Operation Encore: Soldiers, Stories, and Songs
Listen to veteran and active-duty members of the armed forces highlight their original music and tell stories of their service, as they work to spread their message and their music, to new fans.Operation Encore is a non-profit veterans organization that provides opportunities for veteran and active duty singer-songwriters and musicians to take their music to the next level through artist development, professional recording, and industry-focused educational services. We seek out talent from across veteran communities to produce and highlight their original music, showcase their talents and advance their careers. Our podcast features powerful stories and original songs from our artists and artists across the veteran community.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode #35: Jeff Daugherty
In this episode of “Soldiers, Songs and Stories” Guy and Adam chat with Jeff Daugherty, an Operation Encore artist (class of 2023), military spouse, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is fluent in mandolin, guitar and banjo. ...
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Episode 35
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47:35
Episode #34: Mike “Doc Straw” Swart
In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories & Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend time with Army combat engineer Mike “Doc Straw” Swart. Mike served from 2004-2013 and deployed twice to the Middle East, first near Fallujah in Iraq and la...
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Episode 34
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39:23
Episode #33: Army Pilot and Military Spouse Kate and Secily Anderson (Winter Grain)
In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories & Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend time with retired Army helicopter pilot Kate Anderson and military spouse Secily Anderson. Together, they blend compelling lyrics, smooth harmonies a...
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Episode 33
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56:34
Episode #32: Army Green Beret Derek Stoner
In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend time with retired Army veteran and Green Beret Derek Stoner. After spending a childhood hunting, fishing and working as a farm laborer in small town Cr...
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Episode 32
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48:07
Episode #31: Army Veteran Stephen Wayne
In this episode of “Soldiers, Stories and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) spend some time with Stephen Wayne talking about his humble roots in rural Arkansas and his year long “adventure” at age 14, sneaking on Greyhound buses, living on...
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Episode 31
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59:34
Episode #30: Navy and Marine Corp Veteran Mike Ponder
In this episode of "Soldiers, Stories, and Songs", Guy [Jaquier] and Adam [Rossi] catch up with Operation Encore artist Mike Ponder, a veteran of both the Navy and Marine Corps. Mike was introduced to music at an early age: He started touring a...
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Episode 30
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48:36
Episode #29: Army Combat Engineer Schaefer Mueller
In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy [Jaquier] and Adam [Rossi] catch up with Operation Encore artist and Army veteran Schaefer Mueller after his recent OE recording session at AR Audio in San Francisco. During the podcast, the...
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Episode 29
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1:01:50
Episode #28: Recon Marine and Scout Sniper Brandon Mills
During this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy and Adam talk with USMC veteran Brandon Mills about growing up in Kentucky and his service as a Recon Marine and Scout Sniper during multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.&...
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Episode 28
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50:09
Episode #27: Country Rocker and Marine JB Brown
Meet JB Brown -- an up-and-coming artist and Marine with a humble background and a smooth county-rock sound. In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) discuss JB's journey from a young dr...
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Episode 27
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54:56
Episode #26: Navy Surface Warfare Officer Morgan Warneke (aka Fogg Warner)
In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) catch up with Operation Encore artist and Navy veteran Morgan Warneke in Nashville, TN. During the podcast, they discuss Morgan’s journey from a cross country runn...
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Episode 26
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44:08
Episode #25: Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Adam Gaffney
In this episode of “Stories, Soldiers and Songs”, Guy (Jaquier) and Adam (Rossi) catch up with Operation Encore artist and Navy veteran Adam Gaffney while he is recording his new EP (!) at AR Audio in San Francisco. During the podcast, they dis...
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Episode 25
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44:59
Episode #24: Army Veteran Scotty Hasting
In this episode of "Stories, Soldiers and Songs", Guy and Adam interview a new 2021 addition to the Operation Encore family, Scotty Hasting. During the podcast, Scotty discusses his milit...
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Episode 24
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41:51
Episode 23: Army Special Operations Soldier Bob Deprato
In this episode of the Operation Encore (OE) podcase, active-duty Army soldier Bob Deprato drops in the OE studio during his stateside leave and talks to Guy and Adam about his 18-year career in Special Operations. Bob describes his deplo...
