Veteran Empire with Timothy Lawson, USMC

We have a published author on today's show.  Lawdawg interviews Marine veteran, Rick Williams, about his military career and the inspiration behind his book "Michael: And the Manacle of the gods."  Check out his article on veteranempire.com and follow us on Twitter @VeteranEmpire.

This week on our show we have Maxim model, Shannon Ihrke.  Shannon is a Marine veteran who currently models professionally.  Take a moment and listen to Lawdawg and Shannon talk about modeling, military values, Veteran Empire and life in general.  Check out her article on VE's website and stay tuned for the launch of her personal site:  www.veteranempire.com www.shannonihrke.com.  Featured song is "Brojo" by DJ J-House.

Today's guest is hitting the charts in Texas!  Aubrey Lynn is a Marine veteran who writes country music and performs in her home state of Texas.  It is our longest episode yet but well worth the listen as Aubrey gives us a LIVE performance at the end before we go into her featured song, "Handle on my Handle."  Enjoy and make sure you check out her article on our page: www.veteranempire.com

The Marine Corps is well represented on the VE Podcast.  Another Marine veteran joined me for this show.  Melissa was in the Corps for 9 years and is now a tattoo model out of Sacramento, California.  She is with Diamond Dolls Ink and is currently getting an education in the culinary field.  The featured song is "Dreamatized" by DJ J-House.  We introduced it as "Flashdown" but had a mix up in the track exchange.  Check out Melissa's page:  https://www.facebook.com/MelissaLaroue www.veteranempire.com is where you can find all of our articles and our online shop. SALUTE!

I was lucky enough to get one of my best friends on today's show.  Derek is a Marine veteran who now lives in Las Vegas to play poker and study electrical engineering at UNLV.  Check out some of his pictures at veteranempire.com

I had the great opportunity to chat with upcoming rap artist, Chadd Downing.  Chadd and I served together in the Marine Corps so I was excited to get him on the show.  Unfortunately, technology worked against us.  I apologize for the crackling in Chadd's audio and the empty echo from my side (I was in the process of moving and did not have my microphone.)  Regardless, you definitely need to check this audio and you MUST hear Hometown Heroes at the end.

Today's show features Marine GySgt Nate Tiuseco, aka Nate the Great.  Lawdawg and NTG go over his military career, his racing hobbies and how he has been involved in his community.  There is a slight interruption when the sound of freedom looks to get onto our podcast :)  Intro by b of VE from "Put Your V's Up" video.  Our featured track is "Uniquity" by Christina Sofina (www.christinasofina.com). www.veteranempire.com

Today we have one of the co-founders of Veteran Empire, lower case q himself.  I was very excited to do this interview.  Q and I go over VE gear, Project Everywhere, Project Do Something, the beginning of VE and how they came up with that awesome logo.  Our featured track this week is a remix done by our own DJ J House of Mario C's "Contagious."  You can check him at facebook.com/LuckyJHouse If you have interest in being on the show or having a song featured, email me at lawdawg@veteranempire.com Q can be reached at q@veteranempire.com or messaged at facebook.com/veteranempire

Lawdawg interviews a good friend and loyal supporter of Veteran Empire, Moscow Kitty.  She is living in Moscow, Russia doing competitive dancing and enjoy life abroad.  We discuss her time in Moscow, how she stays fit, the VE gear she rocks and her dancing accomplishments.  Please forgive the break ups the occur in the audio, the connection from Sacramento to Moscow was not the greatest.  Her media suggestion is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.  You can find Moscow Kitty at http://moscowkitty.wordpress.com/ Any feedback should be sent to:  lawdawg@veteranempire.com

Lawdawg brings us in with our first official podcast.  Give it a listen and give us some feedback!  Email me if you're interested in being on the show: lawdawg@veteranempire.com