#88 - Tommy Elmore - The Gentleman's School

About this episode

Tommy Elmore shares his transformative journey from hardship to helping others through education and life skills.

Tommy Elmore joins The 318 Experience to share a life story marked by hardship, discipline, loss, faith, and purpose. Raised on the south side of Monroe during a difficult era, Tommy talks about bullying, street influence, gang involvement, getting shot at 15, being expelled, earning his GED, and eventually finding structure in the U.S. Army. He opens up about serving as Infantry, becoming a Military Police officer and Drill Sergeant, then facing a devastating bone cancer diagnosis that ended his military career and led to a long season of treatment, addiction, isolation, and rebuilding. He also shares how accountability, education, and a renewed mission led him to Louisiana Delta Community College, where he rebuilt academically, became a school ambassador, earned a 4.0 semester, and continued pursuing his goal of becoming a professor. That journey now fuels the work he and his wife are doing through Gentlemen’s School and “From a Father’s Perspective,” helping boys and girls learn discipline, self-defense, confidence, presentation, and practical life skills. This episode is a powerful conversation about masculinity, family, fatherlessness, resilience, responsibility, and what it…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Bendily

Guest: Tommy Elmore

Topics covered

• masculinity
• resilience
• education
• community
• fatherlessness
• military experience

Keywords

• bullying
• gang involvement
• military
• bone cancer
• addiction
• self-defense
• life skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Louisiana Delta Community College, Gentlemen’s School, From a Father’s Perspective

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