Mandatory Fun

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This corpsman wants to keep saving lives with 'Combat Medicine'
March 20, 2018

When Doc Todd left the Navy after spending three years as a corpsman, he didn’t have any transition assistance or training. He lost friends. He lost Marines. After separating from the military, he saw even more of his Marines take their own lives...

Introducing This is War
March 14, 2018

A raw look at the combat and homecoming experience from American veterans who have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. “This Is War” chronicles the trials of combat vets both abroad and at home. Subscribe today: wondery.fm/thisiswar

How a comedian can go from Hollywood to Kabul
March 13, 2018

"It was like walking onto the surface of the moon," Graham Elwood says of his first experience walking off of a C-17 in Afghanistan. His experience was not unlike many of our own first times deploying to a far-off edge of the world. We take a long,...

How to survive any dangerous situation with these deadly skills
March 02, 2018

Clint Emerson is not your average U.S. Navy retiree. He's not your average anything and he never was. That might be why so many Fortune 500 companies want Emerson to not only speak at their corporate gatherings but also teach them how to survive some...

5 of the biggest changes coming to the US military
February 26, 2018

In this episode of the Mandatory Fun podcast, the gang comments on some of the biggest coming the U.S. military will face in the coming days. Because external challenges are easy for a fighting force like ours, the internal struggles are the ones we...

6 military movies you need to watch in 2018
February 20, 2018

The crew discusses what military movies veterans need to watch in 2018.

This is why it’s so damn hard to play a veteran, according to an actor
February 13, 2018

In this episode, the crew speaks once again with standup comedian turned actor Tone Bell.

We showed a civilian how to be a vet, here's what we got
February 06, 2018

In this episode of the Mandatory Fun podcast, we speak with standup comedian Tone Bell

This Green Beret will change what you know about action movies
January 30, 2018

In this episode, we speak actor, TV host of Hollywood Weapon and former U.S. Army Green Beret Terry Schappert.

This is why your next business book should be a military field manual
January 23, 2018

In this episode, we speak with U.S. Navy SEAL veteran turned Bottle Breacher CEO, Eli Crane, who you may have seen make a deal on the hit show Shark Tank.