Jason Mosel is a Network Engineer at Dartmouth College and a United States Marine Corp Veteran. Jason served as a TOW gunner from 2003-2007 completing three deployments including two to Iraq. Jason is an avid runner, homesteader, and veteran advocate. He started the Veteran Employee Resource Network at Dartmouth College in 2020 and continues to…
Cathy Turner is a health educator, yoga teacher, artist, and cofounder of The Restored Heart Collective, an organization supporting spouses of military and veterans. Much of Cathy’s work centers around connection by helping people feel less alone and more grounded in themselves, each other, and their communities. Through The Restored Heart Collective, she works alongside…
Misha Pemble-Belkin served nine years as an Army Paratrooper from 2006 through 2015. He successfully completed two combat tours to the Kunar Provence of Afghanistan with a total of 27 months spent in country. On his second tour he was injured and required a medical retirement from the service in 2015. Misha coordinates the Veteran…
Vietnam veteran Tristam Johnson will emcee the Brattleboro event.
Norman W. VanCor served in United States Marine Corps from 1968-1971. His service brought him to Viet Nam from 1968-1969, as a Radio Operator in the Third Marine Division, Third Recon Battalion, Quang Tri (most northerly base camp below DMZ). He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Cross of Gallantry (S. Vietnamese highest military…
Frank served in the US Army 1965-1986 as an infantry operations andintelligence specialist. He spent eleven years in Southeast Asia. Additionally hewas posted to two US Embassies, served in the 5th and 10th Special Forces, had atour as a drill sergeant, and was one of the few noncommissioned officers chosento attend the Army’s organizational effectiveness…
James Ehlers is a former naval officer and current chief of staff to Lt. Governor John Rodgers, as well as a VFW Member of Post 1767.
Michelle Caver, First Sergeant (ret.) served in the U.S. Army for 22 years in both the active and reserve components in combat service support roles. Her commitment to Army Values, Professional Development and Soldier Care led to several promotions with increased levels of responsibility. As a senior noncommissioned officer, she deployed with the 42nd Infantry…
Jon Turner served with the Marines between 2003-2007 and deployed to Haiti, Fallujah and Ramadi, Iraq. Since his discharge, he has traveled extensively and worked with various communities to assist in the veteran reintegration process from paper-making to outdoor recreation and farming. In 2014, Jon began to utilize the agricultural landscape as a classroom for…
After a period of service in the Air Force as a medic, Marty McMahon returned to academic studies in literature, language, and rhetoric, receiving an MA and an MLitt from Middlebury College. Marty has worked as a high school teacher, a chimney sweep, and a field technician in alternative energy (including working as a contractor…
Kyle Aines grew up in the small mountain town of Tinmouth, Vermont. He joined the army in 2003 and served two tours in Iraq as a combat medic. He graduated from Castleton with a degree in criminal justice before joining Community College of Vermont as CCV’s Associate Director of Veterans and Military Services. He now…