United We Roll at Stardust Radio

United We Roll World Tour Show
Stardust Radio www.stardustradio.com
Tuesday 7/13/10 2:00pm – 4:30pm Central (Live)
Wednesday 7/14/10 6:30pm – 9:00pm Central (Repeat)

Welcome Stardust Listeners and thank you for joining us on United We Roll this Tuesday, the 13th day of July, 2010 as we take time to honor those who serve our country and who protect our freedom!! We hope you all have been handling the hot temperatures that have been dominating a lot of our country - but then think of our troops in Iraq who are dealing with 118 degree and higher temps while wearing 65 pounds of uniform and gear, or working on a hot flightline, etc. Yikes!

I wish to thank all of our listeners who helped The Hugs Project by voting for them in the Chase Bank contest on Facebook. Their vote total more than doubled, unfortunately not enough to put them at the top of the list of 200 organizations. But they are still eligible for a donation which will help them in their efforts to keep care packages going out to our troops. The Chase Bank contest is an annual event. The Hugs Project is a daily event as they are constantly packing, mailing and answering requests from deployed troops. If you would like to learn more about this organization and possibly see if you can participate with them or help, you can go to their website at www.TheHugsProject.com.

We have another great show for you all today - as are they all. We have three in depth and interesting visits with three of our deployed heros of Freedom. The show will actually end around 4:30pm Central, which puts us about 30 minutes over our usual two hour period today. Remember, if you are not able to stay with us through the show this afternoon, it will repeat again tomorrow evening, Wednesday, July 14th 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 on the United We Roll page at www.stardustradio.com.

(2:08pm) During our first visit, we will be talking with Capt Thomas Bittick who is currently deployed as the XO or Executive Officer to the Mission Support Group Commander with the 376th Expeditionary Mission Suppport Group. If you think about the "community" part of a base (the lodging, dining, recreation, fitness, entertainment and so on), it is this unit that keeps all of these facilities and services in fine operating order for the many troops living on base and serving in their part of the mission whether it be transportation (air and ground), air refueling or any of the many other units that ultimately form the 376th AEW (Air Expeditionary Wing). We truly appreciate the time that Capt Bittick was able to spend with us and all the great information he was able to share, increasing our understanding and knowledge of the important duties our military members perform every day.

(3:19pm) Our next visit is with Army 1LT Maria Castro who is deployed with C Co 2-7 IN 3rd ID and just recently changed jobs from the Ambulance Platoon Leader to Medical Supply officer. You will hear that this job which encompasses a lot more than ordering supplies. 1LT Castro is still heavily involved in the operations of the medical facility at this Army base and making sure that all unit members have what they need, whether it is for the clinic, ambulance calls, medevacs and more. Though the clinic is open fior sick call from 9-5, you can well imagine that this is a 24 hour job, so duty shifts run appropriately. 1LT Castro comes from a family of military members and it is no wonder this young officer is so dedicated. This is another great visit and you will not want to miss a minute.

(4:00pm) Our third and final visit is with Air Force Capt Christine Carr, who is deployed with the 332nd AEW (Air Expeditionary Wing) and assigned to the JBB Redistribution Property Assistance Team or RPAT for short. This team is heavily involved with the Draw Down as they are charged with collecting and relocating equipment from the many military bases and camps in Iraq that are closing or being turned over to the Iraqi government. Now, figure in that this includes everything from vehicles to dental chairs that need to be accounted for and then relocated, this is one huge job. Our regular listeners may recall that some months back, we spoke with some Red Horse members who were constructing storage buildings for this very purpose. Capt Carr also carries on a family tradition as her father retired from service in the Air Force. We thank you both and your family for all of your service!

We would also like to thank some folks without whom these visits today would not be possible. Our deepest appreciation goes to TSG Jennifer Buzanowski, Mr Tom Conning and MSgt Mike Hamill.

Ladies & Gentlemen, we wish to thank all of you for joining us and we hope that you will be with us again next week when we will have more great visits from our Heroes of Freedom.

To all of our Veterans and all military family members who are listening, thank you for your service and for our freedom. To all of our First Responders and family members, thank you for watching over our families, homes and communities.

Once again, we would like to remind any of our listeners who are interested in health and legislative issues that affect those who protect our freedom to tune in to our other broadcasts – OFFE with Gene Simes and Jere Berry at 8pm Central on Tuesday nights ...... and also with Rick Townsend and Firebase Network Sundays at 6:00pm Central.

Please remember, it is up to us at home to help our troops, not only with letters and care packages, but also by being aware of legislation in our states and in DC that will impact them and their families. We must do our part to insure that our Heroes of Freedom receive the benefits and health care that they deserve for keeping our country safe and free. It is the least that we can do for them and it is what we must do to help insure freedom for our children.

We wish you all a good, safe and healthy week.

May God Bless You All And May God Bless America!