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2nd Lt Andrew Cormier '25 - 8 Lessons I've Learned Over the Past 99 Conversations, Final Episode | Perspective Ep 42

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Vishaal "V8" Hariprisad '06 - Distinguishing Laws, Policies, and Regulations is the Key to Cutting Through Bureaucracy! | Perspective Ep 41

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Dave Lam '11 - Helping Small Business Owners with Micro Private Equity Buy-Outs | Perspective Ep 40

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Brig Gen (R) Dave Stilwell - Beyond TikTok & Taiwan, How is the PRC Threatening the U.S. Way of Life? | Perspective Ep 39

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Lt Gen Dale White - Deterrence, Venture Capital, and Measuring Risk in Air Force Acquisition | Perspective Ep 38

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Brig Gen Linell Letendre '96 - A First Principles Approach to Leadership and Multidisciplinary Thinking | Perspective Ep 37

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Nick Co - Building the Veteran Transition Timeline, Creating a Simpler Transition/Retirement Process | Perspective Ep 36

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Sarah Broadbent '13 - So Many Travel Opportunities with LEAP, Start Studying a New Language! | Perspective Ep 35

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Alex Lisot '11 - He Pulled Off the 4-Hour Work Week! A Peak Into the Mind of a Digital Nomad | Perspective Ep 34

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Jazmin Furtado - Using Intrepreneurship to Create Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence | Perspective Ep 33

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Andrew Costa '11 - Pooling Pro Athletes' & Celebrities' Money to Grow Great Companies | DFM Ep 16

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Jack Gendron '15 - Getting Out of the Country to Shift Your Perspective | Perspective Ep 32

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Phil Cohen '04 & Kevin Harrison '04 - What Are the Differences Between Being Entrepreneur and Climbing the Corporate Finance Ladder? | Perspective Ep 31

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Maj Gordon Broadbent '13 - Integrating Skills and Expertise from Microsoft into the Defense Acquisition Landscape | Perspective Ep 30

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Gen (R) Mike Minihan - 7619 Miles of Water to Cover, How Are We Preparing for the Challenge? | Perspective Ep 29

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Casey Wyman - Running a University is Like Running a Small City | Perspective Ep 28

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Lt Col Graham Auten - Civil Engineering Squadron Commanders Are The Base's Fire Chiefs? Leading a CE Squadron | AFSC Series Ep 39

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Dr. Chris Howard '91 - What Does a University Executive Vice President Do, and How Do They Get There? | Perspective Ep 27

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Capt Garrett Kauppila '19 - How Can Officers Be Smarter With Their Money? | DFM Series Ep 15

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Maj J Mintzmyer '12 - He Found His Investing Niche in Shipping & Logistics as a Cadet and Has Stuck With It Since! | Perspective Ep 26

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Dave Won '10 - Our Money Issues Are Emotional Problems That Can't Be Solved with a Practical Solution | DFM Series Ep 14

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Dr. Ravi Chaudhary '93 - The Spirit Missions at USAFA Make the Astro GRs Somewhat Bearable, Keeping Your Head Held High as a Cadet | Perspective Ep 25

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Jake Sortor '15 - How Do You Respond to Losing Your Pilot Qualification? Start a Company | Perspective Ep 24

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Maj Gen Pierre Real - Bridging Perspectives of Service Academies Across Countries and Cultures | French Air Force Academy Superintendent | Perspective Ep 23

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Capt Dan Weissenhofer '15 - Acquisitions Officer and Co-Founder of the Ugly Company | DFM Series Ep 13

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Loyd Bradley Jr '14 - Financial Managers and Their Role Inside and Out of the Air Force | DFM Series Ep 12

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Kristov George '16 - Who Said Engineers Can't Break Into Finance? Equity Research Analyst at MFS | Perspective Ep 22

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Brian Niswander '90 - Leaving the Military isn't as Easy As You Think, Visit Military-Transition.org | Perspective Ep 21

