Veterans In Need
Directory
Jennifer Fox
Sergeant Jennifer Fox joined the US Army Reserves after receiving a Bachelors Degree in Social Work from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. She deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During and after her deployment, she was a social ...
Bradley Bastian
Bradley Bastian is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. After four years of service, he went to school and earned degrees in both physician assistant studies and psychology. As a result of advancing his education he incurred more than $30,000 in student lo ...
Lindsay Lopez
Lindsay Lopez served in the U.S. Army for a 4 year enlistment, and for an additional 6 months and 8 days for the convenience of the government under Stop Loss provisions. Lindsay started classes in Social Work two weeks after a fully honorable separation. ...
Rebecca Barron
Rebecca Barron graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1998, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, Communications, and Spanish. In July 1998, she enlisted in the Air Force. Following training at the Defense Language Institute in Mo ...
Joleen Parks
Sergeant Parks joined the Army shortly after completing her Bachelors Degree at Boise State University in Boise, ID. She served all of her enlistment in the 4th PSYOP Group (Airborne) located at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. During her service, she was deplo ...
Vickie Ann Litterell
Vickie Ann Litterell retired from the United States Navy as a Chief Petty Officer after spending 24 years in service to her country. She began her college education after her retirement in 2003 and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in June 2006 wi ...
Tricia Beringer
Tricia Beringer served eight years in the South Dakota National Guard while attending Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD to pursue her Bachelor of Science degree. Just one week after undergraduate completion, she began working toward her Master ...
Lyndsey Anderson
Lyndsey enlisted in the Iowa National Guard as a Junior in high school in January 2001. She began college at the University of Iowa in 2002. She had to postpone her studies because of a 15 month deployment to Al Taji, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Fr ...
Mark Galban
Mark Galban served in the Air Force National Guard for eight years. While in the Air Force he was assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Squadron in the job of Fire Protection. During that time he received multiple medals for his service that included the ...
Lauren Hayden
Lauren Hayden joined the U.S. Navy in 1996 to better herself through service to her country and for the educational opportunities that would allow her to make an impact on her community. She was deployed to Kosovo as a Torpedoman, and after separation in ...
Michael Reid
Michael Reid joined the military after graduating from Morgan State University in 2002. After completing the officer basic course he was commissioned into the United States Army Infantry Branch and was assigned to 1-41IN at Fort Riley, KS and deployed to ...
Darryl Wright
As a 1st Lieutenant in the Army, Darryl Wright was activated and deployed to Iraq (2004-2005) to advise the new Iraqi Army. As an Intelligence Advisor, Wright worked with Iraqi personnel and Coalition Forces to assist the Iraqis to become more self-suffic ...
Maxim Pikulskiy
Maxim Pikulskiy is a first generation American who immigrated from Russia to the United States in 2002. In 2006 he decided to serve in the United States Army. During his time on active duty he was accepted into Chapman University Graduate Degree program. ...
Dawn Wagner
Dawn Wagner serves in the United States Army Reserves. She was forced to postpone her education in 2004 because she was deployed for a year and a half in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During her time in Iraq she worked as a combat heavy engineer bui ...
Luis Castellanos
Luis Castellanos is a former West Point Graduate and Armor Officer. He served on Active Duty for over 5 years, including a tour in the Al Anbar province of Iraq from April 2003 to April 2004. After leaving the active service, he went back to earn his MBA ...
Christina Finley
Christina Finley served a total of 8 years in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve working within the Financial Management career field. She is currently working for the Department of the Army as a Budget Analyst. After leaving the military she attended A ...
John McMilllen
John M. McMillen initially enlisted in the US Air Force from 1994 to 1998 where he enrolled into the Community College of the Air Force and completed his Associates of Applied Science degree specializing in Electronic Systems Technology. After being disch ...
Lillian Common
Lillian Common served her nation from 1983 to 1993 as an officer in the United States Army. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Roosevelt University in Political Science. After leaving the military she furthered her education by completing a Mas ...
Jose L. Siandre
Jose Siandre proudly served in the U.S. Navy and most recently, selected as a commissioned officer, Lieutenant, in the U.S. Coast Guard. As an officer he served in various assignments throughout the East Coast and was awarded the Humanitarian Service Meda ...
Craigory Brown, Jr.
Craigory Brown, Jr. graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a desire to serve his country. He felt strongly about committing to something greater than himself and engage on the international level. He sa ...
