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Military Matters

Welcome to Military Matters, a podcast from Stars and Stripes. Listen as host Rod Rodriguez explores the topics that matter to service members, veterans, and the people who support them.

Apr 23, 2020

Military Matters podcast hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris continue to look at the mental health impact of the coronavirus pandemic by talking with Ellsworth Williams, a 24-year Army veteran, about what his organization, Veterans Counseling Veterans, is doing as we maneuver through and beyond the isolation induced...


Apr 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world indoors with no clear end in sight. Military Matters podcast hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris talk to two mental health clinicians, both veterans, about how the isolation and uncertainty have impacted the mental health of veterans and service members across the...


Apr 9, 2020

In this episode of the Military Matters Review, hosts Desmon Farris and Rod Rodriguez dig into the financial impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the military community.

Rod and Des talk to Lacey Langford, a veteran and financial counselor who is known as the Military Money Expert, to find out what service...


Apr 3, 2020

As coronavirus cases and deaths surge around the globe, Military Matters podcast hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris find out what is being done to help service members and veterans amid the pandemic.

Rod and Des talk with top officials of each of the relief organizations of the different service branches — Army...