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New Alpha 11 Veterans Logistics outlines outreach roundtables, honors support and definition of "veteran"
Summary
Lee Giddon of Alpha 11 Veterans Logistics described a new veterans organization that refers benefit inquiries to other service organizations, coordinates honors detachments for funerals, holds rapidly growing roundtables and explained how veteran status is typically determined (180 consecutive days or qualifying reserve service).
Lee Giddon, representing Alpha 11 Veterans Logistics, told the House Veterans and Military Development Committee that his new nonprofit focuses on connecting veterans to service organizations, arranging military honors through a local honors detachment and convening veteran-service roundtables that have grown from about 20 attendees to more than 70.
"Our mission is to help all veterans access the benefits they deserve," Giddon said, adding that Alpha 11 largely…
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