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  Aha, ladies and gentlemen, this is that time.
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  It is September 4th, 2020. Sixth.
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  No, look at that. I'm I'm all over here instead of
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  not being able to see the camera.
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  Good morning, NJ, How are you today?
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  Good morning, Joel. I am good.
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  How are? You, oh, I am so fantastic, so
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  fantastic broadcasting here at the Veteran Voice of Studios
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  here in West Windsor, Co. You know, we were supposed to
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  have a new veteran this morning coming in during the broadcast,
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  but maybe it was kind of last minute.
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  But we do have some veterans coming in to do podcasts in the
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  next two weeks. So be be aware that we're we
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  might be having some new shows coming up soon.
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  But without further ado, today we have first of all, let me
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  introduce myself. You are listening to the show
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  that highlights all the nonprofit programs out there
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  train show. We've been around since 2018 and
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  I'm H train and this is. MJ.
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  And we are here for one mission, 1 mission only.
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  Is that so to show veterans and our men and women in uniform all
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  over the world that there are more programs out there beyond
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  the VA right here on the station that's letting our veterans be
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  heard. MBR Now we have we have mail
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  call today, but we have a kind of a special mail.
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  We actually have two, we have two people that we want to
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  spotlight. So the first thing that we're
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  going to do is we're going to spotlight Mr. Ryan Hunt.
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  Mail call. Oh my God.
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  Mail Welcome to Mail call. Your Soldier Spotlight Powered
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  Right, ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Hunt, we are, we are, we
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  are. We are soon to have him on the
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  show and and talk about some of the successes that he has
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  accomplished. But he is starting, he's he,
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  he's created the veteran social. And if you're interested in
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  please reach out to Ryan Hunt. You know, it's, it's it's it's a
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  great last name, but I don't think we're related.
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  But you know, I'll, I'll take him as a relation.
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  But, you know, mainly reach out to him, especially if you want
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  to do something for veterans, be a part of the empowering of
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  veterans. You know, so he won a a reward,
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  an award this week. And we just want to say on
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  behalf of military broadcast radio in the H Train show, Ryan,
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  congratulations. So all right, now our top mail
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  call for today. Let's do it.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, every week on the H Train show, we take a
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  few minutes to recognize a warrior whose actions remind us
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  what service really means. Sometimes heroism is planned.
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  Sometimes it's a decision made in a matter of seconds.
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  And sometimes you're bleeding. You've just been knocked
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  unconscious by an explosion, and everything inside you should be
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  telling you to get yourself to safety.
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  But instead, you look around, you realize somebody else needs
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  you more. Today's Warrior Spotlight is
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  retired United States Marine Lanes Corporal Jordan Houston,
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  and this is his story about what happened at Happy Gate on August
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  26th, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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  Thousands of people were gathered outside Hamid Karzar
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  International Airport as American forces worked through a
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  massive evacuation from Afghanistan.
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  We all remember that day, right? OK, so Marines from Second
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  Battalion, First Marines were helping provide security at
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  Abbey Gates. Among them was Lance Corporal
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  Jordan Houston. Houston was conducting crowd
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  control only about 11 yards away from where a suicide bomber
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  detonated an explosive device. The blacks killed 13 American
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  service members and approximately 170 Afghan
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  civilians. Houston was close enough that
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  the explosion knocked him unconscious.
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  When he came to realize he wasn't OK, he had shrapnel.
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  Oh man hold on. Evidently H doesn't know how to
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  tremor pages He had shrapnel wounds in his hip.
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  Around him were wounded Marines, gunfire and infusion and tear
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  gas released after the explosion.
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  Damaged tear gas canisters carried by Marines.
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  Think about that situation for a second.
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  You've just survived an explosion.
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  You're wounded, you're disoriented.
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  Your body is telling you something seriously wrong.
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  Nobody would have questioned Houston for getting medical
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  attention. But Houston made another
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  decision. He looked at the Marines around
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  them, and he went to work. Houston began helping wounded
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  Marines, getting to safety and providing aid to Marines whose
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  injuries were worse than his own.
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  And here's the part of the story that really gets me.
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  He hid how badly he was injured, not because he was trying to act
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  tough. He reportedly feared that if the
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  other Marines or medical Perkins now didn't discover the extent
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  of his injuries, they would order him away from the scene.
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  He didn't want to leave. There were still Marines who
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  needed help. So while wounded himself,
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  Houston continued working. Later the night, he reportedly
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  moved pieces of shrapnel from his own hip.
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  That's sacrifice. But there's another reason why
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  we're telling the story today. It took five years for the full
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  recognition of what Houston and two of the fellow Marines did
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  that day on August 26th, 2020. Sixth, exactly five years after
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  the Abby Gate attack, Houston stood inside the Pentagon.
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  This time there wasn't an explosion.
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  There wasn't a gunfire, There wasn't tear gas.
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  There were fellow Marines military leaders in a medal
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  waiting for him. Lanes.
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  Corporal Jordan Houston was presented the Bronze Star Medal
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  with valor for his actions at Abby Gate.
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  Get underneath. Sergeant Jonathan Elby also
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  received the Bronze Star Medal with valor.
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  Corporal Michael Gibson received the Navy and Marine Corps
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  competition medal with valor. All three have continued doing
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  their jobs and helping others after the explosion.
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  And that brings us to why Jordan Houston belongs in today's
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  Warrior Spotlight. Heroism doesn't mean you aren't
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  afraid, doesn't mean you don't feel pain, And it certainly
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  doesn't mean that you're indestructible.
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  Sometimes heroism is simply what happens when everything has gone
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  wrong. I'm still needed.
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  Houston was wounded. He stayed.
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  Other Marines needed help. He helped him.
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  There wasn't a time to think about medals.
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  There wasn't a time to wonder whether somebody would remember
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  his name. Five years later, there wasn't
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  simply another Marine who needed him.
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  That's something veterans understand.
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  We talk about never leaving somebody behind.
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  We talk about watching the person to our left and or right.
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  Those words sound great when they're printed on poster.
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  They mean nothing. Or they mean something entirely
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  different when you're bleeding and actually have to live them.
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  Jordan Houston lived lived them. And there's something else worth
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  remembering. 13 American service members didn't come home from
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  Abbey Gate. Their families have carried that
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  loss every day since August 26th, 2021.
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  So recognizing Houston isn't about taking attention away from
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  those 13 as part of remember what happened there because one
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  of the Americans darkest days in Afghanistan, there were also
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  Americans running towards wounded brothers sisters instead
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  of away from them. There were Marines helping
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  Marines. There were wounded warriors
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  refusing to quit. And there was a young Lance
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  Corporal named Jordan Houston who apparently decided that his
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  own wounds could wait. Five years later, his country
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  finally placed the Bronze Star Medal valor on him.
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  But I'd argue the medal didn't make Jordan Houston a hero.
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  What he did when nobody knew where he would receive 1.
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  Or did. Lance Corporal Jordan Houston,
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  United States Marine Abby Gates, Survivor, Bronze Star Medal with
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  Valor recipient and today's H Train Show Warrior Spotlight,
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  Simplify Marine and thank you from the bottom of our heart for
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  reminding us what it means to take care of the warrior beside
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  you. And ladies and gentlemen, that
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  is today's Spotlight. And now we are going to take
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  just a little tiny break. We're going to take a little
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  ladies and gentlemen, and once again, just from the from the
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  massive updates today. Let's dive right into our top
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  story. OK, this week's top story is the
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  Major Richard Starr Act. For years, 10s of thousands of
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  combat injured veterans have been waiting for Congress to
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  correct something that never should have happened in the 1st
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  place. These men and women volunteered
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  to serve. They were injured in combat,
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  medically retired before reaching 20 years, and then
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  discovered that benefits they earned came with an unfair catch
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  for many of them. Every dollar received in VA
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  disability compensation reduces the military retirement pay they
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  earned by that same dollar. Two different benefits earned
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  for two different reasons, but under the current system, they
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  cannot fully receive both. The Major Richard Starr Act was
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  created to correct this injustice.
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  It is named after Major Richard Starr, a decorated combat
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  veteran who was medically retired because of his injuries
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  injuries. Major Star spent the final years
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  of his life fighting to ensure the combat that combat injured
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  veterans could receive both their earned retirement pay and
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  their visit VA disability compensation.
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  He died from cancer in 2021 without seeing his mission
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  completed. But this family, his family,
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  fellow veterans, military organizations, advocates and
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  broadcasters refused to let his name or his mission disappear.
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  Now that mission has reached a major turning point.
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  The discharge Position petition for the Major Richard Starr Act
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  has officially received the 218 signatures required to clear a
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  critical procedural threshold in the House of Representatives.
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  This is a major win for veterans.
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  Joel and plain English supporters have gathered enough
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  signatures to move the legislation toward House
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  consideration even without the normal committee process moving
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  it forward. This does not mean that the
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  Major Richard Starr Act has passed.
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  It must still receive the necessary votes, clear both
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  chambers of Congress, and be signed into law years after
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  delays. This is real progress and
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  possibly the strongest opportunities these veterans
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  have had. If enacted, the Major Richard
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  Starr Act could help nearly 60,000 combat injured veterans
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  who were medically retired before completing 20 years of
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  service. These are veterans whose careers
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  did not end because they quit. Their careers ended because
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  their bodies, and sometimes their minds, carried home the
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  cost of war. They did not choose to leave
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  early. Their service was cut short
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  because they were injured while serving our country.
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  Requiring them to surrender 1 earned benefit to receive
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  another is not merely a financial issue.
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  It is a question of whether America will fully honor the
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  promises made to those sent into harm's way.
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  Military Broadcast Radio is proud of this moment because we
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  have used our platform throughout this year to keep the
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  Major Richard Starr Act in the conversation.
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  Our host spoke about it, our advocates shared it.
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  Our community continued reminding people that behind
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  every bill number is a veteran, a caregiver, a spouse, and a
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  family waiting for Congress to act.
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  This is what giving veterans a voice looks like.
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  It does not mean claiming credit for the work of thousands.
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  It means recognizing that every voice added to this movement
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  helped create pressure, awareness and momentum.
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  When enough people refuse to remain silent, elected leaders
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  eventually have to listen. This legislation should not
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  belong to one political party. A battlefield does not ask
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  whether the person being injured is Republican, a Democrat or an
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  Independent. A disability does not check
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  party registration before changing a family's future.
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  The Major Richard Starr Act is about keeping a promise to
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  combat injured veterans. It is about recognizing that
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  military retirement was earned through service, while VA
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  disability compensation was earned through sacrifice.
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  Veterans should not be forced to choose between them.
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  Today, we recognize this milestone, but we do not declare
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  the mission accomplished. The petition has reached 218
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  signatures. The door toward a House vote has
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  been opened, and now Congress must walk through it.
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  We encourage our listeners to remain informed, contact their
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  representatives, support the organization's working on this
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  legislation, and continue speaking the names and the
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  stories of the veterans affected.
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  Veterans like Corporal Lance Houston that we just
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  spotlighted. Major Richard Starr did not live
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  to see this moment, but the mission carrying his name is
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  still moving forward. To every veteran, family member,
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  advocate and broadcast military broadcast radio hosts who raised
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  their voice, this is proof that your voice matters.
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  The fight is not finished, but today we are one major step
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  closer. How are you feeling about this?
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  Joel, I'm super excited when I saw a congressman wrote that
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  like a congressman. It's not, it wasn't a news
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  source. It wasn't, it wasn't another
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  soldier. It was a congressman that wrote
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  that on Facebook. And then, you know, of course,
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  I, I fact checked it, sure enough, we're at 218 signatures.
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  No, I'm not political. I'm not.
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  I have no idea how all this stuff, you know, works.
