AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast

Hear how 82nd Airborne Division is bringing miles smiles this holiday season through their unique way of bringing holiday cheer through a program known as All American Presents from Paratroopers (A2P2). MSG Alexander Burnett, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs NCOIC joins us to share the unit’s partnership with the Travis Mills Foundation to deliver toys to children in need this holiday. We wrap this episode with farewell remarks from 3rd Security Assistance Force Brigade Force (3rd SFAB), one of AUSA’s adopted units. To learn more about the A2P2 and 3rd SFAB follow them at the social media platforms listed below.
 
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Guest: 
MSG Alexander Burnett, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs NCOIC
 
Hosts: 
Nzinga Curry, AUSA’s Director of Education & Programs 
LTC Clarence Langley, AUSA’s U.S. Army Fellow
  
  
Resources: 
82nd Airborne Division Social Media Platforms
 
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision 
 
 
Twitter:
@82ndABNDiv
Instagram:
@82ndairbornediv
 
3rd SFAB Social Media Platforms
 
FB:facebook.com/3sfab
facebook.com/1st-BN-3rd-SFAB-139497760334159
facebook.com/ArmySFAC
facebook.com/SFABRecruiting
 
IG:
Instagram.com/3rdsfab
Instagram.com/ArmySFAC
Instagram.com/sfab_recruiting
 
Twitter:
Twitter.com/3rdSFAB
Twitter.com/armysfac
 
Previous Episode 3 SFAB Episode  :
10 MAY 2021
Army Real Talk: Adopt -A-Unit SFAB Series Pt. 2
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-uyvkg-102e889

Leaving Afghanistan from the Company Commander and Platoon Sergeant perspectives. This is the second in a three-part series of exclusive interviews with members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who describe for the first time what they saw, heard and felt as they completed the historic evacuation of more than 124,000 people from Afghanistan and closed out U.S. military operations after 20 years in country.Paratroopers CPT Kyle Hawks and SFC Jeremy Brown join AUSA’s Gina Cavallaro and Scott Halstead at Fort Bragg to share their experiences in Part 2. In Part 1, released 29 November, we heard from 82nd Airborne Division's senior leadership: MG Chris Donahue, Commanding General, and CSM David Pitt, Senior Enlisted Advisor.  In Part 3, two more of the Division’s Paratroopers tell us what it was like. The final episode will be released on December 15, 2021.
Guests:CPT Kyle Hawks, Commander, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army
SFC Jeremy Brown, Platoon Sergeant, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army
Hosts:Gina Cavallaro, Senior Staff Writer, AUSA’s Army Magazine
COL (Ret) Scott Halstead, Director, AUSA’s Center of Leadership
 
Resources:AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast (29 November 2021):Special Edition: Leaving Afghanistan, Exclusive Interviews With the 82nd Airborne Division (Part 1)82ndAirborne DivisionUnited States ArmyWeb: https://www.army.mil/82ndairborneRecommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.

What’s new in the 2021 U.S. Army NCO Strategy? Last November following the Sergeant Major of the Army’s annual initiatives brief at the 2020 AUSA annual meeting, Soldier Today reached out to TRADOC to find out more about the Army’s ongoing efforts to modernize leader development for its Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. Today CSM Daniel Hendrex will provide an update on the Army’s NCO Strategy and a few other things TRADOC has been working on since the last time we met.
Guest: CSM Daniel T. Hendrex, Senior Enlisted Advisor, TRADOC
Host: SMA (Ret) Daniel Dailey, AUSA’s Vice President for NCO and Soldier Programs
 
Resources:U.S. Army Training and Doctrine CommandWeb: https://www.tradoc.army.mil/AUSA’s NCO & Soldier ProgramsWeb: https://www.ausa.org/programs/nco-and-soldiersTwitter (Dailey): @15thSMARecommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.

Money, money, money! Join us as we learn about the Army's new personnel and pay system and updates to the release timeline. Listen as COL Eggers, Division Chief, IPPS-A Functional Management Division, explains what the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) is all about and when the program will be released to active Army and Army Reserve.  For more information on IPPS-A please check out the resource section below.
 
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Guest: COL Rebecca Eggers, Division Chief, IPPS-A Functional Management Division
 
Hosts: 
Nzinga Curry, AUSA’s Director for Education & Programs
CSM (Ret) Troy Welch, AUSA’s Director for NCO and Soldier Programs
  
  
Resources: 
 
Integrated Personnel and Pay System
Web: https://ipps-a.army.mil/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa
Twitter: @IPPSArmy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipps-a/

