Veteran-Owned Small Business
Veteran-Owned Small Business
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.

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Just a few months into her retirement, Navy veteran Candace Esquivel joins us to battle her allergies and tell us about her career as a Navy cryptologist (not cryptozoologist). Leaving the "freakshow" of Twinsburg, Ohio, to follow her interest in military intelligence, the Navy took Candace across the world to gather intelligence on America's adversaries.
She chased new challenges everywhere she went; from the fleet to Special Operations (DEVGRU), from Capitol Hill to Cyber Command, until the only challenge remaining was life after service. Rock climbing in Oman, the Captain's Mast, shaping policy, confirming Navy stereotypes, and so much more!
In the Free Fire Area, we discuss best and worst-case survival scenarios. Anyone up for tropical diseases and gulags?
"That was the first time I saw anti-aircraft artillery getting shot up at us."
With a legendary military family history going back to the Revolution, it's almost as if Air Force veteran, nurse, and writer, Ms. Mary Howe, was genetically predisposed to service.
She tells us about choosing enlistment over college, the extensive training pipeline to become an AC-130 gunner, her multiple deployments, and the one mission that convinced her to leave the Air Force.
We also discuss some of the difficulties she faced once back in the civilian sector, finding her nursing niche, reconnecting with her faith, and why her writing is an important outlet for her in moving forward.
Plus, getting dropped in the Gulf of America from 500 feet, staring out of a window for 12 hours straight, the invincibility of youth, and more! An episode so fun we had to record it twice!
In the Free Fire Area, we discuss how our senses can be so powerful in triggering past experiences.

Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Joe "Bulldog" Adcox had a lot going on when he came to the studio for a quick chat! He just attended the annual gathering of Leathernecks Motorcycle Club, got married, and is in the middle of a road trip to get together with several Bulldog Essential Fitness (BEF) clients.
Our second returning guest, Joe tells us about his history with the Leathernecks, the charitable work they do for their communities, and how important they were in helping him transition from the Corps and into "The Wild". He also brings us up to date on the progress of BEF over the last year and his thoughts on mental health.
Special Forces veteran, Mr. Kevin "Edge" Edgerton, joins us in the virtual studio to tell us a bit about his own personal fitness journey, how his Special Forces experience helped him find his niche, and why 18A Fitness is the place to go if you want to be physically prepared for Army or Air Force Special Operations selection.
Whether you want to be an operator or you're just getting off the couch, Kevin has a program for you. Bonus: he has "yoga on crack", too!
