Third Generation Marine Gives Back To Tampa Bay Vets

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00:00Tampa Bay's Morning Crew want to honor and thank those who protect and serve our country.

00:05Time now for Military Monday on 99.5 QYK.

00:10Talking to Linda today, and I'll tell you what, this guy David must be pretty awesome

00:14because she is nominating her daughter's boyfriend.

00:18Wow.

00:18Good morning, Linda. How are you?

00:20I'm great. How are you?

00:21Good. So we like this guy, David, huh?

00:23Yes, he's super nice. He's a great guy.

00:26How long have he's been dating your daughter?

00:29About a year and a half.

00:30Aw, and look at you calling us up and get a gloat on him. I love this.

00:36Let's talk about his service. Tell us how David has served our country.

00:41He joined the military out of high school, and he was a Marine.

00:45And he is a third-generation Marine.

00:48Oh, wow.

00:49He was a military policeman.

00:51Okay.

00:52And he served in Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.

00:56Oh, wow.

00:56And now he works for Concerned Veterans for America, so he's still actually helping military

01:04veterans, and they pretty much advocate for them and try to get them, you know, good programs

01:09for health care and all those kinds of things.

01:12Yeah, it's a great organization, and we've said this before, and this is, you know, me

01:16knowing, you know, friends that are mine that are veterans.

01:18My dad being a veteran, my grandfather being a veteran, is that when veterans come to the

01:23aid of other veterans and they're able to talk about things that they maybe saw or experience,

01:28that connection of someone who's been there and done it and felt the things you felt is

01:32so huge.

01:33So I think that giving back by David is just as important service as when he was overseas,

01:38you know?

01:39Oh, yeah, absolutely.

01:40And then hearing from, you know, probably his father and grandfather, I'm sure, you

01:45know, it makes him want to help out even more.

01:48All right.

01:49So, Linda, the real question is, David sounds like a great guy, but do you think he is the

01:53one for your daughter?

01:55Oh, oh, oh, oh.

01:57Well, that's totally up to my daughter, but we seem to like him a lot, my husband and I.

02:02So, hypothetically, would he get the thumbs up from you?

02:06Yes.

02:07All right.

02:08All right.

02:09Very nice.

02:10All right.

02:10So when David is, you know, hanging out with you guys or hanging out with your daughter,

02:15what kind of fun things do you guys do?

02:18We like to go out on the boat, go out on the water and hang out on the beach, you know,

02:25just hang out at our house and go in the pool.

02:28Right.

02:29Things like that.

02:29What's your daughter's name, by the way?

02:31Kayla.

02:31All right.

02:32Very cool.

02:33Well, we're wishing David and Kayla nothing but the best.

02:35And Linda, we're so glad you reached out to us and told us about David's service.

02:38And he sounds like a stand-up guy and giving back and all that to Concerned Veterans for

02:43America, a great organization.

02:45Thank you to you guys for saluting the veterans and always keeping them, you know, out on the

02:50radio and talking about the good things that they do.

02:53Absolutely.

02:54The easiest and the least we can do to show our thanks.

02:58We want to do this, though.

02:59We want to give you a $100 Amex gift card from the Tampa Premium Outlets to give to him,

03:04which we know is going to go right to your daughter.

03:05That's fine.

03:06And then a $50 gift card to PDQ.

03:11Just a small way of saying thank you from us and the Tampa Premium Outlets and PDQ.

03:16That's awesome.

03:17Well, thank you so much, Linda.

03:20You guys are great.

03:21Say it every week.

03:21We love these stories and we want to hear about that special person in your life, that

03:25relative, someone who inspires you, whatever it is.

03:29We want to honor them if they are a military member for our Military Mondays and you can

03:33nominate them very easily.

03:35Just go to 995QYK.com.

03:37Only takes a couple minutes.

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