Memorial Day Done Right - with Col. Kevin Bouren

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Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Memorial Day isn’t a slogan, and it isn’t a “happy” holiday. We want it to be a real pause, the kind that remembers names, families, and the price that was paid so the rest of us could live ordinary lives in freedom. That’s why we sit down with Colonel Kevin Bouren, a West Point graduate, career Army officer, and combat commander, to talk about loss, service, and what meaningful remembrance should look like for civilians who want to do more than post online. Kevin also shares the stunning tu...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Wallbiller Show.
0:09.2	Today is a special day for lots of reasons, but it's Memorial Day.
0:13.8	And as much as sometimes the instinct might be to say, happy Memorial Day. That's not quite the tone for Memorial Day.
0:23.3	We might say happy Veterans Day. Veterans Day is when we honor and celebrate the men and women that
0:29.8	have served our nation and are now out of the military, whether they medically retired or
0:35.4	put in a career, whatever that looks like. We appreciate those that have served our nation and we honor them on Veterans Day. Memorial Day is a
0:43.1	day that we pause and remember those that paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we could enjoy
0:48.4	our freedoms. And every Memorial Day, we have a veteran or an active duty member on to tell part of their story and to walk us through some of that. Well, my name is Tim Barton and my dad, David Barton, is on with us. And today we are joined by special guest, Colonel Kevin Boren. And Colonel, I just want to say we are so excited to have you with us today. Thanks for taking time.
1:16.3	Thank you for having me, Tim. Thank you, David. I am so honored to be here with you. Praise the Lord.
1:24.7	Well, Colonel, I first met you, I think, at a homeschool convention. Was it Montana? I don't remember where we were.
1:32.8	Denver, Colorado. Perfect. So I was speaking at a homeschool convention, and we got to talk in just a little bit afterwards,
1:35.2	and I didn't know your story at all. I have two brothers in the military.
1:38.6	I have lots of friends in the military, lots of friends that were former military,
1:42.8	retired and veterans, and I know some of them that had
1:47.7	to navigate a lot of the COVID stuff with the military and you begin to tell me part of your
1:51.8	story blew me away but really to see what God has done in the restoration process is
1:59.4	incredible so Colonel will you walk us through and I would love to the restoration process is incredible.
2:03.3	So, Colonel, will you walk us through?
2:07.8	And I would love to hear some of your background because you've been in the military quite a few years.
2:09.3	You've made quite a career out of this.
2:11.1	You are now in the Pentagon.
2:15.4	Will you walk us through some of your entrance into the military? And then what happened during COVID and maybe where you are now?
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