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Unknown Speaker 0:00 Press E Armed Forces chamber Unknown Speaker 0:12 it's a cheer love success radio talk show no need to get salute and successful city buying the best Andre Brown for prepare to be impressed and successful and dreams manifest stand for the anthem and respectful event on forces change Unknown Speaker 0:32 you are listening to on forces chamber live hosted by Andre Haynes and Unknown Speaker 0:39 Patsy brown. This episode of Armed Forces chamber live is sponsored by drone video photography LLC, a veteran owned business specializing in construction and real estate, video and photography and video production. drone video photography LLC is online at drone video photography llc.com That's drone video photography llc.com. Shout Unknown Speaker 1:07 out to new and renewing members of the Armed Forces Chamber of Commerce including AARP Nevada couponing for students. Dr. Erica Smith, drone video photography LLC FMF 24 Fashion music film Holderman Realty Group, Hunter Cain, Las Vegas Clark County Library District. Ron quince Silver State schools credit union, Stephanie Phillips stuff Belize hunger relief charity, the Hanes company, that trophy stop United Nissan veterans World Magazine and voice of the veteran our special guest is from Air Force Wounded Warrior A F w two and we will be talking about the Air Force and Marine Corps trials in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plus the Air Force Wounded Warrior program and the Wounded Warrior Project. Unknown Speaker 2:11 We will be right back with more of Armed Forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 2:21 Underwriting on KU NVQs provided by the armed forces Chamber of Commerce since Unknown Speaker 2:26 2017, the Armed Forces chamber has served veterans service members and their families. Members of the Armed Forces chamber enjoy help with certifications, education, funding, marketing, networking and so much more. Membership is open to everyone. details online at armed forces chamber.com. That's armed forces chamber.com Unknown Speaker 2:51 underwriting and K u and v is provided by Hunter Kane and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Hunter Cain, march 25, is observed as Medal of Honor day. Some asks, hey Hunter, what's the Medal of Honor? The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces highest military decoration. It is only awarded to Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, airmen and guardians who have risked their lives going above the call of duty. On behalf of my fellow veterans. I wish a happy Medal of Honor Day to all recipients from Hunter Cain in the Armed Forces chamber Unknown Speaker 3:20 underwriting on KU NVQs provided by the Hanes company. You have the Unknown Speaker 3:25 power to seal eviction records and the Hanes company is here for you. The Hanes company seals eviction records. Help is available by phone at 833 Haynes seven that's 833-429-6377 The Hanes company is not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice or representation. Unknown Speaker 3:48 Underwriting en que un V is provided by the Vietnam War Veterans Day event plus the Armed Forces chamber. The Vietnam War Veterans Day event features a special ceremony and 25 veteran service providers on Friday, March 29, at the Fraternal Order of eagles, presented by the hospital's veteran partnership, and Vietnam Veterans of America. Unknown Speaker 4:16 Underwriting okay, you envy is provided by Dr. Erica Smith and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Dr. Erica Smith. The month of March is observed as Women's History Month. Some ask Dr. Erica Smith, what is Women's History Month? Women's History Month celebrates the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history. Happy Women's History Month from Dr. Erica Smith and armed forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 4:48 Underwriting on K u and v is provided by the happiest hour at networking events, plus the Armed Forces chamber. The happiest hour at networking event is a b2b networking event that features over 30 local business organizations supporting local business on Friday, March 22, at the Noid pits Bar and Grill located inside Town Square, brought to you by Invictus consulting. Unknown Speaker 5:17 And now we returned to armed Unknown Speaker 5:19 forces chamber Unknown Speaker 5:26 this episode of Armed Forces chamber live is sponsored by drone video photography, LLC, a veteran owned business specializing in construction and real estate, video and photography and video production. drone video photography LLC is online at drone video photography llc.com. That's drone video photography llc.com. Unknown Speaker 5:52 My name is Walt Myrie with the airforce Wounded Warrior program, Unknown Speaker 5:56 what is the Air Force Wounded Warrior program? And how is it different from the Wounded Warrior Project? Unknown Speaker 6:04 Boy, that is a question we get asked often. And you know, it's really interesting because the Wounded Warrior Project being a 501 C three nonprofit organization differs from us greatly. We are congressionally mandated, and federally funded to provide exceptional service to wounded ill and injured service members who are very seriously injured or seriously injured, or going through turbulence that just makes their life super challenging. So that distinction is really important for people to understand. We are not the nonprofit, you're not going to get a backpack from us, but you are going to get some exceptional service and support as you go through whatever turbulence you happen to be in. Is the program Unknown Speaker 6:44 only for Air Force wounded and combat. So Unknown Speaker 