GV 18-40 The Impact Echo in Ramadi has made with Scott Huesing.

October 1, 2018September 21, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest Scott Huesing, on air October 2nd

Scott is back with us to share the overwhelming response to his book Echo in Ramadi where he shares his combat journey and in how it has impacted those that have heard him and read the book. Come hear my last show with Scott here.

Scott A. Huesing is a retired United States Marine Corps Infantry Major with 24 years of honorable service, both enlisted and as a commissioned officer. During his career spanning 10 deployments, he operated in over 60 countries worldwide. Throughout his numerous deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa he planned, led, and conducted hundreds of combat missions under some of the most austere and challenging conditions. Scott is a published author since 2005. His book, Echo in Ramadi, is a ten-month snapshot in time that changed the face of operations on the battlefield; a captivating story of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines during the Second Battle of Ramadi in support of the Multi National Forces (MNF) Surge Strategy in 2006. His true-life account provides keen insights into what may be an unfamiliar world to readers, but very familiar to those, like Scott, who lived it and endured this historic fight. Echo in Ramadi was written to honor the sacrifices and spirit of his Marines and the families they supported – it is his tribute to them and his honor to tell this great story. Readers will feel the pain, emotion, laughter, intensity, and friction that Scott describes in unvarnished detail.

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Scott has written numerous articles and scholarly pieces for The Marine Corps Gazette and Military Times. He has been a technical writer and author to U.S. Marine Corps doctrine shaping the future of training within the world’s most elite branch of service. He is the creative author on writing the standard operating procedures for Marine Expeditionary Units, America’s first
response force, with The Lightning Press. Scott is a formally trained instructor and public speaker with 25 years of experience teaching and getting his audiences to connect to the material he presents, both in the military and private sector. He has spoken to audiences as large as 2,000 conveying his thoughts, intent, and goals in order to motivate listeners. Scott’s natural, outgoing style makes him uniquely qualified and talented in communicating and translating his experiences to audiences to connect. With his willingness to share his unique story and experiences, Scott dedicates his time to travel to military bases, NROTC programs, Veterans hospitals, corporate leadership conferences, Gold Star Mothers events, and a multitude of venues to read and share the story of his epic journey and struggles. He is continually sought out to provide Professional Military Education to active duty units to speak on leadership and his combat experiences – and the importance of writing about them.
Scott is the Executive Director for Save the Brave Foundation, a certified 501c3 that connects Veterans through outreach to build strength of character – their mission is staying proactive to the needs of the Veterans they serve. He is also the President of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines Association, a non-profit that helps Veterans and active duty Marines and is the Vice President on the Board of the KD Poynter Legacy Foundation to provide funds and support to all Veterans.
Scott currently lives in Southern California with his family.

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RAISING AWARENESS FOR

VETERAN SUICIDE ONE MILE AT A TIME

On Friday July 22nd, Major Scott A. Huesing USMC (Ret), the Bestselling Author of Echo in Ramadi is riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle across the country again for Save the Brave (STB) to raise awareness for Veteran Suicide. Huesing (51), the Executive Director of Save the Brave (501c3) began this ride in 2020 to honor his high school friend and veteran, David W. White (aged 48), who died from alcohol poisoning on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Butte, Montana. Huesing will ride from Bastards Canteen in Temecula, California to Palmetto Brewing Company in Charleston, South Carolina.

During the 9-day journey, Huesing will make several stops to ask supporters to donate to STB and ride along with him on his journey to raise awareness for veteran suicide – emphasizing that these are not statistics anymore, they are friends and sons and brothers that we all know. He’ll be joined by fellow veterans and riders from every state he passes through amidst the heat of July. Their goal – $100,000.

When asked, “Why did you pick July to make this ride?” Huesing responded, “I didn’t pick the month – the month picked me. If nothing else, it’s a reminder to everyone who joins me along the way that maybe we need to suffer a little bit to be reminded exactly why we are riding.” Veterans dealing with depression, alcohol abuse, and PTSD are especially impacted by the isolation this pandemic has caused in many cases.

