No,

we wouldn't.

And, you know, Tom, I know you're a Marine.

I'm an Army, retired Army officer who served in the Gulf War.

It just...

It's why we give back.

You and I were just talking how long you've been doing this.

Hey, I was

For those who want to do the full day, that flag raising starts here at 7, right? It sure does.

I know you had Jenna Vison.

She's on my committee, does a wonderful job here.

But we have the flag-raising ceremony here at the Battleship Park.

And then that leads right into the Veterans Day Parade.

And that's at 10 a.m. downtown Mobile.

And I tell you, we always fill the streets.

And, Mr. Quigley, anything else that you want folks to know as we head into Veterans

I think that starts at 10:00, doesn't it?

It does.

Starts at 10:00.

And then right after the parade we go to Fort Whiting and we have our luncheon, our veterans luncheon.

And, uh, that's where, uh, the, Tom Schwartz will be there, our Veteran of the Year.

And then also, too, uh, of course Kent, Admiral Davis will be there, our Patriot of the Year, and that's always, always a great luncheon.

And then, uh, back out at the Battleship Park, we have the, uh, Parade of Flags.

Right.

That's going to be

exciting.

Hey, I tell you what, you know, we have the Patriot of the Year, we always honor, and we have Veteran of the Year.

And, Tom, you are a past Veteran of the Year, and you know how important that is and an honor.

And this year, Kent Davis, as everyone knows, Admiral Davis with the Vet Recovery is our Patriot of the Year, and the Veteran of the Year is Tom Swartz.

He is the treasurer of the SAVIC, South Alabama Veterans Council.

This is exciting.

big part in the Honors Flights.

But how does that relate to what y'all are doing now?

Well, what we do at I Got Your Six, it's an organization to where we give to first responders, veterans, and it's for crisis and suicide prevention and crisis for veterans, first responders.

And we have a 5K at 8 a.m. downtown Daphne.

And we have about 200, a little bit over 200 runners.

Wow, that's good.

We're going to be giving all the proceeds over at the eastern shore there to Daphne Fairhope, Spanish Fort, to the fire departments, and also the police department.

To

Now, who the hell would have thought about that?

Right, right.

Didn't have the forens- forensics.

Uh, had the Patriot Riders meet, uh, flew in Thursday night, uh, before the Friday night event.

Uh, the military escort, obviously, Patriot Riders and the troopers, uh, met over with the family in Pensacola, brought 'em back, uh, the remains back to Mobile to the funeral home.

We were there.

But here was the awesome thing.

He was one of 12 and, um, obviously 20 years old, was not married, no kids, but his, uh, there was 20 of his family members at the event.

There's been over 200,000 committed suicide since 9/11.

Okay.

And, uh, 5:00 to 6:00 is looking at the displays.

So be in your seats right before 6:00, because let me tell you, that's when Admiral Davis, uh, Kent Davis, and, uh, J- Major General Mike Summerall, who's hosting the VIP room, are gonna bring out the recipients.

We're gonna call each name.

I know it may take a little bit, but I want them, I mean, they deserve it.

And-

This will give them a chance to kinda put it in, not just in their minds, but now in their hearts.

You know, it's funny that you say that.

No.

But this has really gotten to become very emotional.

And I think there's a lot of the news media I've been talking to today and, you know, Private First Class Joseph Dial Chancery from Lottie, Alabama, up around the Brewton area.

After 75 years, his remains have been identified.

He was over in Korea.

He was in the Korean War.

And he became missing in 1950.

And just...

And he passed the torch to you.

Yes, yes, and with great honor from an Army to an Army, from an Army Ranger to an Army Ranger.

And, you know, something else I want to get out there that we think is very important.

You know, we spoke, Steve and I and some of us, because the council is part of the two hostings.

And this year we decided the commission and the council need to get together and host events together.

But one thing that Steve has pointed out when we speak to each one of the city councils over in the Baldwin County area, because we're wanting to be not only Mobile Bay, but we are the South Alabama Veterans Council and Mobile Bay Commission.

So that's why we're doing this at Daphne.

That's not open to the public.