only daddy! what s up, buddy? i love you. what do you got there? i love you, buddy. brian: when is the last time you saw him? it s been a while. we do the skyping, face time and everything. been a good while. brian: nice to see you. sit down. thanks for bringing him in. it s big surprise. you did not know he was going to be here. yeah! brian: sheldon, tell me what it was like the last time you saw him. he was not walking? he was just barely starting to walk. younger, falling around a lot. i was gone a long time. now he s grown up a lot. you re so cute. you re on tv. brian: what s this like for
correct? yes, sir. brian: let s take a look at the letter. a portion of it. actually you want to read the letter? yes. the combination of being in the army and being stationed halfway across the country is very challenging. last year i missed some of the first steps of my son s life as well as been deployed. i m deploying again in the future and i know i ll have little time to spend with my little man. nothing can make this dad happier than getting personal time with this little dude. brian: you saw that letter and? we were touched and thinking of so many other families and were able to send 300 home for father s day this year. brian: now, what is your son s name? joey. brian: how great would it be if joey was here? it would be incredible. brian: why don t we bring joey out and see if we could get a look at joey and see in person how great it would be to spend father s day friday with joey and sheldon. joey is three years old and not
i just don t think he d understand . gretchen: his 19 year marriage reportedly ending. he filed for divorce from his wife, but they worked things out. but she decided to end the marriage. brian, over to you on the couch. brian: almost 50% of active duty service members are parents and while technology allows communication, nothing can replace the feeling of home and thanks to the team effort by operation home front and doug mencare, the sponsor matters, that dream is about to become a reality for 300 military families this weekend. joining us right now is the guys to my immediate right, the coo of operation home front, jim knots and also a veteran of iraq war, the first one, and one deployed military dad who we re proud of, sheldon bar. sheldon, welcome to both of you to the couch. thanks for your service and thanks for your service. my pleasure. brian: you join operation