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VFW Post 1503 Opens Its Doors to Help Ease PTSD
Posted at 01:31 PM on Friday, July 17, 2009 by VFW Posts: Virginia
Recently, participants of the PTSD Program at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va., dropped in on VFW Post 1503 in Dale City on their way home from visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. They met many Post members and had a great time sharing lunch and swapping stories about their days in the service. John Benesek, unit director and clinical psychologist said, "Trips like Tuesday’s are therapeutic simply because they are with other veterans." According to Benesek, most of these veterans will not go to a Post with family and often feel anxious in large crowds. However, it seems that having other veterans around makes it a more relaxed and pleasurable experience.
This isn’t the first time Post 1503 has welcomed the PTSD unit. Last year, the unit took a trip to Arlington National Cemetery and stopped by the Post for a bite to eat. Last month, the Post got word that the PTSD unit was coming through town again, and of course, was pleased to welcome the group with open arms.
….Post 1503 makes frequent trips to the neighboring McGuire’s PTSD and spinal cord units. In fact, Mike Lowe, Post commander, estimates that they visited more than@20 times in the past year. Post members and officers come loaded with supplies like mouthwash and shampoo for the patients. They even provide entertainment.
Lowe said, "Our job is to get them laughing, get them talking
VFW VA Post Directory: by City & Town
Posted at 11:34 PM on Saturday, September 6, 2008 by VFW Posts: Virginia
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| Post | Name | City |
| VFW Post 1994 | Abingdon Memorial Post | Abingdon |
| VFW Post 609 | Russell Mitchell Post | Alexandria |
| VFW Post 4165 | Morris-Dillard Post | Altavista |
| VFW Post 8759 | Amelia County Post | Amelia Court Hse |
| VFW Post 9877 | Amherst County Post | Amherst |
| VFW Post 9855 | Appomattox Post | Appomattox |
| VFW Post 3150 | John Lyon Post | Arlington |
| VFW Post 9501 | Central Garage Post | Aylett |
| VFW Post 2157 | Peaks of Otter Post | Bedford |
| VFW Post 9760 | Clarke County Memorial Post | Berryville |
| VFW Post 5715 | John Fox Jr. Post | Big Stone Gap |
| VFW Post 7897 | Blackstone Post | Blackstone |
| VFW Post 7969 | Bland County Memorial Post | Bland |
| VFW Post 9696 | Bluefield Memorial Post | Bluefield |
| VFW Post 10295 | Bowling Green Post | Bowling Green |
| VFW Post 8644 | Myers-Hodges Post | Bridgewater |
| VFW Post 6975 | Patton-Crosswhite Post | Bristol |
| VFW Post 9660 | Chimney Rock Post | Broadway |
| VFW Post 8599 | Brookneal Post | Brookneal |
| VFW Post 5895 | Ricky W. Sink Post | Buchanan |
| VFW Post 8446 | Buckingham County Post | Buckingham |
| VFW Post 4805 | Buena Vista Post | Buena Vista |
| VFW Post 5412 | Burke Post | Burke |
| VFW Post 1827 | John C. Culin Post | Charlottesville |
| VFW Post 8228 | Johnny Wilmouth Post | Chase City |
| VFW Post 2894 | Chesapeake Post | Chesapeake |
| VFW Post 2163 | Chesterfield County Post | Chesterfield |
| VFW Post 8629 | Chincoteague Memorial Post | Chincoteague |
| VFW Post 5311 | Leonard E. Mc Coy Post | Christiansburg |
| VFW Post 8163 | Roanoke River Post | Clarksville |
| VFW Post 4299 | Burnside-Carpenter Post | Clifton Forge |
| VFW Post 8979 | Dickenson Memorial Post | Clintwood |
| VFW Post 8652 | Mountain Empire Post | Coeburn |
| VFW Post 10574 | William I Cooper Memorial Post | Colonial Beach |
| VFW Post 2239 | Robert E. Lee Post | Colonial Heights |
