When you get out of the military, they house you, they feed you, they clothe ...
So you have structure, and especially if you come out of high school and go straight into the military,
“you spend a significant amount of your time in the military when you get out.”
It's quite the transition. A lot of our service members, unfortunately, don't have the tools or don't have the gap that is bridged, appropriately for doing to be a thriving citizen. And we want to bridge that gap. TJ Glover is a dedicated compassionate and purpose-driven army veteran advocate. And the co-founder of true vet solutions and helping hands for heroes,
alongside with his father, Traci Glover, helping veterans secure disability benefits and prevent homelessness. My father was trying to recruit me in civil engineering. He's a recruiter. So I'm initially resistant to it, especially when I was being successful in my own working in sales. Once that collapsed because of the economy, then I was like, "All right, Dad, you know, I'm going to take a look at this. I'm going to give it a shot. You know, my method didn't work
when that collapsed. And now I'm all ears. And then then I went full in and it's been the bestest as I ever made." These are giant humans. Be with men, women, and everything in between. How do you tell these giant general giants that help us okay and reaching out is okay,
“and that you don't always have to be on a work? Yeah, I think it all starts with”
today. Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over, I'll tell how we are. The living your legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy. Welcome back to the part two, the continuation of the living your legacy podcast. Again, for insights, access and regulators. Quite literally, Operation CEO, the operative word is Operation. I plucked him from his interview session with Jason Studio 1. And here's the living
legacy TJ himself, son of a Tracy Glover. Boom, here it is. Dude, how was your interview so far
with Jason? What do we learn about you in your Operation CEO episode? Well, first of all,
for your two kind, I appreciate the introduction. Jason was great. First time having those interview questions, I believe you're going to learn a lot about my background, how I got to position and responsibilities to help out the homeless and at risk veterans, starting in Jacksonville, and also how me and my father was able to create this opportunity for veterans to make sure that they have the resources out there, and we're part of being the solution. Why we're called
true veterans. So back here, true veterans solutions and helping hands for heroes. Yes, yes. So true veterans solutions. A true veterans solution helps veterans with their VA disability claims and helping hands for heroes is the nonprofit that helps the homeless and at risk veterans. Right on. Yeah. Oh, gosh, at home at risk veterans, it's, it's, it's prevalent everywhere. I live in the Bay Area and in a lot of folks that were living out of the street veterans,
suffering from mental health. There's second, third, fourth, fifth challenge, especially for veterans.
They did the work, they did the work for us, they put their life in the line and we can't give up on them.
“Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I think when it comes to when you get out of the military,”
there's the military, they house you, they feed you, they clothe you. So you have structure, and especially if you come out of high school and go straight into the military, you spend a significant amount of your time in the military when you get out. It's quite the transition. A lot of our service members, unfortunately, don't, don't have the tools or don't have the, the gap that is bridged appropriately for doing to be a thriving citizen. And we want to bridge that gap,
as soon as they are going through the process of leaving, but also if they've hit, if hit some struggles to where now they are unhoused and they're also in a position to where they're going to be unhoused. And so we want to let them know that we have our helping hands to provide transitional housing, mental health support, address food scarcity, and also employment services through our programs of services. And our big goal is to be able to have a transitional
housing facility that providers is relaxing to 82 veterans and also the services that I mentioned. So that is our big goal as we address this issue that is plaguing our heroes in this country. It is quite the plague and folks, if it's not a track that we're fun to do, the people don't do the work. How do you make it desirable to help folks that are in need? And no, it sounds almost disgusting asking the question. No, I love that question because one thing we want to do
Starting in Jacksonville was make it fun for people to be able to support cau...
