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HAV expansion of Heroes Veterans Program creates a need for additional team members. Can you join?

Our Heroes Veterans Program honors, recognizes, and supports our military veterans. We build camaraderie to help through our award-winning events and activities. We know that leaving the military is one of the most challenging life changes anyone can experience. It’s why we strive to help support our veterans through this transition by letting them know […]

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Honoring America’s Veterans Announces the 2023 Phoenix Veterans Day Parade Theme, seeks nominations for the Honor Our Heroes Program

News Release | For Immediate Release  For information contact: Paula Pedene, 480-772-2934; Paula@Pedene.com  Phoenix, AZ – When we realize that only one percent of our population currently serves in the military, and only nine percent are military veterans, it can give us room for pause as we think about our freedom. It’s partly why the Phoenix Veterans

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In honor of Jim Frost, a profile on Lex the Military Working Dog from the 2008 Phoenix Veterans Day Parade

Lex  the Military Working Dog Just a couple of weeks shy of his 21st birthday, Marine Corporal Dustin Jerome Lee was mortally wounded in a mortar attack in Fallujah, Iraq, in March 2007. Lee’s partner Lex, a Military Working Dog, who was also wounded, was at his side to comfort him. Medics had to drag

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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SERVICE MEMBER: The point of view from someone currently serving

Our veterans have the advantage of hindsight when it comes to looking back on their time in the military and what it meant. But what does serving mean to someone currently in the armed forces? Like many of our veterans can undoubtedly relate to, Nicola Balletto – an Arizonan who is now a Sergeant in

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MEET OUR MARSHALS: Business Community Grand Marshal Craig Opel

Lieutenant Colonel Craig Opel (USMC ret.), served 24 years in the United States Marine Corps, from 1976 to 2000. He entered the Naval Academy in 1972 as a midshipman and was commissioned a 2/LT USMC in June 1976. During his career he served in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces, Headquarters Marine Corps, Marine Barracks 8th &

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