Transition Drill

Paul Pantani

Booking Overview

Interview-led military and first-responder transition coverage featuring external guests with service backgrounds, career-change experiences, and expertise in mental health, leadership, entrepreneurship, or recovery. Credible pitches include retired military and law-enforcement leaders, veteran or first-responder entrepreneurs, authors, transition coaches, and clinicians with relevant service or trauma expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show is established but typically features accessible professional guests rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 430

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

transitiondrillpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Paul Pantani - Retired police commander and podcast host focused on military, veteran, and first-responder transitions, identity shifts, career pivots, and life after service.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Retired or transitioning military and first-responder professionals, veteran or public-safety entrepreneurs, authors, leadership practitioners, specialized trainers, and mental-health professionals with relevant service or transition expertise.

Required Achievements:

Significant military or first-responder service and leadership experience, Building a business or second career after service, Publishing a book or developing a recognized training program, Working in veteran, first-responder, mental-health, or career-transition services

Recent Guest Discussions

Prime Hall - Medical Separation, Combat Injuries, Trauma Recovery, Identity Loss, Healing, And Building A New Mission After Military Service.

JD Dickson - Military Retirement, Family Priorities, Mental Health, Brain-based Care, Renewed Purpose, And Career Reinvention.

Tom Chuckerel - Law-enforcement Retirement, Defensive-tactics Training, Career Transition, Entrepreneurship, And Turning Professional Skills Into Meaningful Work.

Timothy Henderson - Military Career Transition, Leadership, Education, Professional Networking, Identity After Retirement, Mentoring, And Building A Civilian Mission.

GC Brown - Reinvention After Incarceration, Discipline, Entrepreneurship, Writing, Rebuilding Identity, And Creating Purpose After Major Life Consequences.

Recent Topics

Careers, Career Transition, Veterans, First Responders, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Transition Drill

267. Jenn Benjamins - Undercover Vice and Narcotics | Las Vegas Metro PD Sgt. | Today Teaching Women Cops

September 28, 2026

Episode 267 of the Transition Drill podcast explores law enforcement careers, undercover work, and life after retirement for first responders and veterans navigating the loss of identity and purpose that can follow service. You’ll hear Jenn Benjamins on the personal cost of letting the job become your life, and what it takes to rebuild relationships, purpose, and direction after the badge.Jenn grew up in Las Vegas, played college softball, studied criminal justice at UNLV, and entered the Las...

266. Prime Hall - Marine Raider: Injuries Forced Him Out | Today Deep End Fitness and Personal Growth

September 21, 2026

Episode 266 of the Transition Drill podcast explores identity loss, combat trauma, and rebuilding purpose for veterans and first responders navigating life after service. You’ll hear Prime Hall on being medically forced out of the Marine Raiders, and what it takes to heal, reconnect, and build a mission beyond the uniform.Prime grew up in and around the water in Corpus Christi and South Padre Island, Texas. After childhood abuse, family upheaval, military school, arrests, and years without di...

265. JD Dickson - Retired Navy Warrant Officer Today Neuroscience and Mental Health

September 14, 2026

Episode 265 of the Transition Drill podcast explores military transition, mental health, and renewed purpose for veterans and first responders navigating life after service. You’ll hear JD Dickson on leaving a 27-year Navy career, and what it takesBorn in Washington, D.C., and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Dickson returned to the United States at 18 and entered the Navy in 1995. He began as an undesignated sailor before finding his place in aviation ordnance aboard the USS Independence in Ja...

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