Yes, specifically. So what we did our first event was our 5k, where we celebrated the navies
“during the 50th anniversary, we had service members, we had the Chad Wars, we had a lot of”
sponsors come out there and support it, but that is just the start. We want to have events to where there are military branches that are doing a fun competitive activities. For sure. And we also want to bring a food truck festival. We want to have hands restoration where we're cutting and cleaning and feeding the homeless and people can be involved. And there's a whole bunch of other events that people want to also enjoy themselves. But to the point to where they don't feel like they're
just donating to charity, they feel like they are also enjoying giving back in. They're also going to be able to see what that results in because we're going to be really, really aggressive and showing people from our social media, our website. And also on this podcast that they can see the results of their efforts to support our initiative. So we are all in this together and I want people to be able to see their contributions and also have fun doing it. Rewinding time. What were
you like as a kid? What were you like in high school? I was a person that was, I wanted to get to know
everybody. I'm telling you, I am an introvert that was never shy about meeting people, having
“conversations and I think that's propelled me a lot to be able to meet people in have conversations,”
especially those that are needed for towards solutions. And when you ask that question, it takes me back just to say, wow, it's crazy how those were the stepping blocks that made me who I am today. The reason why I'm asking is your father, 17 years recruiting. Yeah. And, you know, he's doing the thing. He's recruiting everyone else's sons and daughters. But man, he recruited his own legacy. Yeah. Why is that work, man? Like you're you're in high school and you got me fossa as a father.
We got Simba. You got Scarle over here. But we got Simba. Muffa says tell you, time to serve. And what do you got? What do you tell me fossa? What data? I just, I just want to have a good time and meet people. No. How does that work? Yeah. I mean, you're right on the right alley because it wasn't easy to recruit me. No. As soon as I was getting out of the, as soon as I was graduating high school, my father was trying to recruit me into military. He's a recruiter. So I'm initially
resistant to it. And especially when I was being successful in my own working in sales, once that collapsed because of the economy, then I was like, all right, Dad, you know, I'm going to take a look at this. I'm going to give it a shot. You know, my method didn't work when that collapsed. And now I'm all ears. And then I went fool in and it's been the best decision I ever made. Yeah. And then one day you look in the mirror like you stop growing here. Here, you shave it off.
You start growing here. Here. You just became Pfizer. Exactly. Exactly. If you're into WWE, you're in your triple age executive area now. Yeah. You're in your got to war era. Good, good for y'all and great. So yeah, man, I appreciate you being so flexible. You and your father were sitting in the studio with Jason. I'm observing, I'm like, oh man, and I told this to your father. I'm like, there's no way your son's going to interrupt you to middle of the sentence. We're looking
for energy between father and something. You, you guys are at a different level and out of respect of your son and thought you guys were not going to interrupt. You called it. Yeah, and I can see
“your eyes. So if the executive producers yell at me, I'm like, that's why I got on camera and”
slated. I'm like, no, I'm splitting these two. They both deserve their own spotlight. And they got to warm up to this process. Yeah. And I sawing your eyes, man. And I'm like, no, dude, I got this. Let me figure this out. That's going to be a great edit. What do you think is happening in that room right now? What do you think your father is saying about you right now? Wow. Great question. I think that I think when it comes to, you know, my dad as well as others, you know,
that have been a part of my life, my journey. I anticipate that it would be positive. I try my best
to be a steward of the change that I want to see. And every time around him, it's always something
positive, so that's great. And I decided to expect nothing less. So now there's four of their boys. There's five of your total. Yeah. Yeah. How does that chemistry work, man? So I would hope that my my brothers are, I guess, looking up to me. But you know, when they're young, you know, they're learning their own ways. But I will say, my brothers, my, my, um, I have, I have three brothers and they can cook. That's one thing I didn't learn. My dad can cook in my mom. But my brothers
can cook on another level. Wow. I'm, I'm hoping that they are from what's your background. So my
Background, so I spent one of my life in Georgia.
when my dad and my mom were divorced, it was us three living in Georgia and being a focus fan,
which has been so hard to this day. And, you know, at that, that's been a, I missed the cooking component that I wish I would have gravitated to that they did. I'm, I'm so proud of them. My, my, my, my brother graduated early from high school, a year early, um, proud of him and my, my other brother, uh, who is, um, also a really great cook. He, he's doing well in school into my other brother in Texas, um, is, is doing well as well. Amazing. So you go. Yeah. Yeah.
What a legacy. What a blood, but what's your heritage? What's your background? Oh, so my background, I am, uh, black, you know, 100% black. And, um, but what kind of black? I'm Latino, but I'm keeping the crowd with. That's a mix. Are you, what's your background? What's your mess? I have no idea.
