by Michael McNamara | Feb 16, 2021 | A2, A4, Current Events, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Winning
Luke Wikle is “Post-Traumatic Winner #1” — the first person that taught me the power of the 3 Goals & 10 Commandments of Post-Traumatic Winning — he and his wife Emma (herself a rape victim) joined the program to discuss life and their work...
by Michael McNamara | Sep 10, 2020 | A3, A4, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Suicide
On the 10th World Suicide Prevention Day — you will hear a guy who personifies the phrase “Trauma to Joy” — his name is Matt Kiker. I met Matt at Camp Lejeune NC in January of 2019 as he was leaving the Post-Traumatic Winning presentation he...
by Michael McNamara | Oct 7, 2019 | A4, Leadership, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Substance Abuse, Suicide
In the four plus years I have interviewed Marines about the traumatic events of their lives, this interview with Cpl Matt Kiker is one of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard. Matt has lived through incredible trauma on multiple occasions in his life, we...
by Michael McNamara | Oct 10, 2018 | A1, A4, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health
Luke Wikle enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves as part of the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program when he was 17 years old in Huntsville Alabama. In 2006 he informed his parents that his unit would be deploying to Fallujah Iraq for seven months. Luke’s Mom,...
by Michael McNamara | Aug 15, 2018 | A4, Combat, Iraq, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, Substance Abuse
LCpl Luke emailed ALL MARINE RADIO six months ago. From his initial email asking for advice about teaching his girlfriend how to shoot grew a friendship that recently led to the Gunner & Mac visiting he & his fiance in Huntsville, Alabama during ALL MARINE...
