Patriot to the Core

Patriot to the Core


Latest Episodes

Episode 031 – Air Force TACP, “George”
June 26, 2017

Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) member George is with us to share how his desire to serve others resulted in joining the JROTC in high school, then enlisting in the Air Force after graduating. 17 years later, his body is worn and at times his heart,

Episode 030 – Iraq veteran and financial planner Benjamin Brandt
June 12, 2017

I asked Benjamin Brandt how deploying to a war zone prepared him to be a financial planner.  He said in the military they learned to act without thinking.  In his profession now, it’s important to think without acting.

Episode 029 – Larry and Janice Brown, parents of fallen SEAL Adam Brown
May 29, 2017

For this Memorial Day show, we are privileged to have the Gold Star parents of Adam Brown, fallen SEAL Team 6 operator. Larry and Janice’s son Adam was killed in action on March 17, 2010 in Afghanistan.  He died a hero,

Mark’s book on sale for Memorial Day
May 26, 2017

Mark’s ebook in the Kindle version will be on sale the next 4 days.  Today you’ll see it start out at $0.99 (at 10 am central) and then will go up by $2.00 every 27 hours for the next 4 days.  This is a very cheap option to read about an American Hero,...

Episode 028 – Matthew Glencoe: The Makings of a Hero
May 15, 2017

If you’ve read my book: “My Brother in Arms”, you’ve seen Matthew Glencoe’s name on the front cover.  After I’d been working on the book for about a year, I realized help was needed if the book was ever going to be finished in reasonable time.

Episode 027 – Carter Henry, author of The Hero Workouts
May 01, 2017

Carter Henry’s new book “The Hero Workouts” features 100 hero WODs (workout of the day), with background on each fallen hero featured.  Hero WODs are common in the Crossfit community.  They typically add a level of difficulty that isn’t already there w...

Episode 026 – former SEAL, sniper, Kyle Defoor
April 17, 2017

“I would do BUD/S again,” Kyle Defoor told me today. I’ve been looking forward to this one a long time.  Right after high school graduation, Kyle left for boot camp in Orlando.  A few months later, he was in Coronado going thru BUD/S as an 18-year-old ...

Episode 025 – Blayne Smith, Executive Director of Team RWB
April 03, 2017

Blayne Smith is the Executive Director of Team RWB (red, white and blue), a nonprofit that has become one the nation’s fastest growing veteran service organizations by “enriching the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community thr...

Episode 024 – Wayne Norrad, Godfather of Combat Control
March 20, 2017

Today we have the privilege to hear from one of the legends in the Combat Control field, Mr. Wayne Norrad.  Many listeners probably never heard of Combat Control (CCT) before Patriot to the Core.  That’s not necessarily a bad thing,

Episode 023 – Frank Jones, B-17 Bombardier, POW
March 06, 2017

Frank Jones married his high school sweetheart two weeks before WWII broke out.  He felt he should do his part to serve our country, so he joined the Air Force. After washing out of pilot school for making six spins instead of two with his instructor,