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As veterans and residents of Augusta County, we have joined together to show our support for Derek Almarode. We believe that Derek exemplifies the fundamental leadership skills that we all learned in our respective branches of service.
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Sean Gobin, a 2014 graduate of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, knows the unique stress of war. Gobin – now nominated as a 2015 CNN “Hero” for his work with veterans – enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1994.
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Join the City of Harrisonburg in honoring our nation’s heroes at the Annual Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 pm in Downtown Harrisonburg. Flags will line Main Street as local veterans groups ride on patriotic floats accompanied by the Harrisonburg High School Marching Band and JROTC Unit, Boy Scout troops, civic organizations, and a convoy of military vehicles.
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Farmers who are military veterans are getting help marketing agricultural products from a new branding program of the Farmer Veteran Coalition called Homegrown By Heroes.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) announced Friday that he has signed onto bipartisan legislation to reform Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare to provide safer and more effective pain management services to our nation’s veterans.
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Augusta County Library has joined forces with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to offer Talking Service, a reading and discussion program for veterans and their families.
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Virginia Tech has been awarded a statewide Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Governor’s Award for hiring more veterans than any other state agency in the Commonwealth of Virginia. There are 65 state agencies, including 39 colleges and universities.
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Today, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure thousands of Navy veterans from the Vietnam War, known as “Blue Water” veterans for their service in waters off the coast, who were exposed to the powerful toxin Agent Orange will be eligible to receive disability and health care benefits they have earned for diseases linked to Agent Orange exposure.
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On Friday, Sept. 11, veterans at James Madison University will have a new safe haven on campus. The school’s Student Veterans Association chapter will officially be opening a space in Wilson Hall for any current or retired U.S. Military members to use as a quiet place to study, collaborate or socialize.
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Four Dominion interns are winners of the Dominion Student Veteran Service Award. Each will receive $5,000 recognizing his or her service to the United States and to Dominion.
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