Public Entity: Uncovered
Oct 22, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
This week, Greg Wagner joins Claims Never Sleep
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- Greg WagnerGuestMeghan HenryHostMichael HofferHost
Oct 22, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
This week, Greg Wagner joins Claims Never Sleep
One, thank you for your service, but also what part of the military were you in and what brought you into the military? Because that's not an easy decision.
My father served in the Army, so did the whole military thing, and then kind of, I was actually working, I was actually, it's under the National Guard, so I was able to kind of do both things, but it was an infantry unit, so that was a little bit different, so I had to go through all the normal infantry stuff and different schools associated with that, so it was interesting because I also had other, especially in Menards, especially there was actually a lot of,
transferred in, it was kind of weird, but we didn't work a long time together, but like, there was a little overlay, and then I was actually getting I knew I was getting promoted and moved to Michigan.
So it was kind of weird that I'm seeing this person on two different fronts and two different layers.
Luckily, when I was in the military, I definitely got to be mentored by a lot of different people, especially in the infantry units, pretty tight knit.
You know, everyone's, if something happens, you know, I mean, not against anything other non-infantry units, but infantry units, especially it's Comet Arms.
And so there's definitely, a lot of camaraderie and also realize, hey, this person next to me, we may be fighting next to each other.
So you really kind of just build that rapport and that brotherhood, I should say, kind of thing.
Do you think that's helped you, for lack of a better word, learn to motivate folks on your team now that you're on the claim side?
I think if anything, it puts more pressure on me because I realize how important it is to be a leader and what you have to do to be a shield for your people and take care of your people.
I mean, sounds pretty cliche but the reality is like my people ate before i did so like i always you know go eat i'll watch out or whatever you know security post or whatever so that's one thing i've always taken away from is like i've always tried to put my people ahead of me
and so that hasn't been always easy but i think that's who i am i mean that's how you know i learned those skill sets early on like you know 18 year old 19 year old and so i kind of learned those like i always want to take care of my people.
One, thank you for your service, but also what part of the military were you in and what brought you into the military? Because that's not an easy decision.
My father served in the Army, so did the whole military thing, and then kind of, I was actually working, I was actually, it's under the National Guard, so I was able to kind of do both things, but it was an infantry unit, so that was a little bit different, so I had to go through all the normal infantry stuff and different schools associated with that, so it was interesting because I also had other, especially in Menards, especially there was actually a lot of,
transferred in, it was kind of weird, but we didn't work a long time together, but like, there was a little overlay, and then I was actually getting I knew I was getting promoted and moved to Michigan.
So it was kind of weird that I'm seeing this person on two different fronts and two different layers.
Luckily, when I was in the military, I definitely got to be mentored by a lot of different people, especially in the infantry units, pretty tight knit.
You know, everyone's, if something happens, you know, I mean, not against anything other non-infantry units, but infantry units, especially it's Comet Arms.
And so there's definitely, a lot of camaraderie and also realize, hey, this person next to me, we may be fighting next to each other.
So you really kind of just build that rapport and that brotherhood, I should say, kind of thing.
Do you think that's helped you, for lack of a better word, learn to motivate folks on your team now that you're on the claim side?
I think if anything, it puts more pressure on me because I realize how important it is to be a leader and what you have to do to be a shield for your people and take care of your people.
I mean, sounds pretty cliche but the reality is like my people ate before i did so like i always you know go eat i'll watch out or whatever you know security post or whatever so that's one thing i've always taken away from is like i've always tried to put my people ahead of me
and so that hasn't been always easy but i think that's who i am i mean that's how you know i learned those skill sets early on like you know 18 year old 19 year old and so i kind of learned those like i always want to take care of my people.
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