United We Roll at Stardust Radio

We will begin our show on this date by welcoming home two Heroes of Freedom who served our country over 40 years ago in VietNam and are only now returning to their families and to their honored places of rest. We salute Marine Lance Corporal Kurt E. LaPlant and Air Force Lt Col Earl P Hopper. Our hearts and our prayers will eternally be with you and your families. Let’s take a moment of silence as we remember these Fallen Heroes and all who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our freedom.

April is the month of the Military Child. I would encourage our listeners to go to the Americasupportsyou.mil site to see the organizations who do so many things to help the children of our Fallen Heroes, active duty members, wounded and Veterans. From the scholarship fund provided by the Special Operations Warrior Fund to Operation Purple Camp and many others, there are a lot of ways that you can support these efforts with a donation of cash or time.

Now on with our show for this week – We have some very interesting visits for you all again this week, as once again, the volunteers from United We Roll and Stardust Radio are very proud to bring you fresh new interviews with deployed US military members who will share information about their missions, their military experiences and their beliefs as to why they do what they do and what it means to them. We will have three great visits from Heroes of Freedom today who managed to make time from their extremely busy schedules so they could let us know what is happening where they are – real news from those who are making the news.

Joining us today first will be members of the MABOS – Manas Base Outreach Programs - that are run through the Wings of Hope Chapel. Now folks, you are going to hear about some incredible visits and projects that our deployed troops from this base do on their own time off as they go to local orphanages, children’s medical care centers such as the Cancer Center and the Heart Ward with supplies and to spend some time with these youngsters. Many of these are children rarely see visitors, other than parents if they have them. The surgeon at the Heart Ward will perform cardiac surgeries on these children for only $100, waiving all other fees – and our troops have been responsible for raising money among themselves, family members and others to have several hundred life saving surgeries already performed. The outreach does not stop there – they also go to schools and support the elderly in such an incredible way. This story should be on the front page of every newspaper and on every major news show. Join us as we hear from Chaplain (Capt) Piotr Gajda, SSG Freddie Jones, MSgt Royd Chambers, SrAirman Elizabeth Berryhill and TSgt Phyllis Hanson. We will be posting links in our blog with articles so you can see even more information on these incredible projects of the heart.

Next we will visit with SSG Scotty Duncan, who is currently deployed with the 407th Air Expeditionary Group. SSG Duncan is charged with the duties of Chaplain’s Assistant, which as you will hear, involves much more than helping to set up services and classes. The Chaplain Assistants are the “eyes and ears” for the Chaplains and often are the confidential ear that enlisted members will seek out to discuss concerns and problems. SSG Duncan began his career in flight maintenance, which has given him an even deeper insight into the needs of his fellow service members and to the duties with which he is now charged.

Our third interview will be Maj Robert Seal who is deployed with Charlie Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, Multi National Division – Baghdad. As the company commander for a communications unit of a couple hundred soldiers and citizens, Maj Seal is involved in every facet of communications for the Multi Nat’l Division in Baghdad from radios to world wide networks. On this, his 4th deployment and second time in Baghdad, Maj Seal has seen and experienced so much that he shares with us today. Maj Seal has run into his brother on deployment and hopes to see his daughter when she deploys in a few months, among other nephews and family members who serve. This is an absolute must be heard visit. As this Hero of Freedom said it so well … “God Bless America is not a cliché. It is a prayer”.

As always, we are extremely honored to bring you these visits with our Heroes of Freedom. And, we are very honored to have you, our listeners, join us each week. We will not have time for music breaks today, as these three visits will fill our two hours of air time.