About this podcast
A podcast about leadership, energy, and service — told by the veterans shaping America’s Energy Dominance. Project Vanguard brings raw, mission-first conversations with those who’ve led in the military and continue to serve their country, building our energy future. Real stories. Clear insight. Focused on an All of the Above energy strategy where Energy Security is National Security.
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Episodes
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- What a Marine Brings to Project Development · 46 minI met Josh Hotvet at a veterans happy hour at an ACP conference that maybe six of us showed up to. His parents wouldn’t sign his enlistment papers at 17, so he finished his…
- Power Is the New Supply Line · 36 minI sat down with Ryan Lamke, who runs the Atlantic Council’s Veterans Advanced Energy Fellowship, a program that helps mid-career veterans in energy navigate federal policy. Ryan…
- From Artillery Officer to Business Owner · 39 minI sat down with Dan Maxwell, one of four Army veterans who own Summit Point Leadership. Most of their work is training frontline leaders at rural electric co-ops, and Dan says…
- Where Veteran Policy Gets Written · 44 minI sat down with Zach Federico, who runs the veterans task force at ALEC. He got there sideways. A commander walked into his rehearsal at Liberty University and offered to pay him…
- How veterans in energy get in front of elected officials · 31 minI sat down with Joe Jones, who joined the Coast Guard because of a TV commercial. He was a junior in a farming town in north central Kansas, saw Lou Gossett Jr. tell him to be…
- Why Vets Undersell Their Service · 36 minI sat down with Megan Glancey. She spent about ten years in the Navy, most of it flying in Growlers, which are the electronic attack jets, and she develops utility-scale wind…
- Landowners have more power than they use · 44 minI sat down with Jeff Risley, who grew up on a wheat farm in western Kansas and spent his career in public affairs with energy developers as clients. One of them asked him why…
- The Sitreps Guys on Hiring Done Right · 46 minI sat down with Max Cormier and Wyatt Frasier, the guys behind Sitreps. If you’re a veteran in business you already know the meme page. What you might not know is that they…
- More projects than people to build them · 48 minI sat down with Jim Sardonia, who just won the first PowerVets Veterans Leadership Award from ACP, a program they run with us. When I asked him about it he barely talked about…
- From Geopolitics to the Kitchen Table with Andy Davis · 38 minWhen Andy Davis first heard “energy security,” he thought what most people think. Oil. Nuclear. Geopolitics. A problem that lived somewhere far away, between governments. He had…
- How a Marine Lands in Energy Policy · 41 minMost service members start thinking seriously about life after the uniform six months out. Jim Purekal started two years out. He networked, he sat down with people who had…
- Don't Play Small with Marcus Barnes · 37 minAbout seven percent of Americans have served in the military. The number who actually make it from a uniform into a career that fits is smaller than it should be, and the people…
- Take a Risk on Yourself with Laura Gardner · 41 minLaura Gardner enlisted in the Army Reserves at 17. She was one of 11 kids, seven of whom served. She didn’t have a grand plan. She needed one. Her parents kept sending recruiters…
- Power Is Not Political with Frank Macchiarola · 44 minEnergy has a messenger problem. Not a technology problem, not a cost problem, not even a policy problem at its core. The people doing the work and building the projects are…
- From Sea Daddy to Mrs. Virginia with Lourdes Spurlock · 36 minLourdes Spurlock spent six years in the Navy running nuclear reactors. She was one of a handful of women on board, trained by male mentors who held her to the same standard as…
- Training the Energy Workforce with Nick Martocci · 38 minA lot of talk about energy stays stuck in the clouds. This conversation stays closer to the ground. I sit down with Nick Martocci, a Marine turned Army National Guard pilot…
- The Cost of Energy Chaos with Joshua Bice · 38 minThe problem is not that America lacks energy resources. The problem is that we keep treating a long-horizon infrastructure challenge like a short-term political argument. In this…
- The Network After Service with Ken Webre · 37 minA lot of veterans do not struggle because they lack discipline, grit, or work ethic. They struggle because the structure disappears, the signal gets noisy, and nobody gives them…
- Building Energy From Experience with Jon Powers · 33 minA lot of veterans leave the military knowing they can lead, solve problems, and operate under pressure, but not always knowing where those skills fit next. That is the center of…
- Landmen, Data Centers, and Hard Truths with Rickey Stuchell · 30 minMost people argue energy like it’s a scoreboard. But the work lives somewhere else, out in the counties, across kitchen tables, inside contracts that feel longer than a…