This is a unique opportunity to stay connected as veterans and as communities while supporting a worthwhile charity.

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TSM18-31 Navy SEALs: Target of Opportunity with J.D.Leete

July 30, 2018August 1, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest J.D.Leete, on air from July 31st

FILMMAKER: J.D. Leete, is the creator of the film Target Of Opportunity and was a Naval Special Warfare Combat crewman (SWCC), the crew that supports Navy SEAL operations.

Target of Opportunity: The US Navy SEALs and the Murder of Jennifer Evans is the mind-bending documentary made by former Navy Chief and SpecWar operator JD Leete. His initial effort as a filmmaker upon retiring from the Navy explores the finer details of this troubling murder case. Leete questions everything that was reported at the time: motive; opportunity; and means of committing the alleged crime of abduction. Were the prosecutors in cahoots with a full-blown psychopath, Billy Brown, to convict Dustin Turner for an abduction that never occurred? Was Brown seeking revenge for what he perceived as breaking some warped code the two young men shared? Leete aims to find out and takes his camera along for the ride. What he finds changed his life and view of the world, as it may yours.

In 1995, Dustin Turner and his best friend Billy Joe Brown were in the final weeks of 15 months of training to become U.S. Navy SEALs. On the night of June 18, they went to a nightclub to celebrate and met a young woman named Jennifer Evans. They were the last two people to see her alive. Through eyewitness reports, evidence and testimony, the truth begins to emerge, or does it?

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June 28 was a day Linda Summitt would like to forget. When that date rolled around, her son, Dustin Turner, had served 8,395 days behind bars for a murder he did not commit.

Mrs. Linda Summitt’s words: “You could say I’ve been through a living hell for 23 years.” If he serves his entire term—basically the rest of his life—he has more than 21,000 days remaining.”

It is particularly painful these days when Mrs. Summitt hears of the various pardons President Trump has announced and others he has publicly contemplated.

She is glad for the pardon of a grandmother who was held in a federal prison for many years, a woman who became involved in a crime to feed her children and keep her house.

In that celebrated case, reality star Kim Kardashian intervened and met with President Trump in the Oval Office. Shortly thereafter, she was pardoned.

The President has pardon power over federal crimes, but so does Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam over state crimes. Turner’s case is due to come before Northam within months.

“I’m not famous. I’ve never appeared on television. However, I would gladly travel from my Indiana home to Richmond, Virginia to plead personally with Gov. Northam for my son’s life.”

Dustin, often called Dusty, has served more than half of his life in prison, though another person has admitted he committed the crime.

Instead of languishing in prison, Turner has used his sentence to help others, creating an environmental program for the prison, and training dogs to help the handicapped. He has been a model prisoner.

This is the story of the one Navy SEAL who was left behind. The story of a young man, an Eagle Scout, a junior church deacon, who in one split second made a bad decision that would haunt him forever.

Mrs. Summitt’s words: “I am not saying Dusty is blameless. He made a mistake, but he has paid for it many times over. He adhered to a SEAL code to stand by his colleague.

Documentary maker J.D. Leete has spent the last 10 years working on and promoting a documentary about the Dustin Turner miscarriage of justice.

“The more people view the film, the better the chance of justice being done,” said Leete.

FILMMAKER AVAILABLE NOW: J.D. Leete, is the creator of the film Target Of Opportunity and was a Naval Special Warfare Combat crewman (SWCC), the crew that supports Navy SEAL operations.

Target Of Opportunity is available NOW on iTunes, Amazon Prime and other digital distribution outlets

The documentary is available on Amazon and on iTunes. It’s called “Target of Opportunity: The Navy SEALS and the Murder of Jennifer Evans”.

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TSM 18-25 Compassion Dogs for Veterans with P.T.S.D.

June 18, 2018June 21, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Barb Ashmead, on air from June 19th

Too often the trauma of military service leaves veterans with deep scars that make regular life challenging, if not impossible. At Vancouver Island Compassion Dogs, our goal is to offer our veterans and their families a reprieve from the suffering. VICD is a nonprofit organization that matches veterans suffering from a stress Injury like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with a compassion dog. Together, they embark on a unique 52-week service dog training program, that is as much about saving the person, as it is the dog.

