# Master Sergeant

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Can You Lead Without Rank? | Identity — The 1st Silent War | Neco Johnson

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the rank comes off? When the title disappears, the structure changes, and the position that helped define you for decades suddenly belongs to someone else? For many veterans and leaders, transition is not simply about finding another job. It can force a much deepe…

USAF Promotion Fix - Ep 616

Send us Fan Mail Aaron, Trent, and Peaches are back in the team room talking about something the Air Force should have fixed forever ago: when someone turns down a promotion or loses a line number, that stripe should not just vanish into the bureaucratic shadow realm. Chief Master Sergeant of the A…

SIGINT Marine, 20 Years. When Kabul Fell He Gave Them Names.

Radio Battalion is chock full of nerds. Edward Haines would know. He led them. He signed an infantry contract in 1995. Somewhere in boot camp the Marine Corps pulled him out of his platoon, sat him in a back room, and had him do things with language and sound that nobody explained. He walked ou…

She Reenlisted Because of a Car Payment, Then Made Air Force History | JoAnne Bass

Send us Fan Mail JoAnne Bass, the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and the first woman to serve as the U.S. Air Force’s highest-ranking enlisted leader, never planned on making the military a career. She joined for the GI Bill, expected to serve four years, and jokes that she reenlisted …

Strumming for Life: Stroke Recovery Through Music | Charlie Webber

After a massive stroke affected the entire right side of his body, Charlie Webber was told he might never walk normally, speak normally, or play guitar again. For a lifelong musician, the prognosis reached into the center of his identity. In Season 2, Episode 17 of The Broken Road Project Podcast,…

The Bunkhouse Podcast Live _ The Business She Built From the Collapse w_ Amber Houghton.

Most businesses start with a plan. Elite Performance Strategies started with a collapse. Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Amber Houghton gave the U.S. Air Force 28 years. After retirement, her marriage ended, relationships with her children fractured, and the identity she had spent nearly three decade…

The Leadership Mistake That's Driving Your Best People Away

Great leaders don't create followers. They create people who know they matter. Why do talented employees quietly disengage while others flourish under the exact same organization? Episode Premise Dr. Denise Taylor-Webb explains how invisible barriers, intentional inclusion, and authentic leadership…

Heroes At Home: Chris Spence 09/10/2026

Retired Master Sergeant, Chris Spence, joins Mari and Brian on The Morningline to talk about his experience on 9/11, being on the team that was the US first response in Aghanistan, the iconic horse soldier picture that he took, the movie "12 Strong", and more.

CMSGT (RET) GARY MAXWELL!

Chief Master Sergeant (Ret) Gary Maxwell served 30 years in the United States Air Force until his retirement in 2010.  His last assignment was as the Superintendent, 99th Medical Group, Nellis AFB, NV. Chief Maxwell was born in Kingston, Jamaica.  He graduated from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High Sch…

How Firestorm Labs Is Bringing Drone Manufacturing to the Tactical Edge

What happens when military units can build, repair, and modify critical systems without waiting on a supply chain? On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, we speak with Chad McCoy, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Firestorm Labs, a Special Operations Forces veteran and …