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Marine Corps Veteran stories
Interviews with Marines and the people who served alongside them. Boot camp, deployments, the brotherhood, and the harder part: who you are once you take the uniform off.
26 stories, newest first. Every one is free to watch.
Stories
Every Marine Asks Where You Deployed. He Hated the Answer. / JMach & Tommy Nutz
Before After the Uniform, Tommy Nutzmann (@after_the_uniform_) did twenty years in the Navy, made Chief, and retired in 2022 with a daughter on the way and no idea who he was. He wasn't booked for this episode. He walked up to the booth, sat down, and stayed.
Every Marine Calls It a Brotherhood. She's Finally Saying What Hers Did. / Chelsey Gray
Every Marine calls it a brotherhood. Chelsey Gray is finally saying what hers did. #usmc
Every Lance Corporal Is Thinking It. Travis Jewell Says It. (@jewell_jits)
Before Staff Sergeant and Jones, Travis Jewell (@jewell_jits) was a 1/6 Bravo mortarman who never got the war he signed up for. He made the Corps laugh instead, and the Corps hasn’t stopped. He says what every Lance Corporal was thinking, and several hundred thousand of them follow him for it.
Purple Heart Marine Survived IED. Losing His Combat Dog Was Worse. | Alfred Brenner USMC
Marine K9 handler Alfred Brenner and his military working dog Grief were hit by the same IED in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Alfred survived. Grief was the only KIA that day.
Why Do Marines Treat Dark Humor Like Therapy? Michael D’Angelo USMC 0331
Every Marine says dark humor is therapy. Michael D'Angelo built a career on the bet that they're right. Marine Corps machine gunner (0331) turned stand-up comic, he's spent nine years doing free shows for Marines on base through his 501(c)(3), Rapid Fire Comedy Tour. The Marine Corps has paid him three times.
Every Marine Defends Their Boot Camp. He's One of the Few Who Saw Both. / Randall Parkes USMC
Every Marine defends their boot camp. Randall Parkes is one of the few alive who saw both sides of it, San Diego recruit, three years as a Parris Island drill instructor, then back to MCRD San Diego as a First Sergeant. Ronnie asks the question every Marine argues about, and for once the answer comes with full context.
He Listened for 20 Years. Now He Tapes Ankles at a High School.
Radio Battalion is chock full of nerds. Edward Haines would know. He led them.
This Marine Sold Drugs to Save His Family Before Going to War
Ronald Long is a United States Marine Corps Veteran who served from 2009 to 2013, leaving the Marines as an E-4 Corporal. In this episode of Urban Valor, Ronald shares his incredible story of joining the U.S. Marines, experiencing combat, surviving an IED explosion, losing a fellow service member beside him, and confronting experiences that would follow him long after the battlefield.
Get Out Of Your Own Way | Bruce Cardenas, USMC + LAPD
Bruce Cardenas grew up in a New Jersey steel mill town of 1,200 people. He wanted one thing: a badge. The police chief looked at him and said "you're young, dumb and immature." Then he told him exactly where to go instead. The Marine Corps.
4th of July Special: Veterans on Freedom, Service & America's 250th
Four Marine Corps and one Air Force Veterans sit down for a raw 4th of July conversation about freedom, service, and what America's 250th birthday really means. In this special episode of the Vegas Veteran Voices Podcast, host Ronnie is joined by Ghost, Jimmy "Pew Pew" Depew, David Lonergan, and Jessica Jay Dee, all Veterans, all entrepreneurs, for an unscripted talk on patriotism, military life, Veteran mental health, and why they love this country.
Who Is the Man Behind Terminal Lance?
Maximilian Uriarte is the creator of Terminal Lance, but this conversation goes way deeper than the comic. @terminallanceactual
Why Protection Dogs Exist | Marine Dog Trainer Explains
Most people think aggressive dogs are dangerous by nature.
The Truth About Joining the Marines (From a Marine Recruiter) w/ SSGT MILSAP
What If Joining the Marine Corps Is the Fastest Way to Escape Being Stuck?
