Preparing for the radio show has been interesting. But I’m happy to say, people are lining up for interviews and stuff, so it should be fun.

Still looking for advertisers & sponsors for my shows; please email me at cao-at-superpatriots.us for details and copy kendermacgowan-at-gmail-dot-com if you’re interested. I have 10 minutes of advertising per hour that all kinds of businesses could leverage and put to good use. I can either read your ad copy or play your 30-60 second spot.

I will be on Tuesdays from 5-7 CST, and Wednesdays, Fridays from 4-6 CST. Sundays I’ll also be on from 4-6 together with Terry Dillard from the Right Track Blog. That show on Sundays is The TD and Cao Show (TD and KEY Show).

My first show on Wide Awakes Radio is set for July 4th from 5-7 CST. The first hour, I have two interviews scheduled.

First up at the beginning of the hour will be Amy Proctor and her husband, Johnny. Amy is a 30-something Christian Republican woman born and raised in northeastern USA. She married her husband in 1988 and they have 4 wonderful children. She left her job as a paralegal with a State Bar Association to raise her children and focus on family life. In 1993, her husband Johnny joined the US Army and has served with 4th ID, 101st ABN DIV (Rakkasans), 2nd ID (Korea, DMZ) and the 82nd ABN DIV (2nd BDE- HOOAH!). He has been deployed to Haiti, Korea for a year and Iraq for a year during the expeditionary phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Proctors love being an Army family and supporting their country.

Amy and her family are devout Catholics. They are very involved in ministry in the Church and also support the Christian Churches in Iraq. Amy & Johnny have raised nearly $15,000 for the Church in Iraq through designated offerings at Ft. Bragg, NC and Ft. Campbell, KY. They also assist the Church in Iraq through charitable giving from private donors.

Amy’s achievements as an Army wife include citations from both the 101st Airborne Division, 187th Infantry (Rakkasans) as Family Readiness Group leader & 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Infantry Regiment for outstanding support to military families. She also received the Dr. Mary E. Walker Award (11/01) while at Ft. Bragg, NC, the highest award going to a military spouse for supporting & improving the quality of life for soldiers and their families.

Amy has written editorials in numerous newspapers throughout the country and is currently writing articles for AGreaterFreedom.Com and California Conservative.

Her husband Johnny is incredible. JOHN: To be brief, he’s really awesome and has been promoted very quickly. He’s looking to promote possibly this fall to E-8 after 13 years active duty. He’s a Ch. Assistant.

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JOHN WILLIAM PROCTOR

BIOGRAPHY

Sergeant First Class John W. Proctor graduated AIT at Ft. Monmouth, NJ 23 September 1993.

Units:

-52nd Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) at Fort Carson, Colorado. While assigned to the 52nd, PVT Proctor was selected as 52nd Engineers Soldier of the Quarter and NCO of the Quarter. SPC Proctor was deployed to Haiti from 29 September to 7 December 1994 during Operation Uphold Democracy. He graduated from PLDC in September 1995 on the Commandant’s List. SGT Proctor was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Theology from Logos Christian College on 23 May 1995. He graduated from BNCOC at Fort Jackson on the Commandant’s List en route to Fort Campbell for his next assignment.

-SGT Proctor served as UMT NCO in the distinguished 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry (Rakkasans), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) from 1997-1998, where he was selected as 3rd Brigade NCO of the Quarter and Fort Campbell Chaplain Assistant of the Year. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant in December, 1997 from the secondary zone and assigned as Brigade UMT NCOIC for the 3rd Brigade, 101st ABN DIV and NCOIC of Soldier’s Chapel, Fort Campbell’s largest chapel community.

-SSG Proctor was assigned as UMT NCOIC for the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Korea) from 13 June 1999 to 14 July 2000.

-He served 4 years as the UMT NCOIC of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; NCOIC of the Division Memorial Chapel; and as a Squad Leader in the Brigade Assault Command Post. His Brigade deployed to OIF from 14 FEB 03 – 28 JAN 04 fighting in Samawah, Fallujah and Baghdad. SSG Proctor participated in more than 150 combat patrols, raids, and tactical missions. He was promoted to SFC on 1 NOV 2003 and selected as Distinguished Leadership Award winner for ANCOC Class 501-04.

