In this episode of The Muster Point Podcast, we dive into: Military Versus Cancer: how veterans support forces families battling cancer, raising awareness & providing vital support.

Join your hosts Stu Mendelson and Steve Black, both British Army veterans, as they share real-life stories, hilarious forces banter, and powerful conversations around life in and after the military.

🪖 In this episode:

• Veteran mental health, submariner stories & life after service

• Founding of Military Versus Cancer and its impact across the UK

• Cancer support for military families: gaps, struggles, and success stories

• Community fundraising, upcoming events & national recognition goals

• How to support, volunteer, or refer someone in need

👉 Whether you're a veteran, serving, family member, or supporter — The Muster Point gives you real talk with honesty, humour and heart.

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This week on The Muster Point Podcast, Stu and Steve honour the anniversary of D-Day with a squaddie-style salute to life in the block, where banter is brutal, biscuits are currency, and your locker inspection could make or break you.

We’re joined by Sleachy, veteran, storyteller, and professional mischief-maker, for tales of barrack room antics, D-Day reflections, and all the glorious chaos that comes from living 12 lads deep with one working kettle and a shared sense of humour. From toilet paper theft to late-night life lessons, this one’s a proper nod to the muckers we lived with, laughed with, and lost.

In This Military Podcast Episode:

• What life in the block really looked like

• D-Day: stories of courage and chaos from past to present

• Why military friendships hit different—and last longer than most marriages

• The most legendary block-based banter you’ve ever heard

• Bravo Zulu shoutout to salutemyjob.com – helping veterans smash civvy street

Whether you served in Normandy or Tidworth, you’ll relate to the madness. Subscribe, rate, and share with your old muckers. They’ll know exactly which curtain-dodging, shower-dodging, kit-thieving gremlin we’re talking about.

📩 Got a story? Email: steve@themusterpoint.org.uk

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In this episode of Beyond the Wire, we sit down with Russ and Dave from Military Veterans Football Club to explore how football is changing lives across the veteran community. From mental health recovery to addiction support and the long road of transitioning to civilian life, this raw and honest conversation tackles the power of sport to rebuild identity, connection, and purpose after service.

🎖 Topics Covered:

• The impact of football on veterans’ mental health and wellbeing

• Overcoming addiction and finding purpose after the military

• Building a veteran-led community through the beautiful game

• Challenges faced by ex-forces personnel after discharge

• The importance of accessible mental health support for veterans

Whether you’re a former soldier, RAF, Navy, reservist, or supporter, this episode shines a light on what happens after the wire—and how football can become a new kind of family.

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In this week’s chaotic catch-up, Stu and Steve return to the mic after a VE Day weekend packed with parades, pastries, and a questionable amount of "planning." With no script, zero structure, and only a mild hangover for Steve, the lads wing their way through everything from veteran events to oddball observations. If you’ve ever blagged a section brief with five bullet points and a prayer, this one’s for you.

Expect:

• VE Day tales from the front (field, not warzone)
• Banter-fuelled updates from The Muster Point
• Minimal prep, maximum waffle

Bravo Zulu Shoutout to The Not Forgotten

No script, no plan, just two veterans, a mic, and some solid post-VE Day chinwag.

📩 Got a story? Email: steve@themusterpoint.org.uk

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This week on The Muster Point Podcast, Stu and Steve dive deep into the dark and disgusting corners of military life—the worst things they’ve ever witnessed, whether on operations or in the belly of a rank-smelling, morale-draining, block from hell.

From body-bag banter to barrack room biohazards, this one’s not for the faint-hearted. Think tour tales that’ll make your stomach turn, horror shows in shared showers, and one lad who thought cleaning inspection meant Febreze and a prayer.

Whether you’ve walked into a room that needed its own crime scene cordon, or seen something on deployment that still makes your tea go cold—this episode’s for you.

Warning: contains graphic levels of squaddie truth, trauma bonding, and some very questionable hygiene standards.

