December 17, 2025 • 8 mins
Every year we like to help out our military by gifting a member with a prize pack to help them out a little over the holiday season and bring them a little extra jooy. Today was day 3 of the Military Christmas Bonus
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, here we go. I gotta I gotta gear
myself up for this. There is nothing more fulfilling than
hooking these very deserving military members up with the military
Christmas Bonus. But it is hard to listen to. It's
it's a lot. What yesterday was a prime example, you know,
we were talking about and the reason why we created
the military Christmas Bonus is we heard a lot of
(00:21):
our military members don't make a lot of money. You know,
maybe the higher higher ups make some money, but if
you're just you know, serving, you're not making a ton
of money. And so, like Ian was saying yesterday, if
stuff happens, then that's it. There goes Christmas and you go, what,
like you you're sacrificing all this already, and then you know,
(00:42):
your car breaks down or God forbid, you get cancer
or something happens like that, and then that's it. That's it,
that's it. Christmas is out the window. His kids, you know,
had autism, and then he's running them back and forth
to therapy appointments and special schooling and all that stuff,
and he's like, yeah, I just don't have time or
money to do anything. And we're like what, So that's
(01:02):
the kind of stuff you hear about and you just say,
it breaks your heart. And so that's why we do
the Military Christmas Bonus every year, and hopefully we'll go
on as long as we're on the air, because we
love doing it and you know, we want to help
out as many people as we possibly can. So let's
go ahead and talk to Alvin, who joins us this morning.
How's it going, Alvin?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Good? How are you doing this morning?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
We're good? So who are we nominating? Alvin? This morning?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I nominated my son Alex.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And what branch does is Alex.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
In he's air Force.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Air Force. All right, that's very cool. All right, Alvin,
tell us why you have nominated Alex for the Military
Christmas Bonus.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Well, the last six months for Alex has been really tough.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
In July, he was he got in a motorcycle accident
on a motorcycle that he was working on and he
wound up being airlifted to a hospital two hours away
from home.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And this was in Dover, Delaware. He was in an
induced coma for two weeks. He had several broken ribs
and excuse me sorry, bruised cart, brain bleed, broke both
arms and both bones in his arm. He had to
(02:23):
have several surgeries collapse lung, and then while they were
working on his collapse lung, his other lung partially collapsed.
And he'd been away from his daughter for for six months.
His daughter was out here and she just he missed
her birthday, she just turned two. His wife put out
here because the hospital again was two hours away from
(02:46):
home there in Delaware, and he just hadn't seen them
in months. So he's already missed Thanksgiving and we weren't
able to be there with him because we're having problems
out here. His step mom's been in a hospital for
fourteen months. So it's just been rough.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, no, I mean that that is incredibly difficult. And Alvin,
I can't imagine, you know, you hear that this is
your kid. I don't care what age he is. You know,
he's away from you, away from home, and he's in
the hospital by himself. That's got to be devastating for you.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, it was rough.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, I can't even imagine. So how is he doing
right now? Is he doing it a little bit better?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
He's he's better. He's finally home. The military's agree to
allow him to be here, and continue his therapy here.
He's still having some memory issues, but he's working on it.
And right now it's just like I said, it's tough
for him because even with the shutdown, he missed a
lot of you know, pay and everything.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
So and then you know you're going through all this.
What are you supposed to do for the holidays? Yeah,
I mean, I can't even imagine. That's got to be
so difficult. It's it's brutal. Well, Alex joins us as well,
Let's talk to Alex as well. How's it going, Alex?
How you feeling? Man? I'm doing all right.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
How about you guys?
Speaker 1 (04:04):
We're good. I mean, you know what your dad is
telling us about the motorcycle accident, that sounds very scary.
How are you doing physically these days?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I mean, I guess the best way to put it is,
you know, I'm doing all right. The only way to
go is up. You know, I've got metal plates stuck
in my body because, like my dad was saying, I
broke six of my ribs in twelve different places, had
metal plates for that. I broke my left arm and
(04:34):
had plates for that. But my arm is pretty much
limited because when the bone was healing it. They had
They call it h o. I don't know what the
actual term is, but when the bone was healing itself,
the bone had actually regrown and fused together.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I have some issues with my knee, you.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Know, a bunch of road rash. But you know, I'm just.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Happy that it happened to me and not my other
brother who was living with me at the time. Who's
you know, I'm two hundred pounds. My younger brother's you know,
one hundred and forty pounds, soaking wet, and he was
wanting to ride the bike that I was working on,
and I told him, you know, not yet, let me
go inspect it. And then that's that's when the accident happened.
I wasn't even riding the bike.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I was trying to stop it.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
And then I woke up in the hospital two weeks later.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Oh my gosh. Well you know you're alive, yes, as
you can hear. Your family is very thankful for that.
