How an Army Recruiter Built a Mission to Save Veterans
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How did Tracy Glover first decide to join the Army and what early challenges did he face?
It was one of those things where you had to meet somebody that you never met before, and you had to talk them into joining something that they couldn't taste, see, or feel. And that part was the most challenging at first, because I'm telling you to come join the Army where you got a possibility of going to war, to defending your country. But how do I get you to be able to get comfortable about joining the Army?
Tracy Glover is a resilient, mission-driven, and highly respected Army veteran, Sergeant Major, and the co-founder of TruVet Solutions and Helping Hands for Heroes alongside his son, TJ Glover, helping veterans secure disability benefits and prevent homelessness.
Our primary mission is to help The heroes that can't help themselves, whether they're on drugs, whether they're on alcohol, whether they're homeless, that's our primary mission is to help the heroes that can't help themselves, put them in a better position. Yes, sir. In a better place.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. For Inside Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Moments away, actually, I grabbed him off his interview, filming his Operation CEO episode with our General Jason. Joining me today is Tracy Glover. Tracy, we've got some show notes here. It says here, you are a Sergeant Major retired, 30-year Army veteran and co-founder of True Vet Solutions, helping hands for heroes. Is that correct, sir?
It's all correct, but I am the founder. The founder? Yes.
Right on.
Yep, I did 30 years, actually 29 plus years in the Army, and I attained the rank of Sergeant Major, which that's the pinnacle from the enlisted side of the house, yes.
Right on.
Which mentor transformed Tracy’s leadership and how did that change his career path?
Let's talk about the transition into service and the transition out. Was it turbulent? Walk us through that experience.
Well, the transition into the service was a little hesitant because of, again, I had some friends and family that didn't fare so well going into the military or getting out of the military. So I was a little hesitant before I decided to go in. But once I decided to go in, it was all good to go. My first assignment was... uh they sent me to germany wow so i decided to get married to my class class high school sweetheart and uh we went to germany and uh that's where i had my son my first son tracy jr and uh so of course once i started to figure out the military figure out the army for that that the fact that uh it became easier and easier. So I did three years there, and then I went to South Carolina.
That's where I met the first mentor I ever had. And that's what changed my structure, changed my way of living, changed my thought process about the Army. So once I got that, I made the rank of E-5, which is a non-commissioned officer. I did that. And then, of course, moving forward, I did 17 years in recruiting. And I think recruiting was the most important part of my military career because it aligned me to be able to help civilians become soldiers. And doing that, it's so much that I had to go through to get them to feel the taste or understand the Army. And that was a challenge at first, but it was such a rewarding thing that I enjoyed it. And exiting the military, exiting the Army was just one of those bittersweet things, but I had done 29 years, and the most I could have done was 34 years, and I decided that, hey, it's time to move out and do something different.
And as I was navigating that process, of course, I wanted to come back and get my disability. And when I first put in my disability claim, I went to a VA, ran facilities, and I didn't get the benefit that I thought I should have gotten. So I was continuing to fight and finally received the benefit that I should have gotten.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did Tracy Glover first decide to join the Army and what early challenges did he face?
0:00–2:29
2
Which mentor transformed Tracy’s leadership and how did that change his career path?
2:29–7:47
3
Why did Tracy spend 17 years in recruiting and what techniques made him successful?
7:47–13:16
4
How did Tracy persuade reluctant civilians to consider military service (real recruiting stories)?
13:16–17:28
5
What motivated Tracy to transition out of the Army and pursue veteran advocacy?
17:28–19:46