#182: Continuing the Mission of Service and Brotherhood

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 13 March 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In Charlie Mike, Time magazine columnist Joe Klein tells the dramatic stories of how two veteran organizations dedicated to service began and how these groups gave many struggling vets the sense of purpose and camaraderie that they ached for since returning home. Today on the podcast, I talk to Joe about Team Rubicon— a veteran organization that does natural disaster response around the world– and The Mission Continues— an organization founded by retired Navy SEAL Eric Greitens that funds volunteer work done by vets. Joe and I discuss the men behind these groups, the work they do, and how throwing themselves to the service to others helped many struggling combat vets overcome the demons of war.

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0:00.0	The
0:15.0	Remake here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:18.0	So by some estimates, they're now 2.5 million U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,
0:22.2	and unfortunately in the media, they're often portrayed in a negative light.
0:24.8	I mean, the focus is typically on the mental health issues, the PTSD, the increasing suicide
0:29.2	rates, the problems at the VA, which is true.
0:31.6	It's happening, it's a travesty.
0:32.8	We should be doing something about it.
0:33.9	We shouldn't ignore it.
0:34.9	But what often gets overlooked in the media are these untold stories of veterans who
0:38.6	are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan and continuing their mission of service to their
0:43.2	country as civilians.
0:45.7	And my guest today wrote a book highlighting some of these untold stories.
0:48.7	His name is Joe Klein.
0:49.7	He's a columnist at Time Magazine, and he's the author of a new book called Charlie Mike.
0:54.1	And we'll talk about what that means.
0:56.0	If you're a military, you probably know what that means.
0:58.6	We'll talk about it if you don't.
0:59.9	And in it, he highlights two veterans groups.
1:02.3	One is a team Rubicon formed by some former combat Marines where they go do disaster relief
1:07.6	around the world using other combat veterans.
1:10.9	And the other one is a mission continues, which is founded by a former podcast guest of
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