Adrienne Borghoff left a small town in southern Illinois to see the world, following her family into the Air Force as a broadcast journalist. Fourteen years later, she had served in Korea, Iceland and Italy and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a combat photographer, becoming the only member of her family to serve in a war zone.
Now an actor, storyteller and creator in New York City, Borghoff is turning that experience into "No Missions," a play about two women in the military on a day with nothing on the schedule and plenty to argue about. The Air Force veteran talks about why the transition to civilian life is harder than any briefing prepares you for, how interviewing, scripting and editing in the military built the career she has today, and why the hardest story to write is the one you lived.
Also in this episode, co-hosts Adam Marr and Stacy Pearsall tell the story of a 20-year-old Marine combat photographer in Vietnam whose split-second decision saved three Marines and earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor, and dig into how military service shaped the storytellers behind "Platoon," "Training Day," "Fury," "The Godfather" and "Twilight Zone."Your stories.
Your service. Your community. This is Tango Alpha Lima.
00:00 Introduction to TAL
01:20 Honoring Heroes: Nathan Hale's Legacy
03:52 From Combat to Creativity: Adrienne Borkov's Journey
05:01 Ad Break: ReActive8
06:21 Introduction to Adrienne Borghoff
07:10 Growing Up in Southern Illinois and Military Background
08:31 Transitioning from Military to Acting
12:42 Experiences in Combat and Documenting War
21:06 Challenges of Transitioning to Civilian Life
25:49 Navigating Life Transitions
28:46 The Creative Journey: Writing 'No Missions'
35:31 Exploring New Avenues: Podcasting and Beyond
41:52 Lessons from the Journey: Finding Your Place in the World
46:27 Ad Break: SOAR Campaign
46:51 Medal Moment: Combat Photographer Heroic Act
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