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Andy McBride was drafted from High School straight into the professional football (soccer ranks) at 16 years old by Crystal Palace FC.

Spent 3 years on youth and reserve teams before playing a total of 5 league and cup first team games 1973

Injured in 1973-4 and was loaned to Hellenic FC (Cape Town South Africa) in 1974. Was the youngest player on the team and scored the winner in Coca Cola Cup Final

Spent 3 more years in South Africa playing in the NFL (National Football League) and was member of the 1st Division Championship team in 1977. Played in one of the first ever multiracial matches at the National Stadium

In 1978 signed for the California Surf in the North American Soccer League based at Anaheim Stadium. Lived in Newport Beach and spent 3 very enjoyable years there.

1981 played for the Pittsburgh Spirit in the MISL (major Indoor Soccer League)

Worked for Jose Feliciano as his Tour Manager from 1986 – 1990. Invited by the Pentagon to tour S Korea with the USO and actually did some mini concerts in the barracks of the soldiers based in the DMZ. Also visited the room that separates NK and SK.

John Stearns was a first round draft pick, who was also drafted by the NFL's Buffalo Bills after his college football career (All American Safety) at Colorado. 4 Time NL Allstar who spent his entire career in N.Y. with the Mets.

Bobby Cox is a proud Greenville native and a graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Bobby joined the Army as an Infantry Officer. During his service, he deployed four times overseas to combat with units such as the 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 75th Ranger Regiment. Before transitioning to the Army Reserves, Bobby served at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, as an Army Congressional Fellow. Bobby still serves in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Bobby currently works for the defense firearms company, SIG SAUER, as their Director of Government Strategy overseeing all federal business development. In addition to a BA from The Citadel, Bobby has a Master of Business Administration from The Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Bobby is a Republican candidate for South Carolina State House District 21. He currently lives in Greer, SC with his wife and two kids.

And meet meet Gold Star Mom Debby Whitsitt!

Smith Sisters Bluegrass is a sister bluegrass duo located out of Orange County, California.  Formed in 2016 by Sisters Kelli Lewis and Wendi Kilman… at the suggestion of their Dad Fred Smith and in honor of him.  The overwhelming public response to their bluegrass music has proven their dad was onto something really special!  Immediately after the release of their first all original album entitled “Shoe Tree” this singing songwriting duo quickly appeared on radio interviews including Love Liberty and Lipgloss,  The Lyons Radio Network,on the morning television show Good Day Sacramento and their music immediately aired on radio stations around the world.  In fact their music is currently charting on British & Irish Top 10 chart HotDisc UK.

Smith Sister Bluegrass duo has harmonies that are sweet and simply unmatched. Their performances combine both Classic Country and Original Bluegrass music with stories that engage their audiences.  Fans say “it’s like you’re in their home hanging out in their living room singing along and listening to their fun stories!” “Smith Sisters Bluegrass music is charming, warm and familiar.”

Ron Insana covers the most pressing economic and market issues of the day. He also delivers The Market Scoreboard Report to radio stations around the country.

For nearly three decades, Insana has been a highly respected business journalist and money manager, who began his career at the Financial News Network in 1984 and joined CNBC when FNN and CNBC merged in 1991.

Darryl Haley is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and passionate advocate for healthy

eating and active lifestyles. His causes are many: supporting veterans and their families;

engaging young people with active exploration of the great outdoors, particularly our national

and local parks and trails; and, educating everyone within his range about the joys of

integrating fitness, music, and culinary delights.

He spent six years as a professional football player for the New England Patriots, Cleveland

Browns, and Green Bay Packers. After football, Darryl competed in the Ironman Triathlon, the

first person weighing over 300 pounds to finish the event. He next took on the role of a health

and fitness expert, appearing on a regular radio segment, Fitness Friday, for WHUR in

Washington, DC. The show regularly airs as a segment of the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

His support of veterans extends to baking for their families and he has launched a summer musical

series, Music on the Monument, which brings together musicians and veterans to relax and reconnect, a

form of musical therapy.

Darryl has traveled the country, visiting national parks, and working with the National

Parks Conservation Association (he and his wife are members of their Leadership Council). He

has undertaken refurbishing the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in DC’s Rock Creek Park, hosting

musicals to benefit that cause and to assist with trail maintenance.

He is inspired to connect others with nature, healthy lifestyles, healing influences, and the power of

laughter and a smile to bless and uplift the human spirit.