Justin Piggott
Justin Piggott was raised in on a family farm in Northeast Iowa where his family taught him the value of hard work and dedication. He continued in this tradition by joining the United States Army Reserve in 1997. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003 with the 3 ...
Angela Young
Angela Young grew up in a small town in South Dakota surrounded by a large extended family. During her childhood she fell in love with naval military stories. These stories motivated her to join the Navy where she served honorably for four years. After co ...
Woodrow A. Roeback
Woodrow Anthony Roeback III served in the United States Army from 1983 to 2004. During his long and honorable career he held many jobs and leadership positions. Also during his career he completed two combat tours in Iraq and one tour in Kosovo. After ret ...
Hakki Gurkan
A Chicago Police Officer who served in the US Naval Reserves, Hakki Gurkan is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. While on his last deployment to Turkey, he learned his mother was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. The news not only devastated him ...
Angela McMillian-Orr
Angela McMillian-Orr served in the United States Navy as a Dental Technician. After completing her service she attended the University of Bridgeport where she received her Bachelors degree in Dental Hygiene. She is currently employed at a dental clinic at ...
Andrew Quamme
Andrew Quamme was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised on his family's dairy farm in Soldier's Grove, Wisconsin. Having learned the value of hard work during childhood, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served in its ranks five years. After h ...
Qiana S. Williams
Qiana S. Williams served eight years in the United States Army. After completing her service obligation she attended DeVry Technical Institute where she received a Bachelors Degree in Business Health Administration. Currently, she works at the Department ...
Sharran Chambers-Murphy
Sharran Chambers-Murphy served in the United States Army Reserves from 1987 until 1997 in numerous positions to include working as medical assistant, dental technician, administrative assistant, and retention Non Commissioned Officer. She served during Op ...
Sirius Apolos
Apolos Sirius joined the United States Army in 2006. During his time in service he continued his education and received an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Central Florida College. He is currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedo ...
Dorlisa Hamilton
Dorlisa Hamilton joined the United States Army in 1997. After completing her obligation she attended the University of Phoenix and received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Services. Tragedy struck her family and she became a widow andsole provider for her son ...
Christopher Lee Miles
Christopher Lee Miles grew up on a farm in southeastern Minnesota. He served four honorable years in the United States Navy. After completing his obligation he attended Bemidji State University and received a Bachelors Degree in English and Philosophy. He ...
Eric Proescher
Eric Proescher JOINED THE United States Navy a month after September 11th 2001. He initially worked with recruits in boot camp providing mental health support in an emergency psychiatric setting. He was then deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freed ...
Renee Peloquin
Renee Nicole Peloquin was born in Coeur d Alene, Idaho. She joined the Idaho Army National Guard at the age of 18 to serve her country and help to because of the possibility to further her education. In 2004 she had to leave school and deploy to Iraq in s ...
Emily Siefken
Emily Siefken is a 10 year military veteran of two wars in the Middle East (U.S. Navy) where she performed diverse duties such as CCTV operator, documentary filmmaker, electronics engineer and boot-camp instructor. An ardent supporter for servicemember's ...
Travis Singleton
Travis Singleton joined the United States Navy during his last year of college. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas and continued on to have a successful career in the Navy where he became a non-commissioned offi ...
Jamil Brown
Jamil Brown is the second oldest of 11 children to two loving parents who taught him the value of sacrifice and education. After high school he attended Emerson College from 1992 to 19996 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in film production. After ...
Susan Allmeroth
Susan Allmeroth was born and raised in rural Missouri. She enlisted in the United States Army in 1997 and medically discharged in 2001. After her discharge she attended Wayland Baptist University at Fort Richardson, Alaska and received a Bachelor of Scien ...
James Wooden
James Wooden is originally from Houston, TX. He joined the Army in 1996 as a Calvary Scout. He attended the University of Louisville and received a Bachelor of Arts and Science in 2003. He is married and the proud father of four children. He is currently ...
John McGinn
John McGinn is the youngest of three children born to parents (only one of which had a high school diploma) who instilled in me the need for higher education, a strong work ethic, and honorable service. After graduating from the University of Texas at Arl ...
Patricia Casey
Patricia Casey hails from North Carolina and was raised to understand the value of education. She joined the United States Army in 1978. After separating from the military she attended Miller-Motte Business Collge and received a diploma in General Secreta ...
