Our Mission

We started Tracer Burnout with a simple idea: a platform for military veterans to share their stories of service. By inviting veterans to speak about their experiences, we hope to help them feel heard, to know their service matters, to preserve their memories for future generations, and to provide civilians with a better understanding of life in the service.

We need your help!

Your financial support helps us bring the stories of veterans to everyone and preserve the memories of their service for future generations. Consider a monthly contribution.

Two Latest TB Episodes

Episode 0028 - Michael Parker

“You can lie to me, you even can lie to yourself, but you can’t lie to the horses.”

In this episode, we speak with Marine Corps veteran Mr. Michael Parker. We discuss the ludicrous amount of labor required to keep an Osprey flying, red flags and the poor choices that got him tossed in the brig, homelessness and mentorship in Hawaii, using horses to help veterans heal, and transforming unruly pups into Devil Dogs!

In the Free Fire Area, we bring it all the way back to our first topic: what we are currently reading.

Episode 0027 - Mike Klemmer

“This is it? Okay then, now what?”

It’s the final episode from our road trip and we’re in Charlottesville at the Aerial Resupply Coffee roastery. We speak with Army veteran and ARC owner, Mr. Mike Klemmer. We discuss being a broken-hearted college dropout, having a military specialty that gets phased out, driving through mine fields, building a Foward Operating Base from the ground up, and how to go from hating coffee to starting a coffee company.

In the Free Fire Area, we discuss which historic sports teams we wanted to be on - despite having minimal athletic abilities ourselves.

Two latest Quick hit episodes

Quick Hit 0004 - Striking Gold w/ Josh Martin

In this Tracer Burnout Quick Hit, we welcome back fan favorite, Josh Martin. Fresh off of his victories at the 2025 Invictus Games, Josh tells us about his start in adaptive sports, the Invictus Games experience, and where he's taking his talent next.

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Quick Hit 0003 - Fighting Monsters w/ Ben Owen

In this episode, we have the one and only Ben Owen in our virtual studio. We discuss how he’s “buying back the block“ in some of the worst areas of Memphis, how he’s combatting human trafficking, and much more. If you want to support his latest effort, please click the Kickstarter link below and make a pledge/donation. Please hurry, it expires soon!

Kickstarter: http://kck.st/4ikvgFC

https://wefightmonsters.org/

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