Meet Mike Lonetto Chairman of the 82nd Airborne Division Association. He has been in the 82D Airborne Division Association since he got to the division as a paratrooper in 1984. In 2008 he became affiliated with the Washington DC chapter and really started getting involved with all the activities in the chapter about 5 years ago. This year he was elected Chairman of the Washington DC chapter. 

 

He joined the Army at the age of 17 years old and has quite a career within the Army and he will tell us all about that career. He went into the reserves and then from there the Diplomatic Security Service and served as an agent on the Secretary of State’s Protective Detail and traveled to over 50 countries. Mike transitioned to the Department of Health and Human Services to serve on a cabinet protection detail. He has been at HHS for 18 years where he is the Special Agent in Charge of the Protection Operations Branch. 

 

82nd Airborne Motto -- "All the way!", "Death from above"

Willie Mays Aikens, former first baseman for the Kansas City Royals, made baseball history when he became the first player to hit a pair of two-homer games in the 1980 World Series. Years later he made another kind of history, when a longstanding addiction to cocaine ended his baseball career and ultimately led to a nearly 20 year sentence for selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer.

And in 2008, he made headlines yet again when a federal judge reduced his lengthy prison term to 14 years as a result of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s adjustment to the crack cocaine sentencing guidelines. Aikens was released in June 2008.

Aikens also kept in contact with his former teammates, coaches and friends including Cal Ripken, Jr., legendary baseball Hall of Famer, who, in November 2005, urged the Pardon Attorney at the Department of Justice to grant Aikens.

On February 1, 2011, the Royals announced that they had hired Aikens as a minor league coach who will be based at the franchise's complex at Surprise, Arizona. He also speaks and gives testimony on his faith that helped him be the man he is today.

Willie has written a book “Safe At Home” An intimate portrait of a tortured player, this biography culls interviews, letters, and the personal account of baseball legend Willie Mays Aikens. Touted from a young age as the next Reggie Jackson, Aikens' promising career quickly turned disastrous when he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to the longest prison sentence ever given to a professional athlete in a drug case. Not only an exploration of baseball and culture in the 1980s, this book also delves into the United States justice and penal systems.

Glen Kolotkin was awarded a Grammy for Santana's "Supernatural" and has over 20 gold and platinum albums to his credit. Glen has spent the last thirty-five years recording a myriad of artists who have helped to change the course of music. In addition to recording nine albums with Carlos Santana, he hit records such as "I LOVE ROCK & ROLL" By Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" By Jimi Hendrix and "Pearl" by Janis Joplin, just to name a few.

Glen's contributions began while working with artists such as Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, Bob Segar, Rick Derringer, Pete Segar, Boz Skaggs, Al Kooper, The Talking Heads, The Paul Winter Consort, Les Dudek, The Guess Who, Pacific Gas & Electric, The Lovin' Spoonful, Patti Labelle, Illionois Speed Press, Tito Puente, Eddie & Charlie Palmeri, Miriam Makeba, Chicago, Sly Stone, Neil Young, Robin Gibb, Arthur Fiedler, Sonny Rolens, John Mclaughlin, Lenny White, Kenny Garrett, Mongo Santamaria, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennet, Buddy Miles, Moby Grape,Dave Mason, The Byrds, Gary Puckett, Tim Harden, Electric Flag, The Flying Burito Brothers, Jimmy Ruffin, Captain Beefheart, The Four Tops, The Ramones, Vernon Reid, Robert Palmer, Chuck Berry, Roberto Carlos, The Chambers Brothers, The Staple Singers, The Harlem Boys Choir, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Simon and Garfunkel, Johnny Mathis, Melanie, Tower Of Power, Malo, Azteca, Dr.Hook, Journey and others who comprise a virtual "Who's Who" of Rock, Pop, Latin and Jazz genres.

DR. CRAIG BURNETTE

Dr. Burnette served in the US Army as an infantry platoon leader, mechanized, company commander, and military adviser. His duty stations included Ft. Bragg, Ft. Knox, Ft. Jackson, the Panama Canal Zone and Viet Nam. His military decorations include the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Ribbon.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, as well as being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant through the Army R.O.T.C. program there. He received his Master’s in Counseling from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

During a 28-year career with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Burnette was responsible for the overall planning, development and implementation of Project CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups) for Veterans.

Dr. Burnette, along with his VA colleague, Dr. Jim McGuire, were the first persons to publish accurate data on the numbers of homeless veterans on any given night in the U.S. starting in 1993.

Prior to this position, he was Chief of the Domiciliary Care Program at the VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida.