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Sun 8/18/2019

Arizona’s 9/11 Tower Challenge

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-26T17:24:38-07:00August 18th, 2019|

The Arizona 9/11 “Never Forgotten” Tower Challenge is believed to be the nation’s largest Sept. 11 memorial event using exclusively first responders, military members and their families. Last year over 2,000 participants accepted the challenge to climb 2,071 steps, equal to the number of floors in the World Trade Center Towers. The event has raised nearly $200,000 for charities that support military and first responder families. Rob Brandt is a Tucson Police Dept. Sergeant and President of the 9/11 Tower [...]

Sun 8/11/2019

Undersea Rescue Command – Patrick Bunker

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-11-29T23:16:30-07:00August 11th, 2019|

Undersea Rescue Command is one of the US Navy’s most specialized commands. Their mission is to be prepared to mobilize anytime to rescue any US or NATO submarine anywhere in the world. MCPO Patrick Bunker with BBG Master Chief Petty Officer Patrick Bunker is also a Captain in the Tucson Fire Department and was serving with Undersea Rescue Command when they were deployed to assist with search and rescue mission for the Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan in [...]

Sun 8/4/2019

Top Gun Founder Dan Pederson

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:01:37-07:00August 4th, 2019|

(L-R) Jack Bewly, Dan Pederson, BBG, Scott Bader Top Gun founder Dan Pederson began his Navy career as a mechanic. Thanks to a great mentor, he would become a pilot and play a critical role in creating one of the most storied Fighter Weapons Schools in the world. He wrote “Top Gun: An American Story” to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Despite dominating air to air combat in World War II and Korea, the Navy kill ratio early in [...]

Fri 7/26/2019

Life Flight – Beth Anne Laos

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:02:24-07:00July 26th, 2019|

Life Flight personnel save lives. And they risk their own lives in doing so. Beth Anne Laos Beth Anne Laos served as a Life flight nurse for eight years during which she experienced both the highs and lows of being an “Angel with Rotors”. She was drawn to the field because she wanted to fly and started her career as an American Airlines flight nurse for long term medical transport overseas. However, after three extremely grueling and long [...]

Wed 7/24/2019

National Museum of the Army – Joe Mantegna

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:03:21-07:00July 24th, 2019|

The National Museum of the United States Army will be the largest military museum on the planet when it opens in 2020. It will tell the entire history of our Army and the 30 million men & women who have worn the uniform since 1775. Actor Joe Mantegna is the national spokesperson for the fundraising campaign and provides updates on the project. Joe has a very personal connection to this project; he had five uncles serve during the Second World [...]

Sun 7/7/2019

Havok Journal – Editor Scott Faith on PTSD

Ben Buehler-Garcia2020-11-30T09:47:46-07:00July 7th, 2019|

The Havok Journal seeks to serve as the voice of the Veteran community through a focus on current affairs and articles of interest to the public in general, and the Veteran community in particular. Editor Scott Faith joins us for a discussion about PTSD. Havok Journal authors come principally from the military and first responder community and their opinions on this topic are divergent. Many consider PTSD as the “third rail” of the Veteran community. In the article “Why [...]

Sun 6/30/2019

Ride for Relief – Jeff Shepard

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:05:02-07:00June 30th, 2019|

The Ride for Relief was borne from Jeff Shepard’s method of dealing with the trauma he experienced as a police officer and firefighter. The Ride for Relief features a nationwide tour of press conferences taking place in police and fire departments. Jeff's objective is to help reduce first responder suicides and increase health and wellness support within departments across the country. Police Officer & Firefighter Jeff Shepard Jeff served as a police officer for 10 years and a [...]

Sun 6/30/2019

Breaking Homicide – Derrick Levasseur

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-07T20:16:28-07:00June 30th, 2019|

Breaking Homicide airs Mondays on the Investigation Discovery Network. The show is produced by retired police detective Derrick Levasseur and chronicles the work of Derrick and partner forensic psychologist Kris Mohandle. Together they work cold case murder files in order to help bring closure to desperate family members. Hired at only 20 years old, Derrick was one of the youngest officers in the history of the Central Falls, Rhode Island police department. In addition to patrol duties, he worked with [...]

Sun 6/16/2019

Jeff Bosley – Green Beret to Hollywood

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:05:55-07:00June 16th, 2019|

Jeff Bosley has faced tougher challenges than trying to make it big as an actor. He has served as a Green Beret medic and a firefighter so his “spectrum of suck” is probably wider that others in Hollywood. Like most of his generation, Jeff grew up playing with GI Joes and watching action films. He began his college career studying medicine and taking a few acting courses, but military service was always in the back of his mind. When 9/11 [...]

Sun 6/9/2019

War on Terror – CIA Agent Thomas Pecora

Ben Buehler-Garcia2021-03-24T17:06:59-07:00June 9th, 2019|

The war on terror is, thankfully, an abstract to many of us. We owe that to persons like Thomas Pecora. He spent 25 years with the Central Intelligence Agency – most of it as a member of their Protective Operations Cadre. The POC was formed in response to the 1989 assassination of military advisor James “Nick” Rowe by terrorists in the Philippines. His new book “Guardian; Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA’s War on Terror” recounts his experiences in [...]