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  But I will tell you this, since we've been, since we were
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  introduced to the situation in January, a lot of our hosts have
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  had Matthew and Ryan and other admins have this bill on and
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  especially Bob talking about it. And not only did we learn about
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  it, but it was explained. And I think that is the key to
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  like the legislation is, yes, it's out there, but can we
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  understand it? Can we explain it now?
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  This effects you personally. You are an injured veteran who
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  has to choose between the two. Correct.
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  Right, right. And I did under 20 years.
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  I only did 10 years. So yeah, it does.
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  It does totally, you know, it does totally include me, Yes.
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  Now, you know, I've been doing this for a long time.
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  And today, every day, there's so many veterans that I meet up
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  with and they have like, they're veterans, but they didn't know
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  about the red shirt, like the story behind it, why we do it
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  and stuff like that. And then when I explained to
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  them and when I kind of teach them, they're like, oh, OK.
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  And there's just, there's certain things that, you know,
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  unless a veteran was like really on veteran sources and that, you
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  know, veteran stories and stuff like he won't know when you go
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  to a seminary or a cemetery, the grave, he won't know, OK, what
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  does a dime mean on the grave? What does 1/4 mean on the grave?
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  What does the penny mean in the grave?
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  I don't know what these things mean.
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  And we're, we're, we're, we're going to, we're going to do
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  probably a story behind that next week so that I can explain.
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  But there's a lot of people that don't know about it.
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  There's a lot of people that don't know that when a soldier
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  dies, they wrap the flag 13 times and there's a reason why
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  they wrap the 13. There's like a poem and
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  everything. My beautiful ceremony.
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  Yeah, my watch. Of military personnel be laid to
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  rest. Yeah.
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  And you know, my, my whole, my whole thing of this is, you
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  know, it's out there, but just because veterans don't know
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  about it, it's, it's not their fault.
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  We're educating them. We're, we are keeping them up to
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  date with what's going on. We are not fear mongering like
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  some of these people on TikTok. Hey, they're, they're, they're,
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  they're, they're going toward their blah, blah, blah.
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  We don't fear monger. Will we give you the updates and
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  we give you the news and we let you know what's going on and,
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  and what we can do to continue pursuing, you know, the, the
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  progression of this bill or the story or Red Friday, because
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  this will always happen as long as us veterans carry the flame
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  towards that. Now it's that time.
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  It's it's your favorite time. I love.
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  This part the WTF moment of the week.
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  What the WTF? This is going completely off the
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  rails strain. Help me out here.
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  All right. So that's that's commitment
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  right now. That's commitment right there.
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  I can't even get my wife to mow the grass.
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  That is commitment. Where is this wedding?
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  I have no idea. That, I guess is either.
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  All right, we can't hear you. Why would you say HG?
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  Come on now. I was going to say South
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  Louisiana. What?
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  OK caveman, look, that was wrong.
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  No HG. Now say what you said.
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  I was going to say Florida. That's better.
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  Florida man caveman making fun of me.
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  He just got back from Lafayette. Caveman, when you get married,
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  if your wife wants you to wade through the pool to get wedding,
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  are you going to do it? Yep, she's walking down the
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  aisle to some zydeco music. That's all.
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  Look, look, you know, I'm really good friends with rock and deep
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  sea. Really.
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  I am. Yes, I am.
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  That was that was probably one of my favorite parts about
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  Louisiana. Just go and listen to the live
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  music. Isn't it?
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  South Louisiana girls teaching me how to dance.
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  Oh, I know we're spicy, aren't? We I had a great summer with all
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  the seasoned girls out. There, spicy white.
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  That's right. Everybody, TikTok, good morning.
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  Good morning. Hey, Cassie.
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  Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us.
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  So, so Caveman's kind of right, That could be a wedding in
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  Louisiana because, you know, we flied.
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  Yeah. And he was on to something.
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  So that. Yeah, that's funny.
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  Now down on TikTok, now you know.
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  Remember Home Alone? The Wet Bandits.
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  Yes, and this was my son. Like, just like we're probably
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  talking, yes, Home alone, the White Bandits.
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  MJ Now I've I'm married, of course.
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  Would you Would you do that? No.
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  Well, first of all, I've I've made the mistake of being
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  married twice. Yeah, With that said, it's a me
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  problem. Yeah.
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  And I'll, I'm a pet. I'm a bad picker.
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  I don't know if I'll ever get married again, much less go down
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  an aisle like that. That's a definite no.
• 29:30
  That's a little extreme, don't you think?
• 29:31
  I do. I do think it's a little
• 29:33
  extreme, especially since there is nobody in the Pew, no.
• 29:38
  There's nobody in the Pew. So it's like why?
• 29:42
  And then think about it, OK, so like when women are getting
• 29:45
  married, it's one of the biggest things in the world.
• 29:48
  And when I did get married, my second wedding, both of my
• 29:52
  weddings were beautiful, But my second wedding, I really planned
• 29:55
  everything to the detail for two years.
• 29:59
  And you don't want anything to go wrong.
• 30:01
  I can't even imagine how she thought that was a good thing.
• 30:06
  Let's just go forward, OK? The whole church is flooded with
• 30:09
  two feet of water. Maybe the venue was non
• 30:11
  refundable. I was like you well.
• 30:13
  You do have to pay for the church.
• 30:14
  You have to use it or lose it. It it it is non refundable but
• 30:18
  it can't be more than 1500 bucks.
• 30:20
  HG maybe? Maybe.
• 30:22
  I wonder if they give a hazard discount?
• 30:26
  Did Where was the priest? Above the altar.
• 30:28
  I don't know. I, I don't know, you know, so,
• 30:31
  so like I looked at that. Let's see.
• 30:35
  Let's see this. OK, so we have we we have the
• 30:39
  ring bearer. Looks like the ring bearer made
• 30:41
  it. There's a couple of the the
• 30:47
  altars, definitely. I wonder how little a ring
• 30:54
  bearer is. That's.
• 30:59
  Right. Yeah.
• 30:59
  The thing is, I don't know if it was staged, but you know, the,
• 31:03
  the, the common, the common part in that segment is, you know,
• 31:09
  not what would you do for a Klondike bar, but what would you
• 31:12
  do for somebody that you love that that's, that's where it
• 31:16
  comes down to, you know, think. That proves love at all.
• 31:19
  You don't think so? No.
• 31:21
  OK, because a wedding ceremony doesn't make a marriage.
• 31:25
  Right, right. But walking like walking through
• 31:30
  water, I. Feel like they felt like they
• 31:33
  had no other choice. I was.
• 31:35
  Through the ass water. Yeah, that was.
• 31:37
  Gross. Thank you.
• 31:39
  Come on, get somebody get on this.
• 31:41
  I I love my girlfriend, but I am not I I wait now to what's
• 31:48
  probably an expensive tuxedo and some dirty ass flood water.
• 31:52
  Renting the tuxedo. That Muddy Waters right there in
• 31:55
  a white. Thank you.
• 31:56
  That's good, man. It's crazy.
• 31:59
  Look, I wouldn't even put my shrimp boots on for that, OK?
• 32:01
  I know that's. What I mean I know.
• 32:03
  Yeah, no, that's, that's ridiculous.
• 32:06
  Do you have comments from that video?
• 32:09
  I don't have comments from We need.
• 32:11
  To start bringing in comments. Right videos, I know HG.
• 32:15
  Caveman. I don't know what the people
• 32:17
  think. Collins are top tier, you need
• 32:20
  those. Top tier, yeah.
• 32:22
  Yeah, you know that. Actually, I tell you.
• 32:24
  Well, we, you know what I can do?
• 32:27
  Hold up. I need to know where this woman
• 32:29
  was. I'm surprised that the priest
• 32:31
  even allowed this to happen. Right, because it devalues the
• 32:35
  sanctity of the sacrament in my opinion.
• 32:40
  So here, here's just a couple of few comments.
• 32:43
  Yeah, so ain't no river high enough to keep me from getting
• 32:47
  too baby. That's that's that's prophetic.
• 32:52
  If you know, you know. God sends us science when we
• 32:56
  just choose to ignore them. Blood, water can carry germs,
• 33:01
  chemical humans and anal waste. That's Karen.
• 33:04
  Karen. Right there that she's thinking
• 33:07
  about anal waste. Stop it.
• 33:10
  I like the comment about God. OK, God knows better.
• 33:13
  OK, take the time. Heed the warning now.
• 33:17
  Leave the church. The show must go on.
• 33:20
  It's given. It's given Titanic vibes.
• 33:23
  Just ridiculous. Anyone there for the show?
• 33:27
  Legend. I come from hurricane waters.
• 33:29
  We cancel weddings. The show does not go on.
• 33:33
  Why is no one asking about their photographer and their gadgets?
• 33:38
  How much were they paid to come for the shoot?
• 33:42
  They will remember this for the rest of their lives and those
• 33:45
  photos are going to be extra meaningful.
• 33:48
  Some couples promise to weather every storm together.
• 33:51
  These two became these two be damned their marriage by walking
• 33:58
  in straight through one. If that isn't a beautiful sign
• 34:02
  of love that can adore anything, I don't know what if me and my
• 34:07
  wife would be like. It's like Noah's Ark and the two
• 34:12
  people going on the boat in the. Floodwaters and my number, my #1
• 34:16
  famous. I like this comment, The number
• 34:19
  one famous comment before we go to drop the date.
• 34:23
  Come hail or high water. Literally, come hail, water.
• 34:30
  Hail. I was trying to say Hallelujah,
• 34:33
  right. Oh, well, if you was in that
• 34:35
  position, what would you do? You know, if your wife comes up
• 34:39
  to you and says, OK, honey, we need to we need to downgrade
• 34:43
  from the Corvette to a minivan because we have a kid now.
• 34:46
  What are you going to do? Just some of the questions, some
• 34:50
  of the questions that you know, you have to ask yourself.
• 34:52
  And you know, when, when, when you're talking about stuff like
• 34:55
  this, you know, you made a good point.
• 34:59
  That doesn't prove love. It doesn't prove love.
• 35:02
  You have another. I mean, hey.
• 35:04
  You seen the you seen the video of the couple getting married in
• 35:07
  the McDonald's, right? Oh yeah.
• 35:09
  Well, would you rather go through three feet of water or
• 35:12
  get married in a McDonald's lobby?
• 35:14
  I'm. Not doing either one of these.
• 35:16
  That sounds like it's a setup for disaster.
• 35:18
  Well, from the sound of it, you're not doing that
• 35:20
  regardless. If I could do one thing
• 35:22
  differently from November 23rd, 2002, that's when I got married
• 35:28
  the second time. OK, I wish I would have never
• 35:31
  went. What are you talking about?
• 35:32
  I'm not going to McDonald's or flood water.
• 35:35
  All right, you got it. Look up that video the
• 35:37
  McDonald's. I will.
• 35:39
  It's why. Why did they get married in a
• 35:41
  McDonald's? They both worked there, that's
• 35:43
  where they met, so they decided to just get married there.
• 35:45
  That is so romantical. OK.
• 35:49
  What I didn't set it on the. Volume.
• 35:50
  It is kind of sweet look and look, that's kind of cool.
• 35:54
  And then did they serve everybody like cheeseburgers and
• 35:56
  stuff? Probably the emails you get.
• 35:58
  Oh, in the favor, could be a Happy Meal toy.
• 36:01
  Hey, if Trump can do it, anybody can.
• 36:03
  Like it OK? Oh what him working tonight?
• 36:06
  No, no, Trump serves McDonald's to the Olympians.
• 36:11
  Oh, I don't know. I don't watch, you know, I don't
• 36:13
  watch the news. I don't watch him anymore.
