{"id":712252,"date":"2026-04-08T01:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/712252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:31:14","slug":"come-watch-first-coast-military-life-live-at-the-block-jax-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/712252\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Watch \u201cFirst Coast Military Life\u201d LIVE At The Block JAX! \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">This<b> FREE Event<\/b> panel brings together four Jacksonville City Council members who are also military veterans or currently serving, offering a rare and powerful perspective at the intersection of military service, civic leadership, and national security. Attendees will discover how military experience is shaping Jacksonville\u2019s future\u2014from national security and defense missions to managing the city\u2019s rapid growth. See how the leaders who served our country are now securing our community\u2019s 21st-century legacy. The event is important because it connects national security to local decision-making, educates the public on Jacksonville\u2019s strategic value, and demonstrates how veteran-led leadership can help shape a forward-looking, 21st-century American city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><b>Moderators: Chris Budihas and co-host w\/ Randall Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nick Howland (R); Vice President City Council, CEO The Fire Watch, Consultant, and US Navy veteran officer; originally from IL<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Peluso (D); City Councilman, Vystar Military Affairs VP; former active duty US Navy and now Commander in the Navy Reserves; originally from Jax<\/li>\n<li>Will Lahnen (R); City Councilman, Finance Leader at Wounded Warrior Project; former active duty US Navy; originally from Jax<\/li>\n<li>Chris Miller (R); City Councilman, Local Office Chief of Staff for Congressman Rutherford; retired US Army Colonel; originally from PA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/JEGNX2Q5CZCNBG43X2EHNORM3M.png\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 lnDeWE image-metadata\">First Coast Military Live LIVE <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This FREE Event panel brings together four Jacksonville City Council members who are also military veterans or currently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":712253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,40410,296462,3188,723,7310,296464,87348,422,274153,296463,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-712252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-chris-budihas","tag-first-coast-military-life","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-live-podcast","tag-live-show","tag-radio","tag-radio-show","tag-the-block-jax","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116366508160996427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}