Episode 256: A Top Gun’s Mission for Education
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney, a career fighter pilot, and a two-time recipient of the “Top Gun” award, founded the non-profit Folds of Honor in 2007, with the mission to provide educational scholarships to spouses or children of wounded or killed military service members. This weekend, Patriot Golf Day is Folds of Honor’s largest national golf fundraiser. To donate go to: https://foldsofhonor.org
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| 0:35.0 | On this episode of Nuts World, with Memorial Day coming up this Monday, |
| 0:39.0 | I wanted to spend time and devote an episode to a veteran who's really making a difference. |
| 0:45.0 | Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney. |
| 0:47.0 | Dan was commissioned as an officer in the US Air Force in 2000. |
| 0:51.0 | A career fighter pilot and a two-time recipient of the Top Gun Award. |
| 0:56.0 | As an F-16 fighter pilot, he completed three combat tours in Iraq. |
| 1:01.0 | In 2007, he started the nonprofit Folds of Honor above his garage, |
| 1:06.0 | with the mission to provide educational scholarships to spouses or children |
| 1:11.0 | of wounded or killed military service members. |
| 1:14.0 | In 13 years, Folds of Honor has provided over 29,000 life-changing scholarships, |
| 1:20.0 | totaling $145 million. |
| 1:23.0 | Let me just say, Dan is a guy who likes achieving, |
| 1:26.0 | because he's also a class A member of the PGA of America, |
| 1:30.0 | and he's found a wonderful way to bring his passions together. |
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