Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Roger Johnston Jr. Roger is a retired infantry man and operator with the 82nd Airborne and 19th Special Forces, respectively. He is a licensed clinical therapist with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Maui and the director of the Vet Center. Roger has been applying Stoicism for the last 20 years, applying it to therapy for 10 years, and teaching a therapy group for combat vets based on Stoic principles for 8 years.

Roger and I spoke about good starting points with the philosophy, his experience using then working at the Vet Center, and the value of community. I enjoyed the talk and think he has a lot of valuable insights into the post-service life.