From Fort Leonard Wood With Love

A picture perfect afternoon.

Leaders from Fort Leonard Wood came to KSPR to share some valuable information-- for the first time in three decades, the military is changing the way it trains people. Working smarter, not harder, per se.

I love the military. I never had the kahonas to even consider joining, but I do have family members who are currently serving. And, of course, friends. Even if you don't want to get political, you should always support our troops!

And, I'm feeling very fortunate. They asked me to speak at the post in May for Asian American Heritage Month. Woot! Details to come.

Jerry Jacob saves people, loses equipment

Former KY3 anchor Jerry Jacob is learning combat medic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. He's doing really well! "All of our casualties survived," he says. "Though I somehow misplaced five rifles."

Who needs rifles?

Anyway, here are some pictures...

JJ says: "What the patient in this photo is saying is:

'Um, doc, I have a bullet in my arm. Why are you taking off my pants?'"

Jerry Jacob graduates boot camp

Many of you have asked how Jerry Jacob's doing. He just graduated boot camp in Fort Benning, Georgia. He's lost about 22 pounds, and he graduated at the top of his class, literally. You knew he had it in him. Here's the report we ran on KY3 News at 6 on March 22--

Ky3's Jerry Jacob says Goodbye

This is Jerry's farewell. It aired on KY3 on January 6th, 2007.

KY3's Jerry Jacob announces his resignation RE-DO

See the announcement for yourself! This is the first goodbye of many.

***I had a technical glitch and deleted the video from the original post. Blogger wouldn't let me recover it, so I had to repost...at least, me thinks that's how it went.***

Anyway, I left up the original post (without the video) so you can read the comments!

KY3's Jerry Jacob announces his resignation

See what some people in the industry are writing about him or saying to him: http://www.medialine.com/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000051