Texas National Guard


  Badges & Boots Worldwide is ministering to Texas National Guard and it is growing faster than we ever thought. We started with one unit in Wichita Falls, Texas and now we have three more interested in having us come and do Chapel for them. We have MJ Summerall to thank for this. She is…

Bill Lair


                Bill Lair is a WW II Veteran and a very famous CIA Agent that worked in Thailand and Laos. In fact the CIA allowed him to be in the Thai Police as a Colonel. I met this great man at his home today and we talked for…

Commander Of West Virginia National Guard


In between visits with our Politicians in Washington D.C. we were able to visit with Troops and Police. During our lunch break Kim and I ran into General Hoyer and General Buckalew. General Hoyer is the Commander of the West Virginia National Guard. These two officers were in D.C. to talk to the Politicians on…

Old Guard Colonel


A few weeks ago we made a trip to Washington D.C. to visit with Politicians on a Tuesday. Thursday we set out to see Arlington National Cemetery. One of the couples with us had never seen the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. We had a short time frame to…

Excited Pastors


Our Field Rep in Panama met with 15 National Pastors and was able to give them Badges & Boots tracts. These men were very excited to receive these tracts. Can you imagine the hundreds or possibly thousands of Soldiers and Police that 15 Pastors can reach? What great potential this opportunity could bring about. These…

Rookie Police Officer


What a great honor for our youngest son to get hired on as a Rookie for the Gainesville PD. He just finished an Independent Police Academy and was sort of a Free Agent if you will. He has worked hard to get through the Police Academy over the last few months. They went through getting…

Panama Field Rep


Abe Hanson and his wife are Missionaries to the people of Panama. They originally went to work with the deaf, but have also begun ministering to the hearing.  Abe has also agreed to be a Field Rep for Badges & Boots and that is a blessing for us. We first got to know Abe and…

Fort Bragg


82nd Airborne Division units:[19] 1st Brigade Combat Team 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment 307th Brigade Support Battalion Special Troops Battalion 2nd Brigade Combat Team 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment 1st…

NYPD Officers on The Job


What a blessing to meet and talk with the great Men and Women of the NYPD. These folks are working long hours out of their Precincts or Burroughs. Some are working 12 hours and some are working 16 hours, I don’t know if they are getting to choose their hours or not. A couple of…

NYPD Officer José


Some people you meet it just seems like you have known each other for a long time, Officer Rodriguez is one of those people. He was guarding the CVS Drug Store trailor when Kim and I first saw him. During his break we all talked in Spanish for a while and got to know each…