Marann Fengler: Figure Skating to a Battleship…?

by admin | June 28, 2022 | Uncategorized

Executive assistant and podcast producer Marann Fengler has had a unique journey. First figure skating, then sailing square riggers, and now she’s found a home working on Battleship IOWA. What was that progression like? She tells us in this week’s...

Bruce DD MacRae: UPS Vice President of Government Affairs

by admin | June 21, 2022 | Uncategorized

There is no shortage of stand-out characters around Battleship IOWA, and for this episode we rounded up one of the most larger-than-life: Vice President of Government Affairs for UPS and Battleship IOWA board member Bruce D.D. MacRae. We talked to Bruce about how he...

Kristen Burns-Agria: SkillBridge Intern on Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life

by admin | June 14, 2022 | Uncategorized

Since early January we’ve been fortunate to have Kristen Burns-Agria with us. She’s active Navy and a participant in SkillBridge – an internship program from the Department of Defense, designed to help service members transition from the military to...

Captain Tyler O’Connor: US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Pilot

by admin | June 7, 2022 | Uncategorized

We managed to sneak two podcast recording sessions in during #LAFleetWeek. Here’s the second.Meet US Marine Corps captain Tyler O’Connor. Tyler and his crew brought in the star of our mini-airshow: the mighty MV-22 Osprey.Quite the spectacle to watch an...

Brian O’Rourke: Navy Region Southwest Media Relations Officer

by admin | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized

This episode finds our team sleep-deprived, sun-burned, and hours away from the finish of LA Fleet Week 2022. Despite the lack of coherence, they managed to coordinate a visit with Brian O’Rourke. Since 2017, as media relations officer for Navy Region Southwest,...