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Tampa veterans to be featured on Sarah Palin’s show
The Tampa Tribune's Military News ^ | March 4, 2015 | Howard Altman

Posted on 03/04/2015 6:35:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

If you want to see a blind Iraq war veteran from Tampa go hunting, tune into the Sportsman Channel Thursday night at 9 p.m.

Joel Tavera, who was severely burned, suffered traumatic brain injury, lost part of his right leg, the sight in both his eyes and the fingers on his left hand on March 12, 2008 when a rocket exploded near his armored Chevrolet Suburban inside Talil Air Base in Iraq, will be one of three area veterans appearing on Amazing America with Sarah Palin.

“It was awesome,” said Tavera of being on the show.

Tavera shoots with the aid of a device that attaches to an iPhone, allowing a spotter to see the view through the rifle scope. Sometimes the spotter will talk to him, sometimes it may be a touch that helps Tavera aim.

The appearance on the Palin show was engineered by Dave Winters, president of the Black Dagger Military Hunt Club, a local charity that helps veterans continue taking part in shooting sports activities.

“We want to show that anyone can do this after being wounded or injured and that you don’t have to give up,” said Winters, who retired from the Air Force and is now working as a contractor at MacDill Air Force Base. “We struggle with 22 veteran suicides a day. This is a good news story that people can overcome some very serious injuries and still do the things they love.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at tbo.com ...


TOPICS: Hobbies; Military/Veterans; Outdoors; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; hunting; palin; sarahpalin; television; veterans

1 posted on 03/04/2015 6:35:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God bless Sarah Palin. She so loves our veterans.


2 posted on 03/04/2015 6:37:11 PM PST by freedom6178
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


3 posted on 03/04/2015 6:38:13 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That is SO awesome I really wish I could watch this show but Ive never been able to..Time Warner Cable doesn’t offer it in my area :(


4 posted on 03/04/2015 6:38:51 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Love the Momma Grizzly!


5 posted on 03/04/2015 7:04:08 PM PST by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wish Sarah was on a channel easier to pick up. I still think she has decided to develop on this network because they allow her a lot of leeway in scheduling and in production. This can serve as her Learning Sandbox for now. My impression is that Roger Ailes is far more demanding and dictatorial than the bosses of the Sportsman Channel.


6 posted on 03/04/2015 7:11:15 PM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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To: WIBamian
Love the Momma Grizzly!

You betcha!

7 posted on 03/04/2015 7:13:24 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx; KC_Lion

Joel Tavera, who was severely burned, suffered traumatic brain injury, lost part of his right leg, the sight in both his eyes and the fingers on his left hand on March 12, 2008 when a rocket exploded near his armored Chevrolet Suburban inside Talil Air Base in Iraq, will be one of three area veterans appearing on Amazing America with Sarah Palin....

...Tavera shoots with the aid of a device that attaches to an iPhone, allowing a spotter to see the view through the rifle scope. Sometimes the spotter will talk to him, sometimes it may be a touch that helps Tavera aim.


THIS is SO cool!!! God bless our dear vets...and, may God bless Sarah Palin and her love for our country and those who sacrifice SO MUCH, for our freedoms.


8 posted on 03/04/2015 7:18:11 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Army Air Corps; Jane Long; onyx; Windflier; Syncro; Jim Robinson; ...
Thank You for the Ping Army Air Corps!

Sorry for the Late Ping to Sarah's List!

(Purim and Then a Computer Scare)

Also FReeper exit82 shared with me the Link to a Behind the Scenes Look with Sarah at CPAC.

https://sarahpalinchannel.com/video/behind-the-scenes-at-cpac-1912


9 posted on 03/05/2015 5:44:17 AM PST by KC_Lion (The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
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To: KC_Lion

Go Sarah!


10 posted on 03/05/2015 6:10:42 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13 Revelation 16 Revelation 17 Revelation 18 Revelation 19)
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