High Ground Odyssey

03/07/2026

While serving as a platoon leader in Iraq, Homer led route clearance missions to find and clear improvised explosive devices (IEDs) before they could harm coalition forces or civilians traveling those roads.

The work required constant risk assessment and mitigation. They did an incredible job of it—but the job was so dangerous that Homer still got his “bell rung” more than 20 times from IED blasts impacting the vehicles he was in.

Those repeated explosions are most likely the reason Homer developed Parkinson’s disease so young.

In this short clip from the High Ground Odyssey Podcast, Scott talks about those missions and why they were worth the risk.

These are the kinds of stories we want to share—about Homer and others—stories of leadership, service, and the experiences that shape who we become.

02/08/2026

Episode 2 - “It’s a Metaphor!” Is officially live!

Thank you so much to everyone for the love and advice you’ve sent our way. We love to hear about what things are connecting with people, and what’s not working.

So I have a huge favor to ask, we’re super lucky so far to not have had anything negative posted on any threads and would be delighted for that to continue forever if possible 😂 But if you have any advice, anything you love and want to make sure we keep doing, any kind of content in particular you’d like, or If there’s anyting you’re not liking, please message us directly becaue we want to keep gettng better!

Thanks all, we’ll see you on the high ground.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of High Ground Odyssey!In this episode, we tackle the "Second Firefight"—the nerves that set in after the launch adrenaline wears off. W...

02/07/2026

The learning curve is steep and so far I've failed to hit our goal of publishing our episodes ever Wednesday, but we will not go quietly into the night! (Oh man I totally need to find an excuse to use that clip!)

We're going to keep doing until we get good at this thing.

Episode 2 "It's a metaphor!"

Is rendering right now and will be uploaded today. Thanks everyone so much for your support and patience. While I'm wrapping up here's the Title Sequence for this weeks episode.

01/31/2026

After 10 years of trying to write a book and start a podcast, it was Homer's diagnosis with early onset Parkinson's disease and medical retirement from the military that finally got us to just do it.

Episode 01 of High Ground Odyssey is finally here.

It's a weekly show where we break down leadership principles from the battlefield and back them up with behavioral science.

In this premiere, Scott opens up about the diagnosis, surviving ~20 IED attacks in Iraq, and the hilarious reason he runs in the freezing cold ("The Wednesday Rule").

We’d be honored if you joined us on this journey.

01/28/2026

It’s finally here!

After 10 years of talking about it, Homer (Scott) and I are finally writing The Book. And we’re taking you with us.

Tomorrow, we launch High Ground Odyssey—a weekly show where a Combat Engineer (Homer) and a Data Nerd (Charlie) deconstruct leadership, history, and why I’m right about Star Wars.

We decided to start with a little music. This is the theme song for Episode 01... and I'll be re-recording the lyrics every week with a line or two changed to match the story we are telling.

Check out the teaser, and we hope you'll join us tomorrow for the premiere!

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See you on the high ground!

07/23/2025

Charlie here. I wanted to share some wise words from my brother Homer and Aaron Terry on how they survived day 3 and 4 after such a difficult day 2 of the 4 day Nijmegen march.

We've talked a lot about the awesome soldiers who've helped them when Homer's Parkinson's Disease was hitting him the hardest.

Thanks also to all the kind civilians on the march and people on the sidelines along the way as well, offering food help and encouragement.

See you on the high ground!

07/21/2025

Charlie here again, with Homer starting on Day 4 of the Nijmegen 4Daagse.

It's nice to see him spry again to start the last day of the march after a few rough endings. Homer was surprised seeing the video of how day 2 ended just how rough he looked.

We've said it a lot, and we'll keep saying it. A huge thanks to Aaron, and all the other incredible soldiers that helped along the way! 🔥

See you on the high ground!