Where did you serve and what did you do?
US Army Retired – 3 tours in Germany – 1 tour in Korea – PV1 to SP6 to W-2 – HAWK Missile Air Defense
How are you #StillServing?
Community activist – local boards and commissions – helped create a Veterans Advisory Committee at the City and another at the County to advise elected officials on public policy changes for Veterans – a founding member of Veterans Business Association in 2006 and the Veterans Business Resource Center in El Paso in 2007 – created a fund: “Joint Task Force Victor” in 2013 for homeless Veterans and Veterans in need in El Paso to fund what other agencies could not fund. Only recently started to step back and retire on my 75th birthday.
Why do you do it?
Veterans Helping Veterans – Because I can – the best way to help a Veteran in need is to #Be There