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Speaker 1: a guest joined in the studio today, Stacey Koistre, Hello, sir,
Speaker 1: how are you.
Speaker 2: I'm doing well, John.
Speaker 1: I talked about all the time out and about but
Speaker 1: this is the first time we've had you, and this
Speaker 1: first time in the studio at the radio station everything,
Speaker 1: so it is well an enlightening space. This is it's
Speaker 1: a fun place. Now another fun place, the South Dakota
Speaker 1: Military Heritage Alliance. I remember talking to you several months
Speaker 1: before this thing was even a thing, and you had
Speaker 1: this idea. And now it's not only a thing, it's there.
Speaker 1: It's been there for five going on six years. How
Speaker 1: amazing is.
Speaker 2: That it is? It is a huge blessing and it's
Speaker 2: exciting and hopefully it's a blessing to the community. And
Speaker 2: we're very, very excited to be where we are so far.
Speaker 1: And the thing that's nice. You got a fun event
Speaker 1: coming up November thirteenth, and this is a Night with Heroes,
Speaker 1: and let's talk about the event, because I think this
Speaker 1: is a really neat idea.
Speaker 2: Well, the Alliance has hosted a lot of events over
Speaker 2: the last five plus years for a lot of organizations,
Speaker 2: and that's the intent, right it's to particularly when it
Speaker 2: comes to our veteran organizations, is to uplift them and
Speaker 2: help them razor profile and help them to do well.
Speaker 2: But through that process, we've never really had an event
Speaker 2: for the Alliance itself. And so through some of the
Speaker 2: great ideas of people involved, particularly Craig Hagen and Chuck Nelson,
Speaker 2: they decided it's time for us to do one for
Speaker 2: the Alliance.
Speaker 1: And the event again is called a Night with Heroes,
Speaker 1: and there's some special things happening that night, So let's
Speaker 1: talk about what that is.
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, So we are going to have a guest speaker,
Speaker 2: and that keynote speaker is going to be one of
Speaker 2: America's living Medal of Honor recipients. Gentleman by the name
Speaker 2: of Clinton Romache lives in North Dakota actually and earned
Speaker 2: his Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, and he was kind
Speaker 2: enough to come over, come down, as it were, down
Speaker 2: to speak to our folks here and help us have
Speaker 2: a great event.
Speaker 1: And again is November thirteenth. We're going to talk about
Speaker 1: how you get tickets and all that here in a moment.
Speaker 1: But this is open to everybody. So if you served,
Speaker 1: that's wonderful and thank you for your service. But even
Speaker 1: if you didn't, you're still welcome at.
Speaker 2: This absolutely, and that's one of the messages we're trying
Speaker 2: to carry to the community is that the Alliance is
Speaker 2: for anyone and everyone. And the way I've described it
Speaker 2: over the years, it's really for three populations, which is
Speaker 2: for those who have served, those who are actively serving
Speaker 2: in those civilian patriots that we have within our community
Speaker 2: and our state.
Speaker 1: And the thing that's nice when you go there and
Speaker 1: have a drink, you go there and have a meil,
Speaker 1: you go there to use a gun range, you go
Speaker 1: there to host a meeting. When you're doing that and
Speaker 1: you're spending money within the walls of the South Dakota
Speaker 1: Military Heritage Alliance, you're also helping veteran organizations, and you're
Speaker 1: helping the facility who helps veteran organizations.
Speaker 2: That is absolutely the intent. We are a nonprofit organization
Speaker 2: and we were founded upon that principle, not as a
Speaker 2: standalone veteran organization. There are many of them, and many,
Speaker 2: many wonderful ones. But the magic sauce in a way
Speaker 2: for this is that it was created with a unicorn
Speaker 2: of a facility. Yeah, and to say, hey, how can
Speaker 2: we employ this to uplift those organizations, help them preserve
Speaker 2: their identity, grow their identity in presence within the community,
Speaker 2: and as we develop, turn around and financially support them
Speaker 2: in kind through the facility itself, but also hopefully through
Speaker 2: actual dollars.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And there, like you said, there's been a
Speaker 1: bunch of fun events that have happened over the last
Speaker 1: five plus years, concerts that have happened in there, and
Speaker 1: there's a comedy event that's coming up this Friday, so
Speaker 1: you know, there's all kinds of fun stuff that has happened.
