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Deputy Secretary Trepanier presents Dr. Elizabeth Watson (right, with plaque) and Chancellor Telfer's Veterans and Service Members committee with a veteran volunteer award. UW-Whitewater was named a Military Friendly School for 2013 by GI Jobs.
USDVA Sec. Eric Shinseki (center), joined by leaders of the veterans community, including WDVA Sec. John Scocos (far right), spoke at a press conference in Milwaukee on May 1.
Jim Hudacek and members of the Bloomer Legion Post 295 presented the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls with an Altar for our Chapel on May 1. They made the Altar in Mr. Hudacek's workshop according to specifications that fit our space.
As part of Vietnam Veterans Day in Wisconsin, Governor Walker and Secretary John Scocos kicked off the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War at a ceremony with Vietnam veterans at the Capitol.
Gov. Walker introduces his executive budget regarding statewide veterans programs in Milwaukee. His budget refocuses efforts in veteran employment, expands benefits for veterans and their spouses, and invests more in veterans service organizations.
Secretary Scocos briefs members of the Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs February 14 at the state capitol.
Sec. Scocos presents WDVA employees Rich Teele and Carolyn Morgan with the 2013 Gulf War Illness Recognition Day proclamation signed by Gov. Walker.
May 15, 2013
• WDVA: Hiring Veterans: Translating Military Expertise to Civilian Excellence Business Symposium at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
May 18, 2013 ARMED FORCES DAY
May 19, 2013
• WDVA WVH-King: Open House and Old Car Show at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
May 26, 2013
• WDVA SWVMC: Memorial Day Ceremony at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 11:00 a.m.
• WDVA NWVMC: Memorial Day Ceremony at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery 1:00 p.m.
May 27, 2013 MEMORIAL DAY – “A Decade in the Desert: A Look Back at the War in Iraq”
• WDVA CWVMC and WVH-King: Lakeside service at 9:30 a.m., Cemetery services at 10:00 a.m. at King
Featured Event
May 19, 2013
Open House & Old Car Show
Wisconsin Veterans Home
at King
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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