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Project Vanguard Podcast

A podcast about leadership, energy, and service — told by the veterans shaping America’s Energy Dominance. Project Vanguard brings raw, mission-first conversations with those who’ve led in the military and continue to serve their country, building our energy future. Real stories. Clear insight. Focused on an All of the Above energy strategy where Energy Security is National Security. media.projectvanguard.com

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38:18

How A Navy Crypto Built A Career Through Enron, VPPs,...

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/12/05

Hydrogen was supposed to be the breakout tool of the clean energy boom.Then the rules landed. Hard.The “three pillars” froze major projects almost overnight. Capital paused. Developers hit the brakes. Monarch Energy felt the headwind like everyone else, but instead of waiting on Treasury, they pivoted to something more fundamental.Load.This week’s guest, Kevin Boudreaux, has spent his career reading these shifts before they hit the headlines. A Navy crypto, an Enron survivor, an early VPP architect

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35:41

What Everyone Gets Wrong About EVs

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2025/11/13

If you only read headlines, you would think electric vehicles are collapsing.Sales are “slowing.” Chargers “do not work.” The “transition” is over before it began.Army veteran and EVgo Senior Vice President Marcy Bauer sees a different reality.“There are more EVs on the road than there are public fast chargers to serve them.”That is not a collapse. That is growth outpacing infrastructure.The Gap That Actually MattersThe core problem is simple.* EVs on the road keep increasing.* Public fast charging

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42:20

Water, Fences, and 1,200 Sheep: The Ops Side of...

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2025/10/30

Picture a 193 megawatt solar site with roughly 1,200 sheep on patrol. Each one needs three to seven gallons of water a day. If you treat that as free grazing, it fails. Treat it as a service with checklists, water logistics, and predator defense, it works.My guest is Brad Quigley, an Army veteran who served nearly 26 years. He went from missile defense and aviation to ranch foreman in West Texas, and now runs Solar Ranch Experts, using sheep to manage vegetation on solar farms. We talk about the

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26:38

The Super ERG: Turning Veteran Networks Into Real...

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/10/09

If you only read headlines, you might think clean energy is stuck. Higher rates, tighter capital, and a lot of noise. Then you look at the load curves, data center growth, and the simple reality that America needs more power, faster. The truth is quieter and more durable. We need every electron we can responsibly build.That is where veterans come in. On this week’s Project Vanguard, I sat down with Navy veteran and Geronimo Power asset manager Will Hossain. We talked about what is really happening

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51:14

The Grid Is a Battlefield, and Veterans Are Built for It

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/09/24

The grid is no longer a background utility. It’s the front line.Explosive load growth from AI, data centers, and new manufacturing is colliding with a system built for a different era. At the same time, cyber and physical risks are converging in ways that stress every assumption we’ve made about reliability and resilience.In this conversation, Army veteran and energy security leader Jonathon Monken lays out what’s changing, why it matters, and where veterans can lead next.The stakes just

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33:15

From QRF to the Grid: Why Veterans Belong in...

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2025/09/04

This week on Project Vanguard Podcast, I sit down with Jason Fabre, a Houston utility leader who built a Special Response Team that treats hurricanes, heat waves, and winter storms like missions. The conversation is straight talk about reliability, not politics. If you have worn a uniform, the cadence will feel familiar.Field lessons from Winter Storm UriWe get an inside track on what actually failed and what changed since.* The crisis started on the generation side, not distribution.* ERCOT ordered

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35:14

Building Trust, Building Power with Landon Redmon

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/08/21

Most people don’t break into clean energy project development by asking, “Can I work for free?” But that’s exactly what Landon Redmon did.An Army National Guard veteran and self-proclaimed “intern,” Landon’s story isn’t about having the perfect résumé. It’s about persistence, cold-calling thousands of strangers on LinkedIn, and showing up to veteran happy hours until doors opened.That grit turned into a career leading 100–200 MW solar and battery projects across Kentucky and Georgia, projects

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38:32

Tim Sabean’s Mission from Osprey Pilot to Lithium...

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/08/06

When Marine Corps Osprey pilot Tim Sabean left the cockpit, he didn’t just switch careers. He stepped into one of the most ambitious energy projects in U.S. history, Bechtel’s Thacker Pass lithium mine.Lithium may not sound as glamorous as flight ops, but this project could redefine America’s energy security. It’s the largest known lithium deposit in the country, powering everything from EV batteries to grid-scale storage — and reducing our dependence on foreign supply chains.“It’s the best of both

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45:27

Commander Kirk Lippold on Asymmetric Warfare and...