-SFC Proctor worked Force Structure for Combat Developments 2004-2005 and is currently assigned as the Senior Enlisted Training Developer, USACHCS. (US Army Chaplain Center & School)

SFC Proctor’s awards, decorations and schools include: The Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal(3 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (7th), Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal (3rd), Expeditionary Forces Medal, Humanitarian Service Award, NCOPD (3), GWOT/GWOTSM, Overseas Ribbon, Korea Service Defense Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon and National Defense Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Senior Parachutist’s Badge, Air Assault Badge, Driver’s Badge, and Expert Qualification Badge (Rifle). He has finished the 82nd Airborne Division Jumpmaster Course, the Battle Staff NCO Course, Battalion Operations and Intelligence Course, the Basic Preparatory Course, the Staff and Faculty Developer’s Course, the Middle Manager’s Course, and the Small Group Instructor’s Course, the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Course and the Combat Lifesaver Course.

Chaplain assistants are combatant soldiers that integrate chaplains into the full spectrum of military operations. They can be described as a cross between a pastoral assistant and an infantryman. They run chapel programs and facilities, perform crisis intervention, perform operational planning and fight in tactical formations. They ensure coverage of all faiths in the command and coordinate for chaplains of different faith traditions to minister to their soldiers. Chaplain assistants are assigned at every level of headquarters in the Army beginning at battalion (about 600 soldiers) level.

My second interview on July 4th will be with Vince Micco, who is running for the Senate seat in New Jersey’s 9th district and is running against the 5-time incumbent democratic opponent, Steven R. Rothman (D). Vince is a great candidate, an Iraq war veteran, jumping into the nasty fray and needs all the support we can muster. I’ll be talking with him about his Iraq war experiences, and what he plans to accomplish should he be the victor in this senate race. He will be guest #2 right before Jack Idema who will be with me the entire second hour.

GO TO HIS WEBSITE AND DONATE TO HIS CAMPAIGN!

Just like in Murtha’s district, conservatives across the country should be lending their support to Micco’s campaign. Log onto Wide Awakes Radio on July 4th and listen while we walk through some of his challenges, and let’s throw some support behind the guy. It’s time Rothman stepped out when he is not in touch with the issues that are important to his constituents. Let’s show the democrats how their extremist marxist code pink stance on the war is going to help them to lose at the polls.

Vince Micco, 34, a reservist who served in Iraq for a year, will face five-time Democratic incumbent Steve Rothman, 53, in the 9th Congressional District in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties.

“I’m an Iraq war veteran, and it really bothers me the way the war is being portrayed by the president’s critics,” said Micco, a former Army sergeant who was a counterintelligence specialist in Iraq and an Army reservist for nine years.

“I am running because the American people can and should be proud of what we’re accomplishing in Iraq, and throughout the Middle East,” Micco said.

Micco, who has been active in Bergen County Republican politics for years and served two terms as the head of the Bergen County Young Republicans, said he has the endorsement of the county Republican organization.

The Republican candidate, who works as a mortgage banker and lives in Rutherford, said he decided to run after Rothman called for a rapid pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying that the war had hurt the military, the war on terrorism and the economy.

It bothers a lot of the guys I talk with, my son included, so I am anxious to get Vince in the air to talk about that and other issues in the 9th District in New Jersey.

The second hour, I will be in the air with Jack Idema, former special forces soldier and Green Beret, who was falsely convicted by a taliban court in September of 2004 on ridiculous charges and remains at Pulacharke prison in Afghanistan as a ‘political prisoner’. I have covered his story extensively at Cao’s blog on him–it’s unbelievable. In fact, I have over 150 posts about it. You’ve absolutely got to hear what’s happening. He will be talking with us live from Afghanistan. This is going to be something you won’t want to miss, and the hour afterwards, I’ll be off the air but he’ll be riding on alone, no holds barred. That will be an exciting event that I’m going to be sitting on the edge of my seat to hear.
You won’t want to miss Jack’s regular show on Mondays, from 10-12 EST. You can see his website for his show at Rogue Radio Live. And be careful; that website is adult rated, but it’s funnier than hell.

The 4th of July show will all be exciting, and I hope you’ll come and join me at The Key to Victory Show on Wide Awakes Radio, and hang to listen to Jack Idema from 7-8 CST for a taste of what’s in store for Jack’s Rogue Radio Live shows on Monday mornings from 10-12 EST.

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