Community, commitment, passion and service.

News 3’s chief meteorologist Bob Jeswald kicks off his podcast, the Bob Jeswald Show, bringing together community movers and shakers to talk about what motivates them to serve others.

For the first episode on WRBL.com, Bob talked with retired Army Ranger Michael Schlitz SFC, who spends his days volunteering and helping other veterans.

For Schlitz, his journey of service, injury, recovery, and back to service started with his U.S. Army enlistment in 1996. In 2007, Schlitz served in Iraq.

On Feb. 27, 2007, Schlitz’s platoon entered the “Triangle of Death” in Iraq, and an IED exploded, leading to death, destruction, and injury, and costing Schlitz both of his hands, giving massive burn acro ...