The Battle Between Podcast
The Battle Between Podcast
Podcast Description
“The Battle Between Podcast” is hosted by Jeff Skinner, former United States Marine, husband, father, and entrepreneur. Our mission is to highlight the extraordinary journey of individuals who have faced life’s most formidable challenges and emerged with stories that will inspire transformation and resilience. Welcome to "The Battle Between Podcast" – where every story is a battle, and every battle tells a story.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of resilience, personal transformation, and the profound experiences of veterans. Episodes cover a variety of topics, including military service, overcoming addiction, and mentorship, with specific examples like Quint Avenetti's journey from military leadership to personal purpose and Geoffrey Lyon's survival story amid health challenges.

Host Jeff Skinner sits down with people who have lived through real adversity: broken families, addiction, loss, leadership pressure, reinvention, and the long road back to purpose.
These aren’t polished success stories or motivational speeches. They’re honest conversations about identity, accountability, family, and the hard work of becoming a better human.
If you value truth over comfort and growth over image, you’ll feel right at home here.
Real People. Real Battles. No Bullshit.
In this episode, we sit down with Joshua Pendley, 1stSgt USMC (Ret.), to talk about what 23 years in the Marine Corps actually costs a man long after the uniform comes off.
This isn’t a war story podcast.
This is a raw conversation about leadership, identity, injury, survivor’s guilt, purpose, and the internal battles that follow many veterans home after a lifetime of carrying responsibility for others.
Josh opens up about the pressure of leadership, personal struggles after injury and retirement, losing structure and identity outside the Corps, and what rebuilding yourself actually looks like when the mission is over.
Topics include:
- 23 years of leadership in the United States Marine Corps
- Injury, identity loss, and transition after service
- Survivor’s guilt, accountability, and rebuilding purpose
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