Episode 1: “The Calling”

Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 9 PM

Repeats Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 2 AM and Sunday, Oct. 31, at 1 PM

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, Oct. 30, at at 4 PM

As recruits take the oath to serve, they leave the civilian world to become soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen or women and their transformation begins. Hosted by Drew Carey.

Episode 2: “The Mission”

Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 9 PM

Repeats Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 2 AM and Sunday, Nov. 7, at 1 PM

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, Nov. 6, at at 4 PM

Military life shapes servicemen and women in profound, unexpected ways. Hosted by Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Episode 3: “The Return”

Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 9 PM

Repeats Sunday, Nov. 14, at 1 PM

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, Nov. 13, at at 4 PM

Hollywood war stories seem to end with the hero’s triumphant return, but in reality, the road back to civilian life is often less certain. Hosted by Wes Studi.

Episode 4: “The Reckoning”

Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 9 PM

Repeats Sunday, Nov. 21, at 1 PM

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, Nov. 20, at at 4 PM

“Those who went into the service and those who did not, we are two different realities,” observes a veteran. Veterans reflecting on their service ask how we—veterans and civilians together—can move America forward. Hosted by J. R. Martinez.

Learn more about AMERICAN VETERAN online.

AMERICAN VETERAN: KEEP IT CLOSE is a 10-part digital video series that reaches into the veteran experience in a different way.

The short-form digital video series reaches into the veteran experience in a different way by asking participants: What did you carry with you in your service and bring back home, and why did that matter?  What do these objects mean to you today?

The series draws connections between these objects and other items that are important to the civilian viewer, to create a tangible connection between veterans and those without the veteran experience.

Watch AMERICAN VETERAN: KEEP IT CLOSE online.

AMERICAN VETERAN: UNFORGETTABLE STORIES is a 9-part podcast hosted by Marine Corps Veteran Phil Klay.

Each episode of the podcast revolves around the direct testimony of a single veteran - from a Coast Guard gunner’s mate who manned a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day, to an Army cook in Iraq who became the first Black American woman held as a POW; from an Army nurse in Vietnam who struggled to do her part, to a satellite technician who served as a gay man during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era.  This collection of riveting first-person stories provides a compelling portrait of the Veteran experience over multiple generations.  

Listen to the AMERICAN VETERAN: UNFORGETTABLE STORIES podcast online.