Major Dad's- best day ever!

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I'm Major Dad, and I host Major Dad's — Best Day Ever! — a podcast aboutfatherhood, family, and the warrior ethos of showing up for the people who count onyou.I served 22 years of active duty across two services — first as an Army UH-1 andUH-60 helicopter pilot, then as an Air Force fighter pilot. I flew the A-10 Warthog inOperation Desert Shield and 55 combat hours in the F-16 Block 50 over OperationSouthern Watch. I served as a TACP / Air Liaison Officer embedded with 3rdBattalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and was selected for Peace Vector IV — adiplomatic mission to Egypt with the Egyptian Air Force. I retired from the Air Force on1 February 2002 and was rated 100% disabled for cumulative service injuries.I'm a husband, a father, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, and a hardstyle kettlebell liftercoached by Shaun Cairns — the first person in the world to complete the StrongFirstBeast Tamer Challenge. I plan on training past 80.On the show I talk with parents, physicians,