Bataan Chapter President Steph Patten is interviewed by Sue Wolinsky from the NM Veterans and Military Families Caucus. You can see the article under the Bataan Chapter News section.
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Veterans Town Hall Meeting held at the NM Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque, NM. Here is a report from President Penn Baker.

New Mexico’s US Representative Melanie Stansbury hosted a Veterans Town Hall meeting and included US Representative Mark Takano (CA-39), the ranking member of the Committee on Veterans Affairs. I had the opportunity to shown Representative Takano the Bataan Chapter “Inclusive Memorial” During the meeting I was able to ask the representative why there was such a disparity between the VA and how the DOD handled Transgender Veterans, his answer was that they were under different funding streams. A nice way of saying very POLITICAL!

We need to be keenly aware of how important this up coming election is. As we get closer to the election there will be many town halls near each of us. I ask each and everyone to attend the town halls geared towards veterans and active duty service members and hold our elected officials feet in the fire. We vote and they need to know it.

Ever Vigilant
Penn Baker Veteran USN
AVER National President
AVER National Transgender Liaison
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Bataan Chapter holds it’s 15th annual End of Summer Pool and BBQ Party on August 14th. It was well attended by both chapter members, supporters of the chapter and friends. Lots of food, good conversations and great friends.