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Col Rob Mishev '99 - Remember your ALO? Explore What's Possible as a Reservist | DFM Series Ep 11

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SA Tobiah Kroskob '14 - NCIS Was Actually Supposed to Be OSI, But the AF Didn't Want to Give Up Tricks of the Trade! | AFSC Series Ep 38

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Charles Prichard '11 - Weapons School for Acquisitions Officers, The Instructor Course | AFSC Series Ep 37

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Maj Austin McKinney '10 - USAFA Grads Can Wield More Than Military Power! Becoming a Diplomat in the U.S. State Department | DFM Series Ep 10

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David Harris '17 - It's Like Buying Real Estate, but for Businesses, USAFA to Private Equity | DFM Series Ep 9

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Maj Ian MacDonald - Force Support is Way More than just Feeding Airmen! | AFSC Ep 36

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Brandon Mueller '13 - Wait, Wrestling is your Job? Training for the Olympics in the World Class Athlete Program | AFSC Ep 35

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Forrest Underwood '09 - Solutions to DoD Problems, AFSOC Pilot in Defense Tech Start-Ups | Perspective Ep 20

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Maj Brittany Hannah & Capt Jonathan McClurg - Legal Heroes in Uniform: How JAGs Keep Bases Running and Commanders Out of Trouble | AFSC Ep 34

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Jack FitzGerald '10 - The Inventor, Gamma Ray Detection Systems to AI Language Models | Perspective Ep 19

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Capt Jonathan Reasoner - Clearing Bomb Ranges, Riding ATVs, and Eating Steaks, Check Out EOD! | AFSC Series Ep 33

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Maj Gen (Ret) Heather Pringle - How Can We Empower People to Make Change? Leadership Lessons from Former AFRL Commander | Perspective Ep 18

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Vai Schierholtz - The Post-Commission Example of Requisite Variety, Mr. Doitall | DFM Series Ep 8

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Erik Baskin - So I Shouldn't Put My Cadet Loan on a 14-Leg Parlay? Avoid Financial Pitfalls as a Cadet and LT | Perspective Ep 17

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Maj Jim Behnke - ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE! What does a Combat Systems Officer do? | AFSC Series Ep 32

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Maj Bryce Luken - From Acquiring Satellites to Building Businesses, Its All About How You Spend Your Free Time! | DFM Series Ep 7

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Majs Zed and Sam Davies - It is not Advisable to have Kids During Pilot Training, How to Raise Happy Kids in the Air Force | Perspective Ep 16

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ASFC Matching w/OLEA - Figure out how cadets REALLY get matched to their AFSC | AFSC Series Ep 31

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MSgt Josh White - How Can Officers Manage the Intangible Factors of Leadership? | Perspective Ep 15

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Col (Ret) Marc Dippold - You Won't be a Pilot Forever, How Will You Rebrand Yourself? | Perspective Ep 14

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Lt Gen Rich Clark - Who Said Football Players Don't Deserve to be at the Academy? | Perspective Ep 13

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Capt Pete Smith - Bringing Corporate Strategy to Cyber Intelligence with Reserve Service! | AFSC Series Ep 30

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Sam Eckholm - How Can You Do More for National Defense as a Civilian? | AFSC Series Ep 29

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Lt Col Phillip Miller - SOF Pilots Racking up 10X the Combat Flight Hours Compared to Fighters | AFSC Series Ep 28

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Col Andrew Hamann - Is Being a FAO Just Sipping French Wine and Discussing Geopolitics? | AFSC Series Ep 27

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Capt Allison Trueblood - Building Skills & Relationships in Public Affairs! | AFSC Series Ep 26

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Daniel Walker - Solving Problems at 9Gs in the F-22 Raptor | Perspective Ep 12

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Maj Jennifer Walters - The Speechwriting, Aerial Refueling, Multilingual Wonder! Big Tasks Become Small with Repetition | Perspective Ep 11

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Capt Sam Sapita - What Does it Take to Come Back and Teach at the Academy? | DFM Series Ep 6

