Bryan Suits Bryan Suits is an American war veteran of three military conflict s in Kuwait , Bosnia , and Iraq , and has been a talk radio host for more than 10 years . He has hosted talk - shows for radio stations in Seattle , WA : KIRO ( AM ) and KVI , and in Los Angeles : KFI AM 640 . Suits was born in Honolulu , Hawaii and grew up in Washington . He was heard weekday afternoons on KOGO - AM / FM in San Diego until Friday , February 17 , 2012 . Suits can be heard on KFI on Saturday evenings from 8 : 00 to 10 : 00 P . M . PST . He lives in and broadcasts from the Seattle area . Biography . After graduating from Washington State University , Suits became a broker - trainee at Drexel Burnham Lambert . Personal life . Suits is married to Rachel M . Suits , who formally worked as a King County Sheriff ' s deputy . They have one child named Reagan Ladybug Suits . In June 2010 , Mrs . Suits was stabbed during an armed robbery in Lake Forrest Park , WA . Military service . Enlisting in the United States Army Reserve in 1989 , he served in Operation Desert Storm as a medic . In 1998 he deployed as a member of the California Army National Guard to Bosnia as part of SFOR . In 2002 , he attended Officer Candidate School and received his commission . As a member of C Company , 1st Battalion , 161st Infantry Regiment , Washington Army National Guard he deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom . Due to events during his deployment to Iraq he became a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart . While serving in Iraq he meets individuals who state they were involved in the transportation of Iraqi WMDs to Syria . While in Iraq he occasionally called into the Kirby Wilbur Show and reported on his experiences . He was also a contributor to the Iraq election log on the BBC news website . Lieutenant Suits collected rubber boots from his radio show listeners and distributed them to Iraqi children in what became known as " Boots for Suits " . Upon his arrival back from his tour of duty in Iraq , he claimed that his ballot for the November 2004 general election , which he said was mailed to his wife from Iraq , was never counted . His claim became part of the public debate surrounding the contested 2004 Washington gubernatorial election . Media career . The " Bryan Suits Show " first ran Monday to Friday from 9 : 00 p . m . to 1 : 00 a . m . PST on KIRO ( AM ) from 1999 to 2002 . Suits then moved to the prime drive time hours of 5 : 00 a . m . to 9 : 00 PT on KVI , following Sean Hannity . The topics on the show ranged from local news to kicker stories to the War on Terror . Suits usually employed his sense of humor on all topics . He referred to the last hour of his show as " The Iraq Block " and devoted it mostly to discussion on the war in Iraq . It is in this hour that his experience in Iraq helped put some news items in perspective . Suits was deployed to Iraq in 2003 and returned to KVI in 2005 to continue his show . On March 6 , 2003 , an Iraqi caller named " Mohammed " confronted United for Peace and Justice spokesperson Andrea Buffa on Suits ' show . The clip was posted on the KVI website and quickly circulated around the Internet . However , some individuals noted that the individual did not have an Iraqi Arab accent . Suits ' show was canceled by KVI on November 9 , 2007 . Some listeners complained that November 9 was the Friday preceding the Veterans Day holiday ( observed on November 11 , each year in the U . S . ) . Suits ' show was replaced by the KVI show " The Commentators " with John Carlson and Ken Schram , formerly aired from 9 : 00 a . m . - 12 : 00 noon . KVI aired the Laura Ingram show from 3pm to 5pm . Ironically , KVI put Peter Weissbach in for an hour of Bryans old time slot ( 5 - 6pm ) , the very host whom Suits had been brought in to replace . Suits periodically filled in as a guest host from 7 - 10pm , following the contentious removal of John Ziegler in December 2007 on KFI , AM 640 of Los Angeles . Suits announced December 31 , 2007 that he had accepted a position from 7 - 10pm , following John and Ken beginning January 2008 on KFI AM 640 of Los Angeles . In April he was joined by long - time friend and fellow radio host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery , and they performed the show together under the banner of " The Kennedy & Suits Show " . Kennedy ' s final broadcast on " Kennedy & Suits " was September 30 , 2009 , with Suits going it solo again as the " Bryan Suits Show " . In addition , Suits hosted " The Dark Secret Place " from 2pm - 4pm on Sundays , in the time slot formerly held by Kennedy before she moved to weekdays . Suits announced , on his January 8 , 2010 show , that his last day at his current 7 : 00 pm KFI Los Angeles time slot would be on Friday , January 15 , 2010 . He planned to continue his Sunday show , " Dark Secret Place " on KFI . Citing family reasons , and not specific on his career move , he and his family were returning to the Seattle , Washington area . His replacement on KFI , Tim Conway Jr . , would begin at the 7 : 00 pm time slot on Monday , January 18 , 2010 . KVI AM 570 in Seattle , announced the return of " The Bryan Suits Show " weekday mornings , from 5 a . m . to 9 a . m . , starting Monday morning , January 25 , 2010 . Some 10 months later , KVI AM 570 in Seattle cancelled its conservative - talk lineup and switched to an Oldies format , on November 8 , 2010 . While " The Bryan Suits Show " had been canceled , once again , by KVI in the days preceding Veterans Day , the Bryan Suits Show Facebook page stated that he had a safety net in place when hired back by Fisher Radio . In addition , Suits continued to host " The Dark Secret Place " , on Sundays from 2 : 00 to 4 : 00 PM , on AM 640 KFI Los Angeles . Beginning early March 2012 , the show was moved to Saturday evenings , following the end of the Saturday installment of the Phil Hendrie show . The show has since also been picked up by XM Radio ' s America ' s Talk , airing Sundays at 5 p . m . pacific time .