1148. Bipolar General - My Forever War with Mental Illness
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Gregg F. Martin, PhD, Major General, US Army (Retired), served on active duty for 36 years, until May 2015. He is a combat veteran, Bipolar Survivor, Airborne-Ranger-Engineer qualified soldier, and Army Strategist. Through all of his military career, his bipolar disorder went undiagnosed. It is just in the past few years that he has been able to share his story to help stop the stigma around mental illness, promote recovery, and save lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm your host, Don Hutchison. |
| 0:16.9 | Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:27.1 | On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do. |
| 0:39.4 | Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Greg F. Martin, Major General, U.S. Army |
| 0:45.9 | retired, now known as the Bipolar General. It's great to have you on the show, Greg. |
| 0:52.4 | Thanks, Don. It's great to be with you. |
| 0:54.9 | Thank you, sir. Are you using your talents doing work that you love? |
| 0:59.4 | Absolutely. My life, mission, and purpose has become, over the last few years, |
| 1:06.5 | sharing my bipolar story to help stop the stigma and save lives. |
| 1:11.6 | Good. |
| 1:12.0 | Well, we're going to dive into that whole story. |
| 1:14.2 | Greg F. Martin, Ph.D., Major General U.S. Army retired, served on active duty for 36 years |
| 1:22.1 | until May 2015. |
| 1:25.6 | He's a combat veteran, bipolar survivor, airborne ranger, engineer qualified soldier, |
| 1:32.8 | and army strategist. He holds a PhD and two master's degrees from MIT, master's degrees in |
| 1:40.1 | national security strategy from both the Army and Naval War collegeseges at a bachelor's degree from West Point. |
| 1:48.0 | He commanded an engineer company, Battalion, the 130th Engineer Brigade in combat during the first year of the Iraq War, |
| 1:57.0 | commanded the Corps of Engineers Northwest Division, was commandant of the Army Engineer School, |
| 2:03.2 | commanded Fort Leonard Wood, was Deputy Commanding General of Third Army, U.S. Army Central, |
| 2:10.1 | commandant of the Army War College and President of National Defense University. |
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