FRIENDLY FIRE LIVE with Don Kimball Sat 2-3pm

A Show for and About Veterans

GUESTS: VETERANS FOR PEACE MIKE FERNER and LISA LING

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Don Kimball is originally from Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. Don got the “radio bug” in 1971, when he became a DJ at the student-operated radio station KVPC-FM on the campus of Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. He’s holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Cal Poly Pomona and is a graduate of the Brown Institute of Broadcasting. Don is a veteran of the US Air Force where he worked as an air traffic controller. Don is a board member of Military Families Speak Out, and a Veteran For Peace member of Chapter 91 in San Diego. 

Don started Friendly Fire, A Voice For Veterans in 2017 at WMPG-FM, a community radio station on the campus of the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. Friendly Fire is also heard on KURU-FM in Silver City, NM. He has interviewed veterans and their families and supporters from as far away as Japan and Ireland. He guests have included everyone from enlisted personnel to US Senators and Congresspeople. Don’s guests have included author Norman Solomon, author of War Made Invisible, UCSD professor Colonel Greg Daddis, whistleblower Reality. L Winner and Veteran For Peace Advisory Board Member, former US Marine Captain, State Department official, NC Green Party Senatorial Candidate and current Eisenhower Media Institute co-director, Matthew Hoh. 

Among the many issues Don has covered on his show are those dealing with veteran homelessness, PTSD, MST, deported veterans, TBI, The Veteran’s Administration, USAF veteran whistleblowers Daniel Hale and Reality Winner, and the epidemic of veteran suicide. Don hopes his show will give veterans an opportunity to let the listeners know what really happens to them and their families when they serve, and how people can work together for the common good of everyone instead of making war against helpless women and children in third world countries, destroying their homes and lives, while at the same time creating an atmosphere of hatred towards the US making citizens here less safe as terrorists seek revenge for America’s endless wars. 

FRIENDLY FIRE with DON KIMBALL Saturdays 2pm

A Show For and About Veterans

Guests Ann Wright and Pat Elder – Military Families in Hawaii Protest Polluted Water

From the archives of Friendly Fire, today is a replay of its important and still relevant program with US Army Colonel (Ret.) and former US State Department official ANN WRIGHT discussing US Navy pollution problems at US Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman in Hawaii. Also joining the conversation is US Military Poisons Project Executive Director PAT ELDER. Both of these activists with USN resistance to cleaning up and fixing leaking fuel tanks adversely affecting thousands of US military personnel. This show is a rebroadcast from 12/21.

About PFAFS. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of man-made chemicals that contain carbon, fluorine, and other elements.

These chemicals have been in use since the 1940s and are found in a variety of products including firefighting foams, household products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, and stain and water repellants.

The two most widely studied PFAS chemicals are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); these chemicals were voluntarily phased out of production in the United States. However, as many as 3,000 other PFAS chemicals still are used in a wide variety of applications.

These chemicals are persistent and resist degradation, meaning they accumulate in the environment and in your body over time. – From Military Poisons Website

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Sat 2-3pm

A Voice For and With Veterans

EXCLUSVE INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON, CO-FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE

Don is in convesation with Captain Paul Watson. A world-renowned animal advocate, co-founder of Greenpeace, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the recipient of numerous awards and the star of the Animal Planet series Whale Wars, Captain Watson was held in a Greenland prison for six months last year an Interpol warrant based on merit less charges brought by the Japanese government. Watson currently heads the Paul Watson Foundation, and is preparing to hit the seas again soon to save the worlds oceans from the perils of pollution, illegal whaling and over-fishing. Truly a hero of the high seas, don’t miss this informative and inspiring conversation.

FRIENDLY FIRE with DON KIMBALL Sat 2-3pm

A VOICE FOR VETERANS

Don is in conversation with two veterans about what the Veterans Administration health care means to them.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Sat 2-3pm

A Voice for Veterans

Tune in today as Don talks about the heroics, both here and abroad, of African American soldiers in WWI. They fought the enemy with distinction in Europe and then came home again to battle against Jim Crow.

Hosted Don Kimball a USAF veteran

Don covers important issues such as PTSD, homelessness, veteran suicide, endless war and the many other issues confronting military members both active duty and retired.

A weekly 30 minute program featuring live interviews with veterans, politicians, and supporters from around the world, we discuss current issues that are timely and urgent to both veterans and their families.