Vet Voice Foundation

ThinkProgress on Fort Ord A nice mention for Vet Voice Foundation in this article from ThinkProgress.
Veterans to Gather in Denver for 2012 Western Leaders Conference The Vet Voice Foundation will hold the 2012 Western Leaders Conference in Denver, Colorado, on the 21st and 22nd of January. As part of our ongoing mission to engage Veterans in their communities, we will be providing training to Veterans from Western States on how to become compelling spokespersons for issues that are important to our community. While this training is useful on a broad spectrum of Veterans issues, our conference will focus on the preservation of outdoor opportunities for Veterans and their families, an issue our foundation will be heavily involved with in the coming year. Our foundation became involved with environmental issues as part of our advocacy to proliferate domestic renewable energy technology in order to provide greater security for our nation. As we spoke to our nationwide grassroots network of Veterans, we heard stories of the importance of outdoor recreation to our communities and our families. Veterans served this great nation because of their love for it, including its natural beauty. When Veterans return home, they use these lands to reconnect with their families and gain peace from the stresses of combat. However, current legislation in Congress threatens both the funding to maintain these lands and seeks to sell many of them to the highest private bidder. Our conference will include a social event on the evening of January 21st where we will provide dinner and an opportunity to build camaraderie with fellow Vets who are also volunteering to further our mission. The following morning, we will begin with a breakfast address by our Chairman, Jon Soltz, who returned from a deployment to Iraq just last month. Following breakfast, our spokesperson training will commence and last until the afternoon. Lunch will be provided and will include an address from a representative of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition that seeks to prevent individuals on the FBI�s Terror Watch List from acquiring guns to commit terrorist attacks.
Salt Lake City's Deseret News Published Op-Ed from Our Veteran On Saturday, the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, published a great Op-Ed by Vet Voice Foundation member and veteran John Forsman.
Great Op-Ed in the Ventura County Star Op-ed from Veteran Vitali Mostovoj published in the Ventura County Star.