Episode
May 17, 2026: Double Middle Fingers and a Homecoming
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- Veterans Radio
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- May 18, 2026
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- 3410
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Summary
Join host Shelly Rood and her guest Adam Castillo. You gave everything to a country that claimed to want you back. Corporate America hung the banners. Then wouldn’t hire you. So Adam Castillo gave it double middle fingers, moved to Myanmar, and built a security company that employed thousands. Twelve years later, he’s coming home with gifts for his people—and a book about what leadership looks like in a war zone. In This Episode You’ll Discover: ✓ Why rejection can become either your exit or your engine ✓ How to lead a business community through a military takeover with no playbook ✓ What changed when a fellow veteran told him “it’s time to let go” ✓ What he’s carrying back to Riverside, California—and why it fits this time Featured Guest: Adam Castillo — U.S. Marine, combat veteran, founder of AGS Myanmar security firm and former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar. Author of Finding Our Voice . Connect: Finding Our Voice: A Story of Leadership in Crisis and the American Spirit Abroad