Welcome to the Behind The Mike Show presented by You Are Not Alone Vets. Tonight on the program, the CEO & Founder of You Are Not Alone Vets, Ronald Sykes, joined the program to discuss the fact that the Veterans Administration still facing many issues and still not serving the needs of the vets in a timely manner. He also discussed his life's mission if his charitable organization which works day after day helping vets who are low income, out of work, homeless or hungry. Please visit the website for more details including how you can help: http://youarenotalonevets.org/ . You can read Joel's Op-Ed discussing homeless veterans at this link: http://joelmichalec.blogspot.com/2014/08/solving-our-nations-problems-homeless.html

During the #WhatGives segment, 9/11 discussed especially the lack of programming to continue to remind and teach what happened on that day and who was responsible and also the recent refugee crisis due to civil war and ISIS (The JV Team) and how some US politicians feel we need to accept Syrian refugees here (SAY WHAT?!). The Ass Clown of the Week Award goes to: The Facebook Idiot: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_759e0854-5ac2-5a07-84ff-d2745a912812.html