Another honorable video put to the great voice of Leann Rimes singing Amazing Grace.
This week on You Served Radio we had a great pair of young men and brothers, Adrian and Ryan who are part of the Las Vegas band, OTHERWISE on the show talking about their support of the “Families of 9/11″ and “Wounded Warrior Project” charities via the sale of their new song “Soldiers” on iTunes. Here is a link to an interview they just did performing the song live and talking about their project a little bit more. Check it out at: http://www.vegasmorningblend.com/videos/129395773.html
This video was put together by someone as a tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11 and our military and leaders back then. Darryl Worley is a big troop supporter and a huge patriot. This video was put to his song, Have You Forgotten, which is very appropriate as we approach the ten year anniversary.
Posted in Patriotism, Video, Why We Serve
I have never heard of this organization or of this happening last year. What an awesome thing to happen in order to help keep these families connected during deployments.
For the second year in a row, the Armed Forces Foundation is helping 50 Army families in Fayetteville get 100 computers to help them stay in touch with their Soldiers during military deployments. During the August 17 event each family received a desktop for their home and a laptop for the Soldier to take on deployments for the lengthy separation from their families. The HP computer firm and Aaron’s Inc. helped make the equipment available as these computers were presented at a reception at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum. To read this entire article, please go to: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-foundation-donates-computers-soldiers-families-081711/
This news clip is from ABC on the morning of 9/11/01 as they started to collect up “on the street” footage of the towers falling and the people running from the towers. There is also candid footage of (then) Mayor Guliani trying to assess the footage and make his way to the World Trade Center.
Next week on You Served Radio we will be having a 9/11 Memorial Show. Because of the calendar this year, our show will actually happen on Tuesday Sept. 13th. Our first guest of the evening is former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Needless to say we are very excited about this show and of course this interview.
Later on in the show we will have our good friend Nick Palmisciano, who is CEO of Ranger-UP (www.rangerup.com). However between those two great guests and maybe after the interview with Nick, we are looking to hear from you, our readers and listeners of this blog and the radio show.
We would like you to take a few minutes and record us a short audio recording telling us and our listeners answers to any of these questions:
You can say your name or not. It is up to you. If you have a personal connection to a family member or friend that was personally affected by the attacks or any of the wars since the attack and would like to recognize them, feel free to mention it in the recording.
After you follow the instructions below, I ask that you email the recording to troy@youserved.com. I will take it from there. I also ask that you send these absolutely no later 5PM EDT on Sept. 12th. The sooner the better so I can make the adjustments I need to in order to merge the files together. Lastly if you don’t have time or don’t want to do this, but would still like to share your feelings, you can call in live next week to our show from 8-10PM EDT at 866-696-9150 and say it live on the air as we get time.
Now there are several ways to do this. If you have a digital audio recorder then you probably know how to use that. I will provide instructions here in case you don’t. Since you are reading this blog, I know you have a computer. Here is how you can use a computer to record yourself talking about one of the above topics.
Windows Vista:
Windows XP/2000:
Our good friend Gina Elise over at www.pinupsforvets.com is very close to making her dream come true of being able to visit a VA or military hospital in every state. She is participating in the Crest “Life Opens Up Project”. If she wins this contest Crest will help fund this dream of visiting a hospital in all the remaining states she hasn’t been to. It also gives her a chance to be on the Rachel Ray show so she can help spread the word about the work she does visiting troops (old and new) and donating funds to VA hospitals.
She is #2 and she needs about 400 votes to be #1 and win. There are only 9 days left to vote, and you can vote every day. Please take a quick moment and check out http://lifeopensupproject.com/player.php?q=89 and vote. Then come back and vote every day for the next 9 days and if you can help spread the word to friends, family, Facebook friends and twitter followers I know Gina and all of us at You Served Blog would really appreciate it.
Posted in Charities/Contests, Patriotism
This is another in the “Remembering 9/11″ series I am running. In this footage, CNN has several “on the street” interviews of people in NYC between when the towers were hit and when they fell. Also there is better footage and a clearer understanding of the attach on the Pentagon. Last but not least, while this footage is happening the first reports of Flight 93 crashing in Pennsylvania is learned.
Ranger Up has a new shirt out that is just awesome. I know, I know, all their shirts are awesome. That’s because awesome people make them! Elected officials used to just service. Now, all they do is take. They create bubbles around themselves, vote themselves special privileges that the people they represent aren’t entitled to and enjoy exceptions to laws they pass that cost you and me! So what happened to “serving” in Congress?
Ranger Up asks that same question with their new Congress Service t-shirt. You can pre-order this shirt now for less than $20 and wear it to your Tea Parties, block parties, and key parties. No wait, don’t attend key parties! Bad!! But, election season is upon us and candidates will be flooding your hometowns to buy ask for your vote. It’s time we reminded them who they are!
Wear it to your Congressman’s office and remind him/her why they are there. Congress was supposed to be a service, not a profession and Ranger Up has a reminder for them.
Please use this link if you order anything from Ranger Up since I’ve signed up to be an affiliate. I’ve been buying their shirts for so long I might as well help them sell some too, eh?! 
We have a full show tonight starting out with a couple of great guys from Get it Done consulting (www.getitdoneconsulting.com), Bob “Benny” Goodman and Wally Ward. Bob has started a new program called Mentor-Train-Mentor, with a mission of providing integral training for service-disabled veterans to establish professional business certification and qualifications making them competitive for jobs. We will talk with them about why they started this program, what they hope to achieve out of it and how it is going so far.
Next up we have several great volunteers from Cooking with the Troops. We have had Blake Powers and others on before from CWtT and are glad to have them back on. They will be talking with us about their recent event where they held a cuban-food cookout at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, TX. .
Rounding out our show is our 3rd guest of the night, Ms. Pamela Wilson from Bodybuilding.com. Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s most-visited bodybuilding and fitness site and largest online retailer of nutritional supplements, and athlete-trusted supplement company, MusclePharm, have officially kicked off the 2nd annual 2011 Military Challenge. The competition is open for entries to all active and reserve United States military members and their spouses from July 15 – August 15, 2011. She is an AFAA certified personal trainer, MADDOGG certified spin instructor, a sponsored athlete with the first ever Team Bodybuilding.com and a featured athlete with Dymatize supplement company. She is currently a Capt in the USAF, Reserves.
So as you can see this is a jam-packed show tonight. We have vets trying to help vets get into the business world, we have volunteers doing good things for our wounded warriors and we have a awesome website and company helping promote fitness and trying to reward those that do. Please join us tonight at www.youservedradio.com at 8PM EST and listen to another great show.
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