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For the Zoomies

For the Zoomies

By Andrew Cormier

The For the Zoomies podcast is hosted by Air Force Academy cadet Andrew Cormier, with the intention of helping anyone who is thinking about commissioning into the United States Air Force by providing insight into what jobs in this branch are like. Every episode is an interview with an Air Force officer asking questions to get a first-hand, in-depth perspective on what different mission sets are like. Tune in for some insight and a war story or two!

The views presented are those of the speaker or author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its components
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AFSC Series Ep 15 - Maj Kristen Heiserman U-28 Pilot/Speechwriter

For the ZoomiesDec 12, 2022

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Maj Austin McKinney '10 - USAFA Grads Can Wield More Than Military Power! Becoming a Diplomat in the U.S. State Department | DFM Series Ep 10
Mar 18, 202401:13:28
David Harris '17 - It's Like Buying Real Estate, but for Businesses, USAFA to Private Equity | DFM Series Ep 9
Mar 04, 202401:05:25
Maj Ian MacDonald - Force Support is Way More than just Feeding Airmen! | AFSC Ep 36
Feb 19, 202449:20
Brandon Mueller '13 - Wait, Wrestling is your Job? Training for the Olympics in the World Class Athlete Program | AFSC Ep 35
Feb 12, 202448:36
Forrest Underwood '09 - Solutions to DoD Problems, AFSOC Pilot in Defense Tech Start-Ups | Perspective Ep 20
Feb 05, 202459:10
Maj Brittany Hannah & Capt Jonathan McClurg - Legal Heroes in Uniform: How JAGs Keep Bases Running and Commanders Out of Trouble | AFSC Ep 34
Jan 29, 202401:07:49
Jack FitzGerald '10 - The Inventor, Gamma Ray Detection Systems to AI Language Models | Perspective Ep 19
Jan 23, 202401:02:10
Capt Jonathan Reasoner - Clearing Bomb Ranges, Riding ATVs, and Eating Steaks, Check Out EOD! | AFSC Series Ep 33
Jan 15, 202445:49
Maj Gen (Ret) Heather Pringle - How Can We Empower People to Make Change? Leadership Lessons from Former AFRL Commander | Perspective Ep 18
Jan 08, 202451:25
Vai Schierholtz - The Post-Commission Example of Requisite Variety, Mr. Doitall | DFM Series Ep 8
Jan 01, 202452:34
Erik Baskin - So I Shouldn't Put My Cadet Loan on a 14-Leg Parlay? Avoid Financial Pitfalls as a Cadet and LT | Perspective Ep 17
Dec 18, 202351:58
Maj Jim Behnke - ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE! What does a Combat Systems Officer do? | AFSC Series Ep 32
Dec 11, 202342:15
Maj Bryce Luken - From Acquiring Satellites to Building Businesses, Its All About How You Spend Your Free Time! | DFM Series Ep 7

Maj Bryce Luken - From Acquiring Satellites to Building Businesses, Its All About How You Spend Your Free Time! | DFM Series Ep 7