Leaving Afghanistan. This is the first in a three-part series of exclusive interviews with members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who describe for the first time what they saw, heard and felt as they completed the historic evacuation of more than 124,000 American citizens, NATO allies, and vulnerable Afghan partners from Afghanistan and closed out U.S. military operations after 20 years in country.Senior leaders MG Chris Donahue, the last U.S. Soldier to leave Afghanistan, and CSM David Pitt join AUSA’s Gina Cavallaro and Scott Halstead at Fort Bragg to share their experiences in Part 1. In Parts 2 and 3, five of the division’s Paratroopers tell us what it was like. Those episodes will be released on December 8 and 15, 2021.
Guests:
MG Christopher Donahue, Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army
CSM David Pitt, Senior-Enlisted Advisor, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army
Hosts:
Gina Cavallaro, Senior Staff Writer, AUSA’s Army Magazine
COL (Ret) Scott Halstead, Director, AUSA’s Center of Leadership
Resources:
82ndAirborne DivisionUnited States ArmyWeb: https://www.army.mil/82ndairborne
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The holiday season is upon us and it can be a stressful time! Learn how to celebrate the holidays “Army style” and stay healthy. Hear from Mrs. McConville and Mrs. Grinston as they share stories on how they have celebrated the holidays, the importance of taking care of yourself, and helping others. Listen as Nicole Leth, Director of Fort Belvoir Armed Forces Wellness Center and Maria Reed, Founder of Moving with the Military share tips and resources on how Army families can stay healthy and enjoy the holiday season. For more information on the resources mentioned in the episode please check out our resource section below.
 
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Host: Holly Dailey, AUSA’s Director of Family Readiness
 
Guests: 
Maria McConville, Spouse of Chief of Staff of the Army
Alexandra Grinston, Spouse of Sergeant Major of the Army
Nicole Leth, Fort Belvoir Armed Forces Wellness Center Director
Maria Reed, Moving with the Military Founder
 
Resources: 
 
Military OneSourceWeb: www.militaryonesource.mil
Fort Belvoir Armed Forces Wellness CenterWeb:https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php/about/Garrison/headquarters-battalion/fort-belvoir-armed-forces-wellness-center
Army Wellness Center Enterprise Website – Army Public Health Center:
Web:https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/healthyliving/al/Pages/ArmyWellnessCenters.aspx
Facebook: @FortBelvoirafwchttps://www.facebook.com/FortBelvoirAFWC
Instagram: @fortbelvoirafwc Web: https://www.instagram.com/fortbelvoirafwc/
Military OneSourceWeb: www.militaryonesource.mil

Science fiction can be a means grow as leaders, strategists and in dealing with conflict. Editors Jonathan Klug and Steve Leonard join AUSA’s Joe Craig to discuss their new book, To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond, which brings together expertly told stories tackling subjects like the burden of leadership, weighing experience against in intelligence in the pursuit of strategy, and the threat of depleted natural resources.
Guests: Editors of To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond
COL Jonathan Klug, Assistant Professor, United States Army War College
Steven Leonard, Senior Assistant Dean, The University of Kansas School of Business and Senior Fellow, Modern War Institute at West Point
Host: Joe Craig, AUSA’s Book Program Director
Resources:Casemate:To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and BeyondRecommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.

Hear how United Through Reading is keeping the military and their families connected through reading. Listen as Sally A. Zoll, Ed.D, CEO of United Through Reading, shares the organization’s mission to provide a bonding experience for those military families who are separated because of deployments, assignments, or training through story time. To learn more please check out their website linked in the resource section below. 
 
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Guest: Sally A. Zoll, Ed.D, CEO, United Through Reading
 
Host: Holly Dailey, AUSA’s Director of Family Readiness
 
     
Resources: 
 
United Through Reading 
Website: www.unitedthroughreading.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/unitedthroughreading
Instagram: www.instragram.com/UTR4Military
Twitter: www.twitter.com/UTR4Military
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/united-through-reading/

Don’t let vaccine fatigue keep you from protecting your family against the flu and COVID-19. Experts from the Defense Health Agency join AUSA’s Holly Dailey to discuss how getting vaccinated is the best path to immunity and to avoiding a possible “twindemic” this flu season. Also, don’t forget to update your health plan, if you need to, during TRICARE Open Season from 8 November to 13 December, 2021.
Guests:LTC Christopher Ellison, Deputy Chief for Operations, Immunization Healthcare Division, Defense Health Agency
Ann Morse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Immunization Healthcare Division, Defense Health Agency
Jeremy Schneider, Program Analyst, TRICARE Policy and Programs, Defense Health Agency
Host: Holly Dailey, AUSA’s Director of Family Readiness
Resources:
Immunization Healthcare DivisionDefense Health AgencyWeb: www.health.mil/vaccinePhone: 877-438-8222
 
TRICARE Open Season: 8 November – 13 December 2021Web: https://tricare.mil/openseason
 
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As the Nation prepares to honor veterans from all walks of life, join us to learn about three important Veterans Affairs programs for our veterans and their families. Hear from SGM Jeffrey Cereghino, Senior Fellow to the Department of Veterans, as he explains how these programs will help newly separated service members better understand what resources are available to them. To find more information about the Department of Veterans Affairs resources please check out the resource section below.
 
Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org. 
 
Guest: SGM Jeffrey Cereghino, Senior Fellow to the Department of Veterans Affairs
  
Hosts: 
Nzinga Curry, AUSA’s Director of Education & Programs 
LTC Clarence Langley, AUSA’s U.S. Army Fellow
  
  
Resources: 
 
 
BDD Program
Pre-Discharge Claim | Veterans Affairs (va.gov)
YouTube Video
Benefits Delivery at Discharge - YouTube
 
VET-TEC Program
Veterans Technology Education Courses | Veterans Affairs (va.gov)
YouTube Video
VET TEC Testimonials - YouTube
 
Solid Start
VA Solid Start - Veterans Benefits Administration
YouTube Video
M2C Ep. 5: VA Solid Start - YouTube