Episode #40: Airborne Veteran Chuck Briseno: “From West Point to West Hollywood”

About this episode

Chuck Briseno shares his journey from a small Texas town to serving in the Army and graduating from West Point.

In this episode of Soldiers, Songs & Stories Guy Jaquier and Adam Rossi talk with Chuck Briseno about his journey from growing up in a small south Texas town, reared on a mix of Tejano, country and Red Dirt music, enlisting in the Army and later graduating from West Point. Chuck served from 2005-2018 in the 173rd Airborne with deployments to Afghanistan, fighting in the Konar and Korengal Valleys, made famous by the National Geographic documentary “Restreppo”. He separated from the ...

People in this episode

Host: Guy Jaquier

Guest: Chuck Briseno

Topics covered

• military
• music
• personal journey
• veterans

Keywords

• Tejano music
• country music
• Red Dirt music
• 173rd Airborne
• Afghanistan
• Konar Valley
• Korengal Valley

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Airborne

Books & works: From West Point to West Hollywood, Soldiers, Songs & Stories, Restreppo

Places: Texas, Afghanistan, Konar, Korengal Valleys

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