Military Mom Honors Son 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.
00:10Alright, it is Military Monday. We have Jennifer on the phone with us this morning.
00:14Good morning, Jennifer. How are you?
00:15Good, good. Good morning. How are you guys?
00:17We are doing great. We are glad that you reached out to us because we get to talk about your son.
00:21We get to brag about your son, Dylan, who serves in our military.
00:25Tell us what branch he serves in.
00:27He is in the Marines. He is currently stationed in Japan.
00:31Okay. And how long has he been in the Marines?
00:34Two years now.
00:36And what were some factors that made him want to join the Marines?
00:39I was a single mom. Both my parents are Marines.
00:44And so my dad helped be his dad, if that makes sense.
00:48Oh, okay.
00:49Yeah, so to, you know, show respect back, he decided to go to the Marines and be a Marine.
00:58Wow.
00:59Oh my gosh.
01:00What a great reason to join.
01:02Yeah, so parents are super proud.
01:05When we went to graduation, it was amazing for my parents to have both been there on that parade deck
01:12and then see their grandson, who they helped raise, you know, do the same thing.
01:18And he loves it.
01:19He is so proud.
01:21He just got off deployment.
01:23I went to Australia, Philippines, South Korea.
01:27And he loves serving this country.
01:30So when does mom get to see her baby again?
01:33Oh my gosh, you're going to make me cry thinking about it.
01:35So today is day 317 that I haven't hugged him.
01:40Oh.
01:41And he just put in yesterday for his leave to come home at Christmas.
01:45We're just, fingers crossed, hoping it's approved to come home December 18th.
01:50So, fingers crossed.
01:51What a Christmas present that will be for mom, huh?
01:54Oh man, I am going to have the balloons and the posters and the flags and everything at the airport.
02:00Well, you got to do that.
02:01That's going to be an awesome welcoming home for him.
02:04And we just want to say that we are so grateful for his service.
02:08We know it's tough on you as well.
02:10And a small way we want to say thank you is a $100 gift card from our friends at Stingray Chevrolet
02:14that you can pass on to him when you see him December 18th.
02:20I'll actually wind up mailing it to him.
02:22I'm trying to have a moment here, Jennifer.
02:25Well, you know, I mean, they don't get paid very much.
02:28They're going to be like, where's that $100 gift card?
02:31You can do it.
02:33You can do with it whatever you want as long as you just get it to him for us.
02:36But again, we are so grateful and we appreciate you so much.
02:39Well, thank you guys very much for just acknowledging our military and being so supportive of it.
02:46It's the least we can do and we love doing it.
02:48And we want to hear your stories as well.
02:50So if you want to nominate someone for Military Monday or First Responder Friday, you just go to 995QIK.com.