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Transition Drill

Transition Drill Podcast: explores identity, leadership, and life after service through long-form conversations with military veterans, police, fire, and first responders navigating career transition, purpose, and reinvention.Tactical Transition Tips: practical guidance for…

Podcast · By Paul Pantani · American English · Official site

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    265. JD Dickson - Retired Navy Warrant Officer Today Neuroscience and Mental Health (opens the original)

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    Episode 265 of the Transition Drill podcast explores military transition, mental health, and renewed purpose for veterans and first responders navigating life after service. You’ll hear JD Dickson on leaving a 27-year Navy career, and what it takes Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Dickson returned to the United States at 18 and entered the Navy in 1995. He began as an undesignated sailor before finding his place in aviation ordnance aboard the USS Independence in Japa

  2. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    264. Tom Chuckerel - Retired Maryland Cop is a Jiu Jitsu Blackbelt and Gracie Survival Tactics Instructor (opens the original)

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    Episode 264 of the Transition Drill podcast explores law enforcement retirement, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and career transition for police officers and first responders navigating life after the badge. You’ll hear Tom Chuckerel on leaving a 25-year police career without a clear second-career plan, and what it takes to turn skills, relationships, and genuine interests into meaningful work after service. Tom wanted to be a Montgomery County police officer from the time he was six. He joined the depart

  3. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    263. Tim Henderson - From Gangs, Drugs, the Projects, and Almost Jail in Chicago to Navy Sen. Chief (Ret) (opens the original)

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    Episode 263 of the Transition Drill podcast explores military career transition and rebuilding your identity after service for veterans and first responders navigating the move into civilian life. You’ll hear retired Navy Senior Chief Timothy Henderson on leaving behind nearly three decades in uniform, and what it takes to turn military experience into a meaningful next chapter. Tim grew up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects surrounded by gangs, drugs, and limited examples of what life could be

  4. Episode · Aug 24, 2026

    262. GC Brown - From a Family of Cops to Federal Prison. Today an Author and Co-Owner of UpCup Koffee (opens the original)

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    Episode 262 of the Transition Drill podcast explores reinvention, discipline, and rebuilding after major life consequences for veterans and first responders navigating life after a demanding career. You’ll hear GC Brown, author of SNIFF, on losing everything after business success, and what it takes to rebuild your identity, purpose, and future from the ground up. Brown grew up working on his grandfather’s Indiana farm, surrounded by a family with deep military and law enforcement roots. A talen

  5. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    261. James Snow. The Quiet Professional: Sheriff Sergeant (Ret.) on the Importance of Being a Leader (opens the original)

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    Episode 261 of the Transition Drill podcast explores identity, leadership, family sacrifice, and life after law enforcement for veterans and first responders navigating the transition out of service. You’ll hear James Snow on what happens when the job becomes too much of who you are, and what it takes to build purpose, relationships, and leadership in and beyond the uniform. Back for a second time since Episode 155, James reflects on a 28-and-a-half-year law enforcement career that included time

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