LT. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin interview with WTK Tyler
General Boykin: "The Constitution is the cornerstone of America. It' s our founding document. It gives us the liberties that we enjoy today and it is what defines us more than anything else." This open water swim (fixed buoy course) will honor one of America's finest. Aaron Vaughn, a member of DEVGRU (SEAL Team VI), was KIA on Aug. 6th, 2011 when a Chinook helicopter crashed in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan. All 30 American warriors on board lost their lives that day. This crash represented the single largest loss of life in Naval Special Warfare history. [...]
Lt Colonel Allen West Interviewed by WTK Teen
Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West on The Constitution "We don’t retreat, we don’t surrender and we make a stand based upon principle." Lt. Colonel West: Well, the bottom line is that as a soldier I took an oath to the Constitution, to support and defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic and to bare truth, faith and allegiance to the same. And so for me, you know, I’ve always kind of been a guardian of this Constitutional Republic. I took an oath to serve and defend this great Nation which is enshrined in those words in our Constitution. That [...]