Compassion dogs provide veterans with a living, breathing lifeline to the outside world. This powerful, primal bond between human and dog is a catalyst to peace, purpose and healing for our returning wounded.

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Our service dog training program provides veterans with renewed purpose, confidence and unconditional support.

Our program begins by carefully matching veterans to their service dog. Broken into three distinct phases, veterans are led through twice-weekly training sessions over the course of one year. Guided by professional trainers, and a mental health clinical practitioner, the program is based on Integrated Victory Management, focused on rewards and accomplishments.

The goal of the program is the training and successful graduation of a fully certified Stress Injury Service and Support Dog (SI-SSD) that remains in the veteran’s care.

To ensure the program is available to everyone who needs it, all dog and travel-related expenses are covered by VICD. This includes dog food, veterinary treatments, obedience training, training equipment and gas cards to cover travel to class. VICD recognises the impact loved ones can have on a veteran’s recovery. We invite family and friends to attend our monthly support sessions to learn about the program and its methods.

The bond created through each team is life-altering. Our dogs learn to be emotionally tuned to their person and their unique triggers. They’re able to wake veterans from nightmares, ground them from a hyper-aroused state, and support them unconditionally through the stresses and trauma of everyday life.

Our Dogs

Our repurpose dogs have been donated from BC and Alberta Guide Dogs (BCGDS) and Pacific Assistance Dogs (PADS) Our rescue dogs have come from BCSPCA Alberni-Clayoquot (Port Alberni)

All our dogs have had been temperament tested, Have had their eyes, hips, and elbow certified.
They are spayed or neutered and vaccinated. Learn more about applying to our program

BARB ASHMEAD, BSc, MSC,
VICD DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION – FUNDING & SPONSORSHIP

Since her youth, Barb has spent decades passionately involved with several animal charities. Most recently with the Canadian Animal Assistance Team (CAAT), she has served nationally and internationally to help spay, neuter and rescue both dogs and cats. Locally, she has co-chaired with her business partner the Qualicum Cat Rescue Society. Barb’s work with BC Guide Dogs, raising five puppies for service and autism support fostered her tremendous devotion for canine service. Collectively, these experiences empowered Barb to pilot the founding initiative of VICD upon the request from Comox Airforce Base seeking such a program in 2013. Both of Barb’s parent’s being WWII military veterans also stirred her unwavering vision for VICD’s purpose. Leaning on her research training and problem-solving experience’s gained thought to complete her Master’s Degree and acquired thought running a successful local business for more than 20 years have helped contribute to her tireless accomplishments.

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VS18-08 Songs and Stories for Veterans with Dan Perkins.

February 13, 2018June 4, 2019Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Our Global Veterans Stories with Sara Troy and her guest Dan Perkins, on air from February 20th

How is it possible that this author writes children’s books and has a foundation for Soldiers. Also is the author of a 4 book series on Radical Islamic terrorism against the United States. The latest book called Ted Baker in Terrorist Gold just started marketing today on Facebook and has not finished the first full day and has over 72,000 Ad views and over 1,000 books sold?

Dan Perkins is most certainly one of those people who goes into action when he sees a need. For his show on Dementia with his number one best selling book Why Can’t Grammy Remember Me? he addresses the need for understanding what to say to our children about what Dementia is.

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While being an author is first and foremost, he still continues his 43-year career in money management with a small number of clients. In addition, as a veteran himself, he has a passion for helping veterans return to a normal life. Seeing the struggles of PTSD, sleep deprivation, and suicide that face veterans, he and wife Gerri, have set up a non-profit foundation, Songs and Stories for Soldiers. This amazing foundation distributes MP3 packages free to veterans and injured active duty men and women in hospitals who are trying to return to normal life. The web site songsandstoriesforsoldiers.us allows veterans to download from over 3 million songs, over 100,000 audio books, 30,000 old time radio shows and 4 additional 8-hour sleep audios, all for free.

