Episode 27

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20th Jun 2024

205: Jen Amos encourages living life with intention and with others in the Season 8 Finale

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Last Updated: September 2, 2024

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205: Jen Amos encourages living life with intention and with others in the Season 8 Finale

Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q8vxRmv-UKc

And that's a wrap for Season 8 of Holding Down the Fort by US VetWealth! Jen Amos reflects on her journey as a podcaster, content creator, and entrepreneur while also expressing gratitude to everyone who's been involved. She acknowledges this season's partnership with The Rosie Network, Blue Water Advisors, and her co-host (and husband) Scott R. Tucker. Lastly, she hints at what's to come for the next season in Fall 2024!

Thanks for listening (or watching), and have a great summer, everyone!

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Do you want to do more than “follow orders,” think outside of the box, and manifest your dreams? Then you’ve come to the right show! The award-winning podcast, Holding Down the Fort by US VetWealth, returns for Season 8 to highlight motivational stories of personal growth, financial awareness, and autonomy in our military community. The show is hosted by Jen Amos, a Gold Star daughter, Veteran Spouse, and Entrepreneur.

Our show continues its partnership with The Rosie Network by featuring Service2CEO Graduates every Monday! Read more - https://issuu.com/therosienetwork/docs/me_mag_2023/16

We're also excited to be featuring replays of the "Take A Knee" Live Show with US VetWealth Founder & CEO Scott R. Tucker and Blue Water Advisors CEO Mike Wallace, which discusses career progression for military retirees. Tune in every Thursday!

Our main sponsor, US VetWealth, proudly offers Life Insurance and Annuity Strategies for The High-Income Military Retiree. Let's help you capitalize on your above-average health and substantial income-earning potential for post-military life. For a free consultation, https://usvetwealth.com/

In the Fall of 2023, Jen Amos was sought after by InDependent to co-host the 8th annual InDependent Wellness Summit™. In August 2022, Jen Amos' work on the podcast was recognized by Disney Institute and she was hand-selected as the only non-Disney employee to moderate the first Military Spouse Employment panel for the Veterans Institute Summit. March 2022, former co-host Jenny Lynne has voted the 2022 Naval Station Norfolk Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year. November 2020, Jen Amos was awarded “Media Professional of the Year” at The Rosie Network Entrepreneur Awards! The show continued to collect award nominations in the following years. In September 2021, the show made the Final Slate in the 16th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards for the Government & Organizations category. In November 2021, the show was an Award Finalist for the 5th Annual National Veteran & Military Spouse Entrepreneur Awards. December 2021, the show was a Golden Crane Podcast Awards Nominee. September 2022, the show was a Finalist for the 13th Annual Plutus Awards presented by Capital Group for “Best Military Personal Finance Content.”

Holding Down the Fort has also been featured in multiple media outlets including Military Entrepreneur (M.E.) Magazine, MOAA’s Never Stop Learning Podcast, The Leadership Void Podcast, Lessons Learned for Vets Podcast, Sisters in Service Podcast, Get 2 Vet, Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio, Legacy Magazine, U.S. Veterans Magazine, The American MilSpouse, VeteranCrowd Network, It's a Military Life, VirtForce, Military Veteran Dad Podcast, and much more.

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Transcript

Jen Amos 0:00

If you want to do more than follow orders, think outside of the box and manifest your dreams, then you've come to the right show. Welcome to the award winning podcast holding down the fort by us. But well, I'm your host, Jen, a most a Goldstar daughter, veteran, spouse, and entrepreneur. For Season Eight, we continue our wonderful partnership with the Rosie network, the highlight motivational stories of personal growth, financial awareness, and autonomy in our military community. We're also excited to showcase our partnership with blue water advisors. Well, we have a lot in store for you this season. So let's get started.

