The Army Today - Jan. 2nd
This edition features a story on Sapper Soldiers receiving purple hearts on Christmas Day at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross.
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Explore " sapper" with insightful episodes like "The Army Today - Jan. 2nd", "MO Guard TV - Episode 16", "Training Ukrainian Sappers (S4 E8)", "Combat Engineers (S4 E7)" and "S02EP07 - 'The Sapper' with Emma Jolly" from podcasts like ""Army Today", "MO Guard TV", "Canadian Army Podcast", "Canadian Army Podcast" and "The Family Histories Podcast"" and more!
Episodes (7)
MO Guard TV - Episode 16
The Missouri National Guard has released its sixteenth episode of "MO Guard TV," a half-hour television program showcasing the efforts of citizen-soldiers, airmen and family members throughout the Show-Me State. The program, which has a news magazine flair, was developed by Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, the Missouri National Guard adjutant general. His goal for the program is to give the public deeper insight into the National Guard's role at home and abroad.
This episode features the role of combat engineers in the Guard, a leadership and team building program run by the Missouri National Guard, a look at the "Salute to the Troops" ceremony at the 2015 Fair Saint Louis, and a story where the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to a WWI veteran.
Training Ukrainian Sappers (S4 E8)
As Russia’s war rages on, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are facing an explosive threat on the battlefield. A troop of Canadian Combat Engineers have been helping Ukraine mitigate this threat as part of Operation UNIFIER. Lieutenant Jacques Pecora is in Poland and talks about how his team of sappers are teaching Ukrainian soldiers many of the skills they need to survive and thrive.
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Combat Engineers (S4 E7)
From breaches to bridges and demolitions to detecting, a Combat Engineer has a wide range of responsibilities to ensure that troops can live, move and fight on the battlefield. Corporal Alana Zanchetta from 5 Combat Engineer Regiment goes into detail about her trade and everything sappers do to help win the fight.
Feel free to contact Captain Adam Orton with any comments or questions:
armyconnect-connectionarmee@forces.gc.ca
Meet our host Captain Adam Orton: Bio | Video
Connect with the Canadian Army on social media:
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Visit Forces.ca if you are considering a career in the Army.
© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence, 2023
S02EP07 - 'The Sapper' with Emma Jolly
In this seventh and final episode of Series Two (sorry folks!), host Andrew meets professional genealogist and author, Emma Jolly. He'll be finding out how she got into family history, what it was like to work on TV shows Who Do You Think You Are? and Mancs In Mumbai, and ideas on how to encourage children to become interested in family history.
Relatively Speaking - William Jolly
Emma has chosen her paternal Great Great Grandfather, William Jolly born in 1842 in Montrose, Forfarshire (now Angus), Scotland, as the life story to share with us.
It's a story set against British military history, and sees William travelling around the world wherever his work and family took him - including Scotland, Ireland, Malta, Norfolk in England, and a few places in London that have coincidentally been significant in Emma's life too.
The Brick Wall - Elizabeth Holmes
We're off to August 1832 during a cholera epidemic in Sedgeley, West Midlands, England, as Emma is trying to find clues about her maternal 5x Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Holmes.
What's been puzzling Emma for so long, is the identity of Elizabeth's parents. Elizabeth is believed to have married in 1797 and Staffordshire, England, and died in 1827. Her mtDNA results - haplogroup T2b - are not giving any clear leads yet, so Emma is keen to find evidence to confirm Elizabeth's family.
If you think you have any clues that can help Emma with her brick wall, then you can send her a tweet at @EmmaJolly or head over to our Contact form, and we'll pass your message on.
Emma is happy to accept Andrew's offer of help, but little do they realise that they're about to be interrupted by a very unexpected visitor.
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Episode Credits:
Series Two, Episode Seven
- Andrew Martin - Host and Producer
- Emma Jolly - Guest
- John Spike - Sándor Petőfi
- Father Christmas - Himself
- JP Wright - Voice Actor
Show notes and more: familyhistoriespodcast.com
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Best Sapper, What's Wrong with Hollywood, & Brianna's Never Heard of a Taco Pizza
February 06, 2020
Dave Larsen, Charlie Maib, SPC Brianna Doo, 1st Lt. Dominic Larkin, 1st Lt. Spencer Roehr, Blair Dupre, Robo Voice
The greatest military podcast known to man, woman, child, beast, or respective pronoun takes on one of the most pressing issues of our time: what goes good on a pizza. Fort Hood's Rugged Best Sappers call in from their home in Fort Riley, Kansas... what? And a movie review segment with Blair Dupre goes off rails into Hollywood politics, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and if we really even exist. All that plus Charlie lectures the youngins on the importance of physical media over digital media and is called a "boomer".
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The Coronados
Justin Stokes
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