About Heroes in the Sky Foundation Presents Breaking the Silence Together; The Aftermath of Suicide.
Beginning in 2026, a new podcast titled “Breaking the Silence Together: The Aftermath of Suicide" will premiere. This platform will confront the raw realities of suicide loss, the immediate crisis families face, traumatic grief, and the role Post-Traumatic Stress plays throughout the healing process. Our focus is on transforming pain into resilience and purpose while amplifying the voices of families who are too often unheard. Weekly co-hosts to appear as we engage in these difficult but necessary conversations to drive measurable impact within our communities. To learn more, please visit WWW.HEROESINTHESKY.ORG or Email James@heroesinthesky.org
Law Enforcement Officers Interactions with Veterans Struggling with PTSD!
Josh Gagnier, Founder of Mission Phoenix , joins the show in Hour 1 to discuss his experience in the Law Enforcement Realm as Officers have to respond to Veterans with PTSD. Josh discusses losing his father to suicide by cop, and how that lead him to start researching and helping others in the MIdst of the grief. Hour 2 brings Jackie Mainard, Mother of US Air Force fallen warrior Eric Buell, and the trauma and generational grief that followed his loss.
30 Sept 2026
Deterrence Through Truth - Carrie Collett - In honor of SFC Cody Cosner
John, Carrie, and James discuss the early life, military career , and direct aftermath of the loss of Carrie's son SFC Cody Cosner , to suicide. The conversation gets raw, and emotional as Carrie describes what life is about in the direct wake of losing a loved one to suicide. Generational Trauma and full scale emotions are on display when a mom that has lost her child to suicide describes the life left behind after the loss.
27 Sept 2026
All On The Front Lines ; The Struggle When the Call is Over
Shawn , D-LAT , and James discuss some of the challenges our law enforcement officers face working the streets on shift and even some of the emotions required when working in a school environment as an SRO.
13 Sept 2026
Deterrence Through Truth - Stephanie Maner - In Honor of Nikolas J. Maner -U.S Army
Stephanie joins John, and James in the studio to discuss the loss of her son Nikolas Maner - SPC - US Army to suicide. She discusses Nikolas as a child, and then as he developed and chose the path of joining the United States Army. We discuss the aftermath of what suicide does to families and how it affected her family. John , joins the team as the cohost - having endured that same loss , his son Trey, back in February. Stephanie explains how she turned Nikolas' loss into a project where she ...
11 Sept 2026
The Healing Journey Through Trauma and Grief- Impacts after Grief.
Today , we speak with Stephanie Maner , Mother of US Army SPC Nikolas Maner . Nikolas lost his internal war, and that fueled Stephanie to start her own brand of outreach to remember him. Ducking for Awareness. Rich, our audio engineer joins us in studio to fill in for Shawn Hibbard. The conversation today was about the healing journey after the tragic loss.
29 Aug 2026
The Battle After the Return - A conversation with Semper Fi Mission and John Salerno-Retired NYPD Detective .
In this episode Shawn and James bring on the Non-Profit Semper Fi Mission discussing their beginning, and the pathways to deciding their very important mission they execute today. We chat with the founders of Semper Fi and an additional board member as well. They discuss their Patriot 5K coming up in Pittsburgh PA on September 26th. The second half of the show features retired NYPD Detective John Salerno and the importance of noticing PTSD symptoms and relying on each other when we aren...
14 Aug 2026
The War at Home - Reframing Strength and Survival
Shawn , James , and Janaea Hunter discuss strength after a loved one has died by suicide. Janaea 's courage and resilience is noted after losing her son, and still continuing to fight and create camaraderie with Bowden's Brigade. Her organization that honors her son Bowden, A United States Marine, who died by suicide. Bowden's Brigade creates safe camaraderie spaces for veterans and families to prevent them from drowning in thoughts of isolation, despair, and self detachment from their enviro...
24 Jul 2026
Lost in the Halls - Why Younger Veterans are Disappearing From Our Veteran Legacy Organziations
In this episode Shawn , Heather, and James discuss the decline in veteran legacy organizations with our younger veterans. we also discuss some of the challenges families feel during a loss to suicide and how certain parts of the brain control certain functions in correlation to studies of brains that have died by suicide.
12 Jul 2026
Why Female Veterans Need Their Own Spaces
James and Suzy Willis discuss some of the challenges women veteran face during the transition period from the Armed Forces to Civilian life and how difficult it can be for a female veteran to find a group or organization that they feel safe with or most importantly feel heard and appreciated.
27 Jun 2026
Between Two Worlds -Transition , Loss, and the Weight We Carry
Shawn, James, and John Ring discuss the difficult conversation about one of the hardest transitions a person can face: leaving military service and trying to find solid ground again in civilian life. This Episode discusses those challenges service members face as they leave military service and enter civilian life, and the lasting internal impact of suicide loss on families.
13 Jun 2026
A Conversation with Women Veterans and their impact in the Armed Forces
In this episode we sit down with to special female guests t get there first hand views and experiences of their time in the armed service and how they overcame the vast equality differences in the military.
12 Jun 2026
Heroes in the Sky Foundation and Nautical Salute Present Before There Was a Country _ She was There (1)
Honoring woman's Veterans service and sacrifice.
23 May 2026
Breaking The Silence Together: The Aftermath of Suicide; Episode 4
The Masks We Wear - In this episode, James and Shawn explore the “chameleon effect” of warriors — how so many hide behind a smile or positive words while silently battling hurt, trauma, stress, and fear. Too often, they carry these struggles alone, afraid that asking for help will make them seem weak or less masculine, when in reality they’re simply trying to survive another day.
14 May 2026
Breaking The Silence: The Aftermath of Suicide; Episode 3
The Silent Weight On May 9, 2026, Breaking the Silence streamed live from the Nautical Salute headquarters in Florida, where James and Shawn discussed the weight of PTSD and how it affects our warriors as they navigate their daily internal struggles.
29 Apr 2026
Breaking The Silence: The Aftermath of Suicide; Episode 2
James and Shawn continue their conversation from the Pilot episode and discuss being there for our warriors and their struggles, as well as honoring our families as the silent warriors.
12 Apr 2026
Pilot Episode
In this Pilot episode, we meet James Collins of Heroes In The Sky Foundation and Shawn Hibbard of Nautical Salute.
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