6:48 I'm glad you asked that question, Andre, no, you do not have to be combat injured to be enrolled in our program. Anything from wounds, illnesses, or injuries are in rollable. It's really a very simple process. So you can anybody can refer somebody to the program, they simply go to our website at wounded warrior.af.mil. And in the upper right hand corner, there's a refer an airman button. You click that button, and it takes you to an enrollment form. And then our enrollment. So really does the yeoman's work of evaluating what the conditions are and the whole entire scenario to determine whether or not somebody can be enrolled in the program. But the short answer is no, you do not have to be combat injured. Is Unknown Speaker 7:30 there a way for people to help out the program through voluntary or other means there Unknown Speaker 7:36 are lots of ways that you can help our program if you have an interest in doing so, simply knowing about our program and spreading by word of mouth, the good things that we're doing, referring people to the website at wounded warrior.af.mil being conscious of the fact that you can refer an airman or guardian that happens to be going through, you know, a scenario where they would need our services, and getting them to the website for referral is great. I mean, if you're talking about volunteering every time we do an event, and we do about six events a year, where we look for volunteers and others at base level to help us execute the events, we call them carry events. I mean, really, we bring people from all over the country, and to specific areas of the region of particular base that we've selected. And we we host an event that exposes them to different ways they can be resilient in their recovery. We help them with employment and education opportunities. We help the people who are caring for them through the process of getting referred to organizations that are local to where they live, that can help them be a better caregiver or a better person to support the wounded ill or injured airman or guardian. And adaptive sports. It's really a big piece of what we do what we discovered over time. And we've been doing this for the better part of a decade and a half now. And discovered over time that if you keep people active, once they've been wounded, ill or injured or identified and you know, kind of in this turbulent state, if you keep them actively engaged with something, they fare much better in their recovery and they're much more resilient and resurgent in their recovery. So adaptive sports is a big piece of that. We trained to Paralympic style sports. The event that we're going to be doing there in Las Vegas here shortly. The Air Force and Marine Corps trials this year 2024. We're going to be challenging people in different areas 11 different adaptive sports that they'll be competing in for personal records and to do their best to try and get on the air force or the Marine Corps team that will ultimately compete in the DoD Warrior Games later this summer. We'll Unknown Speaker 9:46 be right back with more of our Armed Forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 9:55 Underwriting en que u and v is provided by the armed forces Chamber of Commerce Since Unknown Speaker 10:00 2017, the Armed Forces chamber has served veterans service members and their families. Members of the Armed Forces chamber enjoy help with certifications, education, funding, marketing, networking, and so much more. Membership is open to everyone. details online at armed forces chamber.com. That's armed forces chamber.com Unknown Speaker 10:25 underwriting and K u and v is provided by Hunter Kane and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Hunter Cain, march 25, is observed as Medal of Honor day. Some asks, hey Hunter, what's the Medal of Honor? The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces highest military decoration. It is only awarded to Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, airmen and guardians who have risked their lives going above the call of duty. On behalf of my fellow veterans. I wish a happy Medal of Honor Day to all recipients from Hunter Kane in the Armed Forces chamber Unknown Speaker 10:54 underwriting on K u and v us provided by the Hanes company. Unknown Speaker 10:58 You have the power to seal eviction records and the Hanes company is here for you. The Hanes company seals eviction records. Help is available by phone at 833. Hanes seven that's 833-429-6377 The Hanes company is not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice or representation. Unknown Speaker 11:22 Underwriting on K u and v is provided by the Vietnam War Veterans Day event plus the Armed Forces chamber. The Vietnam War Veterans Day event features a special ceremony and 25 veteran service providers on Friday, March 29, at the Fraternal Order of eagles, presented by the hospice veteran partnership, and Vietnam Veterans of America underwriting Unknown Speaker 11:51 okay, you envy is provided by Dr. Erica Smith and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Dr. Erica Smith. The month of March is observed as Women's History Month. Some asked Dr. Erica Smith, what is Women's History Month. Women's History Month celebrates the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history. Happy Women's History Month from Dr. Erica Smith and armed forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 12:22 Underwriting on ket u and v is provided by the happiest hour at networking event plus the Armed Forces chamber. The happiest hour at networking event is a b2b networking event that features over 30 local business organizations supporting local business on Friday, March 22, at the annoying pits Bar and