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John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare and other military related topics. Considered the world’s leading expert on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy.

Spencer currently serves as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point and as host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast. He also serves as a Colonel in the California State Guard with assignment to the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard as the Director of Urban Warfare Training.

Serving over twenty-five years in the active Army as an infantry soldier, Spencer has held ranks from Private to Sergeant First Class and Second Lieutenant to Major. His assignments as an Army officer included two combat deployments to Iraq as both an Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Commander, a Ranger Instructor with the Army’s Ranger School, a Joint Chief of Staff and Army Staff intern, fellow with the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Strategic Studies Group, and Co-Founder, Strategic Planner, and Deputy Director of the Modern War Institute at West Point.
In his new book, Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War (July 1, 2022, Potomac Books), Col. Spencer delivers lessons learned about effective methods for building teams in a way that overcomes the distractions of home and the outside world, without reducing the benefits gained from connections to family.
Spencer holds a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, NY Daily News, Wired Magazine, Politico, The Hill, Foreign Policy Magazine, Defense One, Army Magazine, and many other publications. Spencer is also a regular military analyst and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and numerous news and media organizations. He currently lives in Colorado Springs, CO, with his wife and three children. He looks forward to connecting via Twitter@SpencerGuard.
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Dominique, US Army Captain and Attorney, and Juanita Sepulveda, USMC veteran and entrepreneur, share their own personal experiences on preparing to take part in the Ms. Veteran America competition, where grace, poise, beauty, and service are the ingredients for all the women involved. Proceeds from this event provide housing for homeless female veterans and children.

First up, I share a little about where exactly I am at right now and some of the bigger changes that have taken place for my family and me in the past few months, returning to the U.S. after living overseas for a few years.

The first interview is with returning guest, Dominique, an active duty JAG officer. You can find her previous podcast here: Military Legal Talk with Dominique. She is also a co-author for the Parenthood, Pregnancy, and Post-Partum Army Directive, for which she was recognized by the Secretary of the Army. In this episode she passionately discusses supporting homeless women veterans through competing in Ms. Veteran America.

Part II is with fellow Ms. Veteran America competitor, Juanita Sepulveda, mother of 7, and a former homeless vet. She promotes positive community and financial growth through several organizations linked to education and community outreach and development. Juanita takes us through her own life and the struggles she overcame as she works to give back to those who positively affected her life, including the amazing accomplishments her children are now undertaking.

Donate to Final Salute through Dominique

Donate to Final Salute through Juanita Sepulveda

Final Salute Inc. (FSI)'s mission is to provide homeless women Veterans and their children with safe and suitable housing. FSI was established to identify and meet the unique needs of homeless women Veterans and their children.

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)

VA Homeless Programs

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1LT Silver Beaty, mother of 3 in the Montana Army National Guard, speaks about her experiences from single motherhood to dual military, her work with the Army Mom Life Facebook page, deployments, and her efforts to stand up the Women’s Inclusion Committee (WIC) as a state-level counterpart to the DoD Women’s Initiative Team (WIT). Connect with Silver on Twitter @MostSeniorElTee.
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Former Marine, Brandon Childers, uses principles of psychology to provide understandable resource-management education and improve financial literacy. Check out his app that uses a cognitive-behavioral approach to improve money management. Learn how the same principles used to addict us to slot machines and social media can be used to improve our own spending habits for a brighter financial future.

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LTC Kelly Bell, U.S. Army, is a phenomenal advocate and resource for pregnancy and postpartum regulations for military moms. We'll discuss the unique challenges moms in uniform face and the laws and regulations in place to protect them.
Visit Breastfeeding in Combat Boots for a list of regulations by service:
https://www.mom2momglobal.org/breastfeeding-in-combat-boots
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