Bravo Zulu shoutout to Military Vs Cancer

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In this powerful Beyond the Wire episode of The Muster Point Podcast, Stu and Steve chat with Andy Powell, Army veteran and founder of Healthier Heroes CIC, a veteran-led charity tackling PTSD, homelessness, and life after service.

Andy shares his raw journey from military life to rock bottom and how he turned personal struggle into a lifeline for others. Based in Burnley, Healthier Heroes supports ex-forces personnel with housing, mental health services, and purpose-driven community support.

From barracks to breakdowns to building something better, this is a must-listen for anyone who cares about what really happens after the uniform comes off.

Contact Healthier Heroes:

Website: www.healthierheroescic.co.uk

Email: info@healthierheroescic.co.uk

Phone: 0330 124 3100

Facebook: HealthierHeroesCIC

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Email: stu@themusterpoint.org.uk

This week on The Muster Point Podcast, Stu and Steve dive headfirst into the glorious chaos of military pranks, the kind of wind-ups that range from “bit of a giggle” to “career-ending disciplinary”, all done in the name of morale (allegedly). From tinfoil-covered rooms to guard room wind-ups with accents dodgier than Steve’s admin record, it’s a proper squaddie special.

Whether you’ve ever woken up with shaving foam in your boots, had your locker mysteriously relocated to the roof, or been stitched up on exercise by your own section, this episode’s for you. No one’s safe when the pranks are flying, not even the RSM.

In This Military Podcast Episode:

• Legendary Pranks – From boot polish berets to missing weapons on exercise
• The Guard Room Gets a Call – Live prank calls featuring fictional officers and real confusion
• 3 Counties Radio, VE Day, and What’s Chizz Been Up To?
• Veterans & Forces News – Bergen-Belsen remembrance, Matt Goss sings for VE Day, and a 103-year-old WWII legend
• Listener SITREP – Your best military stitch-ups and one poor sod’s tale of mistaken ID

Muckers Remembered – A salute to the legends we served alongside

Why You Should Listen:

• Real-life laughs from two veterans who’ve been both prankster and victim
• Banter, bullshit, and brotherhood – unfiltered and unapologetic
• A top-ranked UK military podcast for veterans, serving personnel, and anyone who’s ever wrapped a mate’s car in cling film
• Proof that the guardroom is funnier than any sitcom (unless it’s your name on the charge sheet)

🎧 Tune in now and relive the brilliant bast*rdry that made military life unforgettable – and sometimes downright dangerous.

📩 Got a prank to share? Stitch-up story that deserves to be heard? Email: steve@themusterpoint.org.uk

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This week on The Muster Point Podcast, hosts Stu and Steve dive into the darkly hilarious world of military insults, savage banter, and the brutal poetry of squaddie putdowns. From basic training to the barrack room, we explore the legendary one-liners, soul-destroying burns, and nickname nightmares that only the military could produce.

If you’ve ever been called something that made you laugh, cry, or both at once – this episode is for you. It's pure veteran humour meets drill square drama, with real stories from listeners, a few old favourites, and plenty that couldn’t be said on civvy street.

🪖 In This Military Podcast Episode:

• Parade Square Poetry Slam – The most creative, savage insults from training staff
• Barrack Room Banter – Nicknames that stuck for life, and when banter went too far
• Frontline Focus – Real stories from the block, the range, and the field
• Armed Forces News Round-Up – Housing, submarines, and support for veterans
• Listener SITREP – You sent us your best/worst military insults – we read them out
• Muckers Remembered – Honouring the legends who left a mark

• Bravo Zulu – This week’s spotlight on Healthier Heroes CIC, supporting veterans in real ways

🧠 Why You Should Listen:

• Real talk from two veterans who’ve lived it

• Unfiltered squaddie banter and military life reflections

• A top-ranked British military podcast for veterans, serving personnel, and anyone who loves a good army story

• A reminder that you're not the only one who thought: “Did that sergeant really just say that?”

🎧 Tune in now and rediscover the laughter, lunacy, and language that made military life unforgettable – for better or worse.

📩 Got a story for us? A belter of an insult to share? Email: steve@themusterpoint.org.uk

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