This week, we take a look back at the year that was and forward toward what’s to come in this new year for both the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs and Minnesota National Guard. Guests include:
- Minnesota’s Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Rick Nash
- Commissioner Larry Shellito
This week, we host a special holiday show on healing not only the physical, but the emotional and spiritual wounds suffered in war. Special guests include:
- Army Chaplains Maj. Buddy Winn and Capt. Vince Hokkanen
This week the state’s veterans service organizations join us for a special holiday show. Guests include:
- Mike Ash of the American Legion
- Richard Jenkins of the Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Duane Hermanson of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Beth Kocian of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
- Sgt. 1st Class Ben Houtkooper of the Minnesota National Guard
This week, we discover a Minnesota organization dedicated to helping our combat wounded warriors and meet a Vietnam veteran who survived against the odds. We’ll also get an update from Minnesota’s 133rd Airlift Wing. Guests include:
- Air Force Brig. Gen. Greg Haase and Col. Jim Johnson
- Richard Jenkins
This week, we’ll remember a fallen Minnesota Soldier and see the legacy he left behind. Also, in conjunction with the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we’ll meet a Minnesota Veteran of both Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima. Guests include:
- World War II Veteran Roger Erickson
- Ken Drevnick of Hero at Home/The Daniel Drevnick Memorial Fund
(Credit: T.W. Lyman, Army Corps of Engineers)
This week, we check in on the rebuilding efforts and drawdown in Afghanistan and with more and more aging veterans being cared for at home, we discover a respite option available for them and their caregivers. Guests include:
- Army Col. Michael Price of the Afghanistan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Ann Rostratter & Craig Barness of the Minneapolis Veterans Home’s Adult Day Center
- Command Sgt. Maj. Cindy Kallberg of the Minnesota National Guard
This Veterans Day we’re live from the Inver Grove Heights Armory at the official Minnesota state event. Guests and co-hosts include:
- Hour 1: Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie
- Governor Mark Dayton
- Hour 2: Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner and Vietnam Veteran Larry Shellito
- Les Hanson of Toys4Military Kids
- Hour 3: Afghan War Veteran Mike McElhiney of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
- Maj. Gen. Rick Nash of the Minnesota National Guard
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HOST DOUG WORTHAM
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