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Eddie Ortiz - Why Does Civilian Contracting Sound so much Better? | AFSC Series Ep 25

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Andrew Bustamante - Its a Great Place to be From! Becoming a CIA Operative Without Being an Intelligence Officer | AFSC Series Ep 24

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Andrea Henshall - How Can I Contribute? Continuing Education After Service | Perspective Ep 10

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Col Beth Makros - More Expensive than an Aircraft Carrier, What Its Like to Fly the B-2 | AFSC Series Ep 23

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Maj Nathan Dial - Welcome to the Board! Put Your All Into What You Do and Give Back When You Can | Perspective Ep 9

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Maj Gen (Ret) Allan Day - Climbing the Ladder of Alignment, Tips on Being a Great Leader Throughout your Career | Perspective Ep 8

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Col Derek Salmi - Behind the Light Switch, Why is Airlift and Mobility so Important? | AFSC Series Ep 22

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Lt Gen (Ret) Joe Guastella - Airpower Anytime Anywhere! The Importance of Airpower in the Future Fight | Perspective Ep 7

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Capt (Ret) John Doolittle - Keep the wind in your sails! Empower yourself by doing things for others | Perspective Ep 6

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Brig Gen Paul Moga - M5 but better! How we are preparing for the future fight | Perspective Ep 5

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Col (Ret) Kim Campbell - Straight from the Contrails! She flew in the face of fear and inspires others to do the same | Perspective Ep 4

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Maj Julian Gluck - What is your tiramisu? Old stories from the Zoo and ways to contribute to your community | Perspective Ep 3

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DFM Series Ep 5 - Paul & Alison Yang Spencer Stuart Consulting

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DFM Series Ep 4 - Maj Gen Alice Trevino Contracting Senior Leader

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Perspective Ep 2 Part 2 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI

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Perspective Ep 2 Part 1 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI

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AFSC Series Ep 21 - Lt Col John Miller Operations Research

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AFSC Series Ep 20 - Lt Col Nicholas Conover Missileer

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Perspective Ep 1 Part 2 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

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Perspective Ep 1 Part 1 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

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DFM Series Ep 3 - Chase Lane Management Consulting

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AFSC Series Ep 19 - Lt Col Ryan Rutter Military Financial Literacy

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DFM Series Ep 2 - Russ Long Contracting Entrepreneur

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AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 2 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot

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AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 1 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot

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AFSC Series Ep 17 - Maj Gen (Ret) Jack Catton F-15 Weapons School Grad

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AFSC Series Ep 16 - Col Douglas Wickert Test Pilot/Aero Engineer

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AFSC Series Ep 15 - Maj Kristen Heiserman U-28 Pilot/Speechwriter

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For the Zoomies Trailer

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AFSC Series Ep 14 - Maj Lauren Kruse Maintenance

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AFSC Series Ep 13 - Maj Marcus Alvidrez MQ-9 Pilot

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AFSC Series Ep 12 - Capt Mikhail Berlin Logistician/Linguist

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AFSC Series Ep 11 - Maj Eric Scott F-15E Pilot

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DFM Series Ep 1 - Lt Col Emily Bulger Finance

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AFSC Series Ep 10 - Maj Alison Cruise Air Battle Manager

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AFSC Series Ep 9 - Col Joseph Dietz USAFA History Dept Head

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AFSC Series Ep 8 - Lt Col Matthew Linford Information Operations

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AFSC Series Ep 7 - Maj Dominique Zhong Force Support

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AFSC Series Ep 6 - Lt Col Walter Darnell Intelligence

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AFSC Series Ep 5 - Lt Col Matthew Ross Acquisitions

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AFSC Series Ep 4 - Maj Patrick Hussey HH-60 Pilot

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AFSC Series Ep 3 - Maj Allen Tate Judge Advocate

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AFSC Series Ep 2 - Maj Bart Dietrick Airfield Operations