| VFW Post 1033 | Curtis A. Smith 116th Infantry Post | Covington |
| VFW Post 9480 | Craigsville Post | Craigsville |
| VFW Post 7819 | Gold Star Memorial Post | Crewe |
| VFW Post 452 | Crimora-Dooms Post | Crimora |
| VFW Post 2584 | Paige-Spraggs-Watson Post | Cullen |
| VFW Post 2524 | Burton-Hammond Post | Culpeper |
| VFW Post 1503 | General Lewis B."Chesty" Puller Post | Dale City |
| VFW Post 9830 | Damascus Memorial Post | Damascus |
| VFW Post 956 | Worley-Penland Post | Dante |
| VFW Post 647 | Ballard Pruitt Post | Danville |
| VFW Post 3060 | Dula Byerly Post | Deerfield |
| VFW Post 6002 | Denbigh Post | Denbigh |
| VFW Post 3125 | John Robert Beverly Jr. Memorial Post | Doswell |
| VFW Post 2044 | Champ J. Lawson Jr. | Earlysville |
| VFW Post 2447 | Massanutten Post | Edinburg |
| VFW Post 9292 | Gooden Brothers Post | Elkton |
| VFW Post 4920 | Elliston-Shawsville | Elliston |
| VFW Post 5371 | Emporia Post | Emporia |
| VFW Post 10310 | Gibson Station Post | Ewing |
| VFW Post 4856 | Eastern Shore Post | Exmore |
| VFW Post 8469 | Blue and Gray Post | Fairfax Station |
| VFW Post 9274 | Martin-Leppert-Sipes Post | Falls Church |
| VFW Post 7059 | Thomas Hardy Graham Post | Farmville |
| VFW Post 7854 | Floyd County Post | Floyd |
| VFW Post 2613 | Columbia Post | Fork Union |
| VFW Post 4411 | Franklin Post | Franklin |
| VFW Post 3103 | Fredericksburg Post | Fredericksburg |
| VFW Post 1860 | Col. Samuel R. Millar Post | Front Royal |
| VFW Post 7568 | Galax Post | Galax |
| VFW Post 10611 | Gate City Post | Gate City |
| VFW Post 7578 | Glasgow Post | Glasgow |
| VFW Post 10657 | Glen Allen Post | Glen Allen |
| VFW Post 8252 | Francis J. Mellar Jr. | Gloucester |
| VFW Post 8617 | Goochland County Post | Goochland |
| VFW Post 7638 | Nathaniel Gordon Post | Gordonsville |
| VFW Post 10773 | Millboro-Goshen Post | Goshen |
| VFW Post 824 | Douglas W. Hogge/Alenn M. Tate Memorial Post | Grafton |
| VFW Post 873 | Gretna Post | Gretna |
| VFW Post 4698 | Grottoes Post | Grottoes |
| VFW Post 7360 | Childs-Gentry Post | Grundy |
| VFW Post 8243 | Halifax County Post | Halifax |
| VFW Post 5500 | William T. Allen Memorial Post | Hampton |
| VFW Post 632 | Rion-Bowman Post | Harrisonburg |
| VFW Post 3782 | Onsby Rose Post | Haysi |
| VFW Post 2820 | United Henry County Post | Henry |
| VFW Post 1115 | Grover King Post | Hillsville |
| VFW Post 9343 | Honaker Memorial Post | Honaker |
| VFW Post 637 | Jacob J. Pearson Post | Hopewell |
| VFW Post 4204 | Coleman-Brinkley Post | Hot Springs |
| VFW Post 7726 | Grayson Post | Independence |
| VFW Post 8902 | Charlotte County Post | Keysville |
| VFW Post 8048 | Brunswick County Post | Lawrenceville |
| VFW Post 9864 | Lebanon Post | Lebanon |
| VFW Post 1177 | Loudoun County Post | Leesburg |
| VFW Post 1499 | Shenandoah Valley Post | Lexington |
| VFW Post 8815 | Gunston Hall Post | Lorton |
| VFW Post 8947 | Louisa County Post | Louisa |
| VFW Post 7701 | Withers-Hughes Post | Lovingston |
| VFW Post 621 | Comer-Jones Post | Luray |
| VFW Post 8184 | Lynchburg Post | Lynchburg |
| VFW Post 8479 | Lyndhurst-Sherando Post | Lyndhurst |
| VFW Post 472 | Madison Memorial Post | Madison |
| VFW Post 7589 | Francis Cannon Post | Manassas |
| VFW Post 1811 | Manassas Park Post | Manassas Park |
| VFW Post 4667 | Francis Marion Post | Marion |
| VFW Post 4637 | Ford Post | Martinsville |
| VFW Post 8241 | Mc Lean Post | Mc Lean |
| VFW Post 8467 | Meadows of Dan Post | Meadows of Dan |
| VFW Post 9808 | Battlefield Post | Mechanicsville |
| VFW Post 1426 | Midlothian Post | Midlothian |
| VFW Post 4989 | Highland County Post | Monterey |
