[00:00:00] Scott DeLuzio: Thanks for tuning into the Drive On Podcast where we’re focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community. Whether you’re a veteran active duty guard reserve or family member, this podcast will share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio.

[00:00:18] Scott DeLuzio: And now let’s get on with the show.

[00:00:21] Scott DeLuzio: Welcome back to the Drive On Podcast. Today, my guest is Tim Gallaudet. Tim is a retired us Navy rear Admiral, a former assistant secretary of commerce and deputy and acting director of NOAA. He has experienced a lot of ups and downs in both his personal and professional life. And we’ll be discussing a bit more about all of that in just a minute, but.

[00:00:47] Scott DeLuzio: I want to welcome you to the show, Tim. Thanks for being here.

[00:00:51] Tim Gallaudet: Thanks for having me, Scott. It really is great to be here.

[00:00:54] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, absolutely. I’m really glad that you’re on. And I want to first [00:01:00] for the listeners who maybe aren’t familiar with you I want to give you the opportunity to tell us a little bit about yourself and your background.

[00:01:07] Tim Gallaudet: Okay. Sure. Quickly I was a career oceanographer in the U S. Did that for 32 years after graduating from the Naval academy studied oceanography. And I wasn’t really set on the military career. I just wanted to work on the ocean, which is really my first love, but had a great time in the Navy doing.

[00:01:26] Tim Gallaudet: And then after the Navy ended up moving into an agency in the U S federal government called the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or NOAA which manages all of the nations environmental program. So the national weather service Marine fisheries and regulating those commercial or operational weather satellites and weather forecasting and things like that.

[00:01:49] Tim Gallaudet: And it was a real one. For years I had in that agency. And now I’m a consultant for a number of ocean weather and space tech company ponies.

[00:01:58] Scott DeLuzio: Well, that’s great. And I think [00:02:00] first off, I think it’s inspiring to see someone who maybe didn’t necessarily see the military as like the thing that you really wanted to do as far as being involved in the military side of things.

[00:02:12] Scott DeLuzio: But you were able to find a career in the military that matched up pretty well. Your interest in the things that you were interested in and you managed to make a pretty impressive career out of that. So that’s, to me, that’s a pretty inspiring thing to hear about as well. So thank you for sharing that.

[00:02:31] Tim Gallaudet: Well, its sort of so many of us, we were all blessed to have people carry us along the. And the more people that carry me or lifted me up the more, I guess, I’m interested, invested in the service I became. And now, I’m really in a position where I want to give back. And then that’s what I’d love to explore on your show is how to help veterans at a time where veterans really needed that with suicide rates being so high suicide rates being so high.

[00:02:54] Tim Gallaudet: But yeah, thankful, thank you. I am feeling very fortunate for the.

[00:02:58] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, absolutely. And I briefly [00:03:00] mentioned...