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Brian with Badger Honor Flight- Fall Flights Preview · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Thirteen ten double Iba Madison in the morning, a real
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  Speaker 1: exciting to exciting time a year. Of course, as we
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  Speaker 1: moved into late summer into fall, another round of Badg
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  Speaker 1: Your Honor Flights Fall flights have been announced September sixth,
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  Speaker 1: October eleventh, and there's also another third one in there
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  Speaker 1: as well. And as soon as I oh November eighth,
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  Speaker 1: as soon as I started mentioning that I screen to refreshed,
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  Speaker 1: so I got three three flights announced. Coming up joining
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  Speaker 1: us this morning is the chairperson with Badger Honor Flight,
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  Speaker 1: mister Brian's nigeler Brian.
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  Speaker 2: How you been doing pretty good, Sean. Thanks for the
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  Speaker 2: time today, thanks.
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  Speaker 1: For joining us, and thank you for the great work
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  Speaker 1: that you guys do. I had the opportunity a number
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  Speaker 1: of years ago to travel with some veterans out to
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  Speaker 1: DC with you guys as your guest at at Badge
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  Speaker 1: Your Honor Flight, and what an amazing day it is.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to talk a little bit with you about
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  Speaker 1: what the experience is all about and really the importance
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  Speaker 1: of doing this. But real quick before we get started,
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  Speaker 1: the website Badger Honor Flight dot org. That's Badger Honor
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  Speaker 1: Flight dot org. We talk about what a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: it is. But there's a really important element to make
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  Speaker 1: this all work, which is veterans. And you are encouraging
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  Speaker 1: veterans right now who haven't taken this opportunity. You really
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  Speaker 1: want to get them signed up, don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We are still looking for World War
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  Speaker 2: Two Korean and Vietnam veterans and also terminally ill veterans
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  Speaker 2: from any conflict that we've seen an increase in those
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  Speaker 2: types of veterans. But yeah, we're actively looking for veterans
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  Speaker 2: from World War Two through Vietnam to get on our
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  Speaker 2: waitlist and going on trip with us.
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  Speaker 1: And that's also something I know for a lot of folks,
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  Speaker 1: whether they're personally a veteran or if they've got a
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  Speaker 1: family member, parents, brothers, sisters, other relatives that served, it's
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  Speaker 1: really important as well, you know, for them to let
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  Speaker 1: them know about this. Also, I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: folks learn about Badger Honor Flight and learn about more
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  Speaker 1: specifically the opportunity to join in at bad Your Honor
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  Speaker 1: Flight through relatives, you know, family friends, those type of areas.
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  Speaker 1: People need to get this information out, don't they, Yes,
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  Speaker 1: they do, And that information of course bad your Honor
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  Speaker 1: flights dot org. That's bad your Honor flight dot org
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  Speaker 1: and Brian, I know, I mean, make it real easy
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  Speaker 1: right right online. There's there's an application folks can can
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  Speaker 1: fill out. Let's talk about then, about the event itself
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  Speaker 1: and and you do a number of these each year.
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  Speaker 1: You guys put together a fantastic schedule with Badge on
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  Speaker 1: a flight to get the men and women who served
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  Speaker 1: out to see the memorials in d C. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about that day and about that that
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  Speaker 1: schedule of event that goes on that day. This is
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  Speaker 1: something that's obviously hugely important to the vets. It's really
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  Speaker 1: rewarding to folks that get a chance travel, but also
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  Speaker 1: for people here in Madison, there's some great opportunities for
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  Speaker 1: them as well to participate, aren't there.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, we're we're always so we're always looking as
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  Speaker 2: we're as we talked about, looking for veterans to get
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  Speaker 2: signed up, but we're also looking for veterans to help
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry, volunteers to help give these veterans a day
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  Speaker 2: that they will never forget. It's we always say the
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  Speaker 2: day they will remember forever. And uh, we're also looking
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  Speaker 2: for like volunteers help with admin, medical team members volunteers
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  Speaker 2: there and also to help out with the send off
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  Speaker 2: and welcome home, which are important parts of that of
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  Speaker 2: that flight day.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned that send off and that welcome home and
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  Speaker 1: and to me, that's you know, it's there's there's so
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  Speaker 1: many things that that I personally remember experiencing that day.