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Episode 23
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48:59
Episode #22 - Marine Landing Support Specialist and "Lioness" Barbara Sim
In this episode of the Operation Encore podcast, Marine Landing Support Specialist Barbara Sim gives a fascinating, open and honest description of her time in her marines and her singer-songwriting journey. An upcoming country...
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Episode 22
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36:10
Episode #21 - Marine Combat Engineer Steve Harwood
In this episode of the Operation Encore podcast, former Marine Combat Engineer Steve Harwood takes Guy and Adam on a journey of discovery, from a tumultuous youth to the battlefields of Fallujah. Born in Woodenville, WA, Steve tells the s...
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Episode 21
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39:50
Episode #20 - Army Combat Medic John Evans - A Story of Recovery
Army Combat Medic John Evans has a lot of stories to tell. Born in Houston, TX and raised in upstate New York, John idolized his WW2-veteran grandfather and decided to enter the Army immediately following 911. After hearing a sl...
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Episode 20
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50:26
Episode #19 - Missile Maintainer Angel Santiago - A Journey Back To Music
Meet Angel "Nolo" Santiago -- the kind of man who sets his mind to a task and overcomes all obstacles to make it happen. A native of Puerto Rico , Angel had music in his life from a young age. He began playing a nylon-string guitar in gra...
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Episode 19
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39:20
Episode #18 - The Lloyd Smith Project
Meet Mr. Lloyd Smith -- a doctor, surgeon, chemistry professor, student of California Gold Rush lore, California native, singer/songwriter, and one of the most generous men you'll ever meet. He's also a self-taught luthier who has built over 80...
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Episode 18
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50:09
Episode #17- Army Veteran Tyree Woods - Don't Curse the Darkness, Light a Candle
You can't have a conversation with Tyree Woods without leaving with a smile on your face. The man with the infectious smile and positive attitude has had his share of trials and tribulations. During this episode of the OE podcast, Tyree describ...
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Episode 17
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46:55
Episode #16 - OE Artist Brian Boland: Half Redneck, Half Surfer, All American
Meet Brian Boland - Half Redneck, Half Surfer, and all-American active-duty C-130 pilot. During episode #16 of the OE podcast, Brian tells about his adventures in the Coast Guard, from "Flying back from Gitmo yesterday", to conducti...
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Episode 16
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47:03
Episode #15 - Operation Encore Co-Founder Erik Brine - The Story Behind the Stories
In this episode of the OE podcast, Guy Jaquier and Adam Rossi interview Operation Encore Co-Founder Erik Brine. Erik describes the history of OE and how it grew from an idea between friends into a successful non-profit that serves over 25 veter...
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Episode 15
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54:35
Episode #14 - Marine Heavy Vehicle Operator Dani Figueroa - Rewind and Valor
During this episode of Soldiers, Stories, and Songs, Dani Figueroa describes how 9/11 altered her life and led her from pursuing a professional soccer career to becoming a Heavy Vehicle Operator and a veteran of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and...
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Episode 14
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41:38
Episode #13 - Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Shannon Book - Back from the Brink
During this episode of Soldiers, Stories, and Songs, Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman and rocker Shannon Book describes his journey from Hazel Green, Ky to the battlefields of Fallujah, the aftermath that left him on the verge of taking his...
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Episode 13
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55:15
Episode #12 - Special Deployed Edition with OE Co-Founder Rob Raymond and Dylan Westmoreland
During this special deployed edition of Operation Encore, Co-founder (and active-duty Colonel) Rob Raymond talks with Adam Rossi from an undisclosed location in the Middle East. During the podcast, Rob describes the origins of Operation Encore ...
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Episode 12
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39:44
Episode #11 - Air Force Pilot Keith Broecker -- "Two Weeks", Tent Cities and TERA - A Pilot's Story
Meet Keith Broecker, a former Air Force pilot who used his guitar and quick wit to convince a cadre of instructor pilots he was worth keeping around....leading to an aviation career that spans Learjets, Tankers, Spy planes, and your next United...
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Episode 11
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