veterans unite with their loved ones. here with me now, sergeant james pearson. fletcher gill is the founder and ceo of luke s wings. thanks for being here. sergeant pierce, i want to start with you. what does this organization mean to you considering you were very much helped by it? the organization has helped me out for the last four years. they ve flown me home several times but also recently they helped me find the love of my life. i just got engaged about a month ago. congratulations. that s wonderful. should i get into details? how did that introduction happen? sure. just ask away. that s lovely. i meean it sounds like all together fletcher you ve started an amazing thing. you took a major, i guess you could call it risk doing so. founded this thing january 2008 to january 2012 you took a salary of a dollar a year.