We're all thankful for that. And you've got that warrior mentality, man,
and we appreciate that so much. You're going to get
through it, but we want the holidays to be special
for you. Not only you, but you say you have
a daughter, your your wife, and everybody else in your family,
(05:45):
and so you are the winner of the Military Christmas
Bonus today. And let me tell you something, Alex, You've
won an incredible price back. Let me tell you all
that you've won today. You're going to walk away today
with a two hundred dollars OG's Pizza and brew House
gift card, a four pack of San Diego Goals tickets,
a two hundred dollars gift card from Sadono Auto Group,
(06:06):
a gift card at Windmill Farms, one hundred dollars Sombrero's
Mexican Food gift card, one hundred dollars gift card from
AIS Insurance, a four pack of San Diego Seals tickets,
a four pack of SeaWorld San Diego tickets, a four
pack of Legoland California tickets, a four pack of Disney
on Ice tickets, a three hundred dollars gift card at
(06:27):
Minikey Carcare and Oceanside and Escondido, a gift card at
Ocean Sized Gymnastics, one hundred dollars Curbside Eatery and Drinkery
gift card. Family portraits at Cosma Studios, a gift card
from Nothing Bunt Cakes in Mission Valley, one hundred dollars
gift card from Grey Coca and Family, a two hundred
dollars visa gift card from p One Ryan Lewis, and
(06:48):
a pair of Padres tickets to a military Sunday game.
You've won all of that. Congratulations, Alex, Wow, thank you.
That's that's incredible. Well, you can hear your dad, man,
He thinks obviously a lot of you, man, and he
wanted you to have something special for the holidays.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Yeah. Then when you guys were talking about everything, the
main thing that you know, was popping in my head
was all the things I can do to you know,
go go, you know, experience with my daughter, you know,
like the Disney on ice.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
And all that.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
That's it, man, It's great, you know, I mean, especially
during like the Padre season. You know, I'm a I'm
a huge baseball fan. I granted I was, you know,
in Delaware, but I was coaching you know, thirteen to
sixteen year olds while you know, I was you know,
obviously working with the military and my daughters you know,
already around them, they all see her as a little sister.
(07:38):
I have the Padres game, and my daughter will come
out and go Daddy ball and point to the TV
and then come sit and watch baseball with me.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
So I love it. Well, Alvin, thank you for nominating
Alex and telling us his story. We appreciate you, and
thank you Alex for everything you do for our country.
And and have a great holiday season. Okay man, Yeah,
thank you guys, God bless you. Absolutely you as well.
There you go. Fantastic story.
All right, here we go. I gotta I gotta gear
myself up for this. There is nothing more fulfilling than
hooking these very deserving military members up with the military
Christmas Bonus. But it is hard to listen to. It's
it's a lot. What yesterday was a prime example, you know,
we were talking about and the reason why we created
the military Christmas Bonus is we heard a lot of
(00:21):
our military members don't make a lot of money. You know,
maybe the higher higher ups make some money, but if
you're just you know, serving, you're not making a ton
of money. And so, like Ian was saying yesterday, if
stuff happens, then that's it. There goes Christmas and you go, what,
like you you're sacrificing all this already, and then you know,
(00:42):
your car breaks down or God forbid, you get cancer
or something happens like that, and then that's it. That's it,
that's it. Christmas is out the window. His kids, you know,
had autism, and then he's running them back and forth
to therapy appointments and special schooling and all that stuff,
and he's like, yeah, I just don't have time or
money to do anything. And we're like what, So that's
(01:02):
the kind of stuff you hear about and you just say,
it breaks your heart. And so that's why we do
the Military Christmas Bonus every year, and hopefully we'll go
on as long as we're on the air, because we
love doing it and you know, we want to help
out as many people as we possibly can. So let's
go ahead and talk to Alvin, who joins us this morning.
How's it going, Alvin?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Good? How are you doing this morning?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
We're good? So who are we nominating? Alvin? This morning?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I nominated my son Alex.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And what branch does is Alex.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
In he's air Force.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Air Force. All right, that's very cool. All right, Alvin,
tell us why you have nominated Alex for the Military
Christmas Bonus.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Well, the last six months for Alex has been really tough.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
In July, he was he got in a motorcycle accident
on a motorcycle that he was working on and he
wound up being airlifted to a hospital two hours away
from home.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And this was in Dover, Delaware. He was in an
induced coma for two weeks. He had several broken ribs
and excuse me sorry, bruised cart, brain bleed, broke both
arms and both bones in his arm. He had to
(02:23):
have several surgeries collapse lung, and then while they were
working on his collapse lung, his other lung partially collapsed.
And he'd been away from his daughter for for six months.
