About Us
Welcome to the podcast directed specifically at the professional and leadership development of Sailors and military members. We recognized what we considered to be a tremendous void in the training and preparation of junior enlisted Sailors for success during their first term in the Navy. Between Recruit Training and the Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) in Newport, Rhode Island, there is no formal leadership training for Sailors. Outside of command delivered courses like Petty Officer Leadership Courses (Indoctrination), Laying the Keel, and Sailor 360; the resources don’t exist to prepare junior Sailors for the tremendous upheaval and challenges they face. We aim to do just that. While not going out of the way to hide the identity of our contributors, we will not advertise the names as this is not about them. It’s about you.
DGUTS: The speaker is a retired Master Chief Petty Officer with 21 years in the submarine service. He has served in positions such as Division and Departmental Leading Chief Petty Officer, Command Career Counselor, Naval Military Training Coordinator, Master Training Specialist Coordinator, Command Managed Equal Opportunity manager, Assistant Ship’s Diving Officer, Senior Enlisted Leader of CS “A” School, Supply Department Enlisted Advisor on submarines, and as Food Service Officer and Supply Management Inspector on a flag staff.
Chief Bob: The speaker is a 15-year active duty Radioman Chief Petty Officer on submarines. He has served on ballistic missile submarines, as an Instructor (twice) at Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) and rate lead at Radio “A” School, and in Submarine Special Projects. He is pursuing Chief of the Boat (COB) Qualifications with the intent to eventually serve as a Command Master Chief (CMDCM).
Seeds of Triumph Host: The speaker is an Active Duty First Class Petty Officer with 11 years of experience in the military, 5 of those 11 years were spent working in the Special Operations community. She has deployed twice to 2 different combat zones, and is currently a Leading Petty Officer (LPO) for over 600 Sailors. Through her experiences she has faced a multitude of challenges, trauma, and stress and remained triumphant through all of them. She is passionate about advocating for Sailors and service members through their own mental health journey and is dedicated to providing resources so that others can remain triumphant through their own military service and experiences.
Arianna (Trash Panda Talks): The speaker is an active duty First Class Petty Officer in the intel community with 13 years of service, and a single mother of two rambunctious young men. She has faced adversity both personally and professionally and has used it to not only make herself a stronger leader, Sailor, and mom but also to develop her Sailors and, as a direct result, the Navy.
Andy: The speaker is a 14-year active duty Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer that was recently commissioned as a Supply Limited Duty Officer, with extensive experience serving with the United States Marine Corps and in smaller clinic environments. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and is passionate about the study and teaching of leadership topics.
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