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MOPs & MOEsThe Financial Foundation of Health and Readiness with Brendan DuebnerThe human performance community often focuses on physical fitness at the expense of other domains. Recent holistic approaches have improved the ways we address other domains, especially nutrition, mental health, and spiritual fitness. A weak area in many of these programs is financial fitness, and Life Skills for Soldiers is working to fix that. Financial fitness is a dedicated domain in the DoD's Total Force Fitness model, but it's often treated as separate from the "performance" focused domains. Our guest on this week's episode is Brendan Duebner, a former...2025-04-061h 13
Warrior MoneyBridging the life skills gapPatrick Murphy and Dan Kunze talk to Brendan Duebner, founder and executive director of the non-profit Life Skills for Soldiers. A Wharton MBA graduate, Duebner launched the organization in 2019 to better prepare service members for life outside the military. Duebner discusses why he founded the organization, the epidemic of financial hardship in military families, and what habits he took from the military to help his transition into civilian life.Murphy and Kunze also discuss the recently announced defense tech partnership between Booz Allen Hamilton and Palantir Technologies, and why it's a "smart play" for both companies and...2025-01-3124 min
NGPF PodcastBrendan Duebner on Empowering Service Members FinanciallyIn this NGPF podcast episode, Tim Ranzetta talks with Brendan Duebner, who has transitioned from military service to pioneering financial education for military personnel through his initiative, Life Skills for Soldiers. Brendan shares insights from his journey and discusses the impact of financial readiness training on service members. This episode delves into the challenges and successes of embedding financial education within the military, highlighting Brendan's innovative approaches and his vision for empowering service members financially.2024-07-0331 min
Mission Oriented184 - Brendan Duebner - Army Veteran, Founder & CEO of Life Skills for SoldiersBrendan Duebner - Army Veteran, Founder & CEO of Life Skills for Soldiers "We know that when service members are more financially secure, there's less issues at home, there's less issues with food insecurity, stress, there's less security clearance revocations, less missed work time. There's more productivity, there's more retention, there's just more readiness." This is the driving force for Life Skills for Soldiers. Brendan Duebner, founder and CEO, served on active duty as an Army Artillery Officer before continuing his service in the Army Reserves. During his active duty time, he realized that the majority of problems were g...2023-08-2528 min
MILMO ShowMaking Informed Car Buying DecisionsBuying a car can be a big undertaking and feel overwhelming because it greatly impacts your finances. If you’re not careful, you can make mistakes or miss opportunities that can cost you. In this episode, Brendan Duebner shares tips and advice to avoid costly car-buying mistakes, the resources you can use, and the best time to buy. Brendan is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, a Captain in the Army's 75th Innovation Command, and a serial founder. He founded Life Skills for Soldiers in 2019 while on Active Duty as a Field Artillery Off...2023-05-1522 min
American Valor PodcastFounder and CEO of Life Skills for Soldiers LT Brendan Duebner, USA (Ret.)“While serving as an Army platoon leader, [the Life Skills for Soldiers] Founder realized there are far too many soldiers who lack basic life skills causing additional stress and burden on themselves and their families. He began teaching a diverse set of everyday life topics including how to make a budget, how to start investing, and how to meal plan in the belief that doing so would help the individual and the unit. As a veteran-founded 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we continue this work by arming military officers with the instructional tools needed to serve their soldiers.The mission of...2021-02-1120 min
The Llama LoungeEp. 72 - Essential Life Skills w/Brendan DuebnerIn this episode, Joe welcomed Brendan Duebner to the lounge. Brendan is a commissioned officer in the US Army and currently is the CEO and Founder of Life Skills for Soldiers, a non-profit organization created to deliver essential life skills to service members. During their discussion, they talked about the gaps our service members have when it comes to life skills such as managing finances, investing, etc. and Brendan talked about how Life Skills for Soldiers plans to resolve some of those gaps.
UPDATE: In this episode Brendan mentions that Life Skills for Soldiers...2020-12-2434 min