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Transition Assistance Advisors This week we talk with Minnesota National Guard transition assistance advisors about benefits while transitioning from active duty, we discuss the Department of Labor TAP (transition assistance program) and get an update from our senior enlisted advisor. Guests include:

 

486442_467110676641833_747815970_nThis week we’ll hear about new opportunities in the Minnesota State Patrol for veterans and we’ll talk with the Minnesota National Guard’s newest Assist Adjutant General. We also talk with the Minnesota National Guard’s Senior Enlistment Advisor a  final time before her retirement. Guests include:

  • James Swanson of The Minnesota State Patrol
  • Brig. Gen. David Hamlar of the Minnesota National Guard
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Cynthia Kalberg of the Minnesota National Guard

34-infantry-moveThis week, we’ll hear about one of the state’s most popular history events, the World War II History Roundtable, and we’ll also get a preview of an upcoming service member and spouse resource fair. Guests include:

BSsmKmqCUAAvZXk.jpg-largeThis week we’re recording live at the Minnesota State Fair during Military Appreciation Day. We’ll talk about the latest news from the Minnesota National Guard and Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. Guests include:

  • Minnesota’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Rick Nash
  • Annette Kuyper from Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
  • Charles McLaurin and Mike Evans of USAA

This week we’ll get the latest on the military furloughs hitting more than half of the Minnesota National Guard’s full-time force. We’ll also meet a Minnesotan who survived the D- Day invasion at Normandy and we’ll see how local businesses are benefiting from employing the guard and reserve. Guests include:

  • Army Lt. Col. Jon Lovald of the Minnesota National Guard
  • Army Lt. Col. Bill Harper
  • Matthew Meyer of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)