Sep 06 2018 51 mins
Today we talk with Shannon Yount, a Marine Corps veteran who served as a combat correspondent from 2006-2014. Shannon talks about the importance of mentorship and community and the role it plays in her life today. Besides her schoolwork and responsibilities at home raising her kids, Shannon helps run the US Veterans Foundation, a nonprofit in southern Illinois that helps vets engage with each other in outdoor activities like ruck marches, fishing trips, and socials.
Mike started the Transitions from War blog to talk about his struggles getting home, PTSD, and addiction and then finding endurance sports to really begin feeling whole again.
Breaking the stereotype of illiterate Marines, Mike and Rich met up in college at UC Berkeley. A few years after graduation they teamed up again, this time to discuss and promote a topic blatantly absent from their college days: healthy lifestyle and fitness.
Music by The Marine Rapper
Intro: Slow Down- The Marine Rapper
Outro: Blood, Sweat, Tears - The Marine Rapper
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