Grill located inside Town Square, brought to you by Invictus consulting. Unknown Speaker 12:51 And now we return to Unknown Speaker 12:53 armed forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 13:00 This episode of Armed Forces chamber live is sponsored by drone video photography, LLC, a veteran owned business specializing in construction and real estate, video and photography and video production. drone video photography LLC is online at drone video photography llc.com. That's drone video photography llc.com. Unknown Speaker 13:26 My name is Walt Myrie. With the Air Force Wounded Warrior program, Unknown Speaker 13:30 what is the purpose of the Air Force and Marine Corps trial that you're holding here in Las Vegas, Unknown Speaker 13:36 we are very excited to be hosting the Air Force and Marine Corps trials there in Las Vegas. I mean, it's really an opportunity for people who have experienced turbulence or are going through recovery for injuries sustained to put into practice, the adaptive sports that they've been engaging with and to compete against other members who are classified in the same way whether it's, you know, a physical injury, there's there's different classifications that they will compete in across 11 different sports to vie for a spot on the air force or the Marine Corps team that will ultimately end up competing at the DoD Warrior Games against all the other branches of service. So it's an exciting time for all these people who are going to be here in Las Vegas with us. Unknown Speaker 14:24 How is it different from previous years. Unknown Speaker 14:28 So typically, the Air Force has its own Air Force trials, the Marine Corps would have the Marine Corps trials, the Navy would have the Navy trials and the army would have the army trials. This year, we you know, we had an opportunity to do some collaboration with the United States Marine Corps and we're going to be doing a combined trials where we will both be participating in competing the Warriors will to get sponsored on the teams and that will actually be announcing those who are selected to participate in the God Warrior Games as part of those seems at the end of the event on 14th March. So we're really excited. It's, you know, it's almost a first full circle moment for us. A decade ago, the Marine Corps really kind of showed us the way and how to do this thing. And now the Air Force is hosting with the Marine Corps and doing this thing together. So it's, it's really very exciting. It's good to be be connected with our Marine Corps brothers and sisters, for sure how many athletes Unknown Speaker 15:26 will be attending that event? And can you tell us a little bit about what they will participate in while they are here? Unknown Speaker 15:35 Yeah, so well, that will have upwards of about 250 athletes on the ground, competing in those 11 different sports. And you know, we haven't really talked about the sports piece in detail yet. But there's eight individual sports three team sports for a combined total of 11. So there'll be participating in shooting and archery and swimming, and cycling and powerlifting in rowing competitions. And then our team sports, they'll be competing and wheelchair basketball, and rugby, and sitting volleyball, not to mention track and field. So they're going to be very busy over the course of a two week period that we're here in Las Vegas. And we're going to have about 250 people on the ground, doing that, about 100 and 110. From the Air Force about 70 Marines, we actually have the opportunity to work with some of our international partners this year. So we're going to be bringing in some of the folks from the Ukraine, and we're going to see their athletes here and we'll see some athletes from the country of Georgia competing as well. So we're really excited to bring this connection together. Unknown Speaker 16:38 We'll be right back with more of forces kingbird. Unknown Speaker 16:48 Underwriting on K u and v is provided by the armed forces Chamber of Commerce. Unknown Speaker 16:53 Since 2017, the Armed Forces chamber has served veterans service members and their families. Members of the Armed Forces chamber enjoy help with certifications, education, funding, marketing, networking, and so much more. Membership is open to everyone. details online at armed forces chamber.com. That's armed forces chamber.com Unknown Speaker 17:18 underwriting and K u and v is provided by Hunter Kane and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Hunter Cain, march 25, is observed as Medal of Honor day. Some asks, hey Hunter, what's the Medal of Honor? The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces highest military decoration. It is only awarded to Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, airmen and guardians who have risked their lives going above the call of duty. On behalf of my fellow veterans. I wish a happy Medal of Honor Day to all recipients from Hunter Cain in the Armed Forces chamber underwriting Unknown Speaker 17:48 on KU NVQs provided by the Hanes company. You have the power to Unknown Speaker 17:53 seal eviction records and the Hanes company is here for you. The Hanes company seals eviction records. Help is available by phone at 833. Hanes seven that's 833-429-6377 The Hanes company is not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice or representation. Unknown Speaker 18:16 Underwriting on K u and v is provided by the Vietnam War Veterans Day event plus the Armed Forces chamber. The Vietnam War Veterans Day event features a special ceremony and 25 veteran service providers on Friday, March 29, at the Fraternal Order of eagles, presented by the hospice veteran partnership, and Vietnam Veterans of America Unknown Speaker 