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June 2020

Dr. Alyshia Smith is the new Phoenix VA health Care System Director
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VA Appoints New Medical Center Director at Phoenix VA Health Care System

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is promoting Dr. Alyshia Smith to the role of Executive Director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS). As the Executive Director, Dr. Smith will provide strategic direction and leadership to more than 2100 staff.  She has been the Interim Director since the Read more…

By Paula Pedene, 10 months10 months ago
Sunlit Ocotillo
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Marine Corps Veteran Ryan Saunders Finds Healing in Nature

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Ryan Saunders, saw service in Operation Iraqi Freedom as an Infantry Assaultman. While in service, his experiences led to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To help ease his symptoms, he tried pills, counseling, and other treatments.  They didn’t help as much as nature did. “At first, getting Read more…

By Paula Pedene, 10 months10 months ago
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Due to COVID-19, Phoenix Veterans Day Parade May Change for 2020

June 11, 2020 Phoenix, AZ–Tackling the issue of presenting the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade is front and center for Honoring America’s Veterans (HAV) new Executive Director, Paula Pedene. “Our first order of business is determining how to present the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade on Veterans Day in November,” Pedene says. “With Read more…

By Paula Pedene, 10 months3 months ago
Scholarship awardees stand with their check presentations. Thomas Brown is not pictured.
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Veterans Organizations Present $45,000 in Scholarships

The Unified Arizona Veterans (UAV), the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society (AVHOFS), and Veterans Heritage Project (VHP) recently presented $45,500 in scholarship funds to ten individuals. This year, UAV established the inaugural ‘Army Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa Veteran Family Scholarship,’ named for Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa. She is the Read more…

By Paula Pedene, 11 months10 months ago
Jack Silver and wife Sharon Tolman
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Former Army Social Worker Now Serves Community through Jewish Center

Jack Silver was in the Army from 1970-1998. From 1968-1970 he watched the build-up to Vietnam. He was in grad school when he was drafted, but the draft board let him finish his grad work before enlisting. During his time in the Army, Silver worked as a Social Work Officer Read more…

By Paula Pedene, 11 months ago
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