Your Next Mission® Season #6 EP 11 | U.S. Army G-1 | LTG Brian S. Eifler and SGM Christopher P. “Smoke” Stevens

Transformation Journey. In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes LTC(R) JC Glick, Author, Speaker and Chief Executive Officer of the COMMIT Foundation. In this candid and revealing conversation, they share LTC Glick’s journey through transition that led to four suicide attempts and how he found identiy, purpose and community that gave him strength moving forward.

Break The Silence. In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with Babs Chase, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation & Executive Director of Face the Fight™. Together, they have a candid conversation uniting diverse voices to break the stigma around the national tragedy of suicide in the Military and Veteran community.

In this special episode of the Your Next Mission® videopodcast, SMA Tilley goes it alone with thoughts about his life from humble beginnings, journey through military service, and the challenges he faced transitioning to civilian life. Along the way, he shares how faith and family arethe two pillars that have guided him throughout his life. 

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes LTG Brian S. Eifler, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army G-1, and SGM Christopher P. “Smoke” Stevens, U.S. Army G-1 Senior Enlisted Leader. They discuss their primary focus on Army personnel and outline the development of effective policies designed to sustain personnel readiness—recognizing that people are the Army’s greatest mission.

In this episode of Your Next Mission® videopodcast, SMA Tilley sits down with Jerome Tennille, U.S. Navy Veteran and Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Community Impact at Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU). Together, they explore how NFCU goes beyondbanking—serving their members, Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families with long-term support, strategic partnerships, and a deep commitment to community impact.

In this episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley interviews Chris Hale, CEO of VIQTORY and the Vetrepreneur Academy, as well as a U.S. Navy Veteran.Their discussion focuses on the ways military experience prepares Veterans for entrepreneurial success and examines how the Vetrepreneur Academy facilitatestheir transition into business ownership.

In this special episode of Your Next Mission® video podcast celebrating the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps 250th birthday, SMA Tilley is joined by the leaders of the Corps; command team, Chaplain (MG) William Green, Jr. and RSGM Meaghan B. Simmons. Together, they honor the Army Chaplain Corps’ legacy of guiding Servicemembers and Families through life’s battles with care, compassion, love and respect setting the conditions for them to help us as a nation towin!

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley is joined by two distinguished guests: Leslie Santiago-Rodriguez, Manager of Uniformed Services Community Relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association(BCBSA) and U.S. Army Veteran and Jason David,Executive Director of Ibis Public Sector, Board Advisor for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. Together, they explore how Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program goesabove and beyond to ensure that Active-duty Servicemembers, Retired Veterans, and their Families fully understand their vision and dental benefits—and how tomake the most of them. 

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley sits down with SGM (R) Mark Reilly, CEO & President of The Washington Tattoo. Together, they dive into the healing power of music and its ability to empower Veterans and Transitioning Servicemembers byrestoring identity, offering purpose, and creating a sense of belonging in the face of mental health challenges.

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® video podcast, SMA Tilley welcomes Amy More, Clinical Director, The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Red Rock in Colorado Springs and Ashley Jensen, Senior Manager, Clinical Practice, Cohen Veterans Network. Together, they explore how military children often face many of the samemental health challenges as their parents who serve and how Cohen Veterans Network is working to address these unique needs through compassionate,evidence-based care.