VA to Host Veteran Town Halls in Mohawk, Hancock, and Bruce Crossing

IRON MOUNTAIN – Veterans and their families are invited to Veteran Town Halls being hosted in the region by the Oscar G. Johnson September 5 and 6, 2017.  Veteran Town Halls will be held on Tuesday, September 5, at 2 p.m. in Mohawk at American Legion Post 230, located at 122 Stanton Avenue, and at 6 p.m. in Hancock at American Legion Post 186, located at 1308 Quincy Street.  On Wednesday, September 6, a town hall will be held at 10 a.m. in Bruce Crossing at VFW Post 9345, located at 14939 M-28 E.

Leaders from the VA Medical Center, Escanaba Vet Center, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, and County Veteran Service Officers will be on hand to provide a presentation on VA services, discuss initiatives to increase access to VA healthcare, answer questions, and listen to Veterans’ comments and concerns.

There will also be a presentation of Vietnam War 50^th Commemoration Pins to Vietnam Era Veterans who served from November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975.

“We have done a number of these Veteran Town Halls and found them to be very beneficial in our understanding of Veterans’ concerns and helping them to resolve any issues they may have,” said Brad Nelson, Public Affairs Officer at the Iron Mountain-based VA Medical Center.

In the last five years the VA medical center has conducted forty-eight Veteran Town Halls throughout the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin.

Any questions can be directed to VA Public Affairs Officer Brad Nelson at 800-215-8262, extension 32001, or your local County Veteran Service Office.