Dec 07, 202301:19:14
Majs Zed and Sam Davies - It is not Advisable to have Kids During Pilot Training, How to Raise Happy Kids in the Air Force | Perspective Ep 16
Dec 04, 202355:45
ASFC Matching w/OLEA - Figure out how cadets REALLY get matched to their AFSC | AFSC Series Ep 31
Nov 27, 202347:20
MSgt Josh White - How Can Officers Manage the Intangible Factors of Leadership? | Perspective Ep 15
Nov 20, 202301:03:50
Col (Ret) Marc Dippold - You Won't be a Pilot Forever, How Will You Rebrand Yourself? | Perspective Ep 14
Nov 13, 202301:14:10
Lt Gen Rich Clark - Who Said Football Players Don't Deserve to be at the Academy? | Perspective Ep 13
Oct 30, 202301:11:45
Capt Pete Smith - Bringing Corporate Strategy to Cyber Intelligence with Reserve Service! | AFSC Series Ep 30
Oct 23, 202350:52
Sam Eckholm - How Can You Do More for National Defense as a Civilian? | AFSC Series Ep 29
Oct 16, 202354:55
Lt Col Phillip Miller - SOF Pilots Racking up 10X the Combat Flight Hours Compared to Fighters | AFSC Series Ep 28
Oct 09, 202352:49
Col Andrew Hamann - Is Being a FAO Just Sipping French Wine and Discussing Geopolitics? | AFSC Series Ep 27
Oct 02, 202359:03
Capt Allison Trueblood - Building Skills & Relationships in Public Affairs! | AFSC Series Ep 26
Sep 25, 202347:59
Daniel Walker - Solving Problems at 9Gs in the F-22 Raptor | Perspective Ep 12
Sep 18, 202357:08
Maj Jennifer Walters - The Speechwriting, Aerial Refueling, Multilingual Wonder! Big Tasks Become Small with Repetition | Perspective Ep 11
Sep 11, 202301:02:09
Capt Sam Sapita - What Does it Take to Come Back and Teach at the Academy? | DFM Series Ep 6
Sep 04, 202336:01
Eddie Ortiz - Why Does Civilian Contracting Sound so much Better? | AFSC Series Ep 25
Aug 28, 202348:33
Andrew Bustamante - Its a Great Place to be From! Becoming a CIA Operative Without Being an Intelligence Officer | AFSC Series Ep 24
Aug 21, 202353:07
Andrea Henshall - How Can I Contribute? Continuing Education After Service | Perspective Ep 10
Aug 14, 202301:03:02
Col Beth Makros - More Expensive than an Aircraft Carrier, What Its Like to Fly the B-2 | AFSC Series Ep 23
Jul 31, 202344:22
Maj Nathan Dial - Welcome to the Board! Put Your All Into What You Do and Give Back When You Can | Perspective Ep 9
Jun 12, 202354:18
Maj Gen (Ret) Allan Day - Climbing the Ladder of Alignment, Tips on Being a Great Leader Throughout your Career | Perspective Ep 8

Maj Gen (Ret) Allan Day - Climbing the Ladder of Alignment, Tips on Being a Great Leader Throughout your Career | Perspective Ep 8

Jun 05, 202301:08:26
Col Derek Salmi - Behind the Light Switch, Why is Airlift and Mobility so Important? | AFSC Series Ep 22
May 29, 202351:36
Lt Gen (Ret) Joe Guastella - Airpower Anytime Anywhere! The Importance of Airpower in the Future Fight | Perspective Ep 7
May 22, 202352:11
Capt (Ret) John Doolittle - Keep the wind in your sails! Empower yourself by doing things for others | Perspective Ep 6
May 15, 202348:09
Brig Gen Paul Moga - M5 but better! How we are preparing for the future fight | Perspective Ep 5
May 08, 202353:27
Col (Ret) Kim Campbell - Straight from the Contrails! She flew in the face of fear and inspires others to do the same | Perspective Ep 4
Apr 26, 202344:11
Maj Julian Gluck - What is your tiramisu? Old stories from the Zoo and ways to contribute to your community | Perspective Ep 3
Apr 14, 202301:00:14
DFM Series Ep 5 - Paul & Alison Yang Spencer Stuart Consulting
Apr 11, 202345:34
DFM Series Ep 4 - Maj Gen Alice Trevino Contracting Senior Leader
Mar 24, 202347:28
Perspective Ep 2 Part 2 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI
Mar 22, 202339:57
Perspective Ep 2 Part 1 - MSgt Michael Walsh AGE/MTI
Mar 22, 202346:25
AFSC Series Ep 21 - Lt Col John Miller Operations Research
Mar 16, 202330:44
AFSC Series Ep 20 - Lt Col Nicholas Conover Missileer

AFSC Series Ep 20 - Lt Col Nicholas Conover Missileer

Host of FTZ Andrew Cormier sits down with Missileer Nicholas Conover to dispel some misconceptions about the Missileer career field. 


