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VFW urges county to bolster veterans service office; board to draft job description, letters to state
Summary
The VFW’s District 1 commander asked the board to add staffing and fix contact information for the county veteran service office; speakers pushed for state action to implement Elizabeth Dole Act funds and to relocate state VSOs off military bases for local access. The board agreed to prepare job descriptions and pursue letters/resolution.
Rick Arbogast, District 1 commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars speaking on behalf of multiple posts, told the board that Harrison County has the largest veteran population in Mississippi but only one employee in the county veteran service office and asked the board to consider hiring additional help and to correct outdated online contact information.
Arbogast and other…
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