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Talking With Heroes Talk Show
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept 22, 2006, Talking with Heroes Talk Show announces the guest list for the next four weeks prior to taking the Talking with Heroes Talk Show to Iraq. Talking with Heroes continues on its mission to give our military personnel a global platform to share their mostly untold stories and to thank, honor and support our men and women serving our country.

Click below to see the full schedule:
The September 24, 2006 Guests:
George Bernloehr is the Director of Operations of militaryresumes.com a project founded by Bradley-Morris. George is a former Naval Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer who dedicated 20 years to the US Navy. George's interview took place from the Sept. 21, 2006 Military2Civilian Job Fair at the Redbank Club, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. MilitaryResumes.com was created to offer an online recruiting solution for candidates that are currently transitioning out of the Military as well as military veterans with varying amounts of business experience.

Lieutenant Commander James R. Rund United States Navy Reserve enlisted in the Navy in 1974. He has served over the past years in many capacities and in many places. His most recent duty assignment began in September 2004 when LCDR Rund accepted orders as Executive Officer of Navy Security Force Gaeta, Italy out of Shreveport, LA. LCDR was selected in September 2005 as Commanding Officer of Navy Security Force NSA Mid-South in Memphis TN and is currently still serving in that capacity. LCDR Rund was interviewed at the Military2Civilian Job Fair in his capacity as Campus President of ECPI College of Technology Charleston, South Carolina Campus.

1LT Molly Huggins is an Army pilot, flying Kiowas for the TN Army National Guard. After receiving her degree, she completed Officer Candidate School through the National Guard in 2003 and flight school at FT Rucker in August of 2005. She is married to CPT Peter Huggins, a Blackhawk pilot for the 57th Medical Company (AA) currently stationed in Balad, Iraq and returning very soon. As a medical platoon leader in the 1st Armored Cavalry Division, he was responsible for the safe, rapid deployment of medics on the battlefield. He has spent the last 11 months serving with the 57th in Balad, Iraq in support of Iraqi Freedom.

SSG (P) Richard C. Simmons recently returned from his second tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A combat flight medic, SSG (P) Simmons served with the 57th Medical Company (AA) aka “The Original Dustoff” April 2003 – June 2004 and deployed again Oct 2005 – Sep 2006. Richard met his wife Ginger while living in Fort Myers, Florida and married her in May of 1996. Ginger does extensive volunteer work, including acting as the Family Readiness Group Leader and Treasurer for the 57th Medical Company (AA). SSG Simmons and CPT Pete Huggins are the co-creators of the ORIGINAL JAVA which is a soldier morale, welfare, and recreation espresso and cigar bar located at LSA Anaconda, Balad.

The October 1, 2006 Talk Show Guests are:
W. H. McDonald Jr. is the Founder and President of “Military Writer’s Society of America” www.militarywriters.com. The society has well over 1,000. Bill is a Vietnam Veteran and he is an author of several non-fiction and poetry books including his autobiography “A Spiritual Warrior’s Journey.” He has been featured in recent two documentary films (Award winning film “In The Shadow of The Blade” – shown on The Military History Channel and a PBS TV special called “The Art of Healing” about PTSD and the arts.). He is now working on his own film that documents his 2002 return back to Vietnam with three other veterans. (“A Spiritual Warrior’s Journey – Back to Nam” – proposed release date for DVD October - November 2006). Bill McDonald will talk about the Military Writers Society of America "Salute to the Military" conference in San Diego Oct. 13-15, 2006.

Sergeant Michael Volkin is the Author of “The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook". He served in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom as a Chemical Operations Specialist and received an Army Commendation Medal for his efforts and for the fitness programs he designed to help his fellow soldiers. As Volkin quickly discovered, he was utterly unprepared for the new world of the military, “a completely different environment full of unknown exercises and acronyms, where you can’t eat or talk without permission.” Volkin’s new book is a comprehensive, practical, and easy-to-follow survival guide written specifically for every new or prospective recruit about to enter any branch of the armed forces.

Andrew Carroll is a Best Selling Editor and Founder of the Legacy Project. Andy 36 is the editor of several nationally bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including Behind the Lines and War Letters, which also inspired a PBS documentary of the same name. The Legacy Project is an all-volunteer initiative that honors veterans and active-duty troops by seeking out and preserving their wartime letters and e-mails. To date, the Legacy Project has received an estimated 75,000 never before seen correspondence from every military conflict in U.S. history. Carroll is considered one of the nation’s foremost experts on wartime correspondence, and he has been profiled on NBC's Nightly News, FOX News, the Today Show, Oprah, and Nightline (which devoted a full broadcast to the Legacy Project). Carroll was featured as a “Person of the Week” on ABC’s World News Tonight.

