Most people deciding whether to enlist are not weighing risk, they are weighing headlines. A headline tells you something happened. It almost never tells you how likely it is to happen to you. In this episode, I break down the actual numbers behind the fears people bring to me, from sexual assault and harassment rates, to domestic violence, to what really kills service members. I also tell you about the kid who turned down boot camp because he was afraid of dying.

(00:00) - Intro

(00:31) - The Fears People Name

(01:49) - Sexual Assault Numbers

(03:06) - Sexual Harassment Numbers

(03:37) - Domestic Violence Surprise

(04:24) - Are Service Members Dying More

(04:40) - The Mortality Study

(06:14) - What Actually Kills Service Members

(07:16) - Combat Risk Varies

(07:55) - Training Deaths and Accidents

(08:35) - Vehicles and Homicide

(09:37) - Suicide Is the Outlier

(11:19) - The Recruit Who Said No

(14:01) - My Own 15 Years

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Most veterans can run a car wreck like a checklist and then lose their mind over a set of missing keys. I did both in the same month, and for years I filed it under having a short temper. In this episode, I break down what is actually going on: the military hands you an on and off switch, never a volume knob, so you get very good at 100 and never learn 2 out of 10. I walk through what I do when I catch myself at a 9 in a situation that is a 2, where I still get it wrong, and what actually helps if you love somebody who does this.

(00:00) - Intro

(00:40) - Calm at a Car Wreck

(01:31) - Losing It Over Car Keys

(02:53) - A Switch, Not a Knob

(03:31) - Real Reaction, Wrong Situation

(04:10) - What I Do About It

(05:22) - Where I Still Fail

(06:02) - For the Families

(07:09) - For the Veteran Listening

On the Military Millionaire Podcast, I share real conversations with service members, veterans, and their families. Each week, we explore how to build wealth through personal finance, entrepreneurship, and real estate investing.

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There are Marine Corps stories that would get laughed out of a movie theater for being unrealistic, and most Americans have never heard any of them. In this episode, I tell you about three of them: a Croatian immigrant who attacked a German machine gun position alone and came home with two Medals of Honor for one afternoon, a 21-year-old PFC who held a gap in the line at 30 below zero in his socks while batting live grenades away with a shovel, and a captain who spent three hours hanging under a bridge in Vietnam with 500 pounds of explosives.

Three different men, three completely different versions of courage, and none of them thought they were heroes.

(00:00) - Intro

(00:41) - Louis Cukela, France 1918

(03:56) - Two Medals for One Afternoon

(04:37) - Retired, Then Back for WWII

(05:32) - Hector Cafferata, Chosin 1950

(08:51) - The Grenade He Could Not Swat

(10:30) - John Ripley at Dong Ha

(14:16) - Upgraded 54 Years Later

(14:43) - Three Versions of Courage

On the Military Millionaire Podcast, I share real conversations with service members, veterans, and their families. Each week, we explore how to build wealth through personal finance, entrepreneurship, and real estate investing.

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• Get an intro to recommended VA agents/lenders: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com/va-realtor
• Apply for The War Room Mastermind: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com/mastermind-application
• Join our investor list: https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com/investors
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