Whiskey Tango FM

A senior title. A respected logo. Proximity to power. But the scope, authority, and compensation don’t match what you’ve already demonstrated you can do. 

In this Field Notes episode, we unpack how prestige can mask a step down, why veterans keep getting encouraged to “take the step-down role,” and why that trade almost never corrects itself later. 

A Rompus Media production. 
© 2026 Rompus LLC. All rights reserved.

What is Whiskey Tango FM?

Whiskey Tango FM is a veteran-led show about the military-to-civilian transition. The tradeoffs, risks, and work of figuring out who you are again as you build a deliberate life after service.

It’s about what the transition really looks like behind the curtain. Career decisions, reinvention, leadership in civilian spaces, and the stuff nobody brings up in separation briefs.

A Rompus Media production.
© 2026 Rompus LLC. All rights reserved.