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By Landon Cheben | BreakTurn Podcast Recap In this episode of the BreakTurn podcast, we sat down with Jon “Gumby” Miller and Loren “Ox” Bluhm, the founders of Anywhere ATP, to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing military aviators and maintainers today: translating military experience into civilian aviation credentials without wasting time, money, or opportunity.   Both Jon and Loren come from the military aviation world themselves. Jon flew F-18s and F-35s before transitioning into the reserves and civilian aviation, while Loren now flies for Southwest Airlines after his own Navy F-18 career. What stood out immediately in the conversation was that Anywhere ATP wasn’t built...

This month, we interviewed Sebastian Rivas — a former military helicopter pilot who worked with BreakTurn to transition to the world of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services. Keep reading to hear his experience with SkillBridge, why he chose HEMS, and how military training prepared him for high-pressure medical missions. 1. Tell us a little about your military background and what led you to explore SkillBridge with Air Methods through BreakTurn? After more than 23 years in the military, most of that time doing what I love—flying helicopters—I wasn’t ready to stop flying. About a year before retirement, a coworker told me about BreakTurn and how they were helping him transition into a...