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This week on Veterans Radio, host Shelly Rood takes you to the NHRA Great Lakes Nationals at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, then sits down with Army veteran Dawn Klein for a candid conversation about what it means to be hardcore and at ease.

Shelly recaps a rainout, a return trip, and a record-setting Monday. She shares the comeback stories, signing a military tribute car through SCAG Racing’s Simply the Brave program, and the permission slip she took home: give yourself permission to work on the foundation before you chase the next level.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL DISCOVER

✓ What it was like to witness a historic 346.95 MPH NHRA drag racing run and the inspiring comeback stories behind the competition ✓ How the lessons of preparation, perseverance, and resilience on the racetrack can apply to everyday life ✓ What Army veteran Dawn Klein experienced transporting tanks, munitions, and essential supplies throughout Germany during her 27 years of military service ✓ How Dawn overcame expectations and challenges as a woman in the Army, and why humor, faith, and recognition remain important to her life after service

Dawn Klein

U.S. Army (Ret.) - Transportation Soldier

Dawn Klein served on and off for 27 years as a transportation soldier, hauling tanks, munitions, and blood throughout Germany. Dawn shares what it was like to challenge expectations as a woman in the military, take pride in her responsibilities, and navigate life after service. Through humor, faith, and determination, she offers a candid perspective on resilience, finding purpose, and making sure women veterans receive the recognition they deserve.

Shelly Rood

Host - Hardcore & At Ease

Shelly C. Rood served across 16 years as a U.S. Army Reserves Intelligence Officer — Captain, Company Commander, and S2 — leading covert briefings overseas and overseeing security programs for nearly 4,000 soldiers. A Distinguished Military Graduate of Western Michigan University and a third-generation Detroit business owner, she brought that same standard of leadership into the private sector. She is the founder of a training and leadership development company, Mission Ambition, LLC, creator of the Others Over Self® leadership mindset, and the architect of Be At Ease, Woman Veteran™, a peer support program serving military women since 2019. She is host of Hardcore and At Ease, and author of Mission Wildflower 🌻. Today she leads a team of veterans who continue to serve beyond the uniform.

The WWII Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 caught the American military by surprise. The men on the island and in the fight came from all across the nation. There were a number of Utah residents involved in that battle. This interview tells that story, which is both tragic and heroic.

Michael Henshaw, founder of Asymmetric MIA Accounting Group (AMAG) talks about why he started AMAG to assist in recovery and identification of MIAs. He explains work in the Phillipines and in Ukraine. Mike explains to host Jim Fausone there are about 39,000 potentially recoverable remains of US servicemembers mostly from WWII. He mentions that private entities like AMAG maybe able to work in areas the US Government cannot and it can use new faster technologies.

This week on Veterans Radio, host Jim Fausone explores two developing approaches to treating PTSD with Dr. James Lynch and Dr. Brandon Weiss.

Dr. James Lynch, a West Point graduate, physician, and 31-year U.S. Army veteran who served in special operations medicine, discusses the use of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) and its potential impact for people struggling with symptoms of PTSD. Then, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Brandon Weiss of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research provides an update on psychedelic therapy research, including the growing interest in making these treatments available to veterans with PTSD.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL DISCOVER

• How Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) works and why it is being studied and used to address symptoms associated with PTSD and anxiety
• How Dr. James Lynch's decades in Army medicine and Special Operations helped shape his work with veterans and others affected by trauma
• What researchers are learning about psychedelic-assisted therapies and their potential role in treating PTSD
• Why researchers are particularly interested in how psychedelic therapies could complement existing approaches to PTSD treatment for veterans

World War I in 1918 involved mustard gas in the trenches. The Argonne campaign was critical. These two stories are about Corporals Edgar Runyon and Norman Nelson. Nelson was just 16 years old when he enlisted. Runyon earned a Distinguished Service Cross, then was busted to private at the end of the war.

Kim Clarke wrote The Last Full Measure / An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II. This is the personal story of her grandfather, which is wrapped around the larger story of how the US retrieved and repatriated the 250,000 US military members who died in Europe. She tells this story to host Jim Fausone.

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Next, we welcome Evan Mark Shelline, a U.S. Navy SEAL veteran and founder of VETTED Veteran Care, to discuss his continued mission of serving fellow veterans. After serving with SEAL Team 4 and completing two combat deployments to Iraq, Evan has dedicated his post-military career to helping veterans and their families access VA-authorized home and respite care, strengthen peer-to-peer connections, and better understand the resources available to them. He also shares the story behind The Veteran Muster – All Present and Accounted For, a veteran-only gathering he leads throughout Southeast Michigan that brings veterans together for camaraderie, storytelling, remembrance, Buddy Checks, and preserving the bonds of military service.