19 Year Old Army Reserve Member Honored By His Mother

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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.

00:10All right, it is Military Monday and we have Janice on the phone this morning.

00:13Hi, Janice. How are you?

00:15Good. How are you?

00:16We are great. So we get to honor your son today for Military Monday.

00:19Why don't you go ahead and tell us where Colton serves, how he serves, and what his rank is?

00:24He is a private first class in the Army Reserves.

00:28Okay.

00:28And serves right now out of Miami.

00:31Out of Miami. Okay.

00:33Now, is this something that he's always wanted to do is join the military?

00:36He has. His whole family has a background in the military.

00:42And ever since he was a little boy, he always just wanted to join and serve his country.

00:47Now, was it something else that also got him to join, right?

00:50Because he wanted to be able to play college football?

00:53Yes. So he graduated early a year and a half ago.

00:57So he could go to basic training and finish that before college football started last fall.

01:05So he played in Chicago at North Park University.

01:08Okay. Gotcha. Awesome.

01:09And now, shortly after starting school, he actually was deployed. Is that right?

01:15Well, he actually is being deployed next week.

01:17Oh, my gosh.

01:19Yeah. Once he found that out, he ended up coming back home and waiting for his deployment.

01:24So he joined so he could afford to go to college, but then he's being deployed to the Middle East.

01:32Wow. Well, how are you feeling, Mom?

01:33Oh, it's a little tough, but he's excited, and I know he's going to do great. He's ready to serve.

01:42All right. So what is he doing before he's deployed?

01:45What does he enjoy doing where he's going to get it all in before he has to report?

01:50He's faithful in church, and just right now he's enjoying time with family and friends and getting ready to leave next week.

01:58All right. How about Mom's cooking? Is he just taking advantage of that?

02:02A little bit, but he's young. He's only 19, so he likes to go out and about.

02:07All right. Gotcha. Gotcha.

02:09Well, listen, we are praying for him. We are praying for you, Janice, and we're so thankful for Colton's service.

02:15We want to do this. We want to give you a $100 gift card from our friends at Stingray Chevrolet to hand over to him,

02:20and hopefully he can use that in some way, either now or when he comes back.

02:24And it's just a small way for us to say thank you for his service.

02:27I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

02:30Thank you. Well, if you want to nominate someone for First Responder Friday or Military Monday,

02:34you just go to 995QIK.com. Can't wait to hear your stories.