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May 3rd, 2026

War, Healing & Reinvention | This Week on The MisFitNation & The ToosDay Crüe

The engine is revving and The MisFitNation is charging into another powerful week of truth, leadership, resilience, and unforgettable stories.

Here’s what’s ahead this week:

🇺🇸 Sunday – The MisFitNation welcomes U.S. Air Force Veteran Eric Hommel

Eric Hommel is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and author of the powerful memoir:

📚 The Losing Game: How to Lose a War and Fail Veterans

Eric brings one of the most unique military careers you’ll hear anywhere.

This will be a bold conversation about war, leadership, hard truths, and what happens when systems fail the people who served.

If you care about veterans, accountability, and honest conversations—this one matters.

⚓ Tuesday – The ToosDay Crüe welcomes Larry Brant

Larry Brant is a United States Navy Veteran, Chaplain, pastor, crisis responder, and healer of broken people.

He has spent a lifetime caring for others:

⛪ 25 years in pastoral ministry
🚓 Volunteer police and fire chaplain
⚓ United States Navy Chaplain
🪖 Deployed three times, including Helmand Province, Afghanistan
🧠 Board-certified chaplain and crisis care expert

This conversation is about service, healing, faith, Trauma care, and showing up when people need hope most.

✍️ Thursday – The MisFitNation welcomes U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran James Donzella

Host Rich LaMonica sits down with James Donzella — accomplished writer, screenwriter, voice actor, and rising force in the mystery fiction world.

A graduate of Syracuse University and active member of the UCLA Wordcommandos Creative Writing Workshop for Military Veterans, James has built a powerful second mission through storytelling.

This is a conversation about reinvention, creativity, Legacy, and proving purpose doesn’t retire.

💥 This is what The MisFitNation stands for:

Real people.
Real stories.
Real Growth.

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Rich LaMonica The MisFitNation Show

Rich LaMonica Is a 22-year veteran of the United States Army who was deployed on multiple occasions in support of the Global War on Terrorism. It was during this career he evolved as a leader of people. His education came from great mentors who showed him how to take care of people. He retired in 2015 and went through an entire year of self-reflection as he transitioned to civilian life again. Those 365 days from retiring to finding a job taught him valuable lessons about transition. This has powered his drive to help other veterans as they go through the transition and any other roadblocks they are hitting. He is a Motivated Speaker who discusses Mindset, Resilience, Grit, and more skills that will make you find your Purpose no matter the journey you have been on. He is currently finishing up two books while pursuing a Ph.D from Liberty University in Homeland Security. He lives by rules and has a motto that resonates with fans of How I met Your Mother “Challenge Accepted”. He is the Executive Producer and host of The MisFitNation Podcast