CW2 Jared Jones coming from a military family felt that one of the best ways he could promote and protect our nation and its values was to join the National Guard. He currently serves as an AH-64A Apache helicopter attack pilot in the 1/211th AVN, Utah Army National Guard, following in the footsteps of his father who is also an Apache pilot.CW2 Jones recently spent a year in Afghanistan, serving in Operation Enduring Freedom V. He states that many people don't realize that everyday civilians and soldiers are making a difference without weapons. They are building hospitals, orphanages, roads, and schools. They are giving out food, water, much needed clothing, and school supplies. They are providing free education and health care.

While in Afghanistan he filmed from the ground and air, traveling to many villages, interacting with and helping the Afghan people, and capturing wonderful things you never hear about in local or national news. Using the 75+ hours of footage he captured while in Afghanistan, he is directing a documentary about Afghanistan, which will benefit the non-profit organization Operation Enduring Hope: Afghanistan. www.infinity-film.com

The October 8, 2006 Guests are:
Patti Bader is the Founder of SoldiersAngels.org. She is mother of Sgt. Brandon Varn, who served a year's deployment to Iraq. Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer run, 501 © (3) non-profit organization, incorporated in the state of Nevada. Soldiers' Angels started in June of 2003. The Soldiers' Angels mission is to provide aide and comfort to any of the armed forces and their families.

Wilhelmine (Willie) Aufmkolk is with the Soldier's Angels Foundation and is the INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL AMBASSADOR for Soldiers' Angels in Europe. She will be calling into the talk show from Germany. She says "Soldiers' Angels currently support thousands of Armed Forces Members stationed wherever we raise our Country's Flag and the number is growing daily. We also work tirelessly here in Europe to support and welcome our heroes who are returning to their overseas duty stations, often away on long deployments fighting global terrorism. We are the transitional team that would like to show them the same appreciation as their counterparts receive when they arrive on home soil, till they finally make it “Home” to friends and family."

MSgt Craig A. Colton is a Career Assistance Advisor for Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. MSgt Craig A. Colton is currently an active duty member of the Air Force and is assigned to Dyess AFB as B-1 Bomber specialist section chief. He has spent most of career as an avionics technician on B-1 and B-2 Bombers. He has served as a military instructor and a recruiter and enjoys being part of the best Air Force in the world. MSgt Colton is a volunteer liaison for the national Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. www.saluteheroes.org. They assist the wounded veterans returning from the War on Terror that struggle every day to overcome life-changing sacrifices such as the loss of a limb, significant burns, and the reality of being in a wheelchair. Salute America's Heroes help the people who have given so much on our behalf overcome these obstacles and resume a productive and fulfilling life through programs targeted to their specific needs.

First Sergeant Daryl J. Eddings, Sr. entered basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, November 1979. 1SG Eddings served in Operations JOINT ENDEAVOR and IRAQI FREEDOM II. As an Operation Sergeant Provo Marshall assigned in the city of Kabala, Iraq, he was responsible for maintaining law and order for the entire city population 46,000. This is including overseeing both military and Iraqi police and the local prison; it was here that he received his injuries fighting the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

He served 9 years active duty in the United States Army and 18 years in the National Guard for a total of 27 years. While in the National Guard 1SG Daryl Eddings also served his country with the Federal Marshals Service for 15 years, as an Aircraft Commander for the Convict Air program he was responsible for 14 deputy marshals and the transporting of 145 prisoners aboard a Boeing 727. Many of which were high profile convicts requiring the most stringent of environment awareness and attention to detail.

October 15, 2006 Guests are:
Debbie Gregory is the President of MilitaryConnection.Com. Debbie Gregory is an experienced executive recruiter who spent six years working as a print advertiser for Defense Department-contracted base newspapers. Debbie Gregory said she aimed the site at today's military family. "All the databases are free for their use. ... We're not really selling anything." The site contains several useful features to support the military's unique needs. Links to hospitals, schools, news, state tax boards, yellow pages, a military pay calculator and a "virtual mall," which she hopes will help military families make smoother transitions between duty stations. The Oct 15th Talk Show will include a representative from a company, talking about their program to hire military personnel after they leave the military.

The October 22, 2006 Talk Show:
Talking with Heroes will launch the first of a series of talk shows with interviews conducted by HOST Bob Calvert from Iraq itself with our men and women serving in Iraq. Details will be posted in the October 22nd Talk Show Page soon.

All previous Talking with Heroes talk shows can be listened to in our past show archives 24 hours a day/7 days a week, from anywhere in the world where there is access to the internet and can now be downloaded onto iPODs.

For More Information:
Bob Calvert, Talk Show Host
www.talkingwithheroes.com
Email: bob@youngheroes-DOT-us
Phone: 719-310-7814

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