Songs and Stories for Soldiers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to providing free, customizable electronic entertainment for members of the American Military, both active and retired. We will be providing MP3 players, with headsets and USB connection cable or the most recent technology, free to American Military. We will start with active duty wounded, and as their needs are met we will branch out to Veterans and VA hospitals across the United States.

Helping those with P.T.S.D.

PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.

It is natural to feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation. Fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to help defend against danger or to avoid it. This “fight-or-flight” response is a typical reaction meant to protect a person from harm. Nearly everyone will experience a range of reactions after trauma, yet most people recover from initial symptoms naturally. Those who continue to experience problems may be diagnosed with PTSD. People who have PTSD may feel stressed or frightened even when they are not in danger.

Helping Veterans sleep.

When you have lived in trauma and are in pain, sleep avoids you, Dan’s organization has wonderful music programs that help Veterans sleep.

Author and master storyteller Dan Perkins presents the first book in his trilogy about terrorism against the United States. The first in the series, The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, A Terrorist Perspective, has propelled him to national acclaim with interviews on radio, television and in print. With the second instalment, The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, America Rebuilds, we get a closer look into the mind of an ingenious writer. Picking up where book one ends, book two delivers more intrigue and mystery while striking terror in the hearts of readers as we ask the question: How in the world can we stop this from happening?

FAMILY HEALTH AUTHOR: Dan Perkins, is a master storyteller and author of the new book, Why Can’t Grammy Remember Me? Perkins is a contributor to DailyCaller.com, Lifezette.com, ClashDaily.com, DailySurge.com and TheHill.com

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C17-51 Who takes care of the caregivers? with Peter Rosenberger

December 17, 2017May 9, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Peter Rosenberger, on air from December 19th

HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW DO YOU NOT GET OVERWHELMED?

Peter Rosenberger, is an author of 7 Caregiver Landmines And How You Can Avoid Them AND Hope For The Caregiver: Encouraging Words To Strengthen Your Spirit.

“For an increasing number of families, the holidays result in stress, drama, and conflict as they gather together to celebrate. Many families are faced with the issues of ageing parents or loved ones who now have significant caregiving needs. With the massive baby-boomer population racing into their senior years, the conversation around many festive tables this year will turn to caregiving concerns.

In order to protect and cherish these family moments, here are four suggestions to navigating the holiday season, based on my experience as a caregiver for over 30 years.

As families — as caregivers — we can, and we must navigate through this journey with a calmer and more joyful heart, especially during the holidays. It’s hard to carve a turkey with clenched fists. I know, I’ve tried. Instead of rushing to grasp more drama, let’s slow down and appreciate the memories and small victories, while embracing the often overshadowed, but always present, beauty in life.

Let’s find happiness in knowing we protect the one thing standing between our loved one and even harsher challenges.

After all, it is the season of gratitude and joy.”

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Targeting the vast population of America’s 65 million volunteer caregivers of vulnerable loved ones, Peter compiles his lifetime of experience to offer a lifeline to his fellow caregivers. With an unparalleled journey as his wife’s sole caregiver for three decades, Peter has navigated through a medical nightmare that has mushroomed to 78 operations, the amputation of both legs, treatment by more than 60 doctors in 12 hospitals, 7 medical insurance companies, and $9 million in medical bills. Peter brings an astonishing understanding of health care issues, a deep compassion for the heartache of caregiving, and an outrageous humour to bring the fresh air of laughter into the painful places faced by America’s exponentially growing number of caregivers.

Peter W. Rosenberger is the president of Standing With Hope, a non-profit prosthetic limb outreach founded by Peter and his wife, Gracie. He has an extensive media, speaking, and writing history where he covers such issues as chronic pain, caregiving, disability, and God’s provision in suffering. Whether in writings, live appearances, or his weekly radio show, Peter combines a well-honed sense of humour with practical tips to those buckling under the strain of caring for a loved one. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has been the primary caregiver for Gracie, a double amputee, for nearly 30 years.

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