Speaker 1: But this is the first time that the Alliance has
Speaker 1: put on an event for themselves. And again it's called
Speaker 1: a Night with Heroes. And if people would like to
Speaker 1: get tickets for this again, we're going to tell you
Speaker 1: how to do that, but it's open to everybody, and
Speaker 1: this would be a really nice date night. This would
Speaker 1: be a really nice night to go out. And if
Speaker 1: you've never seen the facility, boy, what have you been
Speaker 1: waiting for? Come out? This would be a great night
Speaker 1: to do that. And again you said everybody's welcome, all
Speaker 1: ages welcome as well.
Speaker 2: All ages welcome, will certainly be family friendly, very patriotic obviously,
Speaker 2: and it's not just mister Romache that's going to be speaking.
Speaker 2: We're actually going to have South Dakota's first hail and
Speaker 2: farewell and for those who haven't served on active duty,
Speaker 2: hail and farewells where you welcome new members into the
Speaker 2: unit and then you farewell, so to speak, those who
Speaker 2: are leaving and thanking them for their service. And so
Speaker 2: what we are going to do is we're actually going
Speaker 2: to swear in new members of our military. We have
Speaker 2: a wonderful relationship with a local recruiting command, and so
Speaker 2: we're anybody who comes can watch young Americans raising their
Speaker 2: right hand and taking that oath. And then we're also
Speaker 2: hope to welcome home active duty members who are either
Speaker 2: retired and moving back to South Dakota or etsing meaning
Speaker 2: it just separating having completed their obligation, or it's people
Speaker 2: who are relocating relocating to South Dakota, and we want
Speaker 2: them to know that we appreciate their service in that
Speaker 2: South Dakota loves and supports them.
Speaker 1: And this is one of those things where if you
Speaker 1: know somebody who you're looking for, people like for the
Speaker 1: last year, is that what it was? Yes, it has
Speaker 1: come home in the last year. We want to welcome
Speaker 1: them home, even though they're home already. We'd like to
Speaker 1: do something formal.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and so we would ask if if that's you listening,
Speaker 2: and that's been you in the last year, you've returned
Speaker 2: back here, please come on down. We'd love to help
Speaker 2: arrange that. But also if you're a family member or
Speaker 2: a friend, or if you know someone who's done that.
Speaker 2: And I can speak from experience John as someone who
Speaker 2: has come home so to speak well from active duty,
Speaker 2: but also from a National Guard mobilization type scenario. The
Speaker 2: National Guard gets welcomed home, which is wonderful, our congressional delegation,
Speaker 2: our governor's commander in chief, and the mayor and community
Speaker 2: leaders come and welcome them. But when you come home
Speaker 2: from active duty, you do so alone. So we recognize
Speaker 2: that as a as a board and as a community,
Speaker 2: and we want those folks to understand that they are
Speaker 2: just as appreciated and welcome here back in South Dakota.
Speaker 1: And this would be a great night if you know
Speaker 1: somebody that falls in that category that is home and
Speaker 1: maybe in the last year or so has come home,
Speaker 1: reach out through the South Dkota Military Heritage Alliance and
Speaker 1: then be a part of it. A Night with Heroes
Speaker 1: November thirteenth, six thirty pm. Tickets for civilians twenty bucks.
Speaker 1: If you're a veteran or active duty it's ten dollars.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a great night. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a great program. Thank you very much for taking it
Speaker 1: time to chat.
Speaker 2: Well, thanks for having me John. It's great that you're
Speaker 2: willing to do this. You guys have such a great
Speaker 2: theme when it comes to faith, family, and all things America.
Speaker 1: We're grateful if you would like tickets again A Night
Speaker 1: with Heroes, November thirteenth at six thirty The website once again,
Speaker 1: South Dakota Alliance dot org and I've got a link
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