His daughter was out here and she just he missed
her birthday, she just turned two. His wife put out
here because the hospital again was two hours away from
(02:46):
home there in Delaware, and he just hadn't seen them
in months. So he's already missed Thanksgiving and we weren't
able to be there with him because we're having problems
out here. His step mom's been in a hospital for
fourteen months. So it's just been rough.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, no, I mean that that is incredibly difficult. And Alvin,
I can't imagine, you know, you hear that this is
your kid. I don't care what age he is. You know,
he's away from you, away from home, and he's in
the hospital by himself. That's got to be devastating for you.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, it was rough.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, I can't even imagine. So how is he doing
right now? Is he doing it a little bit better?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
He's he's better. He's finally home. The military's agree to
allow him to be here, and continue his therapy here.
He's still having some memory issues, but he's working on it.
And right now it's just like I said, it's tough
for him because even with the shutdown, he missed a
lot of you know, pay and everything.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
So and then you know you're going through all this.
What are you supposed to do for the holidays? Yeah,
I mean, I can't even imagine. That's got to be
so difficult. It's it's brutal. Well, Alex joins us as well,
Let's talk to Alex as well. How's it going, Alex?
How you feeling? Man? I'm doing all right.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
How about you guys?
Speaker 1 (04:04):
We're good. I mean, you know what your dad is
telling us about the motorcycle accident, that sounds very scary.
How are you doing physically these days?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I mean, I guess the best way to put it is,
you know, I'm doing all right. The only way to
go is up. You know, I've got metal plates stuck
in my body because, like my dad was saying, I
broke six of my ribs in twelve different places, had
metal plates for that. I broke my left arm and
(04:34):
had plates for that. But my arm is pretty much
limited because when the bone was healing it. They had
They call it h o. I don't know what the
actual term is, but when the bone was healing itself,
the bone had actually regrown and fused together.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I have some issues with my knee, you.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Know, a bunch of road rash. But you know, I'm just.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Happy that it happened to me and not my other
brother who was living with me at the time. Who's
you know, I'm two hundred pounds. My younger brother's you know,
one hundred and forty pounds, soaking wet, and he was
wanting to ride the bike that I was working on,
and I told him, you know, not yet, let me
go inspect it. And then that's that's when the accident happened.
I wasn't even riding the bike.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I was trying to stop it.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
And then I woke up in the hospital two weeks later.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Oh my gosh. Well you know you're alive, yes, as
you can hear. Your family is very thankful for that.
We're all thankful for that. And you've got that warrior mentality, man,
and we appreciate that so much. You're going to get
through it, but we want the holidays to be special
for you. Not only you, but you say you have
a daughter, your your wife, and everybody else in your family,
(05:45):
and so you are the winner of the Military Christmas
Bonus today. And let me tell you something, Alex, You've
won an incredible price back. Let me tell you all
that you've won today. You're going to walk away today
with a two hundred dollars OG's Pizza and brew House
gift card, a four pack of San Diego Goals tickets,
a two hundred dollars gift card from Sadono Auto Group,
(06:06):
a gift card at Windmill Farms, one hundred dollars Sombrero's
Mexican Food gift card, one hundred dollars gift card from
AIS Insurance, a four pack of San Diego Seals tickets,
a four pack of SeaWorld San Diego tickets, a four
pack of Legoland California tickets, a four pack of Disney
on Ice tickets, a three hundred dollars gift card at
(06:27):
Minikey Carcare and Oceanside and Escondido, a gift card at
Ocean Sized Gymnastics, one hundred dollars Curbside Eatery and Drinkery
gift card. Family portraits at Cosma Studios, a gift card
from Nothing Bunt Cakes in Mission Valley, one hundred dollars
gift card from Grey Coca and Family, a two hundred
dollars visa gift card from p One Ryan Lewis, and
(06:48):
a pair of Padres tickets to a military Sunday game.
You've won all of that. Congratulations, Alex, Wow, thank you.
That's that's incredible. Well, you can hear your dad, man,
He thinks obviously a lot of you, man, and he
wanted you to have something special for the holidays.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Yeah. Then when you guys were talking about everything, the
main thing that you know, was popping in my head
was all the things I can do to you know,
go go, you know, experience with my daughter, you know,
like the Disney on ice.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
And all that.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
That's it, man, It's great, you know, I mean, especially
during like the Padre season. You know, I'm a I'm
a huge baseball fan. I granted I was, you know,
in Delaware, but I was coaching you know, thirteen to
sixteen year olds while you know, I was you know,
obviously working with the military and my daughters you know,
already around them, they all see her as a little sister.
(07:38):
I have the Padres game, and my daughter will come
out and go Daddy ball and point to the TV
and then come sit and watch baseball with me.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
So I love it. Well, Alvin, thank you for nominating
Alex and telling us his story. We appreciate you, and
thank you Alex for everything you do for our country.
And and have a great holiday season. Okay man, Yeah,
thank you guys, God bless you. Absolutely you as well.
There you go. Fantastic story.
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