Home Base Retrospective: A short conversation with Home Base Director of Veteran Outreach Jessica Covitz and a revisit to the Bob and Lee Woodruff episode

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We have published 120 episodes since 2019. For this new season, we thought we would look back on some of the highlights of our conversations and choose 20 episodes that resonated with veterans, service members, military families, and the civilians who support them.

But first up, you'll hear from some of the folks at Home Base who wake up every day with the same mission in mind, no matter what they do at the Center of Excellence in the Navy Yard and beyond.

Over the next twenty weeks, we will share these staff conversations I had with some of the hard-working professionals at Home Base who help treat the invisible wounds of veterans and military families.

For this first episode, you will hear a brief conversation with Home Base Navy Veteran Jessica Covitz, Director of Veteran Outreach. This will be followed by one of the earlier episodes, in which Ron sat with the incomparable Bob and Lee Woodruff of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Many thanks to Jessica Covitz for all her work at Home Base in support of this mission to stomp stigma and treat the invisible wounds of veterans and military families.

Run To Home Base: Join Ron and his team and sign up individually or on another team at the 16th annual Run To Home Base on July 26th, 2025, at Fenway Park! Go to runtohomebase.org

Please go to homebase.org for updates, programming, and resources if you or anyone you know is struggling.

Home Base Nation is the official podcast for the Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families. Our team sees veterans, servicemembers, and their families addressing the invisible wounds of war at no cost. This is all made possible thanks to a grateful nation. If you want to learn more about how you can help, visit us at www.homebase.org. If you or anyone you know would like to connect to care, you can also reach us at 617-724-5202.

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