This Marine Lost Everything… And Had To Start From Zero | Jason Lee Morrison
This episode shares a real Veteran’s personal story of transition, identity, and rebuilding after service, Brenton and Ronnie sit down with Jason Lee Morrison, a USMC Veteran, writer, and poet, for a raw conversation about the one thing that keeps Veterans alive after the uniform comes off: community. Jason talks about what it felt like to disappear from his Marine Recon world for years, then come back and realize he was not just seeing old brothers. He was seeing himself again.
What Veterans Call an “Alive Day” at Adrenaline Mountain
On the anniversary of the day Ronnie Long survived an IED blast in Sangin, Afghanistan, we chose not to isolate.
Why SERE Breaks People | Marine Recon Instructor Explains Survival Training
Who is Jason Brooks after the Marine Corps?
The REAL Story of GUNNY CLAUS (You’re Not Ready)
Ronnie sits down with Robert “Gunny Claus” Porter, the Marine who somehow managed to combine Marine Corps discipline, law enforcement precision, Toys for Tots chaos, and a Christmas beard that could pass a urinalysis with flying colors. Before the red suit ever touched his shoulders, Porter served 21 years in the United States Marine Corps.
Wounded Warrior Project: From Afghanistan to Finding Purpose with Juan Valdez
In this Washington DC episode of Vegas Veteran Voices, Marine Veterans sit down with Juan Valdez, a Purple Heart recipient, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, law-school graduate, and Veteran advocate with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), for one of the most raw, honest, and emotional conversations we’ve ever filmed. Juan survived multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, including being shot in the chest by a sniper in 2006, and he opens up about trauma, identity loss, purpose, and the long road to rebuilding a life after warfare.
There’s No Such Thing as an Ex-Marine | 250th Marine Corps Birthday w/ Ghost & Jessica Jay Dee
What makes the Grass Grow? 250 years. One brotherhood. Zero quit.
Messianic Jewish Marine Veteran Overcomes PTSD, Divorce, and Addiction Through Faith | Billy Wiland
What happens when a Marine, a lawyer, and a man of faith all live in the same body and one day, that body gives up?
CHAMPS 2025 : Mental Health, Cannabis Reform & Marine Grit w/ JAY
In this powerful on-site episode of Vegas Veteran Voices, we hit the floor of the CHAMPS Trade Show in Las Vegas with Marine Corps Veteran Jay, co-founder of Stoned Earth, ( https://stonedearth.com/ ) a sustainable accessory company shaking up the paraphernalia space. We dig deep into how cannabis can be used responsibly for pain, PTSD, and anxiety, how Veterans are uniquely positioned to lead in this industry, and what it really means to transition from military life to entrepreneurship.
Rock Bottom, 4 ER Trips, and No Sleep, A Marine’s Brutal Rebuild Story w/ David Lonergan
Marine Veteran David Lonergan (aka “Mr. Kettlebell”) opens up in this raw, unscripted conversation about how hitting rock bottom during the 2020 lockdowns nearly cost him everything, and how walking around a track was the first step in rebuilding his mind, body, and mission. (He's personally transformed over 400+ lives through functional training)
"GHOST" // From Warfighter to Local Legend: The Untold Story of Ghost & the Leatherneck Club
Step inside the legendary Leatherneck Club of Las Vegas with Thomas “Ghost” Martin, a Desert Storm Marine Corps Veteran, 0311 grunt, and the heartbeat of one of the most iconic Veteran bars in the country.
Marine Turned DJ Scales 7-Figure Biz, Rocks Weddings & Hijacks EDC Dreams/Dave Burlin Sidequest King
What do you get when you mix a Marine Corps vet, a wedding DJ with 750+ gigs, a business consultant, and a guy who gave a boombox to Kaskade? You get Dave.
$600K Bounty, Combat Deployments, and Pole Dancing? | Ronnie Long - Stuntman - Vegas Veteran Voices
In this explosive episode, we sit down with Ronnie Long, a U.S. Marine Veteran whose story takes you from the front lines of combat to the world of stunts, pole fitness, and self-defense. From surviving a deployment with a $600,000 bounty on his head to rebuilding purpose through movement, Ronnie brings raw honesty, humor, and intensity to the mic.
Veterans Say
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