United We Roll at Stardust Radio

United We Roll World Tour Show
Stardust Radio www.stardustradio.com
Tuesday 9/22/09 2pm-4pm Central(live)
Wednesday 9/23/09 6:30pm Central(repeat)

We have four great visits with 6 deployed Heroes of Freedom to share with you all today. Remember, if you are not able to stay with us through the show this afternoon, it will repeat again tomorrow evening, Wednesday, Sept 23rd at 6:30pm Central. In addition, an MP3 copy will be placed on our show archive site for listening and downloading. You can reach our archive site at www.stardustradio.info or through our full website at www.stardustradio.com.

Our first guest for today is 3 months into his deployment with the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Afghanistan. SrA Kyle Jefferson is a Loadmaster, which is a job of great responsibility, as the Loadmaster controls how much and where cargo and people are placed in an aircraft to keep it balanced for take-off and landing. The Loadmaster is also a part of the inflight crew and, like all deployed members, sees some pretty long duty days.

Coming up next is an unusual treat for us as we visit with a married couple who are deployed to the same base, though in separate duty areas. SSG Terence and TSG Nichole Williams currently live in separate quarters and share Saturday night “date night” through internet connection with their kids. SSG Terence serves in the security force with the 332nd ESFS (Expeditionary Security Force squadron) and TSG Nichole Williams is in the Protocol Office with the 332nd AEW (Air Expeditionary Wing).

This is our day for unusual treats as our next visit is not only with two deployed members from the 376th ESFS, but also with two celebrities! Well – kinda, sorta. Manas Air Base recently held their own version of American Idol – appropriately called “Manas Idol”. We are joined today by SSgt Erica Still who won the title of Manas Idol. Also joining us is SrA Dominika Taylor who played the part of Paula Abdul as one of the judges in the Manas Idol contest. This visit combines fun and inspiration.

Our final visit for today is with SrA Daniel Jamison of the Air Force Combat Weather Center and Weather Systems Support Cadre. I am sure we all remember times where the weather has prevented planes from taking off and interfered in other ways with our plans at home. That is no different overseas – in fact, weather has been a major consideration in military planning & strategy for decades. SrA Jamison is one of very few specialists in this area and is frequently traveling to assist at another location or is busy working on equipment at his home base. This is a fascinating visit and I have placed an article in our blog which also discusses SrA Jamison’s mission.

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.

May God Bless You All & May God Bless America!