All right, everyone. Oh, my goodness, can you believe it? We are at the end of season eight, for holding on the Fords by us bet wealth in partnership with the Rosen network and blue water advisors. I gotta tell you, you know, this is the last episode. And this is actually the last recording that I'm doing for this season. And I know you're thinking in your mind, you're like, What are you talking about? Of course, it's the last recording. It's the season finale. And I'll have you know, and I talked about this extensively in our free portal, which you can join today at holding on the fourth podcast.com forward slash portal. We have a private podcast on there that's available for free called inside the fort. Clever, right? I know, I came up with it.

that will be mid September of:

and our portal is housed under us but while it's online portal military retirement blueprint. So not only will you be getting access to our private podcast show inside the forts, but you will also get access to all the free resources that US vet wealth has to offer, especially for military retirees that are looking for alternative solutions in the private marketplace for military benefits, such as Survivor Benefit Plan and the Thrift Savings Plan. And that's just a few of the things that we like to talk about in our portal. Yeah. And that's kind of it y'all though. Those are the updates, you know, very often, every now and then every now and then people ask me, Jen, you have such a great show. What can I do to show you my gratitude? Well, other than the call to actions I have already listed, such as joining our portal at holding on the four podcast.com forward slash portal, or subscribing to any of our social media accounts. You know, we're on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Tik Tok, or subscribe to our newsletter, or, you know, checkout R Us but well, you did so many call to actions, there's so many telling you. But if you're still like, Okay, I want to do more, though, what can I do? Well, first and foremost, thank you. Secondly, you know, I think the two biggest things that I would ask for is just share the podcast. Like, if you are inspired by any stories that you heard in this season, share it, you know, there could be someone in the military community that you could be helping that you could be empowering, that you can change your life just by one of these interviews. And lastly, if you really, really, really want to express gratitude, again, if you do every all the above and or, I would love for you to leave a review for the show, you can leave a five star rating review on Apple podcasts on pod chaser and or my LinkedIn profile, you can find me on LinkedIn and leave a review there, I do all of this in my private office, I do all of this solo, like I mean, not solo, but I do all this without an audience. And so the greatest compliment I can get, the greatest feedback I can get is a review from you, or even an email, you know, however, however you see fit, but nonetheless, I see the downloads on our podcast. And I just got to say thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for all the things. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to the Rosen network to Blue Water advisors to my husband to you the listener. Thank you, thank you. I'm eternally grateful. It's been an absolute pleasure having hosted the show for 200 Plus episodes now. And here's to the next 200 All right, y'all. Thanks for listening. I hope you all have a great summer. It is hot here. It's over 80 degrees right now I have my window open. I have my you know, my AC my little portable AC in my face right now. And it's hot. So I'm excited to take the summer off. But once again, you know if you want to stay in touch, you know how to do that. Just rewind a couple of minutes and you'll find out why so Alright, thanks so much, y'all. That's it. I'm done. I'm done. There's not even any post commentary that this is the final commentary of season eight. So take care. Have a happy summer. Have a good summer and I'll see you in the fall season. Bye for now.

Hey, this is your host, John Amos. Thanks again for listening to today's episode of holding down the fort by us fat wealth visit holding down the fort podcast.com To access the full show notes of this episode, including resources mentioned and bonus content. Once again that's holding down the fort podcast.com Lastly, stay after this outro music for something a little extra thanks again and chat soon. Bye for now.

or the next season in fall of:
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About the Podcast

Holding Down the Fort by US VetWealth
Stop following orders, think different, and manifest your dreams with the award-winning podcast, Holding Down the Fort by US VetWealth! For Season 9, we highlight motivational stories of personal development, financial awareness, and independence in our military community. The show is hosted by Jen Amos, a Gold Star daughter, Veteran Spouse, and Entrepreneur.

