Janet Shares The Memory Of Her Brother Who Served In The U.S. Military

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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.

00:10All right, it is Military Monday. We've got Janet on the phone this morning.

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

00:15Good morning. I'm doing fine. How are you?

00:18Well, we are absolutely honored, actually, that we get to honor your brother, Bobby.

00:22So tell us about Bobby. What branch did he serve in and where did he serve?

00:26He served in the Army, and he served from March 1971 to February 1974 stationed in Germany.

00:35Okay. And what did he do in the Army?

00:37Well, he chauffeured various generals around, one being General Alexander Haig,

00:42who later became United States Secretary of State under President Reagan.

00:47Wow.

00:47That's pretty cool.

00:48That looks good on the resume.

00:50Mm-hmm.

00:51Janet, now when you think back to you and your brother growing up,

00:54is this something that you said, oh, Bobby for sure is going into the military?

00:58I mean, do you have multiple siblings?

01:00I do. There's nine of us, actually.

01:01Okay, nine of them. So how many went into the military? Just Bobby or more?

01:05More. I had a brother in the Navy, Raymond.

01:08Okay.

01:08And my dad was military as well.

01:11But you knew from the get-go that Bobby definitely was going to be serving?

01:14I did, yes.

01:15Now, after his service, what did he do?

01:17Okay. He basically had a passion for cars and motorcycles.

01:21So he, you know, worked as a mechanic for a periodical time.

01:26And I just want to say that he loved his country and served proudly as well.

01:30I love that.

01:30Now, looking back, what do you think are some things that he learned from his service

01:34that he kind of brought to his life after his service?

01:37A lot of experience, I'll say that.

01:40A lot of good contacts, by the way.

01:42Yes, that too, yes. And you know what he also told me? He said,

01:47Sis, always be ready. And I think you know what that means.

01:50Right. Great advice.

01:52Now, we are honoring Bobby's memory because he did pass away in June.

01:57And so we're so thankful for you to come on and let us know about Bobby

01:59so that people can know about him.

02:01And we're so thankful to you and your family for his service.

02:04And, Janet, we know it's a tough thing to come on the air and talk about this,

02:07but we wanted to make sure we gave you an opportunity to do so.

02:11Thank you. I appreciate that.

02:12What was your favorite thing about your brother?

02:16Well, he was really mischievous, always getting into trouble.

02:21So was your older brother or younger brother?

02:24He's older, actually, than I am.

02:26Okay.

02:26But he was my dad's favorite as well, but he was very mischievous.

02:31Well, he sounds like a great guy.

02:32And what an honor to be able to talk to you.

02:35And we're so thankful that we got a chance to learn about him.

02:38And we'd like to give you a $100 Amex gift card from Tampa Premium Outlets.

02:41Just a small way of saying thank you for letting us honor him.

02:45Yes, I appreciate that.

02:47We appreciate you, Janet.

02:48I'm going to put you on hold and we'll get you all taken care of, okay?

02:50All righty.

02:51Thank you so much, guys.

02:53Love honoring those that have served our country.

02:55And we want to honor that special someone in your life as well.

02:58You can nominate someone right now at 99.5QIK.com.

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