering around baseball and Gary Sinise as well as his new host role on Mattel’s “Pictionary” game show. Thanks to Jerry for his work and for appearing on The National Defense.

We welcome back the only Iraq war living Medal of Honor recipient, David Bellavia, to the program to check in on what he’s been up to since we last spoke to him. David share war-stories, both from his time in Iraq, as well as hosting his own radio show in Buffalo. David has written a new book “Remember the Ramrods” and he and Randy talk about this fascinating new project.

We welcome retired U.S. Army Specialist Terrance Glover to the program to talk about his time spent in the military and his transition to the civilian world when his time was up in the Armed Forces. Randy and Terrance discuss his initial rough transition phase from uniformed service turned into becoming a Vice President for T-Mobile. Thanks to T-Mobile for all the work they do supporting our veterans, our active-duty military, and their families!

We welcome back one of our longest-running partners on the Radio Show, and the Executive Director of the incredible Home Depot Foundation to the program: Shannon Gerber. The Home Depot Foundation has ponied up INCREDIBLE amounts of money to support veteran service organizations and is well on their way to hitting a half BILLION dollars in improving the homes and the lives of those who have served our country.

We welcome back retired Admiral John Bird, USAA’s Senior Vice President of Military Affairs. We talk about USAA, how it was founded 100 years ago, what it has become, and what members of USAA can expect in the future from the program. It’s not all Gronk commercials at USAA, and we thank them for their long history of serving our active-duty military members, veterans, and their families.