Joey Odell graduated from , and then served 10 years as an Army . After a conversion of faith, he left the Army to become a pastor before God called him back to the military as an . His first tour as a chaplain was with 1/327th Infantry, 101st...

I recently met SGM Jesus “Chuy” Almonte at a leadership conference in Fayetteville, NC. He was asked to sit on a panel of military leaders advising chaplains on how to more effectively care for Soldiers and Families. As I listened to Chuy, two...

Casey signed up to fight his nation’s wars the year after 9/11. After 17 years of service—12 of them in Special Operations—and after going on 42 different training trips and combat deployments literally all around the globe, he has gained some...

In the journey toward becoming a man, every boy needs to hear that his father loves and affirms him. But sometimes it's not easy for fathers to know what to do or say to express that love and affirmation, especially if fathers didn't grow up receiving...

Chaplain (COL) Keith Croom was 15 years old when he knew God called him to vocational ministry. While preparing to become an Army Chaplain, he met his future wife, Kelly. Three weeks later he told her he loved her. After twenty five years of marriage,...

There are lots of misconceptions about how our bodies interact with alcohol. For example, does alcohol help you sleep better? Lauren answers this question and explains how alcohol impacts our sleep, hormones, performance, and how our bodies metabolize...

Practicing compassionate awareness is essential for us to have healthy, and meaningful relationships with ourselves and with those around us. Dr. Blank addresses this spiritual process through a mental performance perspective.

As a Performance Dietician Lauren Thomas studies how nutrition impacts performance based metrics and equips tactical-level athletes to understand how to properly fuel their performance. Last week Lauren shared with us 6 ways overeating negatively...

Culture and marketing media pressure us to turn Christmas into an object we consume, rather than a sacred season we celebrate; and we often feel the effects of that pressure in our stress levels and in the anxiety we feel during the holiday season. In...

Lauren Thomas is a Performance Dietician, and has three sets of letters behind her name (M.S. in Nutrition Education, R.D. Registered Dietician, CSSD-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics)…in other words, she’s basically an expert! She studies...