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Episode #42: USAF Avionics Tech Abe Partridge
Apr 3, 2026
41m 03s
Episode #41: Army Special Forces Engineer Brian LaRose
Mar 4, 2026
35m 50s
Episode #40: Airborne Veteran Chuck Briseno: “From West Point to West Hollywood”
Nov 20, 2025
44m 13s
Episode #39: Operation Encore Executive Director and Board Member Guy Jaquier
Jun 11, 2025
49m 59s
Episode #38: Air National Guard Firefighter and Recruiter Jovon Newman
May 25, 2025
45m 21s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3/26 |  Episode #42: USAF Avionics Tech Abe Partridge✨ | songwritingstorytelling+3 | Abe Partridge | USAFOperation Encore+1 | — | USAF veteranOperation Enduring Freedom+2 | — | 41m 03s | |
| 3/4/26 |  Episode #41: Army Special Forces Engineer Brian LaRose✨ | Army Special Forcesmusic+3 | Brian LaRose | High Pines albumsArmy+4 | LebanonTurkey+2 | sniperdemolitions expert+3 | — | 35m 50s | |
| 11/20/25 |  Episode #40: Airborne Veteran Chuck Briseno: “From West Point to West Hollywood”✨ | militarymusic+2 | Chuck Briseno | AirborneArmy+6 | TexasAfghanistan+2 | Tejano musiccountry music+5 | — | 44m 13s | |
| 6/11/25 |  Episode #39: Operation Encore Executive Director and Board Member Guy Jaquier✨ | Operation Encoremusic careers+1 | Guy Jaquier | Operation EncoreOE+4 | — | USAF Colonelsmusic initiatives+2 | — | 49m 59s | |
| 5/25/25 |  Episode #38: Air National Guard Firefighter and Recruiter Jovon Newman✨ | Air National Guardfirefighting+2 | Jovon Newman | E6 TechAir National Guard+3 | PhiladelphiaPA+1 | country musicpop+2 | — | 45m 21s | |
| 3/8/25 |  Episode #37: Army Veteran Sean Russell✨ | Army VeteranUS Army+3 | Sean Russell | Armythe US Army+2 | Los AngelesKuwait+1 | Los Angelesinfantryman+2 | — | 54m 14s | |
| 2/14/25 |  Episode #36: Airborne Veteran Marc Ridge✨ | militarymusic+1 | Marc Ridge | guitarArmy+2 | AfghanistanLafayette+1 | 173rd Airborne BrigadeOperation Enduring Freedom+1 | — | 45m 51s | |
| 9/5/24 |  Episode #35: Jeff Daugherty✨ | musicmilitary+2 | Jeff Daugherty | Air ForceVanderbilt+2 | RichlandsNC+1 | mandolinguitar+3 | — | 47m 35s | |
| 3/7/24 |  Episode #34: Mike “Doc Straw” Swart✨ | Army combat engineerphysical therapy+2 | Mike “Doc Straw” Swart | physical therapyArmy+1 | the Middle EastFallujah+4 | militarycombat+3 | — | 39m 23s | |
| 11/2/23 |  Episode #33: Army Pilot and Military Spouse Kate and Secily Anderson (Winter Grain)✨ | Army pilotmilitary spouse+3 | Secily AndersonKate Anderson | ArmySoldiers, Stories & Songs+1 | — | Reno RodeoArmy service+2 | — | 56m 34s | |
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| 10/15/23 |  Episode #32: Army Green Beret Derek Stoner | In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend time with retired Army veteran and Green Beret Derek Stoner. After spending a childhood hunting, fishing and working as a farm laborer in small town Craig, Missouri (population 200), Derek joined the National Guard while still in High School and served in the Army after September 11th. Derek spent 20 years serving his country as an elite Green Beret, with over 16 deployments to the Middle East, ... | 48m 07s | ||||||
| 6/29/23 | Episode #31: Army Veteran Stephen Wayne | In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend some time with Stephen Wayne talking about his humble roots in rural Arkansas and his year long “adventure” at age 14, sneaking on Greyhound buses, living on the streets and playing his old Fender Squire guitar. Yes-Age 14! Of course, he later met an Army recruiter and signed up as a mechanic a few months before 9/11. He retired 21 years later, after a total of 5 years of deployments to Ir... | 59m 34s | ||||||
| 4/19/23 |  Episode #30: Navy and Marine Corp Veteran Mike Ponder | In this episode of "Soldiers, Stories, and Songs", Guy [Jaquier] and Adam [Rossi] catch up with Operation Encore artist Mike Ponder, a veteran of both the Navy and Marine Corps. Mike was introduced to music at an early age: He started touring at age three and was playing drums at age 6 on stage with his parents and their band "JL and the Country Squires". Mike deployed in support of the Gulf War in 1991, Kosovo in 1999, and Iraq in 2002. He was medically retired from the Navy in 2008 due to ... | 48m 36s | ||||||
| 2/14/23 |  Episode #29: Army Combat Engineer Schaefer Mueller | In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy [Jaquier] and Adam [Rossi] catch up with Operation Encore artist and Army veteran Schaefer Mueller after his recent OE recording session at AR Audio in San Francisco. During the podcast, they discuss Schaefer’s early music influences including his grandfather who played bass guitar for Funk and Jazz bands, and his parents who drove him to Jimmy Buffett concerts in a minivan decorated with shark fins. Following a period sleeping in hi... | 1h 01m 50s | ||||||
| 11/29/22 |  Episode #28: Recon Marine and Scout Sniper Brandon Mills | During this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy and Adam talk with USMC veteran Brandon Mills about growing up in Kentucky and his service as a Recon Marine and Scout Sniper during multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Brandon also describes his post-military life, which includes three years working with a non-profit in a Palestinian refugee camp, his appearance on the TV series “The Bachelor”, his work in the field of “executive and celebrity security” an... | 50m 09s | ||||||
