Veteran State of Mind, Episode 011: Fit body, fit mind, with Steven Chaney

WARNING: Explicit language. Content (and people) that may disturb.

Geraint Jones sits down with his friend Steven Chaney, a former Cavalry soldier who served in Iraq, and also in Afghanistan during the heavy summer fighting of 2009. Among the topics of discussion; opinions on the Army Reserve; mentoring the Afghan National Army; and the importance of physical health for mental wellbeing. 

You can connect with Geraint at @grjbooks across social media, and find his forthcoming Afghanistan memoir Brothers in Arms available for pre-order at all good book stores.

Steven can be found at @elysiumhealthandfitness

For clips and content from the show, behind the scenes, and photos and videos of the guests' time on operations, follow @veteranstateofmind on Facebook and Instagram.

Note: We had to cut some bits of audio out of this for operational security reasons, so apologies if the audio sounds like it's jumping a couple of times.