Pennsylvania Veterans Forward

Join us for Episode 5 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward as we broadcast from the 2022 VFW National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.   We catch up with Rick McKenna, National Deputy Director of Membership.    Rick gives us his thoughts on being a member of the VFW and how the membership team can help posts, districts and departments succeed with tips, tricks and resources to have a successful membership year.   We hope you will check out our episode and thank you for watching and listening!   

Please join us for Episode 4 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward when we interview Brian Pultro, U.S. Navy veteran and behaviors finance expert as he talks about the critically important issue of veterans financial planning.  Brian explains the key best practices to identifying and engaging a financial planner especially one that knows the challenges and struggles veterans encounter when addressing the issue of finance and planning for their futures.   We hope you find this content valuable and informative.

Please join us for Episode 3 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward with fresh interviews of Mary Jean Mastridge (Senior Vice President) and Pam Sopher (Immediate Past Department President) of the PA VFW Auxiliary.   Come and listen to all of the great things that the VFW Auxiliary is doing across the state of PA to support veterans and find out if you are eligible to be part of an organization that provides unwavering support for uncommon heroes!

Join host John Otte on Pennsylvania Veterans Forward from the 2022 Pennsylvania VFW State Convention with highlights and interviews from members and officers from the Department of PA during the convention week.   Outgoing State Commander Nathaniel Smith and Incoming Commander Henry Mannella are among the special interviews of this episode.   Also in this episode we are joined by Brian Armstrong and Wally Paciorkowski (VFW Riders Group), State Legislative Chairman Jim Brown, State Auxiliary President Valerie DeCorte, District 30 Commander Melody Price and District 29 Commander Jessica King.

Our inaugural show launch on Memorial Day 2022 broadcasting live from Willow Creek Brewing Company in West Reading, PA.     Author Susan Snyder shares with us her new book entitled "Off to be a solider with a daily letter to my wife".     This book is dedicated to her late father in law Luke Snyder, a World War II veteran that wrote a letter every single day to his wife while fighting overseas in WW II.   Also, Veteran and Brewmeister Mark Camlin shares his recent experience collaborating with over 20 other breweries in PA to raise money for Keystone Military Families, the largest military only food larder in PA.  Come Join your Host John Otte and Special Guest Host Jim Manser to kickoff and celebrate Pennsylvania Veterans Forward!