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/07/24

“I had seven seconds to decide.”That’s how Commander Kirk Lippold described the moment a terrorist bomb tore a 40-foot hole in the USS Cole, killing 17 of his sailors and nearly sinking the ship.As the commanding officer, he didn’t flinch. He got to work. Damage control. Sailor safety. Power restoration. In the chaos, the mission was simple: save the ship. And they did.Today, Captain Lippold is still on a mission, this time to help the U.S. become energy independent, economically resilient, and

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41:01

Rob Anders on Clean Energy, National Strategy, and...

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/07/10

When veterans leave the military, they don’t stop serving, they just find new battlefields. For Rob Anders, that battlefield is the American power grid. After two deployments as an Army infantry officer, Rob now develops utility-scale clean energy projects and teaches at the U.S. Army War College. He’s lived both sides of the national security equation, and in this episode, he lays out exactly why the energy transition is America’s next critical mission.From leading platoons to building power

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25:50

Larry Perry’s Mission to Power Up the Workforce

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/06/19

Welcome to Project Vanguard, where veterans and mission-driven leaders share what it takes to build America’s energy future. I’m your host, Kevin Doffing.Today’s guest is Larry Perry, an Army veteran, HR leader, and a quiet powerhouse helping shape the clean energy workforce. After turning down the opportunity to enroll at West Point, enlisting in secret, and spending more time in the field than most infantry units, Larry found his way into corporate America and ultimately, clean energyNow, he’s the

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Energy Security is National Security with Bryan Reed

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Bryan Reed discusses his transition from the Navy to the renewables sector and his strong belief in the importance of clean energy. He emphasizes that clean energy provides a significant sense of purpose and that his dedicated work in this field is driven by the hope that his sons will not have to serve to protect foreign oil, as he did. Reed, who was in the Navy until 2008 before moving into renewables, explains that Energy Security is National Security. He highlights that by not having to seek

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36:15

From Command Posts to Clean Power

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/06/05

"I wanted to do something new. I believed in clean energy. So I jumped."That’s how Barrett Thomas describes his leap from Army battalion commander to renewable energy developer. After two decades in uniform, including command at Fort Cavazos, Barrett and his family made the call: they were getting out of the military and planting roots in Austin, Texas.Barrett didn’t want to chase defense contracts or circle the same track. Thanks to a Hiring Our Heroes fellowship, he found his footing at Apex Clean

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39:08

From Submarine Nukes to Texas Solar

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/05/28

Kyle served as a U.S. Navy submariner, operating nuclear reactors in the tightest, highest-pressure environments imaginable. But when he left the military, he faced the same wall many veterans hit: a résumé no one knew what to do with.Here’s why Kyle’s story matters in under 60 seconds:The nuclear sector was shrinking. He didn’t have a college degree. And his transition program didn’t exactly set him up to land on his feet.So he started two steps down, supervising high-voltage contractors, studying

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33:59

From Baghdad to the Boardroom with Michelle Nicholson

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/05/21

“We’re so lucky to have safe, running water and a secure grid. I didn’t realize how much we take that for granted until I lived without it.”That’s exactly what Michelle Nicholson is working to prevent, bringing the lessons she learned running a military broadcast station in blackout-prone Baghdad to the front lines of America’s energy future.Michelle didn’t just serve overseas. She helped manage comms for visiting generals and world leaders. She saw what a failed grid looks like up close.And she

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40:41

From Saw Gunner to Data Centers with Brian Chen

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/05/14

Some guys leave the military and struggle to find their next chapter. Brian Chen found about five.He started out as a behavioral health specialist. Then deployed to Afghanistan as a saw gunner with an airborne infantry unit. Later, he tried to break into oil and gas sales during a downturn. That didn’t work, so he moved into recruitment. Then renewables. Then data centers.It wasn’t linear. It wasn’t easy. But it was very American: keep moving, adapt fast, earn your place.Today, Brian works at the

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44:51

The Next Tour of Duty Begins with DJ Husted

Project Vanguard Podcast ·

2025/05/07

“We didn’t have a backup plan. We just made it work.” That’s how DJ Husted describes his transition from the military to the energy world. And if you've ever worked a job where the margin for error was razor-thin, you’ll get it.DJ served in the Marine Corps, but it was in the chaos of post-service life where things got real. He entered the oil and gas sector during the downturn, bouncing between projects that seemed to vanish overnight.No stability. No safety net. Just hard-earned field knowledge

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