Welcome to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities along with life inside the U.S. Army, which we call Army Lifestyle.

Today on Episode 2 of Army Lifestyle we have Amy Grimm from the Warrior Warehouse located here at Fort Knox, KY. The Warrior Warehouse is an opportunity for financially challenged, active duty rank E6 and below to shop at no coast for needed items, clothing, miscellaneous household items, furniture, baby items, toys, and other necessities.

Started in 2015 by Amy Grimm the Warrior Warehouse was something Mrs. Grimm was missing while stationed at Fort Knox. The idea was sparked by Amy when she found herself in a situation where she needed things during the time her and her husband were PSCing to a new installation. Seeing how Lending Closets worked on other installations Amy would create her version and today that is the Warrior Warehouse.

With the help of various programs such as DAV, Active Heroes, Boots Across America, and Soldiers PCSing, Amy has been able to keep the Warrior Warehouse stocked with every item a family could use in every day life. The mission on the Warrior Warehouse id emergency needs first and then free shop for Service Members, E6 and below, the last Thursday of every month. Pre shop for E-7 and above (with donation item), the last friday of each month is open to all Veterans, Retirees, Dependants, DOD, NAF or Contract employees for cash donation, only. Last Saturday of each month is open for all including the off post public for cash donations, only. The funds that are raised go back to support the Fort Knox American Red Cross Soldier Support Program. Services include but are not limited to: The Helping Hands Food Pantry, Santa's Workshop, Candy Lane, the Loan Closet and more.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities. This is Episode 9: Perioperative Nursing Feat. CPT Donna Weakley who is here to talk about her role as the Assistant Operations Officer at Medical and Chaplain Recruiting Brigade and life as a Perioperative Nurse.

To start episode 9 off CPT Weakley describes her life growing up in New Jersey for the early portion of her life and later moving to Nashville, TN. Growing up in a single parent household CPT Weakley’s mother was determined to ensure she was given the best education and opportunities possible and when the opportunity presented itself, her mother stood by her word. In high school CPT Weakley, a part of the JROTC program and after the 9/11 attacks she felt an immense sense of duty to our country and a desire to make a difference and decided to make a career out of the U.S. Army. Upon graduating from high school CPT Weakley would enlist in the U.S. Army where her journey would begin. It wasn’t until a conversation with her grandmother about health is when CPT Weakley decided to join the healthcare field.

Once CPT Weakley’s mind was made up, she would begin her journey in the Army Nurse Corps where she would later become a Perioperative Nurse. CPT Weakley also discussed being active in the U.S. Army and being afforded the opportunity to work at the University of Louisville Hospital.

In closing CPT Weakley and I discuss her being back in college at the University of Louisville, plans for her future in Army Medicine, future goals after retirement, and information to future medical professionals in the U.S. Army. Press play now and listen to the story of CPT Donna Weakley

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities. This is Episode 8: Pediatric IntensivistFeat. MAJ Katie Neumayer Featuring MAJ Katie Neumayer who is here to talk about her role as a RIO, being a Health Professions Scholarship Program recipient, along with working in the Army as a Pediatric Intensivist.

MAJ Neumayer and I dove into this conversation talking about life growing in Colorado, her favorite hiking trail, and places tourist should visit when they come to the state. After getting some background information on MAJ Neumayer growing up, we began talking about life post high school. MAJ Neumayer talks about leaving home and moving to the Illinois to attend Lake Forrest College on an athletic scholarship and to pursue a career in the medical field. MAJ Neumayer discusses how she learned about the U.S Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) and how excited she was when she learned about the benefits and opportunities to serve the country and follow her dreams to work in pediatrics.

MAJ Neumayer details leaving from college and returning home to attend Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and how it prepared her for residency training at Madigan Army Medical Center. MAJ Neumayer then talked about the importance of going back to colleges and universities to talk/inform medical students about Army opportunities.

We close out this episode with MAJ Neumayer giving advice to medical students, what her plans are for the future, and her hobbies once outside of the uniform. Press play now and listen to the story of Medical Recruiting Integration Officer MAJ Katie Neumayer.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities. This is Episode 7: Dental Recruiting Integration Officer Featuring MAJ Brandon Jones who is here to talk about in career in the U.S. Army Dental Corps.

This episode kicks off with the first time I found out who MAJ Jones was and what he did in the U.S. Army. One morning I attended a brief at the Medical and Chaplain Recruiting Brigade where MAJ Jones was recognized by Major General Johnny Davis for winning the plank off competition during morning PT. We later transition and discuss life growing up in a very diverse area in Chicago, Illinois, experiencing The Taste of Chicago and growing up a Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls fan.

MAJ Jones and I later talk about him attending college at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and receiving a Bachelors in Sociology. MAJ Jones then begins to detail how he had always had a passion for working as a dentist along with having the opportunity to train/work alongside his family Dentist growing up. After receiving his Sociology degree MAJ Jones would next join the Individual Ready Reserves where he was prepared if called upon. While in the Individual Ready Reserves, MAJ Jones would attend Marquette University School of Dentistry where he would obtain his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.