Jacob Schneider
Jacob Schneider is a former member of the Coast Guard Honor Guard where he was given the distinguished award of Honor Guardsman of the Year. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, he now continues his career in f ...
Kenneth P. Zetye
Kenneth P. Zetye enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve after the attacks of 9/11/2001. After completing basic training he returned to college. He had to put his studies on hold because his reserve unit was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Fre ...
Farhaad Hamsayeh
Farhaad Hamsayeh served in the US Navy. For his dedication and competence he was awarded numerous medals of commendation. He has received both a Bachelor of Science Degree from Southern Illinois University and a Masters of Business Administration from Pep ...
Zachary Bonta
Zachary Bonta has always understood the importance of education and hard work. It was this understanding that allowed him to be the first person in his family to receive a college Degree. In 2007 he received a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Purdue U ...
Nvasekie Konneh
Nvasekie Konneh is a veteran of the US Navy. After 9 years of honorable service to his nation he left the Navy and enrolled into Union Institute & University in Vermont where he received a Bachelor Degree in General Studies. He currently wants to pursue a ...
Jermaine Salmon
Jermaine Salmon is currently a 2nd Lieutenant in the Florida National Guard. He served 8 years on active duty as an Infantryman where he achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant. During that time he was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
Gretchen Batterman
Gretchen (Taddy) Batterman served in the US Army from 1997 to 2006. While she enjoyed serving her nation in the military she has always had a passion to help those with mental health issues. It is this passion that allowed her to study and receive a Bac ...
Larry Watkins
Larry Watkins joined the United States Navy in 1972 as a hospital corpsman. After honorably completing his tour of duty he went Commercial Driver's License Program where he was licensed as a commercial truck driver. For this program he had to take out a s ...
Dallas Cunningham
Dallas Cunningham joined the United States Navy in 1992. After separating from the military he attended Gasden State Community College where he became a certified carpenter. After his time in the service he also became a minister and currently works with ...
Edward Bartt
Edward Bartt was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After completing high school he immediately joined the United States Marines in 1954. While serving in the military he held many jobs to include; scout observer, intelligence assistant, and in the Mar ...
Sandra Perry
Sandra Perry served in the United States Army form 1983 to 1987. After honorably completing her service obligation she received a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice at North Carolina Wesleyen College. In her continual pursuit of educational excellence s ...
Erik Mikos
Erik Mikos served in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005. During this time he was deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism. After leaving the military he went on to study at the University of Buffalo where he received a Bachelor of ...
Teresa Doyle-Gumucio
Sergeant First Class Doyle is currently serving in the National Guard. While honorably serving her nation she received a Bachelors of Science Degree in Human Services Management. She is currently attending the University of Phoenix for her Masters Degree ...
Brett Kinney
Brett Kinney joined the Army reserve during his third year of college. He was inspired by his younger brother who served in Iraq at the time with the 1st infantry division.
He received training and became a combat medic and a physical t ...
Victoria Tranthem
Victoria Tranthem served in the United States Army. During her honorable service she completed two tours with the Army Soldier Show, and served in Bosnia for Operation Joint Guard. After completing her tour of duty she attended the University of South Fl ...
Curt Hesse
From a very young age Curt Hesse knew two things for certain: that he wanted to serve in the military and that he wanted to be a lawyer. And at the age of twenty-eight, he accomplished both. Curt enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve in 2001 w ...
James Stansfield
Jame Stansfield serves in the United States Army National Guard. During his service he was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After serving his combat tour he went on to attend Luther College where he received a Bachelors Degree in L ...
Wynne Linden
Wynne C. (Helmig) Linden enlisted in the United States Air Force at the age of 17. During her honorable service she never lost focus on the importance of higher education and completed her Associates Degree in Telecommunications. After leaving the Air For ...
Arthur Hammond
Arthur Hammond served in the United States Army from 1969 until 1971 during Vietnam. Keeping with his Oklahoma roots he has always adhered to a strong work ethic and values that teach the importance of education. He attended Southeastern Oklahoma State U ...
Christy Walker
Christy Walker enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1986 to further her college education and serve her nation. Her career consisted of many awards and a war time deployment to Iraq for Operation Desert Storm. During her time in the Reserves she enrolled in a ...
Samuel Love Jr
Samuel Love Jr. served in the U.S. Army in 1981 as an Intelligence Analyst. After leaving the military he started his family and worked in several industries. Knowing the importance of education, he enrolled into Depaul University and received a Bachelors ...
