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County Executive Marc Elrich and Montgomery County Veterans Logo: Montgomery County Thanks Our Veterans and Their Families - Honor Their Service - Strengthen Our Community

Welcome to the Montgomery County's Veterans' Affairs Homepage
Please take advantage of the many time-saving online options we have made available for you. I hope the information contained herein is useful in accessing our many services and programs for Veterans. I invite you to share these links with others to ensure that all Veterans and their families have the opportunity to obtain the support they deserve. Please e-mail me with any questions or suggestions you might have. Thanks for visiting our website and - even more - thank you for your service to America.
Signature: March Elrich
Marc Elrich, County Executive
ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov

The Montgomery County, MD Commission on Veterans Affairs wants you to know that we are here to support you. If you need any support, we have resources for you (Silver Spring Vet Center, VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Gaithersburg, Serving Together, Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals Foundation, EveryMind, Montgomery County Crisis Center and others). All of us on the Commission have friends, family, and colleagues who served in Afghanistan or know someone whose life was irrevocably changed by their time or their family/friend member's time there. We pay special tribute to the Blue Star and Gold Star families.

Like most in our community, we have followed the fall of Afghanistan this past week with concern and grief. We grieve for those Americans who have lost so much, for our allies in Afghanistan, and for those who face impending human rights atrocities. In the wake of so much tragic recent news, from the rise in deaths due to the Delta variant, to the loss of life in Haiti, to the recent deaths by suicide of our Capital Police Officers, and our troops, we are experiencing heightened anxiety and trauma. If you need to talk, please reach out and you can find resources in the Commission's Veterans Network Directory - Behavioral Health, Counseling & Wellness Supports .

Wayne Miller, LCSW
Chair

Dr. Robert Koffman, MD, MPH
Vice Chair

Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs

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Montgomery County Vietnam Veteran Memorial Dedication

“Welcome Home” is a greeting offered to those returning from war that is popular among our Vietnam Veterans because their welcome home was less heartfelt than that offered Veterans from other wars. It continues to be a saying used with a handshake or embrace offered to brothers and sisters that served in Vietnam. The Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs was established by County Executive Isiah Leggett in 2008. The Commission on Veterans Affairs advocated to create a memorial in Montgomery County to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in defense of our country during Vietnam. Read more about the history of the Montgomery County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam Memorial Dedication - County Cable Montgomery (Video)

The Vietnam War lasted more than 17 years, ending in 1975. On May 21st, 2018, more than forty years later, Montgomery County Maryland paid homage to those residents who never came home from that war with a special ceremony. Susan Kenedy has the story.