• 36:15
  I don't watch anything like that because I like to stay happy.
• 36:18
  But you know. Tell me more about Happy Meals
• 36:22
  and people get married at McDonald's.
• 36:24
  But you know, it, it, it, it comes up a question of you know
• 36:31
  what? What is the test of love?
• 36:32
  Is the test of love going through storms, or is this test
• 36:38
  of love literally going through something like that, like
• 36:43
  physically? So for me, what I believe, I've
• 36:47
  worked with a lot of older people.
• 36:50
  I work with Alzheimer's patients and things like that.
• 36:53
  So that's part of the population that I serve.
• 36:57
  I don't believe that love is a feeling.
• 36:59
  I believe that love is a choice. It is an action word.
• 37:03
  And the people who stay married, OK.
• 37:07
  And I have, I have seen couples who one gets sick and the other
• 37:11
  moves into a skilled nursing home facility so that they can
• 37:15
  still be together. It is getting through those
• 37:19
  trials and tribulations, being able to work out and
• 37:23
  communicate. Communication is the key to
• 37:25
  everything. That's it right there.
• 37:27
  Communication is it right there. Being able to have the
• 37:32
  self-awareness of what your own character defects are and having
• 37:37
  the compassion for your partner's character defects and
• 37:40
  working together. That to me is true authentic
• 37:44
  love. And for me, in my experience is
• 37:47
  most people lack authenticity. They're too afraid of
• 37:51
  themselves. They're, they're too afraid of
• 37:54
  themselves or they're, they're people pleasers and they,
• 37:59
  they're afraid to say no. And and people pleasing comes
• 38:03
  from the other end of trauma and all of these things.
• 38:05
  I mean, communication is a skill relationships in general, It's
• 38:10
  always skill building. I'm still skill building
• 38:13
  professional relationships. You are we.
• 38:15
  I mean, it's a lifelong learning.
• 38:18
  So the people who stay together, they stuck it through.
• 38:21
  They decided what was important. You pick your battles.
• 38:25
  Yep, pick your battles. And that's, that's a big thing.
• 38:29
  You know, when you're married, I've been married for 15 years
• 38:33
  and I can tell you, you don't gripe at every little thing.
• 38:37
  You pick your battles, you pick your battles, you pick.
• 38:39
  Your battles. I'd like to know what caveman
• 38:42
  and HG think of relationships in love since you're a younger
• 38:46
  generation. I think you kind of you're
• 38:49
  hitting the, you're hitting the hammer on the head here with
• 38:52
  what you're saying. I mean, with the younger people,
• 38:55
  I'd say the biggest issue is like you're saying no
• 38:58
  authenticity. It's hard in your generation.
• 39:01
  That's kind of the hardest thing.
• 39:02
  Finding somebody that's really like actually has genuine
• 39:06
  feelings isn't the easiest thing.
• 39:08
  Communications really just the biggest piece.
• 39:12
  And I mean, I'm, I'm 23 years old, but none of none of the one
• 39:17
  of the people in, in mine and H GS age group are really, you
• 39:20
  know, adults, whether 25 with a fully developed brain or not,
• 39:26
  you know, like some people just cannot act like adults, even
• 39:30
  like even when they are. But yeah, I worked with old
• 39:33
  people as well. And like plenty of couples moved
• 39:36
  in together. You'd see, you know, 1 one's
• 39:40
  health would rapidly decline if another one had recently passed
• 39:44
  away. Oh yeah, things.
• 39:45
  Like that happen like there we had a couple his wife had
• 39:51
  recently had a stroke and she needed to live in a skilled
• 39:54
  facility and he was still probably had a few years before
• 39:57
  he could have gone to his skilled place.
• 39:59
  But he still ended up going with her just cuz Alice his wife.
• 40:03
  I mean they went all the way from the.
• 40:06
  Suburbs in Illinois all the way to Golden Co to live in a
• 40:10
  nursing facility together so. I mean and don't give your don't
• 40:15
  discredit yourself. You 2 are young, okay, but you
• 40:18
  still have value you're still learning and what's different
• 40:22
  about your generation. I feel like because you are both
• 40:27
  of you are about the ages of my kids, you are caveman, my
• 40:30
  youngest child's age. And so with that said, you had
• 40:33
  Snapchat. Y'all had all of this
• 40:35
  technology, There's filters. There's a lot of things that I
• 40:39
  feel make it harder for your generation to have that
• 40:43
  authenticity because of these ideologies that have come into
• 40:49
  being with like flex culture per SE for to, you know, flex
• 40:55
  culture. And then, I don't know, with all
• 40:58
  these filters, I can't imagine being a young girl, OK?
• 41:02
  And everything changes your nose, changes your eyes, you
• 41:04
  know? What do you think about that
• 41:06
  guys? Catfish.
• 41:09
  Yeah, it's like the the main thing that everybody I feel like
• 41:13
  looks for in a relationship is somebody that's like authentic
• 41:17
  because you got to spend a lot of time with that person.
• 41:20
  So you make sure not everything has to be in common with your
• 41:24
  partner, but you know, certain things you're going to connect
• 41:27
  on. And that's how you're going to
• 41:28
  find out that you actually, you know, love somebody, just the
• 41:31
  things that you connect on and. Do you feel that technology has
• 41:35
  made it more difficult for the two of you to build
• 41:38
  relationships? Because what I find as a as a
• 41:41
  speech therapist, text messaging has taken away the skill of
• 41:46
  building communications, Yes, and interpersonal interaction
• 41:50
  and having to resolve conflict and whatnot.
• 41:53
  I think it's. Difficult.
• 41:55
  I agree. And, you know, it's, it's, it's,
• 41:57
  it's. And, and before we go to our
• 42:00
  our, our next topic, it's, it's importantly you just said that
• 42:04
  because when veterans talked to their show yesterday, you know,
• 42:09
  Magic Mike, he he mentioned something that was pretty
• 42:13
  important. Right.
• 42:14
  All right, All right. Yeah, Yeah.
• 42:15
  He told me he was like, you know, instead of texting
• 42:19
  somebody, send them a video message.
• 42:22
  There's a huge difference in the way.
• 42:25
  Too A voice memo, Yes. Yeah, you.
• 42:27
  Hear the ferocity, you can hear the.
• 42:29
  Information, right? There's a difference between,
• 42:31
  Sam, I love you and I love you so much.
• 42:36
  Like there's a huge difference in that, you know?
• 42:38
  There's, well, there's a huge difference between love you and
• 42:43
  I love you, right? OK, there's the difference.
• 42:46
  Just that verbal. Right.
• 42:47
  Yeah. I agree with you with the
• 42:49
  texting and and the Internet. It's kind of just made people
• 42:52
  like, you know, can't like have like personas almost where like
• 42:58
  they're themselves on the Internet.
• 42:59
  It's nothing like who they are in person.
• 43:02
  And then you kind of you're kind of dealing with like two
• 43:05
  different people. But HG might have a different
• 43:08
  answer. He's been dating his girlfriend
• 43:09
  for a while. For like 8 years say he's so
• 43:12
  quiet back there I'm looking at. That he may have a different
• 43:15
  answer than myself. But we have to.
• 43:17
  We have to go to. The we have a program.
• 43:19
  We have to go to the next segment before we run out of
• 43:22
  time. Yeah, we have.
• 43:24
  Yeah, but you know, we one thing that we forgot to do to do with
• 43:28
  the top story is we need to do the sports report.
• 43:32
  Ladies and gentlemen, it's the sports report time.
• 43:35
  I'm Beaker and we have got a massive show for you tonight.
• 43:38
  From the gridiron to the diamond, we are covering the
• 43:40
  biggest plays and wildest moments, so let's get right to
• 43:43
  the action. All right, yeah, let's get into
• 43:48
  it. The sports report, kind of a lot
• 43:51
  going on in the sports world right now.
• 43:53
  So we're going to just get into it.
• 43:55
  We're going to start with the NBA.
• 43:56
  They absolutely dropped the hammer on the Los Angeles
• 44:00
  Clippers and Steve Ballmer for the role of the Kawhi Leonard.
• 44:03
  Salary caps circumvention. Ballmer, as well as president of
• 44:07
  business operations Julian Zucker, has been suspended one
• 44:10
  year without pay. President of basketball
• 44:13
  operations Lawrence Frank was also suspended without pay for
• 44:17
  six months. The Clippers must also forfeit
• 44:20
  their five first round picks over the following years,
• 44:24
  2029203020312032 and 2033. Wow yeah, and as a team that
• 44:34
  they didn't already didn't own their 2028 pick.
• 44:38
  They have to take the worst of the two with they have a pick
• 44:42
  swap with OK C that they have to take the worst of the two.
• 44:45
  So they have effectively been sent to purgatory with this.
• 44:52
  Kawhi Leonard also received punishment, although I feel like
• 44:55
  not nearly as severe, you know, considering his role in all
• 44:58
  this. He will just have to pay a
• 45:00
  $700,000 fine. No suspension though.
• 45:04
  The NBA and NBA Players Associates have said that all
• 45:08
  rulings are final, but the Clippers and Ballmer said in the
• 45:12
  statement that they intend to pursue every Ave. available to
• 45:15
  overturn these rulings. So might not be the last we hear
• 45:21
  from this saga, but it's gonna be.
• 45:24
  It's gonna keep going. Rough time to be a Clippers fan.
• 45:27
  Some other NBA news. Ahmed Thompson and the Rockets
• 45:29
  have agreed to a five year, $208,000,000 rookie scale
• 45:34
  contract extension. OK, man, what's going on in the
• 45:36
  WNBA? Now, one, one last thing about
• 45:41
  that Clippers thing, their, their final statement about that
• 45:45
  whole situation. They had said in their tweet,
• 45:49
  and I'm, I'm quoting this, that the NBA and the league had told
• 45:52
  them something different behind closed doors.
• 45:55
  And then they went ahead and posted and made all those final
• 45:58
  decisions without them knowing. So that's why they're going to
• 46:01
  be fighting that. And in the WNBA, there's now
• 46:04
  going to be a $208,000,000 rookie scale contract extension
• 46:09
  still. The.
• 46:11
  Wrong. Fence.
• 46:13
  No, that's OK. It's.
• 46:15
  Currently on pause right now because the women are in the
• 46:18
  FIBA World Cup taking place from today until September 13th in
• 46:23
  Berlin. Currently 51 NBA players that
• 46:28
  are active on the roster and nineteen former WNBA players in
• 46:32
  the FIBA Cup tournament got 14 of 15 WNBA teams sending at
• 46:37
  least one player to compete, and 15 of the 16 national teams
• 46:42
  competing in this tournament have at least one current WNBA
• 46:46
  player on their roster. Some notable players missing,
• 46:50
  however, are Asia Wilson and Kelsey Plum for Team USA, both
• 46:55
  due to some health reasons right now, and Australia team captain
• 46:58
  Sammy Whitcomb, who's also out due to an injury.
• 47:02
  I'm gonna kick it back over to HG for some MLB.
• 47:06
  We got some MLB news as well. A couple more owner updates.
• 47:10
  So Stan Kronke, the owner of the LA Rams, Colorado Nuggets,
• 47:13
  Avalanche and Rapids, as well as Arsenal FC, is now getting into
• 47:18
  professional baseball. He's purchasing the Los Angeles
• 47:21
  Angels for $4 billion. Why not the Rockies?
• 47:28
  Yeah, right. Well, in other news for Los
• 47:32
  Angeles baseball teams, the LA Dodgers owner is under an FBI
• 47:38
  investigation. So in July, multiple outlets
• 47:41
  including Bloomberg reported that the 66 year old insurance
• 47:47
  maginet is the subject of an FBI investigation dating to 2025.
