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Hey everybody, welcome back to Drive On. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio. Today my guest is Donald Dunn. Donald is an army veteran who runs a non profit called Heroes Voices Media Foundation, and they work with veterans who are musicians, podcasters, and authors to promote their work and help with training in their field.

[00:02:00] Um, we’re gonna Talk a little more about that in just a minute, but first, welcome to the show, Donald. I’m glad to have you here.

Donald Dunn: Hey, I’m glad to be here, man. I

appreciate

Scott DeLuzio: bet. Um, for the listeners who aren’t familiar with you and, and the stuff that you do, um, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?

Donald Dunn: So, I went in the military straight out of the, uh, high school, you know, 1994. Decided, you know, high school’s over, let’s just change everything, so I got married and Went straight in the army and, uh, spent 20 years in the military. I did, uh, 68 months between, uh, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I did 10 years in the special ops community, so I kind of seen a little bit of all sorts of different sides, sides of the military.

Um, you know, no different than probably any other soldier. Every, every, every enlistment, I said, I’m getting out. I’m

done with this. And then it was I, Donald Dunn, do solemnly swear to uphold and defend, [00:03:00] you know? So, um, I think that’s pretty common for, for everybody. And, uh, I, uh, for different reasons, whatever, I found myself in the desire to, to reenlist.

And, and, uh, I can’t regret a minute of it because, uh, You know, that path is what has led me to where I am sitting in this chair today. So I think it’s a,