No, I see it. Oh, my god. My mom always black my dad's black and I guess I'm this black. That's
amazing. You're, you're dad and I had a moment because he talked about this mentor, but him and I share the fact that we have no father, you know, so that's very powerful to have such a stoic man in your life that didn't quite get that energy when he was your age or even younger. What's that like to, to feel that? Yeah. Uh, you know, it was, it was crazy is that, you know, my dad, when he can, he did everything to be able to spend time with me and my sister. And,
you know, is your sister left running around with those two? Who was this, there's something there's no, no, no, no, that's not my sister. Okay, I was a party here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One
moment she's happy with me in the next moment she's not. So whoever that is, I'm sorry. Yeah. She's
all right. She's our marketing manager. She's just terrific. All right. Great. So my, my dad, he really took advantage of the time we spent with each other and I learned from him just from a being a responsible adult to others that were his service members and friends, but also just his duty and just the love that he showed when we were together. And, you know, me being a father, I actually left the military early. I was going to do 20 years and I left at 10 years because
I wanted to make sure that I was in a best position to be able to help my son and traveling with the military. It's, it puts a burden on that responsibility. So I didn't want to continue to go back and forth with trying to make sure I'm there for my son. So I made a decision to lead the military. And, you know, so now it's me and my son, me and my son together. And that's been a great
“experience. You know, I think when people ask me to, I want more kids as possible. I love kids.”
Even if they're not my own. And, you know, I've learned a lot from my dad, the military mentors, Captain Jackson. He showed me what being accountable is and when I wasn't ready for it. And all those things molded me into being a prominent fought father and being an example for my brothers and also being the person that is going to be there to serve those that served us. Right on, well, let's talk about legacy and your own son. Do you find things that your
father did with you that you do with your son? Even if it's just weird things like, uh, like, even that put your glasses, I tell a jiggle or a look. It was, oh, yeah, my father. Like, do you have those moments exactly what it is? It's the laugh and the smile. My dad laughs and smiles. I laugh and smile like my dad and my son does the same. Now, my son, because he tries to be cool,
“he doesn't really want a smile. I'm like, you got a great smile, son. And I think that's what”
we carried on in my son. He actually has these big brown eyes. My dad has these green eyes. So my dad, it kind of skips a generation. My brother has brown eyes. My other brother doesn't. I don't have brown eyes. My sister does. And then, so my son, so my son has the smile, the laugh and also the smile that my dad carry on. That's beautiful, man. It's just to see you that, just like, right in your face. Like, this is life. Life. Um, 14, 14. Yeah. Um,
recruiting. What's your vision for your son? And my counter question for that. What is his own vision for his self? How does this work now? So my vision for my son, and that's one thing I've had to learn as a father is that you don't want to, you want to kind of like steer them in a direction. And you know, the kid has a natural resistance to be able to do what they want to do, right? So one thing I just tell him is that, you know, continue to determine the things that you love and
find out and try things and travel. So we travel quite a bit. And what I see from him is being able to do the things that he wants to do for a limb. I don't want to really want him to work a job
“that he doesn't want to do. I think if I can go back, I wish, you know, I wish I was doing what I”
wanted to do now when I was much younger. A lot of people, you know, look on side, right? So
We try to lead our kids in a direction to where they have to experience less ...
my goal for him is to be able to do what he wants to do passionately about every day of his life. And I have to go through as many obstacles I've had to be able to reach that position. Gosh, what do you think, what, what do you hope your dad is saying about himself that he should
be saying that he'll never say? Wow, and that interview, what do you think is really processing through
his mind? I was his audience, his own children, people he's never met, who is he speaking to when
“he's on that camera? Yeah, I think he's speaking to those that weren't able to speak for themselves.”
