It’s baaaack! Getting back into a routine and will make an effort to get my vlog up. Join me on my radio show this week, this Saturday from 9-10 AM central on AM 690 WIST out of New Orleans. 888-880-WIST or (504)260-0690 My co-host, Chuck Collins and I will be joined by Gisela Chevalier the …
A little late – but still worth a watch! The band is the Blackened Blues and the drummer, Chuck Collins is my radio co-host.
This is my newest friend Earl “Scotty” MacKenzie, who I met last week at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention. He heads the MOPH portion of Cell Phones for Soldiers. Throughout the week, Scotty threw me every goofy pick up line in the book. He made my traveling companions laugh so hard and …
No – this is not a bad joke, though it sounds like one – LOL! I did this August 6th and can see that it most likely won’t happen, though maybe someone will see this and decide I would make a good candidate for OCS and give me a waiver!!! I blame this recent turn …
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* Governor Jindal presents more Honor Medals in Louisiana here and here and here * Northwestern State University named military friendly school * Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center doing more great things * 46th Engineers husband and wife team deploy together * National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program making a positive impact * Transportation Soldiers …
Pfc. Tavonte Johnson Pfc. Tavonte Johnson, a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security after a simulated attack by a suicide bomber on Aug. 8, as part of 7th Marine Regiment’s pre-deployment training exercise. Photo courtesy of United States Marine Corps These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their …
While Sir JJ Witmeyer & I were changing planes in Dallas on Sunday, he was approached by a Vietnam Veteran. After he walked away, JJ said to me, “You can still the see PTSD in his eyes.” That kind of clicked things in to place for me after my week at the Military Order of …
“There is nothing I have not done or seen, I’ve lived a full life.” ~Sir JJ Witmeyer~ I not only traveled with a hero on Sunday, but someone who was recently KNIGHTED!!! I kept teasing him all day buy calling him “Sir JJ” and he sloughed it off. Remember back on DDay reading about the …
Tomorrow morning, I head out of Rogers AR after a week at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention. I ran into JJ Wiitmeyer, who I had on my radio show in December, while at the conference. He took a fall while in AR and it was decided he needed a traveling companion. All …
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***Money finally allocated for families of fallen LA Guard heroes from July 6, 2007 and those declared 100% disabled by the VA. More about it here. All disabled not identified yet. ***New LA law goes into effect Open Louisiana’s five war veterans homes to any state veterans, including those who served in peacetime, and allow …
This week in Rogers, AK has been amazing. I know – Rogers, AK oops Arkansas? It actually wouldn’t really matter where we are, it is the people that I’m getting to meet. I’m at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention and been running the Soldiers’ Angels Traveling Museum as can be seen below …
*I did it – I manage to escape the house for 1 whole week to attend the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention. I miraculously finished all my “to do” list, hired a babysitter to fill the voids and packed everything in 1 suitcase!!!! Yes, 8 pairs of shoes plus running shoes, a formal …
I’m so honored that Soldiers’ Angels is sending me to the 77th Annual Convention of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) in Rogers, AK this week. The Lady’s Auxillary will also be hosting their convention to coincide with this one. I’m looking forward to hanging with 2 very special Angels as well – …
I give myself an A+ in effort for pulling together a creative radio show each week. This week will not disappoint. I’ll be opening up with a sparring match discussion between TSO from This Ain’t Hell an Sergeant Selena Coppa from the Iraq Veterans Against War IVAW. Then I’ll be joined by my friend Frank …
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