The Midwest Academy Leader-Cast: Leadership Development Podcast

After graduating high-school in 1982, John David ("JD") Morris tried going to college, but that life just didn’t fit. In 1986, he enlisted in U.S. Army & everything started to make sense. He found connection with other like-minded people & purpose in serving our country. He started out in the Airborne Combat Engineers at Ft. Bragg, NC, and served there from 1987-1991. Three overseas deployments; two to Honduras, Central America, & one to Operation Desert Storm would be the highlights of his MOS-12B

Shane Kerwin served in the United States Army's 5th SFG. Subsequent to his military retirement, he continues to serve the community by teaching through his company, Personal Survival Solutions, and at Royal Range USA in Nashville, TN. Shane brings a perspective as an elite warrior with extensive experience to discuss multi-disciplinary training needs, approaches, & methods in this episode.To connect with Shane, interested parties may contact him through Personal Survival Solution or Royal Range

Dan Pauley is an accomplished martial artist who has served as a soldier in the United States Army's 12th SFG, as a law enforcement officer in both Illinois and Colorado, and as a private military contractor. He is an artist, a published author, and a senior Seizan Ryu teacher who regularly provides guest-teaching at the Midwest Academy. In this episode of the Midwest Academy's Leadercast, Dan shares some of his experience and insights into the common methods and attributes of firearms and martial

Episode 2 of the Midwest Academy's Leadercast: a leadership development podcast. Episode 2 offers some thoughts on selecting and evaluating mentors on the basis of the process that they advocate and their passion for their craft.

In this podcast, we will dive into a series which attempts to define, increase your understanding, and assists you in applying the Warrior Ethos in your life. Doing so will make you more successful – whether you define success as being prepared for an external enemy or define it as maintaining the daily momentum needed to overcome your own internal weaknesses. Or both... www.TheMidwestAcademy.com