Local Navy Veteran Honored By His Daughter For Military Monday

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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.

00:10We've got Megan on the phone today who's honoring her father for Military Monday.

00:14Good morning, Megan. How you doing?

00:16I'm great. How are you?

00:17I am great, too. I'm glad you're on the show with us.

00:20So we want to talk about your dad, Robert. Tell us about his service.

00:22What branch did he serve in? How long did he serve for?

00:24Yeah, so my dad was in the Navy for 20 years, and then he retired.

00:32And did this all take place as you were growing up?

00:34Yeah, so he joined right out of high school, and then he went to the Philippines,

00:43and then he went over to Hawaii, where me and my brother were born,

00:48and then we lived in San Diego for a little bit.

00:51And then when he retired, he moved on over to Florida.

00:54Oh, wow. So you guys moved around a lot when you were younger.

00:57I know that's kind of tough, but also kind of cool you get to see a lot of different places.

01:02Yeah, no, it definitely was a cool experience.

01:04Super thankful.

01:06We got the opportunity to live in, you know, California.

01:09Hawaii.

01:11Yeah, played a lot of sports there.

01:15My dad was a big influence on a lot of that.

01:17Softball, BMX, he helped coach me a lot.

01:20Oh, so he was able to serve and also have time to, you know, coach you guys

01:24and be a part of your childhood quite a bit, huh?

01:26So, so.

01:27I feel like when I was, like, you know, around probably toddler age,

01:31I don't really obviously remember much.

01:33I know he was out a lot on the ship and stuff,

01:36and my mom was the one taking care of us a lot.

01:38But towards his retirement, he definitely was a big figure

01:43and definitely helped out a lot, like I said, with all the sports and stuff

01:46and helped pave in that way for us.

01:48And what did he do? What was his specialty in the Navy?

01:51Yeah, so he did search and rescue for a little bit, and then he was a welder.

01:55Oh, okay. Nice.

01:56Yeah, you got to work on the Navy ships, of course, so that's an important gig.

01:59Yes, it is.

02:00You want to make sure those things are still floating.

02:02Yep.

02:02So, you know, outside the military, how would you describe your dad?

02:06He is such an awesome guy, such a foodie, loves food.

02:11He is an awesome cook.

02:14He loves the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

02:17Such a caring guy.

02:18Loves his family.

02:20Yeah.

02:21All right, well, very cool, Megan.

02:22Well, I'm just so glad that you reached out to honor your dad.

02:25I think that's great.

02:25My dad was in the service as well, so I kind of get it.

02:28I didn't have to move around as much as you guys did,

02:29but it sounds like you got to see different parts of the world

02:32and Robert does sound like an awesome guy

02:34and we're so thankful for his service

02:36and we know that the rest of your family makes sacrifices as well,

02:39I mean, including your mom, so we appreciate that.

02:42And we want to do this.

02:43We want to give you a $100 Amex gift card from Tampa Premium Outlets to give to him.

02:47It's a small way for us to say thank you

02:49and thank you to you as well for letting us honor him today.

02:51That's so awesome.

02:52Thank you guys so much.

02:53You got it, Megan.

02:54Hang on for me.

02:55Well, I love hearing stories like this.

02:57We love hearing stories like this.

02:59We want to hear more about them

03:00so we can honor those military members in our community

03:02that have sacrificed so much and served our country.

03:05So please nominate that military member in your life.

03:08Just go to 995QIK.com and look for Military Monday.

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