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February 4, 2019

A Life Dedicated to Helping Veterans Rooted in Surviving a Grenade Attack 50 Years Earlier

Combat Veteran; Survivor's Guilt; Veterans Helping Veterans

Last week, I celebrated the 50th anniversary of a hand grenade blowing up a few feet behind me. That was normally 100 percent fatal. The blast lifted me off the ground and planted me face-first. I couldn’t move. I was near the Cambodian border, and my guys called in a medevac helicopter. They flew me to Saigon at […]

January 7, 2019

Ron Greenwood: Gold Coast Veterans Foundation Continues Its Quest to Help Ventura County’s Military

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation; helping veterans; assisting veterans; Ventura County veterans

My wife, Lisa, and I recently celebrated our 30th anniversary of service to veterans. As business and tax attorneys in San Francisco in 1989, we started providing pro-bono legal services to a fledgling movement to dedicate a small percentage of government contracts to businesses owned by service-disabled veterans who had bravely served our country. We […]

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December 3, 2018

Ron Greenwood: ‘Tis the Season to Remember our Veterans

December is the season of giving. To those who much has been given, much is expected. We celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the holidays with family and friends. This is the time of year when we reflect on how grateful we are for the blessings bestowed upon our families. We are also grateful to be living in […]

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November 5, 2018

JC Oberst: Veterans Courtroom Will Be Named for Former Judge Colleen Toy White

Colleen Toy White Ventura County Veterans Court

The Ventura County Veterans Treatment Court recognition ceremony will be special, not only for the veterans who successfully completed the program but also for the judge who played a crucial role in standing up this treatment court. Courtroom 22 will be named the Colleen Toy White Courtroom during the graduation ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Nov. […]

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October 1, 2018

JC Oberst: Veterans Advised to Use Their Educational Benefits Wisely

Coronavirus GI Bill; Transferring GI Bill Benefits; Veterans Benefits and Transition Act; Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act

One of the most coveted benefits service members earn for serving in today’s military is the Post 9/11 GI Bill educational benefits. The educational benefits were extended in the Forever GI Bill that went into effect in 2017 for veterans who left the military after Jan. 1, 2013. The bill removed the time limit on using […]

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September 4, 2018

Labor Day Is a Good Time to Remember the Hard Work of Nonprofits

Happy Labor Day. The holiday day originated from the labor movement in the late 1800s designed to reduce workers’ hours. The holiday evolved into a tribute to workers and their contribution to our country’s strength. Today, Labor Day is more or less a holiday that marks the end of summer and a weekend to find discounts […]

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August 6, 2018

JC Oberst: Ventura Veteran’s Service to Country and Community Honored by Limón

Assemblywoman Monique Limón, who represents the 37th Assembly District, has named Tammy Bender as her district 2018 Veteran of the Year. The honor is bestowed annually by the state Assembly to veterans who have displayed exemplary service to both their country and community. Bender is a native of Ventura who is loved by Ventura County’s veterans […]

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July 2, 2018

JC Oberst: Veterans Are Honored for Their Service

The California Assembly recognized its 2018 Veterans of the Year on June 20 in Sacramento. Mike McManus was selected by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin for District 44. Tammy Bender was selected as Veteran of the Year by Assemblywoman Monique Limón for District 37. Congratulations, Mike and Tammy on your service and recognition as 2018 Veterans of the […]

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June 4, 2018

JC Oberst: Two Exhibits Honoring Veterans Come to Ventura County This Month

The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Ventura County Government Center in Ventura will be the site of two traveling veteran memorials this month. The first is “The Moving Wall.” The Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County will host this half-size replica of the Washington, D.C., version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. This will be the seventh time in the past 33 […]

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May 7, 2018

JC Oberst: This Month, We Pause to Honor our Military

This month’s Bravo Zulu goes to our men and women in the military defending our nation. May is Military Appreciation Month. The military is in our backyard at Naval Base Ventura County. According to the base website, there are about 80 commands with a base population of more than 19,000 personnel. Commands that work on the base encompass […]