Sarasota 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.
00:10Well, it is Military Monday and we get to honor Christopher today.
00:14We've got his mom on the phone.
00:15Good morning, Victoria.
00:17Hello.
00:18Thanks for coming on with us.
00:19So why don't you tell us about Christopher and how he serves our country?
00:21He is an infantry Marine, graduated from Sarasota High School.
00:30And has been serving two years and has two more years to go active and then plans four years doing reserves and going to the Sarasota County Police Academy and becoming a police officer.
00:45Oh, my gosh.
00:45This man has a plan, huh?
00:47Yes.
00:48Now, is this something that he's always wanted to do, like since he was a young kid?
00:51Since he was a young kid, he's always wanted to either be in the military, whether it was Army or Marines.
00:58And either be a police officer in the future or do, like, mechanic work.
01:04So he's doing it.
01:05Yes.
01:06He's doing everything that he wanted to do.
01:08That's great.
01:09Yes.
01:09How did you react to it?
01:11He told you this is what he wanted to do and he actually signed up and was leaving to go to boot camp.
01:16I was perfectly fine with it.
01:17I was a little skeptic with the boot camp as it was.
01:20He left during Hurricane Irma.
01:23Oh.
01:23And it was also during COVID season.
01:26Oh, wow.
01:26So I was a little bit nervous with that.
01:28But other than that, I was perfectly fine and everything with it because we come from a military family.
01:34Gotcha.
01:34And he's the first Marine in our family, actually.
01:38Oh, wow.
01:38Let's talk about Christopher when he is not serving our country and chasing his dreams.
01:44What are some things he likes to do?
01:45The young man likes to play, of course, PS5.
01:49He also likes going to the beach.
01:53And he also plays on that paintball team.
01:57Well, very nice.
01:58Well, listen, Christopher sounds like a very driven guy.
02:01And we're so thankful for his service to our country and then going to be to our communities as well.
02:06And we want to do this.
02:06We want to give you a $100 Visa gift card from our friends at Stingray Chevrolet.
02:10A small way for us to say thank you to him.
02:12And we appreciate you, too, Victoria.
02:14Thank you very much.
02:15That sounds great.
02:16All right.
02:17Great.
02:17Hang on for me.
02:18Well, if you want to nominate someone for Military Monday or First Responder Friday, you just go to 995QIK.com.
02:23We would love to hear the story about that loved one in your life.