Motor Pool Mondays: A Military Podcast

Kris Maxymof joins Jake and Robert today to discuss her experience in the Navy, crypto-messaging and the best pranks.

In this episode our hosts try to grapple with the rigorous ideal of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, finally explain, roughly, what an Article 15 is and drugs!

In this episode our hosts rant about the entitled nature of some veterans after they get out of the military. Robert attempts to read a book and Jake explains about the one time he decided to pick a fight on the internet. 

In this episode our intrepid heroes take on the mighty tyranny of the Central Issuing Facility! Will they survive to tell the tale? Or will they be forced to put their body armor through the washing machine like everyone before them? Tune in to find out!

On this episode our intrepid hero's discuss all things barracks; partying, the early warning network of room inspections, stories from inside the rooms and the not so fun side of getting married too soon and feeling impossibly alone.

This episode Jake and Robert discuss a typical day in the life of a soldier stationed in these great United States. They cover what it's like to wake up in a panic two hours before you even have to wake up. The inherent boredom of the post-lunch blues and finally what Motor pool Monday actually is.

To all the Kyle’s out there, we still love you. 

In this episode our hosts discuss reintegration into a post-deployment world. The do’s and don’t’s of coming back from Afghanistan and what the Army can do better to help reintroduce soldiers back into civil society.

In this episode our interpid hosts discuss almost all things Afghanistan. The feeling you get after being mortared several times a month, the importance of the English language and how to not haggle, keeping your room clean and coming into contact with the face of death, camel spiders. 

COIN, Counter-Insurgency, you want it, we got it....sort of. The intricate nature of the war in Afghanistan. 

In this episode our hosts discuss pre-deployment, how to pronounce Manas and finally kick Mike out of Houston!

In this episode we discuss the National Training Center, a combat readiness training exercise. 

In this episode we cover our experiences in OSUT (One Station Unit Training) and AIT (Advanced Individual Training) which serves as specialized job training for new recruits. 

Unlike a Drill Sergeant, you can eyeball our podcast to your hearts content. We discuss reception, basic training and why the infantry is harder than you. 

In this episode our hosts discuss the do's and don'ts of the recruiting processing and the joys of Military Entrance and Processing Stations affectionately known as MEPS.  

Here in our pilot episode we introduce all your hosts. We also go over our personal history and reasons why we joined the army.