Army veteran Roderick Peterson, 35, lives in Rogers, Arkansas, with his partner, Francisca Garduno, and their three children, Alonzo, Anai and King. Peterson served five years as a military police officer. During that time, he deployed to Afghanistan and South Korea and later achieved the rank of corporal. Peterson joined the military to experience a different life from his childhood. “I didn’t like the poverty and violence I was exposed to in Birmingham, Alabama’s inner...
Statement Of Nancy Springer, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Correcting VA’s Violations of Veterans’ Due Process and Second Amendment Rights” Washington, D.C. ...
Veteran Edward “Ted” Boyle, 75, lives in Elkton, Maryland, with his wife, Stephanie. Boyle served just over three years in the Marines, from 1967 to 1970, and earned the rank of corporal. He was stationed around the country, including in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and California. “I decided to join the Marines after coming home one night and hearing Lyndon B. Johnson talk about how the U.S. needed to help the South Vietnamese,” Boyle said. “Plus, enlisting w...
Statement of Brittany Dymond Murray, Associate Director Communications & Public Affairs Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “Restoring Focus: Putting Veterans First in Community Care” Washington, D.C. Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and members of the...
Navy veteran Denise Estes lives in Sparks, Nevada, and served in the military for 23 years. During her time in the Navy, Estes was deployed to South Carolina, Virginia, California, Spain and Italy. She served on three ships — a destroyer, a destroyer tender and an aircraft carrier — and became a senior chief petty officer. Estes was inspired to enlist by her father who served in the Navy in World War II. Estes began working with the VFW in July 2012. “After the military,...
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