The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cormier-21841020b 

Mar 16, 202301:11:47
Perspective Ep 1 Part 2 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

Perspective Ep 1 Part 2 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

Your host Andrew Cormier welcomes Col (ret) Darrel Whitcomb to FTZ. Col Whitcomb is a 1969 grad who flew in Southeast Asia as a forward air controller in the OV-10 aircraft. We touch on topics including what it was like to be in the first war USAFA cadets were a part of, strong and weak operational examples of leadership, and he even lets a few war stories loose.


The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cormier-21841020b

Mar 10, 202358:42
Perspective Ep 1 Part 1 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

Perspective Ep 1 Part 1 - Col (Ret) Darrel Whitcomb Vietnam OV-10 Pilot

Your host Andrew Cormier welcomes Col (ret) Darrel Whitcomb to FTZ. Col Whitcomb is a a 1969 grad who flew in Southeast Asia as forward air controller in the OV-10 aircraft. We touch on topics including what it was like to be in the first war USAFA cadets were apart of, strong and weak operational examples of leadership, and lets a few war stories loose. 


The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cormier-21841020b

Mar 10, 202358:51
DFM Series Ep 3 - Chase Lane Management Consulting
Mar 01, 202343:58
AFSC Series Ep 19 - Lt Col Ryan Rutter Military Financial Literacy

AFSC Series Ep 19 - Lt Col Ryan Rutter Military Financial Literacy

Zoomies get ready for another installment of the show, today we welcome back the newly promoted Lt Col Ryan Rutter. Today, however, we aren’t talking about flying or the A-10, rather we will be discussing different financial tools and strategies available to military members. Please note that neither Lt Col Rutter nor I am formally educated on this topic and are not legally certified to give financial advice, so please consider the content of the episode our opinions. In this episode, we discuss all the different types of pay and pay bonuses you could receive, deductions and other taxes to be aware of, military retirement vehicles and benefits, and lots more. Tune in for all the details, thanks for listening!

The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.


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Books

- Simple Path to Wealth: https://a.co/d/4ia8kPA

- Psychology of Money: https://a.co/d/e4DN1hh

- Choose Fi: https://a.co/d/05KeXB0

- Your Money or Your Life: https://a.co/d/eKuXWGN

Websites

- MyPay: https://mypay.dfas.mil/#/

- TSP: https://www.tsp.gov

- Personal Capital: https://www.empower.com/empower-personal-wealth-transition?utm_source=pcap&utm_medium=referral

- Every Dollar: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/ramseyplus/everydollar?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3eGfBhCeARIsACpJNU_7l4bI36seqS-eDRPbfPpkBAwlrKxWbXeH5cjcORmVNJ9ygBe49ocaAlF4EALw_wcB

- Choose FI: https://www.choosefi.com

Podcasts 

- Choose FI: https://open.spotify.com/show/2NIvOEIbBObyodPmW1EVD1?si=583612eaf69140f4

- Military Money Manual: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oKemlYqP1XjVBlwfeegdW?si=b3560020cd0949b5



Feb 25, 202301:04:40
DFM Series Ep 2 - Russ Long Contracting Entrepreneur

DFM Series Ep 2 - Russ Long Contracting Entrepreneur

Zoomies! Welcome back to the second episode of the DFM series where we welcome Mr. Russ Long of Long Capture to the show. He is a 2012 grad who spent 5 years as a contracting officer and went on to separate and become the CEO of a multimillion-dollar company. Tune in for all the details, thanks for listening!


The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.


Link to other podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jPjWzVEI7dPoIxrHnugcM?si=TQ9V4gA5Rb-hsThpEzOBxg

Feb 15, 202327:55
AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 2 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot

AFSC Series Ep 18 Part 2 - Maj Drew Whitmey CV-22 Pilot

Zoomies! Welcome to part two of the recording with Maj Drew Whitmey. Make sure to listen through the first episode to bring context to the ideas discussed in this episode. In this episode, we discuss the rewarding and challenging parts of the job, as well as the decision calculus that goes into separating. Tune in for all the details, thanks for listening!


The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.

Feb 15, 202301:04:58