The Mess Deck Chronicles

Lets Talk Business with special guest Talon

This week we welcome our special guest Talon Robertson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Honey Bee Freight out of Atlanta GA. Talon is a Navy veteran turn business owner and was more than willing to come on to our show to talk about what it takes to get a business up and running as a veteran. He discusses what resources he used and the some of the struggles of transitions from military servers to civilian.
https://www.honeybeefreight.com/ - Honey Bee Freight
https://www.sba.gov/sba-learning-platform/boots-business - Small Business Association (SBA)
https://sba.my.site.com/s/ - Boots to Business
https://usfcr.com/ - USFCR (SAM and Federal Contractor)
 
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Misconceptions

Welcome to season 2, in this episode we talk about the many misconceptions of the military. Quality of life, pay, housing, benefits. We try to answer some of these misconceptions with what it is really like to serve.
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Chow time

This week we discuss our best and worst foods from our port visits abroad. We also go into a little bit about each port including, Hong Kong, Singapore, Guam, South Korea, Australia, parts of Europe and of course, our home Japan.

Get me out of here part 2

This week we wrap up our veterans benefits discussion and get into some mess deck talk. Random conversation we would normally discuss while on the mess decks between shifts.  

Get me out of here

This week we discuss the complexity of transitioning out of the military to civilian life. We provide some helpful resources to aid in that transition whether its medical benefits or just the overall uncertainty of making the huge leap. Below are some links to some resources.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=onebox
Veterans Benefits Wiki
https://www.reddit.com/r/VeteransBenefits/wiki/index/
 

Brace for shock

This week we have a special guest, Charles aka our music guy. We discuss China building up its nuclear arsenal, secret meetings and overall get lost off topic with our guest over our time together in the Navy. We finish with some important information about some VA benefits.

I’m Too Sexy for my Shirt

In this weeks episode we cover the house passing $14 billion in aid with cuts to the IRS, A scandal involving Abercrombie & and Fitch, and briefly go over the aftermath of service, transitioning to civilian life and challenges we faced.

Too Fast Too Furious.....Again

This week we discuss how the ATF was caught selling weapons to the cartels..again, We also discuss the days of our youth and the generational gap between technology and we wrap up with some stories of our time in service.