Home Town Hero
b"About this Episode\\nIn this special series released on Wednesdays, we are honored to have Brigadier General Tom Draude. Callsign Sage, Tom commissioned in June 1962 after graduation from the Naval Academy and served in the Marine Corps for 30 1/2 years. He served three combat tours in Vietnam as an infantry officer and was the Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Marine Division during operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.\\xa0 Sage is the recipient of two Silver Stars, the Purple Heart Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Medal with Palm.\\n\\nKey Points of Discussion\\n\\n \\tTom\\u2019s growing up\\n \\tGoing back to Kankakee to give a talk\\n \\tThe three major failures in Tom\\u2019s life\\n \\tLearning from failure\\n\\nKey Milestones of this Episode\\n[01:00] Tom\\u2019s childhood\\n\\n[01:59] Talking in Kankakee\\xa0\\n\\n[03:38] Facts about failure\\n\\n[04:11] Tom\\u2019s first failure\\n\\n[07:14] Tom\\u2019s second failure\\n\\n[19:45] Tom\\u2019s third failure\\n\\n[21:59] Wrapping up\\nKey Quotes by Tom Draude\\n\\n \\t\\u201cFor a relationship to work, it helps to have one individual who is mission oriented and the other individual who is troop oriented.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cThere's a culture that exists and the culture is not written down anywhere.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cYou know you have those moments in life where you've got to make a decision that you're going to live with for the rest of your life.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cFailure is just a part of life, but only if you continue to try.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cSuccess is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.\\u201d\\n\\nAbout Our Sponsor:\\xa0 American Forces Travel\\nAmericanForcesTravel.com is a new website for your toolkit that can save you money on travel plus support your military community at the same time.\\n\\nAmericanForcesTravel.com is a DOD partnership with Priceline. Active-Duty, Reserve, Veterans and more can use this restricted website. You\\u2019ll save money on flights, cars and hotels.\\xa0 Additionally, travel company commissions go to your service branch to be reinvested into your military community. Check out AmericanForcesTravel.com and see for yourself.\\nAbout Our Guest Tom Draude\\nBrigadier General Thomas V. Draude is a retired Marine Corps officer. Since retirement, Draude served with USAA and the Marine Corps University Foundation. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of St. Leo University in Florida, teaching on The Vietnam War, The Middle East and Modern Wars, and The Gulf Wars. He is also an adjunct faculty member at University of South Florida, teaching Why We Fight and How We Fight U.S. Wars.\\n\\nTo hear more about Tom\\u2019s journey, download this episode now.\\nDon\\u2019t forget to leave us a 5-star rating and review if you enjoyed the show. We would love to hear from you!\\nDownload Joe Crane\\u2019s Top 7 Paths to Freedom or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470.\\xa0\\nJoin the Veteran on the Move on Facebook!\\nCheck out Veteran on the Move on Facebook to connect with our guests! It\\u2019s a great place where you can stay in touch with other veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 Get updates and free gouge on the people, programs and resources to help you in your transition to entrepreneurship.\\n\\nVeteran On the Move podcast has published over 250 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane . The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, iTunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today."