Newsome High School Graduate Honored 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.

00:11All right, it is Military Monday. We have Kim on the phone with us.

00:13Good morning, Kim. How are you?

00:15Good morning, JR.

00:16So today you get to be a proud mama. We get to honor your son for Military Monday.

00:20Why don't you go ahead and tell us what branch he serves in and what his rank is?

00:24He is currently serving in the Army Airborne, the 11th Airborne in Anchorage, Alaska,

00:29and he is a sergeant.

00:30All right, very nice. And what do you think called him to want to go into the military?

00:35Is this a family thing or is it something that he just kind of wanted to do since he was a kid?

00:40Colton has expressed wanting to be in the military since he was three years old.

00:44And we are very proud of him. When he got graduated from high school,

00:49he went and signed up and agreed to leave within three weeks' time.

00:53So we only got like three weeks to be prepared for him to go away to boot camp at Fort Benning.

00:58But we are very proud of him and his commitment.

01:01It's just his personality. He is someone who always likes to stick up for the underdog.

01:07He loves his country. I mean, it's crazy how much he's always been dedicated to the country.

01:13And he's just, that's all he's ever wanted to do.

01:15And he's never wavered from that commitment.

01:18That's, I got a lot of respect for that.

01:20How many years has he been in the Army?

01:21He went in in 2018 and he's still currently serving.

01:24Where did he go to high school?

01:26Newsom High School in Lithia, Florida.

01:28Newsom High School. Go Wolves!

01:30So when he is not working and not serving our country, what are some things he likes to do?

01:35Well, he just got married. He got married in June of this year.

01:38So he met his forever wife in Alaska where he's currently stationed.

01:43So him and her, they love to go hiking.

01:46And, you know, of course there's a lot of things to do outdoors whenever it's not snowing in Alaska.

01:50But he also loves video games as well.

01:53And let me ask you this. Does mom approve of who her son is married to?

01:58Oh, I love her.

01:59She is definitely the one for him.

02:02And we're proud to have her as an addition to the family.

02:05Well, Kim, you do sound like a proud mom.

02:07And I know you do make a lot of sacrifices as well worrying about your baby.

02:10And we are so thankful for Colton's service and what he's doing for his country and, you know, answering a calling that he felt like he had.

02:17That's just such a big deal.

02:18So we want to do this.

02:19We want to give you a $100 Visa gift card from Stingray Chevrolet for you to pass on to Colton.

02:24Just a small way for us to say thank you and thank you to you as well.

02:27All right. Thank you so much.

02:28We appreciate you.

02:29Well, we appreciate you so much.

02:31Hey, if you want to nominate someone for Military Monday or First Responder Friday, you just go to 995QIK.com.

02:36Just takes a couple minutes and we'd love to hear your story about that loved one in your life.

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