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2023, Uncategorized

Meet Custer County’s New VSO Officer

by Fred Hernandez


“I am a veteran helping veterans. End of story.”
With that simple, yet firm statement the newly appointed Custer County Veteran Service Officer introduces himself and his mission. Dominic Edginton, twenty-two year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, an extensively trained specialist in various aspects of military medical services including dentistry and EMT operations, is eminently qualified to navigate the intricate labyrinth of the Veterans Benefits Administration. Continue reading Meet Custer County’s New VSO Officer →

2019

John Carroll: New Chief at local Veterans Office

by Fred Hernandez, Reporter

He hails from Bellingham, Washington, where he was born forty seven years ago. Right after high school John Carroll joined the Marine Corp. (Infantry) and served from 1994 to 1998 in his first go around. Following a short stint in private life he decided to re-enlist in the Army as a result of September 11, the modern version of “a day of infamy” to quote the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On this second round he served from 2001 to 2016 retiring as an E-7 Sergeant First Class after two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. Once out of the service he and his wife of seventeen years, Rae, decided they would do some travelling. They sold everything, bought a trailer and happily took to the open highway. After some time on the road, they decided they needed to have a “home base”. Continue reading John Carroll: New Chief at local Veterans Office →