MAJ Jones gives listeners insight on the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), how it was beneficial for him while in college and ways students can take advantage of the program. We would also take about life in the U.S. Army Dental Corps from being stationed at the Fort Bliss Dental Command, attending the 2-year Advanced Education General Dentistry program at Fort Hood, being assigned to Fort Sill DENTAC as a 63B Comprehensive Dentist, and deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel .

We close out talking about MAJ Jones' current job as the Dental Recruiting Intergration Officer, speaking and spreading his wealth of knowledge to students who are in a position he was once in, along with his next up and coming mission as he moves on to new opportunities.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities.

This is Episode 6: U.S. Army Dental Corps Feat. Dental Recruiting Intergration Officer, MAJ Phillip Buckler and he is here to talk about in career in the U.S. Army as a General Dentist (63A).

Packed inside the episode listeners get to hear about MAJ Buckler's early childhood years growing up in Portland, Oregon, to moving to the other side of the U.S. to attend the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan. While at the university MAJ Buckler took advantage of the U.S. Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) and earning his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). If you listen in MAJ Buckler informs us that his father was one of the first recipients of the HPSP.

MAJ Buckler would go on to detail completing the1-Year Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 2011. In 2011 MAJ Buckler would deploy with the "Bulldog" Brigade Combat Team (BCT) of the 1st Armored Division. MAJ Buckler would later he would be honorably discharged after completing his term of service at Fort Bliss. Once out of the service, MAJ Buckler would be the Lead Associate at Picasso Smiles in East El Paso, TX where he practiced Dentistry for 3 years.

In 2018, MAJ Buckler would re-enter the Army and in 2021 land at Fort Knox, KY where currently works for the U.S. Army Medical & Chaplain Recruiting Brigade. Throughout his Army career MAJ Buckler has served as the Officer in Charge of the East Bliss Dental Clinic, Occupational Safety Officer, and Continuing Education Officer at the Fort Bliss DENTAC and is scheduled to begin the Army’s 2-Year AEGD residency in July 2025.

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Welcome to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the causes and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities. Today we would like to present to you all a series called "Army Lifestyle" that focuses on life once inside the Army.

The U.S. Army offers various programs, activities, and entertainment for Soldiers, their family members, and even Retirees. These programs are designed to ensure life within the Army is no different from a civilian life. On the first installment of Army Lifestyle, Mr. Mike Seitz from the Soldier and Family Assistance Program sits down with us to give listeners and views insight on the health insurance, benefits, and discusses the new systems that are in place.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities.

Episode 5: Duty. Honor. Country. A Leader Among Leaders Feat. Medical and Chaplain Recruiting Brigade Commander, (COL) Katrina E. Walters

The AMEDD Effect had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Medical and Chaplain Recruiting Brigade Commander, (COL) Katrina E. Walters about her career in the U.S. Army. Before we got into COL Walters story, I wanted to acknowledge that March is “Women’s History Month” and give COL Walters the opportunity to recognize women who have done amazing things in the U.S. Army.

COL Walters would go on to talk about knowing from a young age that she wanted to work in the medical field from a very young age. With a father in the Navy COL Walters grew up a “military brat” and traveled from different duty locations. While in high school COL Walters would begin to explore how she could attend college for medical school and stumbled upon the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

COL Walter applied and was accepted to attend the Academy. In 1998 COL Walters graduates and commissioned into the U.S. Army and begin the process to earn her Doctorate of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in 2002 and was commissioned as a Captain in the Medical Corps. She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.

Throughout the years COL Walters would be assigned to Command Surgeon, United States Army Recruiting Command; Deputy Commander for Clinical Services for Weed Army Community Hospital, Fort Irwin, California; Department Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine for Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, Texas; Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship Program Director, CRDAMC, Fort Hood, Texas; Officer in Charge, Evans Family Medicine Clinic, Fort Carson, Colorado; Chief, Primary Care and Community Medicine, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Officer in Charge, Consolidated Aid Station Rustamiyah, while assigned to the 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08; Staff Family Physician, USA MEDDAC, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

COL Walters is currently the Medical and Chaplain Recruiting Brigade Commander at Fort Knox, KY. The overall mission is to recruit highly qualified and motivated healthcare professionals, chaplains, warrant officers, and special operators to serve as Soldiers.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medical Opportunities.

Episode 4: U.S. Army Nurse Corps features Deputy Commanding Officer/Chief Nurse, United States Army Medical Recruiting Brigade, Col. LaTonya Walker.

Packed inside this episode is a journey through the life of Col. Walker inside and outside of the U.S. Army. We start off by talking about her early years living in Louisville to making the decision to join the U.S. Army on the buddy system with her friend. This would be the spark that jump started her Army career. After spending time in the U.S. Army Col. Walker would return to Louisville and begin attending college in Spaulding University for Nursing.

After completing Nursing school Col. Walker would go on to join the Army Medical Department where her journey in the medical field would begin and she would become named “Super Nurse Number 3”. Col. Walker talks about working at various military hospitals, being deployed, and gaining a lot of experience in the Nursing field

Col. Walker is now the Deputy Commanding Officer/Chief Nurse, United States Army Medical Recruiting Brigade. Press play and check out the amazing story of a 40-year journey in the U.S. Army.

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