• 47:52
  The probe centers allegations that two of Mark Walters
• 47:55
  insurance companies made investments and other parts of
• 47:58
  Walters wide-ranging business empire, including some related
• 48:03
  to the Dodgers, without labeling those investments as affiliated.
• 48:07
  Said companies have since admitted to under reporting
• 48:10
  affiliated investments by billions of dollars in the
• 48:14
  practice of effectively amounts to self dealing and puts Walter
• 48:18
  in danger of committing tax fraud.
• 48:21
  That's huge. I mean you.
• 48:22
  Think about you think about the Dodgers, this being the most
• 48:27
  dominant team in baseball, always spending all that money
• 48:30
  to bring in the top talent. Now some asterisks, Yeah, are
• 48:34
  going to be next to those championships no matter what the
• 48:37
  outcome of this investigation is because your owner was and
• 48:42
  essentially committing tax fraud and self dealing billions of
• 48:45
  dollars to help build that stacked roster.
• 48:47
  I was gonna ask you that HG if their championships would be in
• 48:50
  question from this. I figured.
• 48:52
  So I mean, like, it's nothing like the players or coaches can
• 48:55
  do. But now as just fans all around
• 48:57
  the league, like there's always going to be that clown hanging
• 49:01
  over those those championships and all that success they had.
• 49:04
  Yeah, Astros. That happened to the Astros.
• 49:07
  I think this might be even. I mean, this is bigger, this is
• 49:11
  bigger. This is yeah, yeah.
• 49:14
  I mean, he could potentially face some jail time.
• 49:16
  And a big part of this he got he purchased the Los Angeles Lakers
• 49:21
  and then in just a year later, sold his stake for $12.5
• 49:25
  million. And a move that kind of seems
• 49:28
  like you need an influx of cash to pay off a massive debt.
• 49:33
  Some top performances from last night.
• 49:35
  Pete Crow Armstrong blasted his 39th home run of the season and
• 49:40
  Kevin Gozman pitches a sharp 7 as the Cubs take down the
• 49:43
  Brewers to the one in the potential playoff matchup.
• 49:46
  Carter Jensen scores 3 times, including one Homer, as well as
• 49:50
  recording three RBI's for the Royals in the seven to three win
• 49:53
  over the Marlins. I'm gonna kick it over the
• 49:55
  caveman for some NFL updates. OK, we got, we got 10 minutes,
• 49:59
  guys. All right.
• 50:01
  PCA man I, I think he's the hottest player in baseball right
• 50:04
  now. He's got to make his name for
• 50:06
  the MVP this season. But in the NFL, Cardinals and
• 50:10
  Michael Wilson wide receiver have agreed to a three-year, $75
• 50:14
  million extension. Former NFL Warner Brothers and
• 50:19
  CBS color commentator Mark Sanchez.
• 50:22
  Oh, here we go. Plans to plead guilty to assault
• 50:25
  charges from arrest in 2025 in Indianapolis and HG with the
• 50:32
  last of it got the college football breakdown all.
• 50:35
  Right, I got a quick update on the ongoing legal battle for
• 50:38
  former pro players returning to College of Louisiana.
• 50:42
  Judge has cleared Daquan Wright and Xavion Harris to play this
• 50:45
  season at LSU with their former head coach Lane Kiffin.
• 50:50
  Despite pro stints in the NFL, the SEC has filed a suit against
• 50:54
  LSU for their intent to play former pro players.
• 50:58
  Then we had the first night of week one.
• 51:00
  Couple of top 25 teams in action last night #21 Utah runs the
• 51:04
  ball nearly 50 times for 364 yards and four touchdowns as
• 51:09
  they route Idaho 66 to 14 #25 Missouri's new quarterback
• 51:15
  Austin Simmons goes off in the first half going 17 to 19 for
• 51:19
  252 yards and four touchdowns. He then sat out the rest the
• 51:22
  entire second-half. Tigers still demolished
• 51:25
  Arkansas, Pine Bluff 54 to 14. The UMass Minutemen snapped a
• 51:30
  historic 16 game losing streak and got their first win against
• 51:35
  the FBS opponent since 2023 as 29 1/2 point Rd. underdogs
• 51:40
  against Rutgers. And they didn't just win, they
• 51:43
  dominated, beating the Scarlet Knights 37 to 21.
• 51:49
  The Golden Gophers racked up five touchdowns on the ground
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  and the return man Javon Tracy set the school record, returning
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  two punch 2 punts for a touchdown, including one for 87
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  yards. And finally here in back home in
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  Colorado, the CU boss were on the road.
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  They survived A sloppy game on a wet and humid night in Atlanta
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  against Georgia Tech. Despite struggling most of the
• 52:12
  game, sophomore QB Julian Lewis led the game-winning drive
• 52:16
  finding tied in Charlie Williams for a 20 yard go ahead touchdown
• 52:19
  with 42 seconds left and then Boo car their blocks.
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  Georgia Tech's game-winning field goal attempt Buffs escape
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  14 to 13. That's the sports report.
• 52:29
  All right, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to have some skim it
• 52:31
  because we're running out of time, but it is that time injury
• 52:36
  is going to read the drop the date.
• 52:40
  Today in history. OK, this morning's drop.
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  The date September 4th, we are recognizing Staff Sergeant
• 53:04
  Christopher Diaz and Dino. What happens when the bond
• 53:08
  between a warrior and a dog becomes stronger than war,
• 53:11
  stronger than loss, and even stronger than death?
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  Drop the date today is September 4th, 1984.
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  That was the day United States Marine Staff Sergeant
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  Christopher Diaz was born. Diaz came from a proud military
• 53:26
  family and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2003.
• 53:30
  He became a military police officer and eventually an elite
• 53:33
  military working dog handler. His canine partner was a Belgian
• 53:38
  Malinois named Dino. This wasn't the kind of
• 53:41
  partnership where somebody simply owned a dog.
• 53:43
  Christopher and Dino trained together, deployed together, and
• 53:47
  depended on one another in a combat environment.
• 53:50
  That bond could mean the difference between completing
• 53:53
  the mission and never making it home.
• 53:56
  In 2011, Staff Sergeant Diaz deployed to Afghanistan on
• 54:01
  September 28th. While conducting combat
• 54:03
  operations in Helmand Province, an explosion severely wounded a
• 54:08
  fellow service member. Diaz immediately rushed forward
• 54:13
  to help. He knew insurgents sometimes
• 54:15
  placed secondary explosive devices near the first explosion
• 54:19
  to target anyone attempting a rescue, but Diaz went anyway.
• 54:25
  He was only 27 years old. For his courage and selfless
• 54:31
  actions, Christopher Diaz was posthumously promoted to staff
• 54:35
  Sergeant and awarded the Bronze medal with Combat V.
• 54:41
  Dina was not with Diaz during the final mission, but the bond
• 54:45
  they had built did not disappear when Christopher died.
• 54:49
  Diaz's father Salvador wanted Dino to become part of their
• 54:52
  family forever. However, Dino was still an
• 54:55
  active military working dog with a mission to complete.
• 54:59
  The family waited for nearly three years.
• 55:03
  Then, on June 7th, 2014, Marines gathered at Camp Pendleton
• 55:07
  Pendleton for Dino's retirement and adoption ceremony.
• 55:10
  The leash was officially handed to Christopher's family.
• 55:14
  Dino could never replace Christopher, but he carried
• 55:17
  memories of a life, a partnership and a bond that only
• 55:21
  the two of them understood. Today, Christopher Diaz's legacy
• 55:27
  continues. A road near the military working
• 55:29
  dog kennels at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms,
• 55:35
  was named in his honor. His story reminds us that the
• 55:38
  relationship between a service member and a dog can stretch far
• 55:42
  beyond training, duty or deployment Back home, specially
• 55:48
  trained service dogs can protect veterans from battles happening
• 55:52
  inside of them. They can interrupt nightmares,
• 55:55
  recognize anxiety, retrieve medication, provide stability
• 55:59
  for panic attacks, and help veterans regain the confidence
• 56:02
  to leave their homes. That brings us to today's guest,
• 56:06
  Mary Peter, founder of K9 Partners for Pick Patriots.
• 56:10
  Her organization pairs veterans living with PTSD, traumatic
• 56:14
  brain injury, and military sexual trauma with rescue dogs.
• 56:18
  Veterans then participate in training process, building the
• 56:21
  trust and communication needed to become a successful service
• 56:25
  dog team. It's a mission that can save 2
• 56:28
  lives at once. Christopher Diaz and Dino's
• 56:32
  story began as a partnership built for the battlefield.
• 56:35
  Then partnerships created by Mary, Peter and K9 partners for
• 56:39
  Patriots are built for the journey home.
• 56:42
  Different missions, but the same foundation, trust, loyalty,
• 56:46
  service, and the promise that neither warrior will have to
• 56:49
  face the next battle alone. And that is why we drop the date
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  September 4th. And I love it.
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  I love it how it ties in with this week's guest.
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  So with that being said, we are going to go on a music break.
• 57:06
  And when we come back from that music break, we will be talking
• 57:11
  with Mary Peters about this fantastic nonprofit.
• 57:17
  So whenever you didn't stay with us, don't go away, you'll listen
• 57:20
  to the show that highlights all the nonprofit programs out there
• 57:23
  beyond the VA. You're listening to the ACE
• 57:25
  transfer out here on the station.
• 57:26
  It's letter voices. We heard MBR stay with us.
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  The station Ladies and gentlemen, welcome
• 1:06:18
  back. You're listening to the show
• 1:06:20
  that highlights all the nonprofit programs out there.
• 1:06:23
  Beyond the air. You're listening to the H Train
• 1:06:25
  show right here on NPR. And it is that time, without
• 1:06:29
  further ado, it is the Interview of the Week.
• 1:06:34
  The interview of the week is brought to you by Jersey Mike's,
• 1:06:38
  a sub above. Ladies and gentlemen, please
• 1:06:47
  welcome to the stage where I don't.
• 1:06:49
  I don't know if you call it a stage or what, but ladies and
• 1:06:51
  gentlemen, it is Mary Peters. Mary, thank you so much for
• 1:06:55
  having coffee with us this morning.
• 1:06:57
  Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for having me.
• 1:07:00
  So I talked to Greg and since we've last spoke, you guys have
• 1:07:07
  some very interesting things going on with the nonprofit,
• 1:07:11
  especially a graduation that just happened.
• 1:07:15
  Yeah. Kind of share, kind of share
• 1:07:18
  with us some of the, you know, the testimonies that you guys
• 1:07:22
  have got going on. Well, we just hit our 500th
• 1:07:27
  graduate from our service dog training program for our
• 1:07:30
  veterans and that is a huge milestone.
• 1:07:34
  When we first started, when I founded this organization, we
• 1:07:37
  started with two veterans and we've grown to almost 800 now, I
• 1:07:44
  think 881 actually, that are active in the program in
• 1:07:48
  different stages. But we just just had the 500th
• 1:07:52
  graduate, which was a big deal. That's amazing.
• 1:07:56
  Congratulations. Thank you.
• 1:07:58
  From two people to 8. 100. More than 800.
• 1:08:02
  Wow. I had no idea.
• 1:08:05
  I just wanted it, you know, I just started something in my
• 1:08:08
  community to be a basically try to be a blessing and a help to
• 1:08:12
  our veterans in our community. Had no idea that we were going
• 1:08:16
  to be serving like 46 counties in the state of Florida and then
• 1:08:20
  veterans from out of state as well.
• 1:08:21
  So it's just it's been a privilege.
