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TalkingWithHeroes Troop Support and More

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I am Bob Calvert the Founder and Host of the Talking With Heroes Talk Show www.talkingwithheroes.com and the Editor of our Online News Site www.thankyouforyourservice.us

 

We are seeking financial help to continue our www.talkingwithheroes.com Mission throughout 2013 - continuing what we have been doing for the past 7 years. 

 

Funds donated by You for this Campaign will be used to pay for our weekly audio program for 2013. The majority of the $5K donated will also cover costs for us to do www.talkingwithheroes.com Talk Show events at locations around the US at Military Support and/or Veterans Events covering issues: PTSD, TBI, Preventing Suicides, Wounded Warriors, Gold Star Families, Jobs for our Veterans and Military Spouses and More!!

 

Since the late 2011 trip to Iraq and Afghanistan I have had three surgeries which have slowed me down some. The most recent was shoulder surgery. We are finding ways to continue our mission.

Beginning Dec 6, 2012 we launched a new audio series of interviews on www.blogtalkradio.com/talkingwithheroes1

As of Feb. 28, 2013 we have had 10 programs so far including two call ins live from soldiers in Afghanistan and a moving interview with now retired 34 year army veteran Major General Mark Graham and his wife Carol. They lost two sons in one year "“ one to suicide and the second to an IED in Iraq. Now that he is retired they are on a mission to save lives and help as many as they can with PTSD and TBI and more. We had a program Jan 31st at the home/office of Michael Reagan with www.fallenheroesproject.org Michael has made portraits of over 3,000 Fallen Heroes for their families at no cost to the families. At this Jan 31st talk show event there were Gold Star Families. This event is now on our Youtube page.

We are now in the process of expanding www.talkingwithheroes.com into a NETWORK of TalkingWithHeroes.com Program HOSTS across the country and also existing Military Support and Veterans Talk Show. We also just launched www.talkingwithheroesmall.com

In early January 2013 we are planning our next trip to Afghanistan. Due to ongoing health issues, I had to accept that I would not be going back a 9th time. However the mission will go on. We are now putting a new videography team together. Finding the sponsor(s) for these next trips, funding our weekly audio program on blogtalkradio has become very challenging.

It is important for us as Americans to be able to set aside politics and do everything we can to support our troops and their families, our veterans and their families, the wounded and more. It is an Honor to do this!!

We ask You to Help us with this important Mission. We have now launched our NEW Fund Raising Campaign through GoFUNDMe.

Please help with a donation. Many donating $12 will help a lot.
For donations of $50 or more we will offer you space in our new www.talkingwithheroes.com Advertising Page.

 

I never served in the military but like many Americans people in my family did. Our dad served in WWII on an Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific. My daughter surprised me now over 10 years ago
by enlisting in the Army as did her husband. My youngest brother enlisted in the Air Force at 18 years old and served for 8 years. A few years ago at 44 he left a successful auto sales career and Re Enlisted into the Army. He was deployed to Afghanistan and still serves.

 

In Dec 2005 at the suggestion of a SGT and Special Forces Soldier I started the www.TalkingWithHeroes.com talk show. I interviewed hundreds of military personnel and military support groups via phone and broadcast live on the internet.

 

In 2006 to 2011 we made 5 trips to Iraq and 3 to Afghanistan. Our brave men and women talked on video about what they do to help the people in Iraq. We were at the grand opening of a school that opened because of over 10 months of hard work by the Minnesota National Guard and help from families back home, with Military Transition Teams and the Iraqi Army. We were with the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, an Iraqi Air Force General and Iraqis.

 

We were  in Rawah, Iraq before the surge with Marines and Iraqi Police, with USACE and ND National Guard. We went to a Children's Hospital, a Water Treatment Plant, we interviewed Iraqis by Falluja and in Eastern Baghdad. In 2007 I was with the 2ID/2BCT from Ft Carson, and back with the School Principal in Habbaniyu Tourist Village in Camp Al Taqaddum.
 
In April/May 2010 I was in Afghanistan with Ft Carson's 4BCT 4ID. All those videos and more are on www.youtube.com/bobc9246.

 

In Aug/Sept 2010 I was back in Iraq this time with Ft Bennings 3HBCT3ID, Ft Carson's 3BCT4ID, North Dakota National Guard then back over to Afghanistan with the Panjshir Province PRT. All interviews, missions and footage are on our youtube and facebook pages.

 

In July and August 2011 we made another and trip to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. The stories of service and dedication and the progress and positive stories will in time be watched by many millions across the country. These videos are a history of the amazing job in very difficult circumstances that our men and women did. It is the other side of the story.

 

We have hundreds of videos on www.youtube.com/bobc9246

So far over 160,000 people have watched one or more. Recently we also added filming at a Ft Carson Honor Roll event for a fallen hero.

 

We were in Washington, DC late February 2012 at an American Legion National Conference. I was one of the keynote speakers. An Air Force Veteran, Author and Videographer G. Mark LaFrancis teamed with me on this event and more in DC. It was an Honor to have interviewed over 30 of our Nations Veterans and Leaders in the American Legion, Sons of The American Legion and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. They each give a Shout Out to our Troops wherever they are serving around the world. These are very powerful videos http://www.youtube.com/bobc9246 all in our American Legion Playlist. 

 

While in DC we also interviewed an Afghanistan Veterans who is now one of the leaders at the US Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes. www.uschamber.com His interview is also on our Youtube page. In the past 12 months they had about 100 Military Job Fairs around the country and they are planning 400 more.

 

We are also putting all of the unedited footage from these trips onto a DVD Book Series:  www.talkingwithheroes.info/bobc So far there are 8 DVD Books.

 

The American people are now watching many previously untold progress and positive stories directly from our military personnel, civilians, Iraqis and Afghans. We are asking everybody to help get these videos out to other Americans!

 

Thank You!!!

Bob Calvert Host of www.talkingwithheroes.com
www.blogtalkradio.com/talkingwithheroes1
www.talkingwithheroesmall.com  
Editor of www.thankyouforyourservice.us
www.youtube.com/bobc9246
www.facebook.com/talkingwithheroes
Email: [email redacted]

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Bob Calvert
Organizer
Colorado Springs, CO

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