Dan Linden
Dan Linden enlisted into the Air Force while he was still in High School. During his four year tour of duty, he traveled the world and enjoyed learning about other cultures. After completing his active duty contract he transferred into the Iowa Air Natio ...
Jonathan Rodriguez
Jonathan Rodriguez was born in Miami, Florida and is from a proud family of Colombian immigrants who taught him the values of hard work and perseverance in the face of adversity. So it was no surprise when he followed the advise of his uncle, who served i ...
Charity Hipkins-Robinson
Charity Hipkins-Robinson, non-commissioned officer, has been serving in the Illinois National guard since 1995. Understanding the value of education, she received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield and received a Masters Deg ...
Eric Blust
Eric Blust enlisted in the Army in 1999, and served in the 2nd Ranger Battalion and the 3rd infantry Division. During his time in the military he was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom also deployed to Kosovo. After separating honorabl ...
Jennifer Lascio
Jennifer Lascio graduated from Temple University in 1998 with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. After graduation, she became a legal secretary and took the Philadelphia Police exam and passed. Not wanting to wait to serve her nation as a police of ...
Stephanie A. Latham
Stephanie A. Latham joined the United States Navy in 1991. During her tour of duty she served her nation honorably receiving numerous awards and honors. Appreciating the value of education she received her Associates Degree. After leaving the military she ...
Joseph Morneau
Joseph Morneau joined the Navy shortly after September 11, 2001. He served as a dental officer in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, including a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2008, he was honorably discharged and began his life lo ...
TaQuoya M. Kennedy
TaQuoya Kennedy grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. At the age of 17 she joined the United States Air Force (USAF). She served her country for 8 years working in public affairs, then later in counterintelligence and federal investigations. She was stationed a ...
William Seo
William Seo emigrated to America from South Korea with his family at the age of 16. Valuing the educational opportunities that America has to offer, he went to school for medicine. During his studies he struggled to support my family after his father sudd ...
Justin Mulins
Justin Mullins learned the value of hard work and sacrifice from his humble upbringing in West Virginia. Wanting to honor the sacrifices of his parents, he enrolled into college after high school. During college he joined the the United States Army Reserv ...
Eric Napier
Eric Napier enlisted in the United States Army Reserve after September 11, 2001 while attending Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. While he appreciated the educational benefits that where offered to him, they did not cover the full cost of his edu ...
Loralyn Smith
Loralyn Smith joined the Untied States Air Force in 1999 where she served honorably for four years. After completing her tour she attended Florida State University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health. She is currently emplo ...
Delaina Conour
Delaina Conour enlisted in the Army in 2002 as a military police officer. Sadly, she was injured during training to the point that her condition prevented her from deploying with her unit to Iraq. Three weeks after her team deployed to Iraq they were al ...
Dameon Dunning
Dameon Dunning, from Indiana, joined the United States Navy when he turned 19 years of age. He was deployed to the Northern Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After honorably serving his country he decided to remain in California where h ...
Timothy Chapman
Timothy Chapman joined the United States Army as a Field Artillery officer. During his time in the military he served in South Korea and was deployed twice to Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Civil Affairs officer. While other officers in t ...
John Frias
John Frias served his nation as a United States Marine. During his service he was mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Knowing the value of education he attended Buffalo State College and received a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. Wan ...
Benita Eldridge
Benita Eldridge, from Buffalo, New York, is the third child of five children, born to a retired Cole Miner and a Registered Nurse. She joined the United States Air Force after completing high school and served for four years. After honorably completing h ...
David Keszei
David Keszei joined the United States Marine Corps in 1989 where he became a F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot. During his honorable service, he severely injured himself conducting high “G” maneuvers that ultimately damaged his back and neck. He was medical ...
William G. Mitchell New!
William G. Mitchell joined the United States Marine Corps after receiving his bachelors degree at Boston College. After the successful completion of his first tour of duty he went on to complete his Law Degree at Gonzaga University School of Law. During ...
Laura Stockman New!
Laura Stockman joined the United States Coast Guard to serve her nation and provide for her family. After honorably completing her tour of duty with the coast guard she continued her service to her nation as a police officer and as a fire fighter. Underst ...
Jon William New!
Jon Williams joined the Army National Guard to serve his nation. He was trained as a combat engineer and was deployed to Iraq in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. During his deployment he was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart award. While ...
