FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. NOW, A KOCO FIVE EDITORIAL. HE WAS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRENT HENSLEY. MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY, A DAY SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO HONOR THE HEROES IN THE MILITARY WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR US. WE HOPE YOU’LL TAKE TIME THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES THAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN MADE TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. MAY IS ALSO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, WHICH IS A TIME TO HONOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY. THERE’S NO DOUBT YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE WHO HAS SERVED OR IS SERVING NOW MILITARY SERVICE IS PART OF WHO WE ARE AS OKLAHOMANS, AS OKLAHOMA IS HOME TO SIX MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WITH A DAILY POPULATION OF 20,000 PERSONNEL, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. OKLAHOMA HAD NEARLY 20,000 ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS IN 2022, AND ANOTHER 20,000 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE MEMBERS. OUR STATE IS ALSO HOME TO MORE THAN 240,000 VETERANS. SOME OF THEM WORK RIGHT HERE AT KOCO AND WERE A PROUD, MILITARY READY EMPLOYER. YOU SEE, SOME OF OUR VETERANS EVERY DAY, LIKE METEOROLOGIST, JONATHAN, CONDOR AND SKY FIVE PILOT CHASE RUTLEDGE AND THERE ARE MANY MORE BEHIND THE SCENES. WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY, AND THOSE CIVILIAN WORKERS WHO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILIES FOR THOSE WHO PAID FOR OUR FREEDOM WITH THEIR LIVES. WE HONOR THEM. THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. EMAIL ME AT EDITORIALS AT COCO DO