Pima Air Museum Director Scott Marchand, Sean & Tiffanie Denlinger, Rick Felker. Pima Air and Space Museum is the world’s largest non-government funded air museum. This week our Nova Home Loans remote broadcast took us to the Pima Air and Space Museum to learn more about their programs and talk with one of their volunteers who flew some of the aircraft on display. Pima hosts over 300 historical aircraft on 80 acres and in several hangars. Some of [...]
The mission of Folds of Honor is to provide educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members. To date they have awarded over 12,000 scholarships. Kevin Cummings serves at the President of the Phoenix Chapter of Folds of Honor. He never served in the military but has had a great number of mentors who are Veterans. He first learned about Folds of Honor through his sister and her husband who were involved with the Minnesota [...]
As a Tucson Police officer, Charles Foley noticed 32 poles without a flag in one small downtown area. Now he has made it his mission to assure that our national colors are available to every site that needs one. In 2015, Foley co-founded “Flags for the Flagless” along with fellow police officer and 20 year army Veteran Bradley Clark. So far, they have raised hundreds of donated flags at locations all across the USA. Credit: Arizona Daily Star Foley’s [...]
Just in time for the holidays we check back in with Vet Tix, one of our favorite national military & Veteran support organizations. Joining us for the broadcast is Marine and Vet Tix Chief Strategy Officer Steve Weintraub. Vet Tix is a non-profit that has given away over 2,560,015 event and attraction tickets in all 50 US States and Washington DC. They are ranked among the nation’s top non-profits with over 96% of their donated funds going directly to support [...]
Colonel David Sutherland is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Easter Seals Dixon Center for Military and Veterans services. He is an Army Veteran who has led men in combat, earning a Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Ranger Tab. His last post was as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he also served as Director of the Warrior and Family Support Office at the Pentagon. It was in this role [...]
A conversation with a National Guardsman in an ice cream parlor inspired Darden Smith and his friend Radney Foster to write the song “Angel Flight”. This haunting song soon became an internet sensation and led to the foundation of a very unique service organization that helps Veterans cope by expressing their feelings through song. On September 17, 2008 a Chinook helicopter from the Texas National Guard General Support Aviation Battalion – call sign Red River 44 – was one of [...]
Our military members shoulder unique burdens of stress and sacrifice. Since their founding, Vet Tix has distributed nearly 2 million event tickets to active duty military, veterans and families of military killed in action. Attending these events helps to reduce stress and build family bonds. YOU can help by providing a pair of tickets or a donation to their "Hero's Wish" program. Guest: Al Maag, Chief Marketing Officer
Actor Charles Durning first recruited Joe to perform at the National Memorial Day Concert. Joe Mantegna co-hosts the National Memorial Day Concert with his friend/fellow actor Gary Sinise and is spokesperson for the National Army Museum. Did you know he had FIVE uncles that served during World War II?
Ron Aiello with "Stormy" They go into combat with our soldiers and often make the ultimate sacrifice. They deserve the respect and care earned by every veteran. Ron Aiello was a military dog handler in Vietnam and is President of the United States War Dogs Association.
The remains of THOUSANDS of our veterans languish forgotten in locations across the US. The Missing in America Project locates, identifies and inters these remains with the proper honors earned by our veterans. Ed Torres (US Army Retired), Southern AZ Coordinator, Missing in America Project