A lot of times we, we not only meet veterans that don't know that the resources exist for help, but also their spouses and friends, because it's not something that you click on TV or swipe on TikTok and see is like, oh, there are people that can help me out with my mental health. That may be an a veteran or also employment services, et cetera, et cetera. So to be as out there as we can to let people know that we exist to help them out,
I think the education piece goes a long ways to change in so many people lives. And I think if I was to, you know, expect what he'd be speaking to is to let people know that we're here and to, you know, let your friends know, et cetera, et cetera, because the more that you know that these resources are available, the better off being be for somebody, life changing experience from night and day. So, you know, tell a friend, tell a friend or tell yourself to just get started
and reach out and, you know, get the help that you need. Well, you were one of those avenues where folks can come directly to you. How can folks find you and learn more about you and your dad and what you're doing for veterans? Yeah. So, they can find me and/or my dad or our team at TrueVetSolutions.com. And when it comes to homeless and at risk veterans or wanting to be involved with helping out veterans that way, handsforheroes.org. That is our social media as well,
handsforheroes, and yeah, yeah, that's awesome. And we were definitely about the solutions and also providing hands of support. Yeah. So, what happens next? Besides filming your episode,
“segment 3 with your dad, on segment 4. Correction. What happens next? What's the big grand vision?”
So, the big grand vision is to, for the handsforheroes is the 82 transitional housing facility. That is our big vision, which we are going to start phase one of that same time next year. We already help in veterans through a process for our program of services to get them from the help that they need to be in a thriving individual and society. And then from the TrueVetSolutions standpoint, we are going to the games and we're going to events and letting the veterans know that
they, the VA disability that they deserve, we're here to help them through that process. It's a very strict process. So, our goal is to be able to help out as many veterans as possible. Let them know that they have a friend to help them get the benefits that they deserve. Sure. And we provide all the resources that they need. What's it like? I almost feel like, yeah, you know, almost like this interview process, you know, you're coming in. It's all fresh and new,
dopamine. But then there's going to be consistency. Yes. How do, how do, how do, how does your
“tribe stay consistent? Are you calling in? Are they checking in? How does a vet stay consistent?”
And stay on the wagon? So, that's great. We have a vet care team. Right on. That is really good. We're just catching up with them. See how things are going. We are really there with the veteran. There's no automated systems. There is no AI. We really call them up the veteran, meet in the veteran, shake in the hands, let them know that we're veterans as well. And our vet care team,
which does an amazing job, just make sure that the veteran is assisting and being assisted in the
process. We're there for them. We also can facilitate the transportation to their appointments. So, we are doing a lot to ensure that the veteran is well taken care of. And that they are being helped throughout the process, because a lot of times it's hard to be consistent. Like you said, you know, it's easy to fall off and go back to, yeah, let me go back to, no, we will help you out through the process from A to Z, whether it's transportation, whether it's just a check in,
whether you need information. We're here. We're here. These are giant humans. Be with men, women, and everything in between. How do you tell these giant general giants that help is okay and
reaching out is okay, and that you don't always have to be on a worked. Yeah.
Three. How does that process work, man? Is it a Zoom call? How does one on board? How does one say, I love this podcast. I love him and his dad. I'm going to click here. How does that start for you?
How do you know you found a good one?
started, which is the button you click when you go on a website. But a lot of times, a lot of people
“want to, especially when you go on to a familiar territory, or when you've gone through the process,”
you've been unsuccessful. It's hard to kind of take that step and just say, I'm going to try again,
or I'm going to try for the first time. I do want to think those that have been highly recommending
“of our service, you know, they've gone a long ways to be able to encourage their battle buddies,”
which we call in the military to get your best solutions to try. But if you don't have anyone that's
recommended it is your first time seeing us or hearing me, I would say, get started. There's no cost at
“all if we are unsuccessful in getting you the VA disability claim that you deserve. So give it a try,”
give it a quick get started and talk to one of our that care people, talk to our team, and then see where it goes from there. Right on. Cool. All right, man. This is great. I'm excited to learn more. Jason's got his hands. It's work cut up from. You and your father are quite of economic souls and energies and it's such a pleasure to get you on the podcast. And I look forward to combining the energies again and letting Jason do his magic for density. Until then, TJ Klover,
just making sure. Thank you so much for your time and energy my friend. How can people learn and find you again? Like find me at handsforheroes.org or truevet solutions.com. Right on dot org.com, John. I love it. This is TJ and I'm Regretira's and we are inside success.
