Family Through Service

Chuck and Eric interview John Kimball, a USMC Veteran of the Korean War, Part 1.

Chuck and Eric interview Heaven who used to work at Project New Hope, VT and she tells us how, and why, they shut down so abruptly leaving their employees, volunteers, and the veteran families they served, out in the cold with no notice.

Yeah, even the helpers need assistance from time to time and we need to swallow OUR pride and ask for help when we need it. It's not always easy to follow our own advice, but in the end, we want to be sure that we don't ask folks to do anything we won't or, indeed, haven't done, ourselves.

Our exit interview with V2VG's first intern, Patrick McNail.

Chuck, Eric, and our Red-Headed Intern Patrick discuss some presidential...shall we call them....gaffs? Yes we chose both sides of the aisle.

WARNING...we may have used some foul language...((shrug)). Anyway, Chuck and Eric discuss the recent developments out of the Canadian Veteran Affairs, (VAC) where a VAC Call Center Employee gave some....."advice" to a Canadian Veteran that wasn't well received and more. for a more....interesting take on the issue please see Angry Cops at... https://youtu.be/AZq7FdkugXQ

Chuck and Eric discuss the "I'm better than you." guy we ran into as well as the IRS situation and general federal overreach that looks like is going on currently.

Chuck and Eric interview the Karen and Cathy from Stable Connections about the organization, what it does and whom it serves.

What about video games is a draw for veterans and many of those who've been exposed to significant trauma.

Chuck and Eric discuss old-time favorite cartoons and more.

Chuck and Eric discuss speak about the apparent inability of the general public to find common ground on the Abortion issue and why it's so vital to do so.

Chuck and Eric discuss some Logical Fallacies that folks use when arguing a Hot Topic, (Abortion, 2nd Amendment, Hate Speech and so on...)

We talk Horror Movies from back in the day as well as a bit about the "new horror" styles that have come out of Hollywood as of late.

Chuck and Eric interview Kai, a 21 year old who "came out at 14". Kai has and is currently, (to the best of my knowledge) using hormone therapy to aid in the transgender process, but has not undergone Gender Reassignment Surgery at this time, primarily citing the cost of such a surgery. In this interview we three discuss if MAPs (Minor Attracted Persons, otherwise known as pedophiles) should be allowed to legitimately claim to be a part of the LGBTQA+ movement.

V2VG President Eric McNail and Vice President Chuck Bradley talk about Eric's recent family vacation and the need for getting back to "the grind".

How has verbiage and law changed over time to suit the needs of those in power or those who want to change or modify the narrative?

Chuck and Eric speak with Veteran2Veteran Group's ODNEC Peer Support Lead, Jami about Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and what some of the triggers are, or can be. Likewise we discuss what some of the physiological auto-responses can be when one is truly, "triggered".

The guys are on the road again and spend some time talking about a few things that come to mind...come join the conversation....before we have to go back to work ;)

In this video we talk about where we might like to go if we were single men, where we would like to go as married men with kids, and a bit about some of the more interesting places we've actually been in our lives... NO we don't go into war stories, not this time lol

The guys talk about "Brain Splinters"; what they are and how the affect us veterans and first responders. We also talk about what we refer to as "mountain time" which is so prevalent for folks up here in Northern New Hampshire and alien to us veterans. Lastly we rant and vent about situations that, effectively, waste our time.

Jami, Eric, and Chuck introduce the new initiative of Military Sexual Trauma awareness.

Eric and Chuck continue the interview with the Vietnam combat veteran and para-trooper. This episode we dive into his actual time in country and what happened specifically.

Eric and Chuck interview a Vietnam combat veteran and para-trooper. The focus of part 1 is youth and training before going to Vietnam