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Season 4: Episode 12: Strong Enough is Different Now
Season 4, Episode 12 – Strong Enough Is Different Now For a lot of Veterans, physical fitness used to come with a schedule, a formation, a PT test, and somebody making sure you showed up. You didn't have to decide whether you felt motivated that morning. You had a place to be, a standard to meet, and a group of people going through it right alongside you. Then you leave...
Facing Your Goliath
The story of David and Goliath offers powerful lessons for Veterans facing life’s biggest challenges. Through faith, resilience, and the strength gained through service, Veterans can confront the giants before them and discover that their purpose did not end when the uniform came off.
Season 4: Episode 11 Borrowed Confidence
Sometimes, another person sees your potential long before you can see it yourself. In Season 4, Episode 11 of the Common Veterans Podcast, the crew discusses mentorship, leadership, confidence and the people who help shape us throughout military service and civilian life. What begins as borrowed confidence can eventually become something real. A mentor challenges you,...
Five Star Life Launches Inaugural Camp Respect for Military Families
Supporting the Military Community
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Together, we are stronger.
Season 4: Episode 10: Tactical Networking
Networking is a mission, not a mystery. For many Veterans, the word “networking” can feel artificial, transactional, or uncomfortable. In this episode of The Common Veterans, Kenny and Jeff welcome retired Army Veteran Brian Beal for a conversation about replacing empty networking with genuine relationship building. Brian served for 22 years in the Army, working in field...
Episode 9: The Silent Ranks
When the Calls Stop Coming Military service creates bonds unlike any other. We train together, deploy together, struggle together, and celebrate together. There is always someone nearby who understands without needing an explanation. Then transition happens. Careers begin. Families grow. Life moves in different directions. Before long, some of the people we once talked...
Season 4: Episode 8: You Can’t Say That Here
Military culture has its own language, humor, rhythm, and rules. The problem is that what makes perfect sense in uniform does not always land the same way in a civilian workplace, a customer service job, a staff meeting, or even a casual conversation. In this episode of Common Veterans, the hosts take on social rules, workplace landmines, and communication whiplash...
Why Veterans Struggle to Feel Safe After Military Service
Many Veterans leave military service carrying habits and survival instincts that once kept them safe. This article explores Veteran hyper-vigilance, the loss of security after military service, and why learning to feel safe again can be one of the hardest parts of transitioning to civilian life.
The Power of Veteran Peer-to-Peer Support
FreedomSystem.org’s 4 Vets By Vets program highlights the life-changing importance of Veteran peer-to-peer support through shared experience, connection, and community. Explore how Veterans and civilians alike benefit when no Veteran walks alone.
What is that in your Hand?
Taking Inventory Exodus 4:2 gives us a powerful question from God: “What is that in your hand?” When God asked Moses that question, Moses only saw a rod. It was ordinary, familiar, and simple. But in the hands of God, that same rod became a tool for leadership, deliverance, and miracles. That truth speaks deeply to veterans. After military service, some may wonder where...
Season 4: Episode 7: Own the Damn Story
What happens when Veterans stop trying to tell the “perfect” story and start telling the honest one? In this episode of Common Veterans, the table gets practical about the power of storytelling. Not storytelling as performance, but storytelling as a tool for resilience, connection, healing, and helping others understand what lived experience really means. Guest host SGT...
Facing Silence
Facing Silence is something many Veterans experience, even if they don’t have a name for it.“It doesn’t matter…”“I don’t care—so why would anyone else?”“The truth will set people free… and the truth is no one cares.”“It would be better if I didn’t exist…”“The world is moving on, and I’m not part of it anymore…” For many Veterans, facing silence can be where things start...
You are not Alone
Even decades after service, the bonds formed in uniform do not fade—they simply grow quieter with time. Many Veterans find that once they step away from the structure and shared experience of military life, those deep connections become harder to replace. Yet the need for understanding, for someone who truly “gets it,” never goes away. That is why finding one another again matters so much.
Scripture reminds us in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” In those moments when life feels disconnected or misunderstood, that promise still stands. And often, it is through one another—through shared stories, quiet conversations, and simple presence—that we begin to feel that truth again.
You are not meant to carry it alone.
Season 4: Episode 6: The Stuff We Don’t Diagnose
The Stuff We Don’t Diagnose is a conversation about the weight people carry when life does not fit neatly into a label. In this episode of Common Veterans, we sit down with Reverend Pastor Mason Vieth to talk about the things that do not always show up in a chart, a report, or a diagnosis, but still shape the way people live, think, and relate to the world around them....
Service is Sacrifice
Leaving the military doesn’t mean leaving behind the need to serve. For many Veterans, the loss of purpose isn’t about the job—it’s about the sacrifice, the camaraderie, and the identity that came with it. Sometimes, the path forward isn’t about replacing service… it’s about rediscovering it.
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