The 'Help a Hero' Campaign

The National Defense welcomes longtime friend of the VFW, CEO of SportClips, Gordon Logan, to the program. Gordon is joined by two SportClips employees in Texas to talk about their involvment with "Help a Hero" and "Operation Uplink" in 2012. Jerry and Randy also speak with Tris Harris of Ho-Chunk gaming in Wisconsin as well as Scott Halliwell of USAA.

From 'The Guerrilla Factory' to Bin Laden

The National Defense welcomes former Green Beret and author Tony Schwalm to the program to discuss his new book "The Guerrilla Factory" as well as Maj. Gen Jeffrey Jacobs to talk about Fort Bragg's upcoming "Operation Toy Drop." Author Darren Davis of "Killing Geronimo" discusses his new graphic novel regarding the hunt for Osama bin Laden and Scott Halliwell of USAA talks about the upcoming "fiscal cliff."

Army News from Ft. Leavenworth

The National Defense welcomes Marshall Hevron from New Orleans to discuss his post's dramatic membership turnaround as well as CSM Chris Greca from Ft. Leavenworth to get some Army news. USAA's Scott Halliwell talks with Randy and Jerry about financial planning around the holidays.

Sequestration and Protecting Military Spending

The National Defense wishes you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving holiday! This week, we speak with Prof. Andrew Lubin about the military's involvement with superstorm Sandy and what's been going on in Afghanistan. Ray Kelly, the VFW's man on the hill, discusses "sequestration" and what our listeners can do to protect military spending. Our turkey day program wraps up with giving thanks to Scott Halliwell of USAA.