• 1:08:25
  Beautiful now the majority of the dogs that you guys get like
• 1:08:29
  tell us a little like briefing of them where where do you get
• 1:08:32
  them do you get them from like you know shelters are are these
• 1:08:37
  are these dogs kind of like you know abandoned and you kind of
• 1:08:42
  kind of rescuing them in the same and.
• 1:08:44
  That all of the above, yes, our, our goal, you know, we do have
• 1:08:48
  veterans that come that have a dog already that they are
• 1:08:52
  attached to at home. And that the, if the, the dog is
• 1:08:55
  already helping them in some way at home, showing that they can
• 1:08:59
  help with those PTSD moments, anger issues, flashbacks, if the
• 1:09:05
  dog is already showing an ability to do that at home, we
• 1:09:09
  will take their dog as long as it fits our criteria.
• 1:09:12
  And it's not, you know, the right, it's the right age.
• 1:09:14
  And we, we do temperament testing.
• 1:09:16
  We will take that dog into the program with the veteran.
• 1:09:19
  But when we get a dog for the veteran, everything we get is a
• 1:09:22
  rescue or a dog that's getting ready to be homeless and needs a
• 1:09:27
  home. And people will come to us.
• 1:09:29
  And it's a wonderful, it's just a wonderful feeling because it's
• 1:09:33
  2 that are being saved at one time.
• 1:09:35
  The dog gets a chance to live. So many dogs are thrown away for
• 1:09:40
  for problems that are so simple for us to fix.
• 1:09:43
  I want them to have a second chance, just like I want our
• 1:09:46
  veterans to have a second chance.
• 1:09:49
  My heart, Mary is just over filling right now.
• 1:09:53
  What kind of? Work that you.
• 1:09:55
  Do don't make me cry because I cry every day here.
• 1:09:57
  Cry when you're talking about it, because you are.
• 1:10:00
  You're rescuing animals and you're rescuing human beings at
• 1:10:04
  the same time. It's beautiful.
• 1:10:06
  We've rescued 3, We've rescued 301 dogs so far and most of them
• 1:10:12
  just a day from euthanasia. So.
• 1:10:14
  Now we've, we, we, we originally spoke to your organization and
• 1:10:19
  originally I spoke to, to Greg and you know, my, my best friend
• 1:10:25
  was going to, I, I thought he was going to tune in and he was
• 1:10:29
  going to surprise you guys, but I, I don't think that's going to
• 1:10:31
  happen. Now, Oh, Danny.
• 1:10:32
  Danny. Yeah, you guys have been around
• 1:10:35
  now for since, since we spoke last, I believe it's been about
• 1:10:39
  three years and you guys have made tremendous progression now
• 1:10:46
  about you, Mary, like what inspires you to get involved?
• 1:10:51
  Like are you, not only are you a client, but you know, you're a,
• 1:10:55
  you're, you know you're, you're, you're a teacher as well.
• 1:10:59
  Kind of shed some light on that. Well, I'm, I, I had a lot of
• 1:11:04
  different hats that I wear at certain times.
• 1:11:07
  But you know, I am the founder of the organization.
• 1:11:10
  I am the executive director of training operations.
• 1:11:14
  So I'm the head of all the training.
• 1:11:15
  I am an instructor. I do train.
• 1:11:18
  That was my heart. I used to be the CEO for the
• 1:11:23
  first five years and I didn't want that position anymore
• 1:11:25
  because my heart was to be on the training floor with my
• 1:11:28
  veterans, hugging my veterans, helping them with their dogs.
• 1:11:32
  That's my heart. I'm a I'm a certified master dog
• 1:11:35
  trainer. I've been training for 37 years.
• 1:11:38
  I don't want to stop yet. So you know, we just saw we're a
• 1:11:43
  very small staff, so we all work together to do a lot of
• 1:11:46
  different things, but my main job is to be the head of the
• 1:11:50
  training, oversee the training and be a trainer on the floor as
• 1:11:53
  well. You.
• 1:11:54
  Know, you know, that's one thing that I've, I've noticed them
• 1:11:57
  today is that a lot of people they assume like nonprofits are
• 1:12:03
  like this big corporation and they have like many people and
• 1:12:07
  like Mary has just diagnosed usually these small nonprofits
• 1:12:13
  that are doing amazing things. Like you said, you're wearing
• 1:12:16
  many hats. Sometimes these organizations
• 1:12:19
  only have two people. Well, I think.
• 1:12:22
  Most often the case, I think, Mary would agree.
• 1:12:25
  Most nonprofits usually formed by people who have a purpose and
• 1:12:31
  they want to transform their own pain into purpose and help
• 1:12:35
  others. And I can align with Mary's
• 1:12:38
  feelings versus ACEO versus being on the field.
• 1:12:42
  I am a clinician, I'm a diagnostician and clinician, and
• 1:12:45
  so as a therapist. And so we have to wear many
• 1:12:48
  hats. Yes, we do.
• 1:12:52
  I don't like the paperwork. I don't like all of that.
• 1:12:54
  Give me the kids. Give me.
• 1:12:55
  The. OK, I want to hug.
• 1:12:57
  I want to make a difference. Yeah, I got it.
• 1:13:01
  How can how can people get in touch with you because you.
• 1:13:06
  Guys are Florida based like you guys aren't.
• 1:13:09
  You guys aren't doing any other region other than Florida,
• 1:13:11
  right? No, and and let me explain why.
• 1:13:14
  I've had people ask me if I would franchise and I said no.
• 1:13:19
  And my reason is this has been a very successful business.
• 1:13:22
  But the reason it's been successful is because we operate
• 1:13:25
  it as a family. Every vet that comes in, we know
• 1:13:28
  their names, we know their children, we know their their
• 1:13:31
  spouse's name. We have a Christmas party every
• 1:13:34
  year for all our veterans and their families.
• 1:13:37
  I can't guarantee and and they're never charged a penny.
• 1:13:40
  The veteran pays nothing. So I can't.
• 1:13:43
  I couldn't in my heart give my name or our name to somebody
• 1:13:48
  else. If I will teach, I've mentored
• 1:13:51
  other organizations in the United States and taught them
• 1:13:53
  how to do this with the, with the caveat that I will not teach
• 1:13:58
  you anything. I will not help any help you at
• 1:14:00
  all. If you're going to charge a vet,
• 1:14:02
  if the everything for the veteran has to be free and then
• 1:14:05
  I will. So we've taught a couple
• 1:14:07
  organizations that are doing well throughout the United
• 1:14:09
  States, and that's my way of of helping veterans.
• 1:14:13
  But I couldn't guarantee that somebody would do this and love
• 1:14:15
  them like family like we do. And that's why this is
• 1:14:18
  successful. I understand that.
• 1:14:20
  I love that Mary and you're keeping it authentic and your
• 1:14:25
  brand, you're protecting your brand.
• 1:14:27
  What you have designed, you're protecting it.
• 1:14:30
  That's. Beautiful, yes.
• 1:14:31
  It's beautiful, I love it. No marriage.
• 1:14:34
  I, I know that when I'm very, I have been very involved with and
• 1:14:39
  nonprofits and service dog organizations over the years.
• 1:14:42
  A lot of them. What kind of service dogs do you
• 1:14:46
  guys offer? Like for example, like I know
• 1:14:50
  that you guys offer assistance dogs, but do you guys, do you
• 1:14:54
  guys offer facility dogs? Do you guys offer dogs that
• 1:14:59
  detect, you know, like blood sugar and stuff for you know,
• 1:15:04
  seizures or diabetes or anything like that?
• 1:15:07
  What What is your expertise on service dogs with your
• 1:15:11
  organization? Our field is PTSD, traumatic
• 1:15:16
  brain injury and military sexual trauma.
• 1:15:18
  And what our dogs do is they're, we, we get dogs and this is
• 1:15:23
  hard. This is why a lot of dogs don't
• 1:15:25
  pass our, when we rescue, don't pass our test.
• 1:15:27
  We need dogs that have the ability to scent adrenaline and
• 1:15:30
  cortisol. Because when a nightmare,
• 1:15:33
  flashback, anger issues, those things happen.
• 1:15:36
  All of that is producing adrenaline and, and cortisol.
• 1:15:40
  We want the dog to be aware of it.
• 1:15:42
  And that's when the dogs will start waking them up from
• 1:15:45
  nightmares and redirecting them before a flashback gets out of
• 1:15:48
  hand. Anger issues, the dog will.
• 1:15:51
  The dog will bring that down too.
• 1:15:53
  They de escalate so that the the veteran doesn't have the panic
• 1:15:59
  attacks like they have before. The dogs know before they do.
• 1:16:03
  We don't do for diabetes or the OR seizures.
• 1:16:07
  However, we do have dogs in our program that are alerting to the
• 1:16:11
  veteran an hour before a migraine starts.
• 1:16:15
  They're alert. They some of them will alert to
• 1:16:17
  their blood sugar levels. That's not what we train here
• 1:16:20
  and quite honestly, training dogs all my life and and I
• 1:16:23
  trained scent detection dogs with law enforcement dogs.
• 1:16:28
  Your, your little family pet could be a three pound, 3 LB
• 1:16:32
  Yorkie can let you know if there's if your Sugar's up or
• 1:16:36
  down. Any dog, any dog can do it.
• 1:16:38
  Not every dog will do it, but when you've got a dog that does
• 1:16:42
  it naturally, I have. I don't know if you can see on
• 1:16:45
  the wall behind me we. Can't see.
• 1:16:47
  It there's 22 dogs in it one. Is the Lavador black and you
• 1:16:52
  can't see them? We can't.
• 1:16:53
  Hear you. Oh I'm sorry.
• 1:16:54
  In the background the the dog that you can maybe barely see
• 1:16:59
  back there. She is my one of my dogs, but
• 1:17:02
  she is a PTSD and diabetic alert service dog.
• 1:17:04
  I did not train her the diabetic side, but she, her job for 9,
• 1:17:09
  she's 13 now. Her job for nine years was to
• 1:17:13
  take care of my vets. So when they would come in and
• 1:17:15
  they're waiting for a dog, they're watching what we're
• 1:17:17
  doing, They're scared to death, they're shaking, they're up and
• 1:17:20
  down. They don't, you know, I just
• 1:17:22
  tell her to go to work and she goes to the first one she knows
• 1:17:25
  needs the most and she will go work on that, on that vet, hold
• 1:17:29
  his her head around his neck and just hold that vet till it quits
• 1:17:34
  shaking. It's calm.
• 1:17:35
  And then she'll go to the next one and the next one.
• 1:17:37
  And after nine years, she couldn't do it anymore.
• 1:17:40
  She was worn out so. Yeah, she had.
• 1:17:43
  She needed to fill her cup back up.
• 1:17:45
  Yes. Yes.
• 1:17:46
  How long does it take you to train a service animal?
• 1:17:50
  And we don't train them. So that's what we're we train
• 1:17:53
  the veterans. This this is the veteran.
• 1:17:55
  Yeah. So how long this was it?
• 1:17:57
  Train the veteran. It takes it's six months.
• 1:18:00
  This is a school for veterans. Because most of them as, as you
• 1:18:06
  probably know, most of them that come to us just feel like they
• 1:18:09
  have nothing left in their life and they have no purpose, no
• 1:18:12
  mission anymore. So when they come here, the
• 1:18:15
  first thing I tell them is I've got a mission for you.
• 1:18:17
  You're going to help save the life of a dog and you're going
• 1:18:20
  to help become a stellar service dog team because we're going to
• 1:18:24
  teach you how to train your dog every step of the way.
• 1:18:27
  So they come in here for classes.
• 1:18:29
  We teach them all basic obedience first for 9 weeks.
• 1:18:34
  So they, they learn every way how to teach a dog to walk on a
• 1:18:38
  leash, sit, stay down, all the normal obedience commands.
• 1:18:41
  They learn canine CPR. And then we go for another three
• 1:18:44
  months into the, the graduate level, which is the service dog
• 1:18:50
  side. So we take them public access
• 1:18:52
  testing, we test in here. We've got scenario rooms in here
• 1:18:56
  that mock monitor. You know what we're taking them
• 1:18:58
  out to? We have a little Cafe, we have a
• 1:19:00
  pet store, we have a doctor's office, but we take them out
• 1:19:03
  every week to new surroundings. We take them grocery shopping,
• 1:19:07
  we take them out to eat with their dogs, and we do all that
• 1:19:10
  with them. So by the end of six months,
• 1:19:12
  they've handled everything. They've been everywhere.
• 1:19:16
  And then they have to come back six months after they graduate
• 1:19:19
  for us to see how they're doing. And then they have to recertify
• 1:19:22
  with us every year for five years.
• 1:19:24
  So I know that they're doing OK. Wow.
• 1:19:27
  So, so are you in essence. Is actually teaching veterans
• 1:19:31
  another skill too? Yes to.
• 1:19:33
  Potentially. Count, yes.
• 1:19:35
  Out and do for others as well. You get it?
• 1:19:39
  Yes, that's exactly right. I love it.
• 1:19:42
  Now my next question. It's great.
• 1:19:44
  My next question is according to legislation.
• 1:19:48
  So as you know, Mary and I, I know that there's a really,
• 1:19:55
  really Gray area in the ADA world when it comes to service
• 1:20:00
  dogs you. Know.
• 1:20:01
  In fact, in the last 10 years, it's been even overwhelmed for
• 1:20:06
  real service dogs to be overshadowed by fake service
• 1:20:12
  dogs or service dogs that they just put a Cape over or, or the
• 1:20:17
  famous That Peacock is my. Service terrible.
• 1:20:21
  You know, we all heard that story.
• 1:20:24
  Tell us with the legislation, the Gray area, do you guys find
• 1:20:31
  that is working against you consistently and is that
• 1:20:37
  something that you think that will change sooner than I know?
• 1:20:43
  I don't know if it's in Florida, but I know here in Colorado it's
• 1:20:47
  considered like if they catch you with a fake service dog, you
• 1:20:51
  can't Colorado. It's now going to be a felony.
• 1:20:54
  They actually check. For that, well, such a dog.
• 1:20:57
  So. State so they can't really they
• 1:20:59
  can't really go to you and say, oh, let me see your credentials.
• 1:21:04
  Let me see your. License.
• 1:21:05
  Because there's nothing like that.
• 1:21:07
  But what they can't say is what does the dog do?
• 1:21:12
  To perform. For your disability and can you
• 1:21:16
  please, you know, elaborate? It's my understanding that that
• 1:21:22
  is an illegal question to ask for privacy reasons.
• 1:21:27
  Huh. No.
• 1:21:28
  No, Yeah, well, they can ask the the two questions they can ask
• 1:21:33
  is, is that a service dog and what task is it trained to
• 1:21:36
  perform for you. So for me, I have a service dog
• 1:21:39
  myself as well, the black lab, he's a cardiac alert service dog
• 1:21:43
  for me. So I'm people don't need to know
• 1:21:47
  what my issue is. But this is but depending on
• 1:21:52
  what you're doing, I mean, we're, we are dealing with the
• 1:21:55
  fake service dogs. It's extremely difficult.
• 1:21:58
  And ADA we we would do. We're trying to get ADA to
• 1:22:03
  change the laws where I would love to see a national there are
• 1:22:08
  national places that say register your service dog here.
• 1:22:11
  They're all they're fate. There is no, it's not attached
• 1:22:14
  to anything. And people get mad at us.
• 1:22:16
  Well, they come in here with a dog with a service vest on and
• 1:22:19
  we'll say why why do you have a vest on?
• 1:22:22
  Well, it's, it's registered through the national No, that
• 1:22:25
  you know, that's, that's it's not legitimate, but it, it is
• 1:22:31
  very frustrating. We've had dogs, our own dogs
• 1:22:33
  attacked by fake service dogs that we couldn't use them
• 1:22:36
  anymore for the veteran and it it's been heartbreaking.
• 1:22:41
  But yes, in the state of Florida, it is a jailable
• 1:22:45
  offense to fake a service dog. And it is sometimes hard.
• 1:22:50
  I tell everybody if it's in a stroller and it's wearing a
• 1:22:53
  dress, it's not a service dog. Absolutely right.
• 1:22:56
  You can tell that's just for show.
• 1:22:58
  Kim but it sure. I have a question.
• 1:23:02
  So I work with the public land, another aspect for ADA.
• 1:23:06
  OK. So.
• 1:23:08
  I don't want to be political, but DEIA is changing in some
• 1:23:15
  aspects across the country. OK.
• 1:23:20
  So I work in special needs and things like that.
• 1:23:22
  And I'm wondering if you're losing support, is that making
• 1:23:27
  it harder? Because people when they hear
• 1:23:30
  DEI, they, I feel the public has a different vision of what that
• 1:23:37
  is. They always drop the A off.
• 1:23:39
  So DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility very
• 1:23:44
  important to our veterans, very important.
• 1:23:47
  So I was just wondering. We take every veteran that
• 1:23:51
  qualifies regardless I. Wasn't talking about, I wasn't
• 1:23:54
  talking about that. I was talking about funding.
• 1:23:57
  If you're having. Difficulty with funding and
• 1:24:01
  getting help for your veterans. I have had difficulty getting.
• 1:24:07
  We've always had difficulty getting funding with harder.
• 1:24:10
  It's harder now that's I'm having a harder time getting
• 1:24:16
  those special equipment pieces and things for my people.
• 1:24:20
  And that's what I was wondering if in the service world, if
• 1:24:24
  you're also having. More.
• 1:24:26
  Difficulty More. We are donations are down grant
• 1:24:32
  for grants are getting harder to get the the VA has made it a
• 1:24:38
  little more difficult only because they don't believe that
• 1:24:42
  dogs work for PTSD, which I'm I'm I'm very sad about because I
• 1:24:48
  wish they would come talk to my veterans or talk to veterans
• 1:24:52
  that have PTSD dogs because it it some most of ours they're
• 1:24:56
  like off their medications now they don't in conjunction with
• 1:25:00
  we have a full time counselor here that's no charge as well.
• 1:25:04
  So we're not getting support from.
• 1:25:10
  That's what, that's what OK and it's changed.
• 1:25:12
  That's what I was wondering, if you were seeing the same things,
• 1:25:15
  because I do, I do, I do the same thing that you do in a
• 1:25:20
  different way. It's.
• 1:25:22
  Been very frustrating as of the last couple of years especially.
• 1:25:27
  It's made it harder for me to serve who I serve and imagine
• 1:25:32
  for a nonprofit, it's even harder.
• 1:25:36
  And every, I don't know, a nonprofit that's not begging for
• 1:25:39
  money. You know, it's unfortunate that
• 1:25:41
  we have to have people. We don't even have somebody that
• 1:25:44
  hired on staff to go out and do that.
• 1:25:46
  We, we're too small. Aren't we're centered on taking
• 1:25:49
  care of our veterans? Yeah, and I, I have veterans as
• 1:25:53
  patients and so I've they've lost a lot of benefits over the
• 1:25:57
  last couple of years and it's very disheartening.
• 1:26:00
  It is especially when it happens when they don't even know that
• 1:26:04
  is happening. Well, and that's the thing,
• 1:26:06
  that's why I brought up the DEIA, not to be political, but
• 1:26:10
  so that the community and those who are listening know that
• 1:26:13
  diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility is specifically
• 1:26:18
  for people like our veterans who are injured back home.
• 1:26:21
  That accessibility, OK, we need this.
• 1:26:27
  It's why it's why women could buy houses.
• 1:26:29
  It's why I can tell my parents that their kiddos are going to
• 1:26:33
  get accommodations in college. With their.
• 1:26:37
  Their kids with autism. So it's very important that
• 1:26:41
  those who are listening, we, we need, we need people to
• 1:26:44
  understand what DEIA is diversity, equity, inclusion and
• 1:26:49
  accessibility for our veterans so that they have wheelchairs,
• 1:26:53
  so that they have service dogs, so that they can get into a
• 1:26:56
  building with an elevator. Yes.
• 1:27:00
  Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:27:01
  Well, Mary, I tell you what, I really enjoyed having you on.
• 1:27:06
  We are at that question that we always ask at the interview and
• 1:27:12
  it is your time to shine. We might not have asked you the
• 1:27:26
  right question or set you up for that right answer and there
• 1:27:31
  might have been something else that you and Greg kind of wanted
• 1:27:35
  to, you know, push today in this interview on your heart and
• 1:27:40
  maybe we just took the wind out of it.
• 1:27:42
  This is your two-minute platform to to speak, say whatever you
• 1:27:47
  want. To say that's good, I think, you
• 1:27:52
  know, if people would consider not for not forgetting our
• 1:27:56
  veterans to, to help small nonprofits like ours so that we
• 1:28:00
  can continue to do the job that the VA is not doing for them to
• 1:28:05
  move forward to talk to the public about.
• 1:28:09
  Just because you see someone with a service dog and you can't
• 1:28:12
  see a disability doesn't mean there isn't 1.
• 1:28:15
  And be respectful. Don't hunt them down.
• 1:28:18
  Don't they follow them through the stores?
• 1:28:20
  Don't you know just because you can't see something doesn't mean
• 1:28:25
  it's not there. And also consider donating to a
• 1:28:29
  non profit to ours Canine Partners for patriots.com and
• 1:28:35
  we'd be happy to use the money wisely and help the veterans
• 1:28:39
  with it. That's that's awesome.
• 1:28:41
  And and we, we know that you guys are regional, we know you
• 1:28:44
  guys are in Florida. What?
• 1:28:46
  What are the cities once again that you guys cover?
• 1:28:50
  We're in Brooksville. We, we have veterans from 46
• 1:28:55
  counties in the state of Florida.
• 1:28:58
  We have people coming here from Miami, where where are?
• 1:29:01
  You located what? What part of Florida?
• 1:29:03
  Where? What is it?
• 1:29:04
  Near what major city? Brooksville is about 40 minutes
• 1:29:07
  north of Tampa. OK, OK.
• 1:29:09
  I'm, I'm from the South and I have family in Tampa.
• 1:29:12
  And so we can make sure that my people know about you.
• 1:29:16
  Yes, and if you're ever that way, come visit.
• 1:29:18
  Oh, I will. I'm I'm coming to Florida soon.
• 1:29:21
  All right, that sounds. Good.
• 1:29:23
  Unfortunately my my my best friend didn't come in.
• 1:29:26
  I'm surprised he's he's probably still if he did.
• 1:29:29
  I've got the door locked up front.
• 1:29:33
  But I. Love.
• 1:29:33
  I love Danny. I love Danny.
• 1:29:36
  And I love him. I love him too.
• 1:29:37
  Gosh, we've been friends since 7th grade 7th.
• 1:29:43
  Grade. 7th grade. Yeah, I have friends back in New
• 1:29:45
  Orleans since kindergarten. Well, Mary, so much thank you
• 1:29:48
  for being with us. Thank you for drinking coffee
• 1:29:50
  with us. And of course, you know,
• 1:29:53
  whenever you and Greg need something, you know you guys can
• 1:29:57
  reach out well. Greg's right.
• 1:29:59
  Greg's right here with Ellen. Thank.
• 1:30:01
  You, Mary, for all. That you do.
• 1:30:03
  There's Greg. Hi.
• 1:30:04
  Greg, how are you? He sits in here to make sure I
• 1:30:09
  do a good job. Watching you.
• 1:30:13
  Brother is always listening. Brother is always listening.
• 1:30:16
  All right, ladies and gentlemen. Well, once once once again, we
• 1:30:21
  have Mary Peters. She is part of Canine.
• 1:30:28
  Canine part. Canine part.
• 1:30:30
  I don't know why, but I. Was it's his traumatic brain
• 1:30:34
  injury? Once again too.
• 1:30:38
  So that's why, that's why I'm here for you.
• 1:30:41
  Thank you. I appreciate it and we'll talk
• 1:30:45
  to you soon. Tell my buddy Danny I said hi.
• 1:30:48
  I will. Thank you, Mary, it was so nice
• 1:30:50
  to meet you. You too.
• 1:30:51
  Thank you SO. Much for your tropical weather.
• 1:30:53
  Yeah, it's very hot. Hi, I know I can imagine.
• 1:30:58
  Have a great Labor Day weekend. Thank you.
• 1:31:00
  You too. Thank you.
• 1:31:03
  You know, that's one thing that I forgot about.
• 1:31:07
  What? We're off Mondays.
• 1:31:08
  It's it's, it's Labor Day. So, I mean, I have a four day
• 1:31:14
  work week, so Thursdays are always my, my Friday.
• 1:31:19
  Well, I was in bed. You already knew that you knew I
• 1:31:22
  I went to bed, probably at I don't know.
• 1:31:25
  Yeah, you're a vivid girl. You got a lot of stuff going.
• 1:31:28
  I'm so tired. This right?
• 1:31:29
  Yeah, Thanks for putting up with my grumpy.
• 1:31:31
  Oh, you're good. Yeah, you're good.
• 1:31:34
  You know, here's the reason why I'm married for 15 years.
• 1:31:37
  Trust. Me.
• 1:31:38
  You. Used to think of funny nouns.
• 1:31:39
  Just annoying. HG tell me Monday are are are we
• 1:31:44
  doing this fantasy draft thing or like what?
• 1:31:48
  What's what's going on with that?
• 1:31:53
  Hold on. Oh, you're looking for that?
• 1:31:55
  I just need you to know, since we're talking sports, there is a
• 1:31:58
  documentary about Ray Gun. Yeah.
• 1:32:02
  And everybody's got to watch it. And yes.
• 1:32:06
  HE you got to watch it so we can discuss it.
• 1:32:08
  OK, I won't be here next week. I have a work day.
• 1:32:11
  But the following week, let's discuss.
• 1:32:13
  And it's awesome that you brought, it's awesome that you
• 1:32:15
  brought that up because we want to for sure let everybody know
• 1:32:21
  that I, I believe it was Alfredo Smith Junior.
• 1:32:26
  He passed away recently. He was a cornerback for the
• 1:32:31
  Denver Broncos. But we just want to give our
• 1:32:33
  sympathy. Yeah, it.
• 1:32:35
  Was family and. Friends Alfonso Smith, Junior
• 1:32:37
  Yeah, he played for the Broncos, the Lions for three years.
• 1:32:42
  He was a two time All American at Red Forest God at age 40.
• 1:32:46
  Right. So we it's.
• 1:32:47
  Very sad too. Like days before his death
• 1:32:50
  posted a social media video of him going around a random
• 1:32:54
  neighborhood and he was giving out free breakfast.
• 1:32:57
  He was just knocking on doors and.
• 1:32:58
  Giving people free breakfast, doing that, that's my kind of
• 1:33:01
  people. I love people like that.
• 1:33:04
  So that's but we wanted to make sure that we bring that up Now
• 1:33:09
  ladies and gentlemen, it is that time we are going to go on a
• 1:33:15
  music break, but it's not really a music break is it's that time
• 1:33:20
  for tribute to the troops. Detail attention.
• 1:33:33
  First call the service members name is called out loud in the
• 1:33:37
  context of a unit. This is meant to ensure all are
• 1:33:40
  present and accounted for. Second call, the name is called
• 1:33:45
  out again louder to confirm that the service member is indeed
• 1:33:48
  absent. Third call, the name is called
• 1:33:52
  out for a final time, followed by a statement indicating that
• 1:33:55
  the service member is not present and accounted for,
• 1:33:58
  signifying their death. The final roll call serves as a
• 1:34:02
  symbolic gesture to respect and remember their service.
• 1:34:11
  Sir Adam, I'm not a tough story. Well, you got the joke.
• 1:34:15
  You tell the people what they can do.
• 1:34:18
  You tell them how much troopers died.
• 1:34:45
  Hey everyone, thank you for tuning in to MBR.
• 1:34:47
  Today's we pay tribute to Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R
• 1:34:51
  Dwyer, Junior, age 38, of Enterprise, AL.
• 1:34:55
  Steven was born on September 13th, 1985 to Stevens Senior and
• 1:35:00
  GAIL Dwyer. Steven was raised in a home
• 1:35:03
  filled with strong values, love and service.
• 1:35:06
  Those values carried him to the United States Military Academy
• 1:35:09
  at West Point, where he graduated in 2009 with a degree
• 1:35:12
  in Leadership and Management, following in his parents
• 1:35:15
  footsteps as both were graduates of West Point.
• 1:35:18
  He began his career as a field artillery officer, serving as a
• 1:35:22
  fire support officer, platoon leader, assistant operations
• 1:35:25
  officer and battery commander. Always leading from the front,
• 1:35:29
  always lifting others with him. But Stevens calling was to
• 1:35:32
  disguise. He reappointed as a Warrant
• 1:35:35
  Officer, completed by school, and became a elite UH-60
• 1:35:40
  Blackhawk pilot, serving with distinction at Fort Campbell,
• 1:35:43
  KY. His skill, discipline and call
• 1:35:46
  under pressure made him a trusted pilot in command,
• 1:35:49
  mission planner and instructor pilot.
• 1:35:52
  In 2022, Steven earned one of the most demanding and respected
• 1:35:57
  assignments in the US military selection in the 160th Special
• 1:36:02
  Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne, the Night Stalkers.
• 1:36:06
  As an MH60M Direct Action Penetrator pilot, he carried out
• 1:36:11
  missions you ever heard about, supporting national security
• 1:36:15
  objectives around the world with precision, courage and
• 1:36:18
  unwavering commitment. He deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan
• 1:36:22
  and multiple no notice missions worldwide.
• 1:36:25
  His awards including the Bronze Star, Air Metal, Meritorious
• 1:36:30
  Service Medal, Combat Action Badge, Ranger Tab and numerous
• 1:36:34
  campaign medals which reflect a career defined by excellence and
• 1:36:38
  sacrifice. On November 5th, 2023, CW 3
• 1:36:43
  Dwyer gave his life and service to this nation when his MH 60
• 1:36:48
  Blackhawk went down over the Mediterranean Sea during a
• 1:36:51
  training mission. He was 38 years old.
• 1:36:54
  He served until his final moment doing what he loves, flying,
• 1:36:59
  leaning and protecting others. CW3 Dwyer was more than an elite
• 1:37:03
  pilot who was a devoted husband, a loving father, a trusted
• 1:37:07
  friend, and a leader whose presence made others better.
• 1:37:11
  His legacy lives on in every life he touched, every mission
• 1:37:15
  he flew, and every soldier he trained.
• 1:37:18
  Steven leaves behind his Alley and their sons, Landon, Duke and
• 1:37:23
  Brody, his parents Steven Senior and GAIL, his siblings Chris,
• 1:37:27
  Tim and Maria, his fellow night stalkers, and his brothers and
• 1:37:31
  sisters in arms. We here at NBR would like to
• 1:37:35
  thank you, CW 3 Steven R Dwyer, Junior, for your service and
• 1:37:39
  dedication to our country. You'll leave a legacy of love or
• 1:37:43
  courage. Our prayers are with your
• 1:37:44
  family, friends and those who served alongside you.
• 1:37:48
  You are truly missed. We have them watch.
• 1:38:24
  Belly cow. Tinted.
• 1:38:26
  Ready. Every set back is just a setup
• 1:42:50
  for a comeback. Keep cracking forward. 90% of
• 1:42:53
  what we worry about in future never happens.
• 1:42:56
  Whenever things get rough or it feels like you're at the edge,
• 1:43:00
  remember this. Storms pass.
• 1:43:04
  Tough times don't last, but tough people do.
• 1:43:15
  All right, and ladies and gentlemen, we are back.
• 1:43:18
  And once again, you're listening.
• 1:43:20
  If you're just tuning in now, you're listening to the Strange
• 1:43:22
  show where we our whole mission here is to show men and women
• 1:43:27
  all over the world and in uniform.
• 1:43:30
  If there are more programs out there beyond the VA and of
• 1:43:35
  course MJ. We've had a really good show
• 1:43:39
  today it. Was a great show.
• 1:43:40
  I fall so fast. I know I didn't have a
• 1:43:43
  headphones. I'm trying to hook Caveman up
• 1:43:45
  back in New Orleans, OK? Well, you know what?
• 1:43:50
  Shout out to Fox 8 News back in New Orleans.
• 1:43:53
  And shout out to the newly named LSU New Orleans, because.
• 1:43:57
  Uno I'm a graduate go. Ahead Uno, University of New
• 1:44:02
  Orleans. The Privateers they have now
• 1:44:05
  changed back previously were named LSU New Orleans.
• 1:44:08
  Now they're back to the name. So it's it was LSUNOI am a
• 1:44:12
  graduate of the University of New Orleans.
• 1:44:15
  I have a psychology degree and then I have a master of
• 1:44:18
  communication disorders from Louisiana State University
• 1:44:22
  Allied Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
• 1:44:26
  I could not be happier about Uno being saved.
• 1:44:31
  And it's both of my alma mater's, so yeah.
• 1:44:34
  They they needed it. You know, LSU gets all that, all
• 1:44:38
  that money brought in from sports teams and, and just being
• 1:44:43
  one of the biggest names in Louisiana and they got to help
• 1:44:46
  out some of the other schools. So I'll tell you this, the
• 1:44:50
  education at Uno was far beyond any of the other state
• 1:44:55
  education. LSU is a sports program.
• 1:44:59
  I had friends who would come in, they would come back home for
• 1:45:02
  the summer and take summer classes at UNL and swear that
• 1:45:05
  they would never do it again. It was too hard.
• 1:45:08
  So yeah, we'll see if the standards stay.
• 1:45:11
  Well, hey, ladies and gentlemen, this is that segment.
• 1:45:13
  And you know what? It's a connection with the
• 1:45:15
  interview today, the behind the story Service dogs for veterans.
• 1:45:34
  All right, ladies and gentlemen, today, certain stocks help
• 1:45:37
  veterans navigate crowds, interrupt nightmares, respond to
• 1:45:41
  panic attacks, retrieve medication and regain
• 1:45:45
  independence. But where did that partnership
• 1:45:48
  begin? Well, we did some research and
• 1:45:50
  the story goes back more than a century to the battlefields of
• 1:45:55
  World War One. Thousands of soldiers returned
• 1:45:58
  home with devastating injuries. Some have lost their sight
• 1:46:01
  because of gunfire, explosions and chemical weapons.
• 1:46:05
  In Germany, a physician named Doctor Gerald Stalling noticed
• 1:46:10
  that his dog appeared to watch over one of his blinded
• 1:46:15
  patients. That observation gave him an
• 1:46:18
  idea. Could dogs be professionally
• 1:46:20
  trained to guide soldiers who could no longer see?
• 1:46:25
  In 1916, Stalling open what is widely recognized as one of the
• 1:46:30
  world's first guide dog schools. German Shepherds were trained to
• 1:46:34
  help blind and veterans safely navigate obstacles and regain
• 1:46:39
  some of the independence that they have lost.
