War, Afghanistan, Veterans: Talking with Fmr. Major Nico Marcolongo

Fmr. Major Nico Marcolongo is a veteran of the Iraq conflict who served 14 years as a Marine Corps Officer. 

His educational experience includes a bachelors degree in Mandarin from UC Davis and Masters work in non-profit administration and organization. 

As a Major in the Marine Corps, Nico was an intelligence officer in the Iraq theatre. He has an impressive intuition and organized understanding of the historical context through which war efforts occur. To this end, he and I discuss the Afghan war, its precedent, its outcome, and the factors at play in the final months. 

Fmr. Major Marcolongo has been involved with humanitarian organizations from the ground up, which assist veterans in managing the wounds of war, both physical and psychological. He co-founded athletic programs at Naval Medical Center San Diego which evolved into therapies for injured combat veterans. He has been involved in numerous initiatives for the troops. He has been a part of the Challenged Athletes Foundation since 2008, where he is current a senior manager of Operation Rebound. 

You can donate to Operation Rebound or the CAF by visiting challengedathletes.org and clicking Operation Rebound. 

Major Marcolongo and I discuss the need to support the troops in the second section of the podcast. 

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So let’s get into it on the Thinking Kind Podcast with Dr. Lucas Klein and Fmr. Major Nico Marcolongo. 

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