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…
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…
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…
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…
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…