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Phil Briggs | Eye On Veterans Preview

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Phil Briggs | Eye On Veterans Preview

Navy Veteran and Journalist Phil Briggs looks at life from the military veteran’s perspective With Eye On Veterans,  Every Sunday Morning from 6-7 on WGAN and you can catch all the podcasts at www.connectingvets.com 

This weekend and next week we’ll hear from the new Commander of the veteran service organization AMVETS, and an Air Force veteran running for Congress in Nevada.

Retired Air Force Major Sam Peters, served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Korea. Now he hopes to serve the people of Las Vegas in Congress.  We talked with him about:

  • Gen Mark Milley’s recent testimony before Congress. 
  • The trend of military leaders getting caught up in politics
  • How accountability seems rare

The effects this has on the veteran community. 

Navy veteran Greg Heun has just taken over as National Commander of the veteran service organization AMVETS.  We talked about:

  • His life 
  • The goals of AMVETS in 2021 and beyond,
  • Why you should not think of an AMVETS post as just another bar.

 

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