Scott DeLuzio: [00:00:00] Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast, where we are focused on giving hope and strength to the entire military community. Whether you’re a veteran, active duty guard, reserve, or a family member, this podcast will share inspirational stories and resources that are useful to you. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio, and now let’s get on with the show.
Hey everybody. Welcome back to Drive On. I’m your host Scott DeLuzio, and today my guest is Jenna Carlton. Uh, you might recognize Jenna. She was a guest on the show last year, uh, around this time. Uh, we were just talking before we started recording. We forget exactly when it was, but it was around this time, uh, last year.
She runs the millennial veterans Facebook group and she’s the host of Vet Chats on Instagram, and today she’s here to talk about her new book called The Veteran Workbook and how it can help other Veterans. So welcome back to the show, Jenna. I’m glad to have you.
Jenna Carlton: Thank you, sky. It’s a pleasure for being back on.[00:01:00]
Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, absolutely. Um, last time you were on, I, I really enjoyed our conversation. We’ve, we’ve chatted, uh, you know, other times we’re in a, uh, uh, group on Instagram of other fellow, uh, veteran podcasters and content creators. And, uh, so, so we’ve gotten to know a little bit about what each other does and everything.
But for the listeners who maybe didn’t catch the episode last year, uh, we have. We have a bunch of new listeners, uh, through the television, uh, station, the WTS that, uh, we’re on now. Um, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?
Jenna Carlton: Yes, absolutely. And congrats on being on tv. I think that’s so awesome.
Um, thank you. So, a little, a little background on me. So I was in the Navy from 2013 to 2017 and I did weather, which is pretty rare in the Navy and that allowed me to go on a few different ships. But I ended up deploying on an aircraft carrier. And then I got out. Um, I wanted to go to school and when I got out, it was a [00:02:00] really isolating time for me, a really hard time.
Um, as most people when they get out, it’s a transition. It is rough. So I ended up going to school and then, um, that’s when I got into kind of like the politics of veterans and I did an internship at the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. And that’s where I realized like the political side, like policy is so important for veterans, but it’s just not my.
Avenue. Um, so I, I started searching for a different way that I could be helpful to the community, and that was through online spaces. So I created a group for younger veterans and then I started just having daily conversations with them and then doing, um, my live chats on Instagram and really getting to understand and know the community.
And that’s still what I’m up to now. Um, yeah.
Scott DeLuzio: And I, your. Your book that you, you came out with in a minute here, but I think the work that you’ve done since getting out of the Navy, um, [00:03:00] going into, uh, kind of dipping your toe in the, the political waters and kind of seeing what goes on there, but also through all the conversations that you’ve had with other veterans through your show and, and everything that you do, uh, had to have opened your eyes a bit to some of the issues that are, or maybe recurring themes that you might have found with.
