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Warrior Citizens Then and Now

Posted on September 10, 2011 by CJ| Leave a comment


New York Fire Department Chief Jack Prichard prepares to present honors as they pass the World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York. New York has 7.5 tons of steel in her bow recovered from the World Trade Center twin towers. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corey LewisSmall.

The U.S. Army Reserve has developed a “Sept. 11-Then and Now” story series in conjunction with the 10-year anniversary, which can be found on the U.S. Army Reserve’s Blog and U.S. Army Reserve Facebook page. For those interested, it provides an intimate, first-person account of the events of that day and illustrates the direct impact of the attacks on the lives of Soldiers and their families. One such example is the story of CPT Christopher Whitford:

On Sept. 11, 2001, New York Police Detective Christopher Whitford was a first responder, working to do whatever it took to save lives in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Centers. Tragically, he learned that he lost his younger brother, Army Reserve Capt. Mark Whitford, that day; Mark was an NYC firefighter who gave his life to save others. Christopher knew his and his family’s lives were forever changed, personally and professionally. Less than two-months later, he was a mobilized Army Reserve Soldier and was ultimately deployed to Afghanistan. In his dual role as a Detective and Command Sgt. Maj., Christopher’s commitment is emblematic of service members that have stepped forward to meet the needs of our nation.

To learn more about Christopher’s story, you can read his personal account (“Whatever Is Required of Me”) or the account of his wife, Gloria (“I Knew He Had to Do It”). The blog also includes stories from several other Army Reserve Soldiers, and a message from Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz- Chief, U.S. Army Reserve and Cmdr. Gen., U.S. Army Reserve Command.

You can follow the U.S. Army Reserve on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr or Blog.

This information was provided to me by the Army Reserve, who asked that I share it. After looking at the page, I felt You Served readers would want to know it’s out there. The stories are personal and reflective. The Reserve provided me with no special benefits, favors, or other reimbursement for mentioning their sites. I do so of my own free will. Now, please stop whipping me, master! ;)

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Soldiers by OTHERWISE

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Troy| Leave a comment

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

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WE NEED YOU for the 9/11 Memorial Show

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Troy| Leave a comment

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:

  1. What does this 10th anniversary mean to you?
  2. What were you doing that day 10 years ago and what emotions and memories do you have from that time.
  3. Any reflections of feelings on our country since that time 10 years ago.
  4. Or any other thoughts, opinions or reflections you may have related to the terrible attacks on our country.

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:

  1. Click START
  2. Click ALL PROGRAMS
  3. Click ACCESSORIES folder
  4. Click on SOUND RECORDER
  5. When you are ready (assuming you have either a microphone plugged into your computer or you are using an internal one), click START RECORDING.
  6. Record your audio.
  7. When you are done, click Stop Recording.
  8. Save the file somewhere easy to find it, like your desktop. Please name it 911_YOURNAME.wma.
  9. Then you can email it to me at troy@youserved.com

Windows XP/2000:

  1. Click START
  2. Click ALL PROGRAMS
  3. Click ACCESSORIES folder
  4. Click on ENTERTAINMENT
  5. Click on SOUND RECORDER
  6. When you are ready (assuming you have either a microphone plugged into your computer or you are using an internal one), click START RECORDING.
  7. Record your audio.
  8. When you are done, click Stop Recording.
  9. Click FILE, SAVE AS..
  10. Save the file somewhere easy to find it, like your desktop. Please name it 911_YOURNAME.wav
  11. Then you can email it to me at troy@youserved.com
If you are on a Mac
  1. Open your APPLICATIONS folder
  2. Click on QuickTime Player.
  3. On the Menu, click FILE, NEW AUDIO RECORDING
  4. Click the down arrow on the right side of the QuickTime player and select where you want the file saved (Desktop is recommended for quickly finding it).
  5. Click the red record button and record your file.
  6. Click the stop button when complete.
  7. Email the file (from where you saved it in step #4) to troy@youserved.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.

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Remembering 9/11- Fox 5′s first reports

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Troy| 1 Comment

As we count down over the next 11 days to the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks that changed our lives, this country and essentially the planet I will be running a daily series with video clips and footage from that terrible day and the days that followed.

For this first one in the series. Here is Fox News 5 (Washington DC) news coverage from that morning. You will notice at 21:26 into this clip they dump the commercial and go right to the emerging story.

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Special 9/11 Tribute show on You Served Radio

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Troy| Leave a comment

On tonight’s show we are so honored to welcome as a guest Mr. Garry Trudeau. Garry is the acclaimed satirist and comic artist of Doonesbury. We are going to talk to Garry about his strip and some of the characters he has developed since 9/11. We will discuss BD’s role mentoring Toggle and the creation of Toggle himself. We will also talk with Garry about his creation and The Sandbox milblog website and book featuring milblogs from many popular bloggers and the efforts he has put forth in raising money for The Fisher House foundation. Last but not least we will talk with him about what it was like for him as a resident of NYC to live through the day of 9/11/01 and how he has seen the city change.

Garry will be the only physical guest on tonight as the rest of the night will be dedicated to honoring some of those lost on 9/11. We will read stories of the lives of some of those lost at The Pentagon, at the WTC, and in Pennsylvania. It will be a night to read and reflect on those lives that were taken from us as a country and more importantly from those who loved and knew them.

We really hope you can join us tonight for this momentous evening on You Served Radio.

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