The show continues its partnership with The Rosie Network. Read more at https://issuu.com/therosienetwork/docs/me_mag_2023/16

We continue to showcase US VetWealth's partnership with Blue Water Advisors, which will feature conversations with Scott R. Tucker and Mike Wallace about career progression for military retirees seeking employment in post-military. Watch the most recent "Take A Knee" Live Show at https://www.youtube.com/@USVWTV/streams

Our main sponsor, US VetWealth, is proud to offer Life Insurance and Annuity Strategies for The High-Income Military Retiree. Let's help you capitalize on your above-average health and substantial income-earning potential for post-military life. For a free consultation, https://usvetwealth.com/

In the Fall of 2023, Jen Amos was sought after by InDependent to co-host the 8th annual InDependent Wellness Summit™. In August 2022, Jen Amos' work on the podcast was recognized by Disney Institute and she was hand-selected as the only non-Disney employee to moderate the first Military Spouse Employment panel for the Veterans Institute Summit. March 2022, former co-host Jenny Lynne has voted the 2022 Naval Station Norfolk Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year. November 2020, Jen Amos was awarded “Media Professional of the Year” at The Rosie Network Entrepreneur Awards! The show continued to collect award nominations in the following years. In September 2021, the show made the Final Slate in the 16th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards for the Government & Organizations category. In November 2021, the show was an Award Finalist for the 5th Annual National Veteran & Military Spouse Entrepreneur Awards. December 2021, the show was a Golden Crane Podcast Awards Nominee. September 2022, the show was a Finalist for the 13th Annual Plutus Awards presented by Capital Group for “Best Military Personal Finance Content.”

Holding Down the Fort has also been featured in multiple media outlets including Military Entrepreneur (M.E.) Magazine, MOAA’s Never Stop Learning Podcast, The Leadership Void Podcast, Lessons Learned for Vets Podcast, Sisters in Service Podcast, Get 2 Vet, Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio, Legacy Magazine, U.S. Veterans Magazine, The American MilSpouse, VeteranCrowd Network, It's a Military Life, VirtForce, Military Veteran Dad Podcast, and much more.

"Jen has a beautiful way of capturing the essence of her guests. She listens with an open mind and heart to help expand the words spoken- bringing life, connection, and deeper understanding. The military life is never “easy” we merely learn how to adapt the best we know how to. It’s through continuing to build the community up that we will see a decrease in the mental hardships we sometimes face. Thank you for your work to bridge the gaps, build awareness, and give a voice to so many of us. With a variety of guests, there is truly an episode meant for you to hear. I look forward to continuing to support you Jen!" - Candice E. Van Dertholen, Ep. 190
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Jen Amos

As the co-owner of US VetWealth (i.e. Scott R. Tucker’s “better half”), I assist in creating educational content for military retirees seeking alternative options to the Survivor Benefit Plan and privatized financial strategies for your military retirement.

From growing up in a military family to becoming a Gold Star family member at 10 years old, I have first-hand experience with how a sudden transition to civilian life can impact a family emotionally and financially. 20+ years removed from military life, I started the podcast show Holding Down the Fort by US VetWealth in the summer of 2019 to get a pulse on the community today. I’ve come to find that our families still face similar issues that I faced in my childhood. It’s become a sense of responsibility to do my part in validating the stories and struggles of career military families. By the fall of 2020, I had been awarded Media Professional of the Year by The Rosie Networks' National Veteran and Military Spouse Entrepreneur Awards. Since then, the show has received five more award nominations and has been recognized by multiple media outlets, including the Disney Institute’s Veterans Insititute.

While the show is off-season, I focus most of my time building out US VetWealth’s Military Retirement Blueprint — the only resource for military retirees to learn about SBP alternatives and privatized financial strategies. Contrary to popular belief, retiring military officers and senior NCOs are, what we consider, high-income earners. Our FREE resource provides guides, courses, live training, consulting, and an ever-growing list of content for you to learn about your untapped potential and opportunities for post-military life. Access our free resource now by visiting https://militaryretirementblueprint.com/

You can read more about Jen Amos' work in the Summer 2023 Military Entrepreneur Magazine by The Rosie Network (Pg. 16).