Already getting your old pal Mike back yet once again to discuss the Flint Hills Foster Team Camp and the Active Self Protection National Conference 2025 coming up here in a little over a month, early September.

So a couple things.

You should know about this. It isn't just a training

session. Look, you're going to get fantastic training from fantastic, well-known, world-class

instructors and trainers. What you're also going to do is change some lives of seeing young people

who have a very tough life and a very tough set of circumstances they were handed. It wasn't their

choice.

This is where they ended up in life. What the camp actually does for these foster teens is essentially let them hear for the first time that you matter, that there's people who care,

there's a God who cares about you, and there's people who care about you. Every single registration

sends one kid to camp.

And then they hear those things.

You're not just training.

You're changing lives.

I think the tagline I heard was, you leave a better protector and help protect a kid's future, which I absolutely love.

Don't forget, it's not just a training, but the training's going to be fantastic. You're going to be able to take classes from Neil Weidner, Chris Bean, Carrie Dudenhoeffer, John Korea, Memphis Beach is going to be there, Jamie Green, Jeff Boren on decision making and scenarios. It's really going to be the best conference ever, and I want to see you there, I want you to be a part of it. So come enjoy some time training, change some lives and get to meet the whole active self-protection crew. Man, I hope to see you there. There's going to be links in the description to where you can sign up for the conference. If you can't sign up for the conference, that's okay. Not everybody can go, but you can donate. there'll be a link in the description of where you can donate,

just whatever you can, whatever you can spare, every single cent, every single dollar help. So

do try to help us out. Hey, I appreciate it, guys. Now on with the program. Well, all ready, gang,

welcome back again to the active self-protection podcast. I am as always your host, Mike Wilover.

Any look at all, I remain your favorite former fed with me today. An old friend of mine, his name is Eric. Eric lives in the greater Mobile Alabama area. He is married with no kids. He was active, nine years active duty as an officer in the National Guard, excuse me, in the Army, and he's been National Guard for almost 10 years now, and he's a lieutenant colonel, Eric, how are you, sir? I'm good. How are you, Mike? Not too bad. So you still work, you're still active in the guard, and then work in a government position. We don't want to get too specific for obvious reasons, but you're in the upper leadership position in a civilian heavy arm of the military.

Is that a good way to describe it?

Yeah, that's about right.

Yeah, so we have offices all over the place, and in this local office, I'm up in the executive level.

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