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I grew up in small town America. Growing up in Central Illinois was not a particularly exciting place to live. Everywhere you look is a corn field. However boring that sounds I had a mostly normal childhood with the exception of loosing my father to cancer at sixteen. Loosing a parent is tough and at the time I had no idea how much that would affect me personally and professionally in the future.

Military service never really seemed like a thing I would actually do until I got my associates degree. It was early 2006, and with no plans of working on a bachelors, I decided to enlist in the Air Force. I ended up as Security Forces and during the time I served I had an amazing opportunity to live and work in places like Japan, Ecuador and Iraq. My Air Force time allows me to deploy twice to Iraq, once to Ecuador, and attend amazing courses like Airman Leadership School, Combat Leadership Course, Security Forces Seven Level School, Illinois State Motor Vehicle theft inspector course, and more.

Transition out was sometimes tough but I made it through much easier than many of my brothers and sisters. Over the years since I have made helping fellow veterans one of my passions in life. It started by helping veterans buy and sell homes, and helping send vets to Washington DC with our local honor flight hub, and has transformed into this podcast.

Over the past few years I have read the issues, problems, questions posed by my brothers and sisters in arms through various social groups. One things is common, we all need help with something. That could be PTSD, financial education, buying a home with a VA loan, help getting a service dog or just someone to listen. This need for information has brought me to the idea of a podcast discussing these various topics and more, to help shine a light and be the battle buddy you need!

Outside of my efforts for the veteran community I am a licensed Realtor and real estate continuing education instructor in Peoria, IL. My passions in real estate include helping veterans learn about and use their VA home loan, as well as promoting education and professional standards throughout the industry.

I grew up in small town America. Military service never really seemed like a thing I would actually do until I got my associates degree. It was early 2006, and with no plans of working on a bachelors, I decided to enlist in the Air Force. I ended up as Security Forces and during the time I served I had an amazing opportunity to live and work in places like Japan, Ecuador and Iraq.

Transition out was sometimes tough but I made it through much easier than many of my brothers and sisters. Over the years since I have made helping fellow veterans one of my passions in life. It started by helping veterans buy and sell homes, and helping send vets to Washington DC with our local honor flight hub, and has transformed into this podcast.

Over the past few years I have read the issues, problems, questions posed by my brothers and sisters in arms through various social groups. One things is common, we all need help with something. That could be PTSD, financial education, buying a home with a VA loan, help getting a service dog or just someone to listen. This need for information has brought me to the idea of a podcast discussing these various topics and more, to help shine a light and be the battle buddy you need!

It was early 2006, and with no plans of working on a bachelors, I decided to enlist in the Air Force. I ended up as Security Forces and during the time I served I had an amazing opportunity to live and work around the globe. Transition out was sometimes tough but I made it through much easier than many of my brothers and sisters. This eventually transformed into me finding ways to serve the military and veteran community. Veterans are dealing with a wide range of issues and hence the Battle Buddy Podcast’s goal is to let them know they are not alone!

Keith McKeever’s mission through the Battle Buddy Podcast is to inspire and educate veterans on relevant topics to help them find actionable steps to improve their lives.

Keith McKeever

1507 West Shore Drive

Pekin, IL 61554

battlebuddypodcast@gmail.com

309-634-9573