Strawberry Crest High School Alumni Honored For Military Monday
Category
😹
FunTranscript
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.
00:10We got Jennifer on the phone for Military Monday right now.
00:13Good morning, Jennifer. How are you?
00:15Good. How are you guys?
00:16We're doing great. Hey, thanks for reaching out to us.
00:18We get to honor your son today.
00:20Tell us about your son Devin's service in our military.
00:22He joined two and a half years ago. He's in the Marines.
00:26Okay.
00:26He has a five-year contract, which is a four.
00:29He's an intelligence, so there's a lot of training, so they're keeping him an extra year, of course.
00:34We miss him. He's in California, Camp Pendleton.
00:38He's a corporal now. I think he's been promoted a couple times, so we're really proud of him.
00:42So what are his plans? To make this a career, or does he have some other plans post-military?
00:48He's saying he's not going to re-enlist, re-sign up.
00:51He wants to come back here and maybe get a job at McGill or somewhere, but he's a homeboy.
00:58He loves it here in Plant City, so he's looking forward to coming back.
01:01But who knows? He's liking his job. He's settling in more, making friends out there.
01:06But he can't stay in California, that's for sure.
01:09He knows that.
01:10Mom is set the rules!
01:11Far from mom.
01:12I love it.
01:13What high school did he go to?
01:15He went to Strawberry Crest.
01:16Very cool.
01:17And when he first came to you and said he was going to enlist, what was his reasoning?
01:21Why did he feel compelled to enlist?
01:22He wasn't sure. He was going to HCC.
01:25He wanted to either be in law enforcement or military.
01:30We talked about it as a family and thought it was a better choice for him to go into the military
01:34and get a different kind of training.
01:36And of course, I've got two bosses I work for that they're former Marines, too.
01:40So they're proud of him, too.
01:42I get a lot of conversations and support from them.
01:45But so really, the training he's getting in the military, he can actually come out.
01:50And if he wants to do law enforcement, then he's got an opportunity.
01:53Exactly.
01:55Well, good.
01:55Well, listen, Jennifer, we're so glad you told us about Devin.
01:58We are proud of him as well.
02:00And we're so thankful for his service and however that is in the military and the Marines
02:06and what he decides to do with that.
02:07And if he comes back in law enforcement, then we'll probably honor him for First or Smarter
02:11Friday as well.
02:12But for honoring him today, we want to give you a $100 gift card from our friends at Stingray
02:17Chevrolet, a small way for us to say thank you to you for honoring him and to him as well.
02:22Oh, thank you.
02:23He'll be glad because I'll be mailing that over to him.
02:25Awesome.
02:26Thank you so much, you guys.
02:28Our pleasure and our honor.
02:30Well, if you want to honor someone for First or Smarter Friday or a Military Monday, all
02:33you got to do is nominate them today.
02:35Just go to 995QIK.com.