{"id":1178,"date":"2018-11-01T10:09:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2018-11-01T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:09:38","slug":"ktbs-navy-veteran-offers-glimpse-of-military-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"KTBS \u2013 Navy veteran offers glimpse of military life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Navy veteran with a Shreveport connection has returned to town to share his love of the service during Navy Week.<\/p>\n<p>Commander Robert Lightfoot was born in Michigan but graduated from Captain Shreve High School. He\u2019s the commanding naval officer of the USS Laboon, a destroyer based in Norfolk, Virginia. He has fond memories of his time in Shreveport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me they were some of the best years of my life,\u201d Lightfoot said. &#8220;A lot of my best memories are camping, going with the Boy Scouts on a national scout jamboree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Observing Navy Week in landlocked Northwest Louisiana may seem odd, but Shreveport-Bossier City is one of 14 places nationwide taking part in the Navy\u2019s outreach program. Navy members participate in community projects and offer a glimpse of Navy life during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Read and watch more at KTBS.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Navy veteran with a Shreveport connection has returned to town to share his love of the service during Navy Week. Commander Robert Lightfoot was born in Michigan but graduated from Captain Shreve High School. He\u2019s the commanding naval officer of the USS Laboon, a destroyer based in Norfolk, Virginia. He has fond memories of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ktbs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ka5C-j0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}