This week we learn how employers can support our troops before, during and after deployment and we’ll talk to two of the state’s Employment Resource Team members who just returned from a trip to Kuwait. We’ll also get an update from the flag line of the Minnesota Patriot Guard. Guests include:
This week we go back to World War II and follow Walter Schwarz and the Ritchie Boys through D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge and on through the end of the war and Carolynn Ashworth joins us to talk about the resources available to the families of deployed troops.
Tax time is quickly approaching. This week Andrea Weyer of the Minnesota Department of Revenue talks us through the tax credits available to veterans and their families and we’ll talk with Chief Master Sgt. Kelly Wilkinson about Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Col. Rod Gerdes during the assault through the mine and oilfields of Iraq.
This week we follow the path of two of Minnesota’s Marines though the first Gulf War and we talk about a cash grant available to Minnesota’s troops just for serving. We also get a update from the flag line of the Minnesota Patriot Guard on their plans to welcome the 1st Brigade Red Bulls home. Guests include:
This week we talk about the evolving role of women in our armed forces with the Minnesota National Guard’s Chief of Staff (Air) Col. Deon Ford and we’ll find out about loans of up to $100,000 available for veteran entrepreneurs with Nancy Libersky & Thomas Osborne of the Small Business Administration and John Leschak of Minnwest Bank. Doug Bley also joins us for an update from the flag line of the MInnesota Patriot Guard.
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