| 10/8/22 |  Episode #27: Country Rocker and Marine JB Brown | Meet JB Brown -- an up-and-coming artist and Marine with a humble background and a smooth county-rock sound. In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) discuss JB's journey from a young drummer at a county fair to the streets of Iraq and back again. During the podcast, they discuss JB’s service in a Marine recon unit and his close encounter with a roadside bomb that led to his retirement after 12 years of service. As JB opens up ab... | 54m 56s | ||||||
| 5/18/22 |  Episode #26: Navy Surface Warfare Officer Morgan Warneke (aka Fogg Warner) | In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) catch up with Operation Encore artist and Navy veteran Morgan Warneke in Nashville, TN. During the podcast, they discuss Morgan’s journey from a cross country runner in an Arkansas high school to his time as a Naval Academy cadet, his service as a Surface Warfare Office on a mine sweeper in the Persian Gulf, and finally to his adventures as a singer/songwriter living in Nashville going by the stage name “Fogg War... | 44m 08s | ||||||
| 3/21/22 |  Episode #25: Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Adam Gaffney | In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) catch up with Operation Encore artist and Navy veteran Adam Gaffney while he is recording his new EP (!) at AR Audio in San Francisco. During the podcast, they discuss Adam’s humble Midwest roots his adventures while shopping at Walmart, his military service loading weapons as a Navy Aviation Ordnanceman on aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf (including one particular moment almost having his arm torn off while... | 44m 59s | ||||||
| 1/1/22 | Episode #24: Army Veteran Scotty Hasting | In this episode of "Stories, Soldiers and Songs", Guy and Adam interview a new 2021 addition to the Operation Encore family, Scotty Hasting. During the podcast, Scotty discusses his military service and the challenges of trying to become a household name in country music as a Nashville-based singer-songwriter. He also describes his "really bad day" in Afghanistan when he was shot 10 times and reveals how he adapted his guitar-playing by using a little bit of velcro and inge... | 41m 51s | ||||||
| 12/12/21 |  Episode 23: Army Special Operations Soldier Bob Deprato | In this episode of the Operation Encore (OE) podcase, active-duty Army soldier Bob Deprato drops in the OE studio during his stateside leave and talks to Guy and Adam about his 18-year career in Special Operations. Bob describes his deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, his time in the Crisis Response Force providing security for overseas embassies, his efforts leading military support for overseas Presidential visits, and his experience acting as an Army security liaison for the Tokyo Ol... | 48m 59s | ||||||
| 9/12/21 |  Episode #22 - Marine Landing Support Specialist and "Lioness" Barbara Sim | In this episode of the Operation Encore podcast, Marine Landing Support Specialist Barbara Sim gives a fascinating, open and honest description of her time in her marines and her singer-songwriting journey. An upcoming country artist with a soaring voice, Barbara describes her time as part of the "Lioness Group" in Iraq, searching for dangerous contraband and explosives among the population (Preview: finding a grenade was "no big deal"). She also describes the feeling ... | 36m 10s | ||||||
| 6/27/21 |  Episode #21 - Marine Combat Engineer Steve Harwood | In this episode of the Operation Encore podcast, former Marine Combat Engineer Steve Harwood takes Guy and Adam on a journey of discovery, from a tumultuous youth to the battlefields of Fallujah. Born in Woodenville, WA, Steve tells the story of how his father bought him a 45-day Greyhound bus ticket after high school and how that eventually led him to join the Marines and drive Humvees across Iraq. After dodging incoming fire during his time in Operation Enduring Freedom, he retu... | 39m 50s | ||||||
| 5/29/21 |  Episode #20 - Army Combat Medic John Evans - A Story of Recovery | Army Combat Medic John Evans has a lot of stories to tell. Born in Houston, TX and raised in upstate New York, John idolized his WW2-veteran grandfather and decided to enter the Army immediately following 911. After hearing a slightly inaccurate portrayal of the "Health-Care Specialist" field from his local recruiter, John signed up and was trained as a combat-medic, then deployed multiple times in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. During the podcast, he tells Guy and Adam... | 50m 26s | ||||||
| 4/29/21 |  Episode #19 - Missile Maintainer Angel Santiago - A Journey Back To Music | Meet Angel "Nolo" Santiago -- the kind of man who sets his mind to a task and overcomes all obstacles to make it happen. A native of Puerto Rico , Angel had music in his life from a young age. He began playing a nylon-string guitar in grade school and steadily increased his skill through high school as he waited on weekly TV shows to pick up tips and tricks from the likes of Eddie Van Halen. One day after college as he was taking garbage out for a local restaurant, he decided he n... | 39m 20s | ||||||
| 3/11/21 |  Episode #18 - The Lloyd Smith Project | Meet Mr. Lloyd Smith -- a doctor, surgeon, chemistry professor, student of California Gold Rush lore, California native, singer/songwriter, and one of the most generous men you'll ever meet. He's also a self-taught luthier who has built over 80 beautiful, custom guitars which he has given away as gifts -- some of which have made their way into the hands of our artists. In partnership with Lloyd, Operation Encore is announcing the Lloyd Smith Project --- an album of Operation Encore arti... | 50m 09s | ||||||
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