• 1:46:42
  However, the idea had not taken me out hold in America.
• 1:46:47
  That began in 1927 when an American man named Morris Frank
• 1:46:52
  read an article about dogs being trained in Europe to guide
• 1:46:55
  veterans blinded during World War One.
• 1:46:58
  Frank had lost his sight as a young man and at that time blind
• 1:47:03
  Americans had very had a had a very little independence.
• 1:47:09
  They often depended upon relatives, friends or strangers
• 1:47:13
  to help them travel. Frank contacted the article's
• 1:47:17
  author, Dorothy Harrison Eudus, an American dog trainer living
• 1:47:22
  in Switzerland. He asked her to train Dog Guide
• 1:47:26
  Dog for him and injuries. She agreed.
• 1:47:31
  Frank travelled to Switzerland and was partnered with a German
• 1:47:34
  Shepherd named Buddy. Together, they learned how to
• 1:47:37
  move through the streets, avoid obstacles, cross intersections,
• 1:47:41
  and function as a team. In 1928, Frank and Buddy
• 1:47:46
  returned to the United States. Reporters gathered in New York
• 1:47:50
  City to watch Buddy guide Frank safely across a busy St.
• 1:47:55
  Automobiles surrounded them, horns blowing.
• 1:47:59
  Traffic moved in every direction, but Buddy
• 1:48:02
  successfully LED Frank across. People witnessed something that
• 1:48:07
  they have never imagined. A dog was not simply providing
• 1:48:11
  companionship, but yet Buddy was performing specific tasks that
• 1:48:16
  allowed a person with a disability to live more
• 1:48:20
  independently. Franklin and it is founded the
• 1:48:24
  CI in 1929, creating America's first established guide dog
• 1:48:31
  school. For decades, Guide Dogs were
• 1:48:34
  primarily associated with blindness.
• 1:48:37
  Eventually, trainers realize dogs could be taught to assist
• 1:48:41
  people with other disabilities as well.
• 1:48:44
  Dogs learn to alert people who were deaf, retrieve dropped
• 1:48:48
  objects, open doors, provide physical stability, detect
• 1:48:53
  medical emergencies and summon assistance.
• 1:48:59
  But another of need was becoming inner and increasingly visible.
• 1:49:04
  Veterans were returning from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan,
• 1:49:09
  other conflicts carrying injuries that could not always
• 1:49:12
  be seen. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• 1:49:15
  can cause nightmares, panic attacks, hyperbilligency,
• 1:49:19
  isolation, and severe anxiety In crowded places, A veteran might
• 1:49:24
  appear physically unharmed while fighting an exhausting battle
• 1:49:31
  inside their mind. Trainers began asking another
• 1:49:34
  important question. If dogs could guide veterans who
• 1:49:38
  have lost their sight, could they also assist veterans
• 1:49:41
  struggling with invisible wounds of war?
• 1:49:44
  Well, in 2007, the service dog organization needs developed a
• 1:49:51
  pilot program for veterans with PTSD.
• 1:49:54
  In 2009, the program placed its first psychiatric psychiatric
• 1:49:59
  service dog with a veteran. This represented another major
• 1:50:03
  step in the evolution of the service dog.
• 1:50:08
  A psychiatric service dog is different from a pet or
• 1:50:12
  emotional support animal. These dogs are individually
• 1:50:15
  trained to perform tasks connected to a person's
• 1:50:19
  disability. They may not recognize the
• 1:50:22
  beginning of a panic attack and interrupted, they can wake a
• 1:50:26
  veteran from a nightmare, create a safe barrier in a crowded
• 1:50:31
  room, check a house before the veteran enters retrieving
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  medication, or guide their handler towards an exit.
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  But their impact can extend beyond those individual tasks.
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  Service Dog gives a veteran a reason to get out of bed.
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  That ain't a lie. You got to feed them.
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  They don't care about daylight saving time.
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  The dog can make it possible to enter a grocery store, attend a
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  family gathering, or leave a home that has gradually became a
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  place of isolation. The veteran learns to trust the
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  dog and through the relationship may begin trusting the world
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  again. That brings us to Mary Peters
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  and Canine Partners for Patriots.
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  Mary's organization pairs veterans living with PTSD,
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  traumatic brain injury, or military sexual trauma with
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  rescue dogs. The veteran doesn't simply
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  receive a finished service dog. A veteran and the dog
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  participate together, training together, developing
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  communication, confidence and trust as a team.
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  In many cases, both entered the program needing another chance.
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  A rescue dog needed safety, direction, and purpose.
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  More than a century ago, dogs began guiding blinded soldiers
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  through a world that they could no longer see.
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  But today, organizations like Canine Partners for Patriots
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  continue that mission by helping veterans navigate wounds the
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  rest of the world may never see. The uniform may be put away, but
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  the deployment may be over. But for many veterans, another
• 1:52:20
  battle continues after they return home.
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  Sometimes the partner who helps them through the battle walks
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  beside them on four legs. And that, ladies and gentlemen,
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  is the story behind Service Dog for Veterans.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, it is that time.
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  It is final. Thoughts.
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  At. Project ML Our mission is
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  simple, to give motorcycles to veterans who need the kind of
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  peace and freedom that only a ride can give.
• 1:53:00
  We sponsor charity events and rides to generate donations from
• 1:53:03
  the acquisition of the likes. While direct donations make up
• 1:53:06
  the we seek to provide a little motorcycle healing to capable
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  vets. Ladies and gentlemen, just so
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  you know, ML Gratitude organization, that's amazing.
• 1:53:17
  Google them. Their outlet is Lynn Therapy.
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  If you have a veteran or you're a veteran yourself and you don't
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  have a ride and you like a motorcycle, go to their website,
• 1:53:29
  nominate you or nominate another veteran for your chance to
• 1:53:32
  receive a free motorcycle. I'm very proud of this
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  organization. Since I've been a part of this
• 1:53:39
  organization, they have, they have gifted, I believe, 32
• 1:53:45
  motorcycles to 32 deserving veterans within the last six
• 1:53:50
  years. And that, ladies and gentlemen,
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  is a remarkable task. So look into them.
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  All right, let's do this guys. 15 seconds.
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  Caveman, what did you learn today?
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  I learned that healthcare system in Colorado, it's not just
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  affecting my mom's work, it's affecting everyone's.
• 1:54:14
  My mom's, when I grew up, she was doing dialysis, working in
• 1:54:18
  dialysis centers. People have diabetes and stuff,
• 1:54:22
  getting blood work. She always had issues with that
• 1:54:26
  job and still working in the healthcare field, always has a
• 1:54:31
  bunch of issues at work. And it's like, I can see why
• 1:54:34
  now. I can see why.
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  HGI. Learned a lot about the history
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  of service dogs and how they came to be, you know, I never
• 1:54:43
  really quite knew the full history and how they were, how
• 1:54:48
  they got connected to the military, everything.
• 1:54:51
  So that was that was good to learn today.
• 1:54:53
  MJI. Got a piggyback off of what HG
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  said. I agree with him.
• 1:54:58
  We learned a lot about service dogs.
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  I'm very impressed with Mary Peters work.
• 1:55:04
  I had no idea that all dogs could naturally pick up scents
• 1:55:08
  like this and it's really just whether or not you want to or
• 1:55:11
  don't want to when it comes to a canine.
• 1:55:14
  It's fascinating, and I'm wondering now what organization
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  we have in Colorado that does the same thing as Mary that
• 1:55:23
  maybe we can work with here. Well, so we have freedom service
• 1:55:27
  dogs. That's that's a big one.
• 1:55:28
  And then we have Joel from Seoul Incorporation.
• 1:55:34
  He came in here in Westminster. They do that as well.
• 1:55:37
  There's a lot of replicable service org dogs organizations
• 1:55:42
  out there. Yeah, I think, I think this is a
• 1:55:44
  great opportunity for MBR to get our veterans in Colorado into
• 1:55:49
  Mary's program so that we can train and get some get some help
• 1:55:54
  out here. Right, right.
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  I don't know. I I totally agree.
• 1:55:57
  I totally agree. And you?
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  Learn Joel. Well, I think, you know, I, I've
• 1:56:02
  learned. So I, I've been in the service
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  dog world for a long, long time. And you know, one thing that
• 1:56:10
  I've that, that I've learned, you know, was #1 how they pick a
• 1:56:15
  service dog, it depends on like them, Like if they're, if
• 1:56:21
  they're naturally calm and they can sit there, they can be a
• 1:56:26
  service dog. But if a service dog is sitting
• 1:56:28
  there, like licking himself in a grocery store or or sniffing or
• 1:56:33
  something, that is a dead giveaway that chances are that's
• 1:56:37
  that's a poser service. Dog, that's right.
• 1:56:39
  Look out for that little Chihuahua.
• 1:56:41
  And a Tutu and a stroller. Yep.
• 1:56:43
  Exactly. And you know, if you have a
• 1:56:46
  service dog, one thing that you will learn is, you know, my, my,
• 1:56:52
  my wife had to deal with it. She wasn't too thrilled, but
• 1:56:56
  after a while she got close to him.
• 1:56:58
  But you have to sleep with your service dog so that they get
• 1:57:02
  close to you. I slept.
• 1:57:04
  With my dog, yeah, I I always sleep with my animal.
• 1:57:07
  Right. Well, to me, when I grew up,
• 1:57:09
  when I grew up in the country, back in Indiana.
• 1:57:12
  I have a dog. Well, my dad would not let me
• 1:57:15
  have a dog or a cat or. Anything.
• 1:57:18
  Same. Same.
• 1:57:18
  Same. This is me as an adult.
• 1:57:20
  Yeah, I hear you. We love our dog.
• 1:57:22
  So, but that's what I learned and everybody before we before
• 1:57:28
  we get out of here, we want to make sure that we report to
• 1:57:32
  everybody. Beaker has a special
• 1:57:35
  announcement. Beaker Beaker's safety.
• 1:57:37
  Briefing Never leave a grill and watch the weather.
• 1:57:40
  Never leave a grill on a 10 to life jacket.
• 1:57:42
  Veterans in crisis then press 1. Safety first.
• 1:57:45
  Beaker out. All right, so big.
• 1:57:49
  On that life jacket. Right, So hey, check this out,
• 1:57:52
  ladies and gentlemen. I'm I don't think that we're
• 1:57:56
  going to have an interview next week.
• 1:57:58
  I think we're going to go ahead and and take a day off on
• 1:58:02
  September 11th. I encourage you and I strongly
• 1:58:07
  recommend everybody do something for September 11th.
• 1:58:12
  Go to memorial, go visit your veteran.
• 1:58:16
  You know it happened, man. Yeah.
• 1:58:20
  And it it has changed our world forever since that day.
• 1:58:25
  So with that being said, MJ is great being here with you again.
• 1:58:31
  We will. We'll, we'll see.
• 1:58:33
  I have to work next Friday. Yeah, real work.
• 1:58:35
  I got my real work. Yeah, I think, I think we'll be
• 1:58:37
  back together in October, that will.
• 1:58:39
  Be back to the following week. Yeah.
• 1:58:41
  OK. All right.
• 1:58:42
  OK. So we're going to take, we're
• 1:58:44
  going to take Friday off and then we'll, we'll we'll see back
• 1:58:49
  not next week. I believe that next week we're
• 1:58:53
  going to be having this fit nation on, but it hasn't been
• 1:58:56
  confirmed yet. So with that being said,
• 1:58:59
  everybody here at MBR, we want to stay.
• 1:59:03
  We are here for you, not for us. And they all said giving
• 1:59:08
  veterans a voice. Have a great weekend everybody.
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