JERRY BLAKE

RETIRED ARMY COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR

EDUCATION

• NORTH HIGH SCHOOL EVANSVILLE, IN
• BS DEGREE IN ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY

40 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE

• TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIET NAM
• ONE TOUR OF DUTY IN HONDURAS
• ONE TOUR OF DUTY IN KUWAIT/IRAQ

AWARDS

• VETERAN OF THE YEAR IN 2008
• ALL AMERICAN POST COMMANDER 2010, 2012, 2024, 2025
• VFW DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AWARD 2012
• STATE COMMANDER FOR VFW INDIANA 2016-2017
• CHAIRMAN FOR VFW BIG 10 CONFERENCE 2017-2018
• INDUCTED INTO INDIANA MILITARY VETERAN’S HALL OF FAME 2017
• GOVERNOR HOLCOMB’S SAGAMORES OF THE WABASH 2018

CURRENT POSITIONS

• COMMANDER VFW POST 1114
• COMMANDER VANDERBURGH COUNTY VETERAN’S COUNCIL