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  Speaker 1: I think one of those biggest surprises is that and
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to ruin too much, but the arrival
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  Speaker 1: back after a very long day, and you think that
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  Speaker 1: these that these uh servicemen and women, these these uh,
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  Speaker 1: these these veterans would be would be exhausted. You see
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  Speaker 1: you see them light up as you get back to
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  Speaker 1: Dane County Regional and the and there's that party going on.
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  Speaker 1: There's a whole it's almost like that second or third win.
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  Speaker 1: That's it's it's such a fun thing, not just for
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  Speaker 1: the veterans but for folks who who want to come
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  Speaker 1: out and think. But also you got young folks. What
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity that is for them as well to experience.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is, and you're right about how it is
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  Speaker 2: a long day and.
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  Speaker 3: The emotions, the enthusiasm, it just keeps building all day,
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  Speaker 3: several folks will take a quick nap on the plane
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  Speaker 3: ride home, so that kind of recharges the batteries there.
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  Speaker 2: But when you get to that welcome home and you
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  Speaker 2: hear that band and it's it's deafening up there at
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  Speaker 2: the top of the stairs, and you look down and
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  Speaker 2: you see four to five thousand people in the Dane
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  Speaker 2: County Airport there to welcome the veterans, and you're right,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's it's family members that know them. But I
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  Speaker 2: also have seen more and more folks in our general
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  Speaker 2: public that are bringing their family out with their young kids,
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  Speaker 2: but they can see what this is all about and learn,
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  Speaker 2: you know, meet these men and women who served, whether
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  Speaker 2: it was overseas or you know, the state side. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're we're seeing an increase in that, and we have
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  Speaker 2: plenty of activities for the young kids as well.
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  Speaker 1: I remember my son still remembers, I should be more specific,
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  Speaker 1: he was very young when I went, and he still
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  Speaker 1: talks about it had quite an impact on him as well.
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  Speaker 1: That that specifically the welcome home ceremony. Let's kind of
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  Speaker 1: walk through the day then, so obviously there's the big
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  Speaker 1: send off the vets arrive at Dane County Regional fly out.
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  Speaker 2: To d C.
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  Speaker 1: Once folks get to d C, let's talk a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about what goes on the day of that that
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  Speaker 1: honor flight.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, when we get to d C, there will be
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  Speaker 2: a small reception side the airport, which which is the
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  Speaker 2: first of several tho it and that's mainly made up
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  Speaker 2: of folks trying to catch their flights. But folks will stop,
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  Speaker 2: take a moment and form a line for the veterans
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  Speaker 2: to go. Buy a plot them, think them, shake their hands,
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  Speaker 2: give hugs. And then from there we'll go either to
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  Speaker 2: Arlington National Cemetery for changing the Guard, or we'll go
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  Speaker 2: to the Marine Corps Memorial and we'll do our group
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  Speaker 2: photo there. We'll have lunch after we're all done there.
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  Speaker 2: Then we'll head on over to Lincoln, Vietnam and Korean Memorials,
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  Speaker 2: which is where a great majority of our veterans now
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  Speaker 2: are from. We'll spend time there. There's plenty of time
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  Speaker 2: to visit all three of those memorials, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: go over to World War Two Memorial for a brief visit,
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  Speaker 2: and then depending on how the day goes, we may
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  Speaker 2: go to the FDR. Martin Luther King Memorials, or we'll
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  Speaker 2: go to the Pentagon ninet eleven Memorial and we typically
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  Speaker 2: will end the day at the US Air Force Memorial
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  Speaker 2: which is just up the hill from the Pentagon, and
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  Speaker 2: then we'll get back to the airport, grab some supper,
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  Speaker 2: get on the plane, and come on home, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: we'll get them back to their families at night as
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  Speaker 2: part of that welcome home.
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  Speaker 1: And I think a lot of people are surprised to
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  Speaker 1: learn this, but for a lot of these a lot
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  Speaker 1: of these veterans, this is their first time seeing these
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  Speaker 1: these monuments. Seeing these memorials, you think about, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for for many of us, we see, you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: familiar with these. A lot of us have maybe for
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  Speaker 1: school trips or other opportunities ben to DC and and
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  Speaker 1: what that means to us when you're a veteran, and
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  Speaker 1: from what I what I witnessed, there's obviously a special
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  Speaker 1: level of appreciation. There's a special level of odd to
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  Speaker 1: see them seeing these memorials for the first time. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of these men and women have have never had
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  Speaker 1: this opportunity before.
