The following shows aired in July 2014. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
7/5/14
Dr. Rebecca GrantDr. Rebecca Grant, President of IRIS Independent Research, returns to Veterans Radio for another presentation of global military air doctrine, airpower history (past & Present) and defense stratagy. UAVs, SUVs, EA-18G Groweler, and the U.S. Air Force’s super-secret anti-terrorist team will be discussed.

Dr. Grant was a member of the Secretary of the Air Force’s staff group and the Air Force Chief of staff’s operations group. She resides in Washington, D.C. where her 450 Yamaha is her favorite form of recreation.

7/13/14 Houston, The Eagle Has LandedAt 4:18 p.m. on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong’s voice crackled from the speakers at NASA’s Mission Control in Houston. He said simply, “the Eagle has landed.”

With those words, the dream President John F. Kennedy’s voiced in 1961–putting humans on the Moon by the end of the decade–had at last come true.

“As the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings Jay knows these events intimately. Neil Armstrong himself said, “Barbree is history’s most experienced space journalist. He is exceptionally well qualified to recall and write the events and emotions of our time.” Through his friendship with Neil and his dedicated research, Barbree brings us the most accurate account of his friend’s life of flight, the book he planned for twenty years.” Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight” Join host Bob Gould and his guest, author and NBC News Space Correspondent, Jay Barbree.

7/20/14 Nick Cook, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency’s Director of Targeted Outreach will join us in the first segment to discuss services available by the State of Michigan to veterans. A lot has changed in the last few years and the MVAA is now covering more ground and has a broader mission.

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency has responsibilities for the administration and operation of the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund, Michigan Veterans Homeowners Assistance Program, the Michigan Homes for Veterans, constituent service or referral and the state’s grant to chartered veterans’ service organizations and the Michigan Association of County Veterans Counselors.

VETERANS COURTS—Judge Brian MacKenzie of the Novi District Court will be our guest in the second segment to discuss the purpose and nature of Veteran’s Treatment Courts and how they operate. Veteran’s Treatment Courts are to keep veterans out of jail for nonviolent offense through a tightly supervised counseling and mentor program. Judge MacKenzie will discuss the why, the how and the effectiveness of these courts.

7/27/14 MEDICS!—Join host Bob Gould and his guests Army Medics Jon Premo, Sgt Rachel Shilakes, MSG Sean C. Hendricks and Andrew Turner.