Military Monday - Douglas Heffner
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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 today and I'm very excited to be talking to Christina.
00:14Good morning, Christina. How are you?
00:16Good morning. Doing well.
00:18I'm so glad you reached out to us. We want to talk about your husband, Douglas.
00:22Just talk about his service, how he served our country, and just kind of give us a little background on him.
00:26So, he was in the Air Force from 1990 to 2000.
00:31He did tour in Italy and Turkey.
00:35He was a radio operator.
00:38Oh, nice. We might need him over here, by the way.
00:40We're not very good at our jobs.
00:43So, 10 years, United States Air Force, correct?
00:47Correct.
00:47And he has five kids?
00:49Correct.
00:50Wow.
00:51Do you guys have kids together?
00:52The twins.
00:53The twins.
00:53Oh, my gosh.
00:54Busy mom, busy dad. I love it.
00:57Yes.
00:58The twins actually just turned 18.
01:00Oh, wow. Well, tell us about him as a dad.
01:03I mean, he individually makes time. He takes the kids out. He's always there for them, always reaching out.
01:11Our youngest just had two brain surgeries.
01:14Oh, no.
01:15He dropped everything. We went to Boston for her second surgery.
01:20Wow.
01:20Like, he doesn't stress. I'm the stressor.
01:23Well, you have to have a balance. I get it.
01:25Well, he's got the training and those skills, you know, for those kind of, like, tough situations.
01:31So, he's a nice person to have by your side during some of these things.
01:35Definitely.
01:36Now, let me ask you this. If we were talking to his kids, how would they describe their dad?
01:44He's very set in his ways. He likes things a certain way, and he'll let you know if it's not that way.
01:51So, this is everybody's dad, is what you're saying.
01:52Yeah.
01:54What guy is it like that?
01:56And, Doug, what does he like to do now in his free time? So, is he out of the military?
02:04He's out, and he's actually taken up flying a drone.
02:08Oh, wow.
02:08Oh, that's cool.
02:09So, he's becoming licensed in that to try to help people, you know, like, when people want to sell their homes or just whatever.
02:17Nice. And what kinds of things do you like to do together?
02:19Um, concerts. We go out, try to make time for each other, especially with everything we've been going through.
02:27We're actually going to go see Marie Osmond tomorrow.
02:30Oh, wow.
02:33Hey, well, listen, Christina, I love hearing about your family. I love hearing about the strength of your family.
02:40Of course, you know, we originally called you to thank Doug for his service.
02:44I just want to thank your whole family because we know it's a sacrifice for everybody.
02:47I know we say it a lot, but we cannot say it enough. Please thank him for his service, and I just love that you guys have a great marriage, great kids.
02:56Also, I wanted to ask real quick, how is your daughter doing now?
02:58Um, she's doing good. She's strong. She is my hero.
03:02What's her name?
03:02Autumn.
03:03All right, well, we'll be praying for Autumn as well, and I love hearing what a strong mom you are and how brave little Autumn is.
03:09But we'd like to give you a $50 PDQ gift card. This is from our friends at PDQ.
03:14They want to say thank you. This is a small way for us to say thank you.
03:17Maybe you guys can go out and have a meal with the family.
03:20But once again, thank you so much for reaching out to us, Christina. We appreciate you so much.
03:24Awesome. Thank you.
03:26Thank you. Hang on for me.
03:27Hey, listen, we love hearing these stories.
03:29Please nominate someone for Military Monday today at 995QIK.com or First Responder Friday.
03:35You can do that as well.
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