18:43 underwriting okay, you envy is provided by Dr. Erica Smith and the armed forces chamber. Hi, I'm Dr. Erica Smith. The month of March is observed as Women's History Month. Some asked Dr. Erica Smith, what is Women's History Month. Women's History Month celebrates the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history. Happy Women's History Month from Dr. Erica Smith and armed forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 19:15 Underwriting on K u and v is provided by the happiest hour and networking event plus the Armed Forces chamber. The happiest hour at networking event is a b2b networking event that features over 30 local business organizations supporting local business on Friday, March 22 at the Noid pits Bar and Grill located inside Town Square, brought to you by Invictus consulting Unknown Speaker 19:45 and now we return to armed Unknown Speaker 19:46 forces chamber. Unknown Speaker 19:53 This episode of Armed Forces chamber live is sponsored by drone video photography llc. A veteran owned business specializing in construction and real estate, video and photography and video production. drone video photography LLC is online at drone video photography llc.com. That's drone, video photography llc.com. Unknown Speaker 20:20 My name is Walt Miry. With the Air Force Wounded Warrior program, Unknown Speaker 20:23 you have athletes coming from Ukraine and Georgia. Is this the first time you've you've all hosted competitors from foreign countries? Unknown Speaker 20:34 No, we the Air Force has worked with with international teams before. We've worked with the Brits last year on the Ukrainian or excuse me, the Georgians last year as well. And you know, when the opportunity presents itself to, to come together, and understand that healing has no borders, that's what we're going to try and do. So it's a great opportunity to showcase what we do to help our international partners along with their programs, and really see some amazing competition. So we're very excited. How Unknown Speaker 21:06 can those listening and the local area see some of the competition. So Unknown Speaker 21:11 in addition to the opportunities to observe some of the competitions in the meddling ceremonies, we're going to be hosting an opening ceremony on the morning of eighth March. And it's going to be a fantastic event, starting at 08 100. So any anybody who's got the access they need to get on base is welcome to attend that it'll be held behind the fitness center there at Nellis Air Force Base. What Unknown Speaker 21:34 would you personally like everyone to know about the program? And or the trials happening here in Las Vegas? Unknown Speaker 21:42 That's a really good question, Andre. And there's so many important things to know and understand about what we do within the program, providing care beyond duty, right, that's our motto with the Air Force's Wounded Warrior program was to provide care beyond duty. But it's really a personal connection, when you have the opportunity to engage with people who are wounded, ill and injured. And help them through that transition piece, hopefully back to service because that's our number one objective is get people back to work for the Air Force. And, but sometimes they had to transition back into the communities they came from. So making that connection becomes important as well. But really the the opportunity to come alongside and serve people who are so worthy. It's just a blessing. When I retired back in 2010, I did it when I wanted to, on my terms, when I selected what I was living where I was going to live. And I still found it to be a difficult transition. I can only imagine what it feels like to be put in a situation where you're transitioning at a point not of your choosing under circumstances that are obviously less than ideal for every one of these warriors that we will engage. They're in Las Vegas. So I really applaud their efforts. And it's it's just a blessing to be able to come alongside and support them through a really challenging part of their life and watch them be resurgent in their recovery. You know, coming out different, but most often better than they were before. Unknown Speaker 23:14 Would you like to share some advice or words of aspiration? Unknown Speaker 23:19 I would and thank you for the opportunity to do that. Andre, I I would like to tell people just to keep on going right? You just have to keep taking baby steps. You will get there. The only constant in life has changed and you can you can really do the good things for yourself. You just have to be persistent. You have to overcome the barriers you have to overcome the challenges. Ask for help when you need it and be ready to help others and you know I think if you apply those principles in your life, you just keep going you're there to help other people you're ready to ask for help when it's needed. I think it'll be successful ultimately through any challenge so I would just encourage people to do that stick with him Unknown Speaker 24:05 Armed Forces chamber Unknown Speaker 24:14 it's a chill love success radio talk show no need to get salute and success hosted by Adrienne Brown. He could just like get prepared to be impressed in success for dreams manifest to stand for the anthem of respectful vets on forces change. Unknown Speaker 24:33 You are listening to armed forces chamber live hosted by Andre Haines and Patsy Brown. If you are interested in advertising, or being interviewed on on forces chamber Live Info is available by phone at 702-518-8847 and online at armed forces. is chamber.com again that's 702-518-8847 and online at armed forces chamber.com Thanks for listening to armed forces chamber live Transcribed by https://otter.ai