How to respond to “Thank you for your service”

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11/06/22 • 38 min

| Topic |
| 1 | Thanks to friends for support on the last episode.
| 2 | Applied for another IT job!
| 3 | Transparency of anxiety regarding military service (different perspective?)
| 4 | How to respond to “Thank you for your service”
News:
· Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers (https://local12.com/news/nation-world/closest-known-black-hole-earth-spotted-astronomers-nasa-cape-canaveral-florida-1600-lightyears-away-sun-european-space-agenct-gaia-spacecraft-space-gemini-observatory-hawaii)

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Previous Episode

Interview and Results!

| Topic |
| 1 | Thanks to friends for support on the last episode.
| 2 | Job interview, decision “How can you get experience if everyone wants to see experience”
| 3 | Calling veterans out on experience/stories (not a little exaggeration, but straight BSing)
| 4 | Black Adam was a great movie!
| 5 | News:
· Identifying methane “Super Emitters” from the ISS (https://phys.org/news/2022-10-nasa-tool-super-emitters-methane-space.html)
· “Conan the Bacterium” tested in mars-like environment. (ice found on mars) (https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/world/mars-meteorites-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html)
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/conan-the-bacterium-has-what-it-takes-to-survive-on-mars-180981019/)
What’s going on fam welcome back to another episode of The Armstrong Podcast! I’m your host, Chris Armstrong and this is a weekly dive into my thoughts as I move along my journey. I’m not here to teach, I’m here to talk. That being said I would love to talk about things you guys find interesting so email me at [email protected] with any requests and I will include it in a future episode.

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Next Episode

Toe The Line!

| Topic |
| 1 | Thanks to friends for support on the last episode.
| 2 | No update on app at school (closes tomorrow). New applications in for VA (closed already).
| 3 | What actions constitute friendship (Doing things for someone you wouldn’t normally do? Do you support friends better than you would others?)
| 4 | Army Drill Sergeants not yelling anymore?
(Angry Cops video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e4P259L8X0)
(Military Times Article: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/18/less-screaming-more-weightlifting-army-reinventing-basic-training-gen-z.html)
| 5 | News:
· Nasa’s rocket launch to the moon next week aims to close 50-year-long gap (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/13/nasa-artemis-1-rocket-moon-launch-next-week)

Notes/Additional Items

What’s going on fam welcome back to another episode of The Armstrong Podcast! I’m your host, Chris Armstrong and this is a weekly dive into my thoughts as I move along my journey. I’m not here to teach, I’m here to talk. That being said I would love to talk about things you guys find interesting so visit me at www.TheArmstrongPodcast.com/feedback with any requests and I will include it in a future episode.

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The Armstrong Podcast - How to respond to “Thank you for your service”

Transcript

Christopher Armstrong00:00:00.988

What's going on fam? Welcome back to another episode of the Armstrong podcast. I'm your host, Chris Armstrong. And this is a weekly dive into my thoughts as I move along my journey.

Christopher Armstrong00:00:13.230

I always like to say I'm not here to teach. But I'm here to talk. And with that being said, I want to talk about some things that you want to hear about things that you find interesting.