Entries by Ryan

Training the Afghan Army & County Veterans Service Officers

This week, we call Capt. Bryan Watters in Kabul, Afghanistan for an update on the Minnesota National Guard’s  mission in Afghanistan and Todd Kubinski, President of the Minnesota Association of County Veteran Service Officers, joins us to talk veterans benefit advocacy.  

, Tom Talks with Davis & Emmer

Tom sits down with Davis & Emmer and talks about the show, service in Vietnam, the Minnesota Military Family Foundation and more…

Veterans in Piping & Family Prep

This week, Anne St. Eloi and Chuck Buari join us to talk about Veterans in Piping, a free training program available to veterans, and Lt. Jonathan Johnson and Darlene Wetterstrom are here to tell us about what it takes to prepare a family for deployments and reintegration.

Yellow Ribbon Rendezvous Live at Cragun’s

We’re live in Brainerd, Minnesota for the first annual Yellow Ribbon Rendezvous at Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake. Commissioner Larry Shellito joins us as co-host as we talk with Kathryn Stotka of Cragun’s Resort, Steve Campos of the Washington County Yellow Ribbon Network, Mike Farren of the Family Assistance Centers, Col. Scott St. Sauver of the Minnesota […]

Afghanistan’s Agribusiness and the Marines in Vietnam

Building the infrastructure needed to feed a nation may be one of the keys to stabilizing Afghanistan. This week we’ll catch up with Col. Eric Ahlness, the commander of the Minnesota National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team currently deployed in Zabul Province and see why the National Guard is so well suited for this critical mission. Also, as […]