Hello and welcome to Episode 14 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward.   Today we sit down with District 27 Commander Ken King of the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign wars who shares his thoughts on the state of the VFW in Pennsylvania.  Ken is also a candidate for the High office of State Junior Vice Commander and gives us a window into his views and approach to leadership and his vision for leading Pennsylvania should he be elected State Commander.    ..read more

At the 2023 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Pennsylvania State Convention, Host John Otte catches up with VFW Commander-in-Chief Tim Borland for an in-depth interview on his command year.   Chief Borland, a 22-time Century Recruiter speaks on the importance of growing membership in the VFW and how each member can do their part in that mission.    In the second interview, John sits down with outgoing Pennsylvania State Commander Henry Manella to chat about the great things that happened the past year and the many successes the department has had including a banner year th ..read more

Welcome to Episode 10.    On Saint Patrick's Day 2023 host John Otte catches up with VFW Post 6393 Commander Kirk Saboda to learn of all of the incredible things this post has done to revitalize its post including the modernization of its facility, events and culture in an effort to attract new and more younger veterans and their families to the post.   This three phased modernization started with a thorough understanding of the needs and attitudes of younger veterans such as those from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.  Today these veterans' interests are focused on obtaining ..read more

Host John Otte sits down with the team of the Bucks County, PA Veterans Court Treatment program designed to assist veterans that have entered the criminal justice system.   Carolyn Debuque (Bucks County Veterans Court Advocate), Woody Hippel (Bucks County Veterans Court Coordinator) and Caitlin Dryden (Bucks County Assistant District Attorney) explain the benefits of this program to help rehabilitate those veterans entered into a deferred (or alternative) treatment program.  This program is focused on helping veterans successfully complete their court ordered treatment requirements w ..read more

Today on Episode 7 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward, we catch up with Jim Brown and Rich Cassey, Jr, Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Pennsylvania National Legislative Committee for the September 2022 update on the status of Veterans' legislation including passage of the recent PACT ACT and other important pending bills in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.  Jim and Rich are both headed to Washington D.C to meet with legislators on Capitol Hill to discuss bills such as H.R. 8736 (Governing Non Accredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act and H.R. 1282 (Major Richard ..read more

Watch the Trailer for the highlights of the upcoming Episode 7 of Pennsylvania Veterans Forward and the September 2022 Veterans Legislative Update ..read more

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!    ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 Jessic ..read more