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  Speaker 2: That's correct. But I will also one of the things
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  Speaker 2: I've noticed more recently is that when you talk to
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  Speaker 2: a veteran, they have seen, you know, they say they
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  Speaker 2: have gone to d C, so I don't need to go,
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  Speaker 2: or I've been to the I've been to the wall, okay,
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  Speaker 2: but going there with your fellow veterans it's a whole
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  Speaker 2: different experience. And we've talked that several who were a
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  Speaker 2: little hasband about going and their family said, yeah, you
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  Speaker 2: should probably do that. We've heard that they're very thankful
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  Speaker 2: for that because to share that moment with someone else
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  Speaker 2: who was in a similar position as them, or that
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  Speaker 2: the experiences someone to talk to about it. So we're
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  Speaker 2: starting to see more of those type veterans who have said,
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  Speaker 2: you know what, I'm going to go and I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to go with my son, or I'm going to go
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  Speaker 2: with my daughter and it's a totally different experience than
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  Speaker 2: maybe when they were there before.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that is that is an interesting perspective for sure.
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  Speaker 1: As we talked this morning with Brian Ziegler, of course,
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  Speaker 1: Brian comes to us from Badger Honor Flight more online,
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  Speaker 1: Badger honor flight dot org. That's Badger Honor Flight dot org.
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  Speaker 1: A v I P kind of day and uh, Brian,
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  Speaker 1: we started our conversation talking about recruitment, and you make
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  Speaker 1: the application process very easy for folks who head on
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  Speaker 1: over to the website Badger Honorflight dot org. One thing
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  Speaker 1: that people need to remember is is there's no cost
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  Speaker 1: to the UH the servicemen and women that are that
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  Speaker 1: are traveling with the Badger Honor Flight. It's it's something
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  Speaker 1: that I know you guys work very very hard to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that that cost or other limitations are not
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  Speaker 1: a barrier. You guys do a lot of work to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that these folks are able able to make
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  Speaker 1: this trip.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we've we've been very fortunate that the generosity of
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  Speaker 2: the public that is supporting us in our mission to
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  Speaker 2: give these men and women UH their trip of a lifetime.
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  Speaker 2: We want to say thank you to them, and we
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  Speaker 2: want to say thank you to everybody helps get the
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  Speaker 2: message out there. And that's that's what we got to
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  Speaker 2: keep doing, is continue this mission forward.
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  Speaker 1: And if if you know somebody or you are somebody
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  Speaker 1: who've even thought about about it, it's really an important
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  Speaker 1: thing to get signed up again the website Badger Honor
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  Speaker 1: Flight dot org. That's Badger Honor Flight dot org. Of
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  Speaker 1: course I'm three scheduled for this fall, and then of
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  Speaker 1: course I know you guys will start nice and early
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  Speaker 1: with spring spring Badger Honor Flights as well real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Of course mentioned the recruitment and the importance of getting
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  Speaker 1: those applications in and folks getting on the list real quick. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: there's there is cost to this, and I know that
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of folks that are very generous here
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  Speaker 1: listening to the station. I know there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: business owners and leaders as well. I mentioned that website
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  Speaker 1: Badger honorflight dot org. You do make it very easy
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  Speaker 1: as well for folks that want to contribute, that want
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  Speaker 1: to do their their small part to say thank you
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  Speaker 1: right on the website. You guys have a real convenient
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  Speaker 1: area there to make a donation. You also have an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for folks to join the mailing list as well,
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  Speaker 1: don't you.
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  Speaker 2: You Yes, we do. And the other part is that
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  Speaker 2: we do have sponsorship opportunities for the fall flights and
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  Speaker 2: you don't have to you know, while we would love
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  Speaker 2: for someone to step forward and be pay for the
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  Speaker 2: entire flight, there are smaller components of our flight costs
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  Speaker 2: that every bit counts, and so we'll be publishing those
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  Speaker 2: on our Facebook page. Real soon. You could sponsor to lunch,
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  Speaker 2: you could sponsor the buses in DC. So there's different
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  Speaker 2: components and we do everything possible to recognize everybody that does.
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  Speaker 2: The sponsorships are the donation, so every big counts and
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  Speaker 2: we greatly appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: And again all that information available. Bad your honor flight
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  Speaker 1: dot org. That's bad your honor flight dot org. Brian
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  Speaker 1: Ziegler with bad your honer flight. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for all your great work, thank you for your service,
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  Speaker 1: and thank you for joining us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Brian, thank you very much.
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