Al Knight has no issues with being called a "yes" man.

In fact, it's a large reason why Knight has built up quite a local following as one of the most ardent supporters of servicemembers and veterans.

For the last four years, the 61-year-old retired Army colonel has hosted "The Military Report" from 4 to 5 p.m. every Thursday on KLAY 1180 AM. The one-hour show features insight and highlights policies and news that affects the multitude of military - both active duty and retired - in the South Sound.

"It's not about me ... it's about the people that want to do great things for our local military community," Knight said.  "I can't say no to someone who wants to come on and talk about what they are doing. I'm tickled to death to provide them with a platform."

Recently, Knight featured a guest in charge of fundraising to help fly World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to view the WWII memorial.

"If you've got a message to get out to accommodate our servicemembers, we accommodate you," Knight said.

Each month the show also sets aside an entire hour dedicated to Madigan Army Medical Hospital and what's going on within the medical community on Fort Lewis.

Through Knight's extensive connections in the veterans' circles within the state, he's had on several high-profile guests, ranging from Gov. Christine Gregoire's husband, Mike (a Vietnam veteran and a staunch advocate for veterans' issues), to retired general John Shalikashvili, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who lives in the area. Knight also previously hosted three Tuskegee Airmen in studio for another show, as well as traveled to Spokane to interview a WWI veteran on his 109th birthday.

"I've been so blessed with all the people I've met," said Knight, whose previous radio experience included a semester stint as the play-by-play voice for Missouri State basketball while he was in college.

Providing the in-studio comic foil every show for the affable Knight are co-hosts Karen Schade and Francis Jeffery.

Schade, a community relations representative for the show's primary sponsor, America's Credit Union, works with Knight to schedule a variety of guests and bring to light any resources or classes her company features to help listeners.

"The average person doesn't know about some of the programs and services available to servicemembers and veterans," she said. "The show is a way for us to get that information out to the public so they can hear it."

For the 86-year-old Jeffery, a former Air Force chaplain who earned both a Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge during his service, the show represents the very core of what his military career entailed at the ground-level: helping others.

After being contacted by a spouse whose car broke down while her husband was deployed and was in need of a reliable mode of transportation, Jeffery appealed to the show's listeners.

"I put out the call," he said.

Offers to help flooded in and the spouse eventually got hooked up with a listener who let her borrow a vehicle.

"I get a chance to make some things known (throughout the community) that wouldn't have been heard had not for the show," Jeffery said.

And Knight vows to keep that promise as a voice of the military community as the show heads into the New Year. Future plans include incorporating more voices from the Navy and Coast Guard.

"I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing," Knight said.