| VFW Post 3136 | Collins-Hughes Post | Mount Solon |
| VFW Post 6000 | Poff-Cunningham Post | Narrows |
| VFW Post 4491 | Craig Valley Post | New Castle |
| VFW Post 176 | Wilkins-Edwards Post | Newport News |
| VFW Post 3160 | Ocean View Post | Norfolk |
| VFW Post 4809 | Tidewater Post | Norfolk |
| VFW Post 8046 | Homer I Bland Post | Norge |
| VFW Post 4301 | Norton Post | Norton |
| VFW Post 5313 | Nottoway County Post | Nottoway |
| VFW Post 2217 | James Madison Post | Orange |
| VFW Post 10298 | Lee County Memorial Post | Pennington Gap |
| VFW Post 10387 | Albert Lee Mills Post | Petersburg |
| VFW Post 622 | Mc Nair-Trueheart Post | Petersburg |
| VFW Post 3219 | Craigs-Mc Cue Post | Phoebus |
| VFW Post 993 | Harold Treakle Memorial Post | Portsmouth |
| VFW Post 9600 | Christopher Gist Post | Pound |
| VFW Post 10570 | Powhatan Post | Powhatan |
| VFW Post 1184 | Old Dominion Post | Pulaski |
| VFW Post 4468 | Loudoun Valley Post | Purcellville |
| VFW Post 776 | Radford-Montgomery Post | Radford |
| VFW Post 7728 | Southern Fauquier Post | Remington |
| VFW Post 9640 | Casey-Shortt Post | Richlands |
| VFW Post 10654 | Arthur Williams Memorial Post | Richmond |
| VFW Post 6364 | Richmond Post | Richmond |
| VFW Post 9224 | Clemenceau-Mc Adoo-Givings Post | Richmond |
| VFW Post 6130 | Ridgeway Post | Ridgeway |
| VFW Post 1264 | Irvin L. Manning Post | Roanoke |
| VFW Post 1444 | Dunbar Post | Roanoke |
| VFW Post 484 | Blue Ridge Post | Roanoke |
| VFW Post 10840 | Obie D. Minter Memorial Post | Rocky Mount |
| VFW Post 9805 | Rustburg Post | Rustburg |
| VFW Post 4318 | Darden C. Harmon Post | Salem |
| VFW Post 7328 | Hardy Roberts Post | Saltville |
| VFW Post 8529 | Major Thomas E. Benson Post | Sandston |
| VFW Post 8169 | Scottsville Post | Scottsville |
| VFW Post 8613 | Avis O. Comer Post | Shenandoah |
| VFW Post 8545 | Smithfield Post | Smithfield |
| VFW Post 7166 | South Hill-La Crosse Post | South Hill |
| VFW Post 1150 | Rappahannock County Post | Sperryville |
| VFW Post 10546 | Spotsylvania Post | Spotsylvania |
| VFW Post 7327 | Springfield Post | Springfield |
| VFW Post 8208 | Golden Horse Shoe Post | Stanardsville |
| VFW Post 15048 | Member-At-Large | Staunton |
| VFW Post 2216 | Augusta-Staunton Post | Staunton |
| VFW Post 7814 | Thomas-Fields Post | Staunton |
| VFW Post 8279 | Steeles Tavern Post | Steeles Tavern |
| VFW Post 9478 | Sterling Post | Sterling |
| VFW Post 7800 | Patrick County Post | Stuart |
| VFW Post 9339 | Stuarts Draft Post | Stuarts Draft |
| VFW Post 2582 | Joe Bagley Post | Suffolk |
| VFW Post 9382 | Richard T Shea Jr Memorial Post | Suffolk |
| VFW Post 9358 | Tangier Island Post | Tangier |
| VFW Post 2296 | Accomack Post | Tasley |
| VFW Post 7136 | Barns-Beavers Post | Tazewell |
| VFW Post 1841 | Lord Botetourt Post | Troutville |
| VFW Post 10826 | Verona Post | Verona |
| VFW Post 9954 | Lunenburg County Post | Victoria |
| VFW Post 4522 | Vinton Post | Vinton |
| VFW Post 1211 | Back Bay Post | Virginia Beach |
| VFW Post 392 | General Mac Arthur Memorial Post | Virginia Beach |
| VFW Post 9835 | Robert E. Laing Memorial Post | Warrenton |
| VFW Post 7167 | Northern Neck Post | Warsaw |
| VFW Post 2424 | Waynesboro Post | Waynesboro |
| VFW Post 8356 | Melvin Rosson Post | West Point |
| VFW Post 4639 | Blacknall-Chess Post | Williamsburg |
| VFW Post 2123 | Winchester Post | Winchester |
| VFW Post 6044 | Davis-Williams Post | Winchester |
| VFW Post 7916 | Hawkins-Reeve Post | Woodbridge |
| VFW Post 2719 | Wythe Post | Wytheville |
| VFW Post 8436 | Douglas Hall Kirby Post | Yancey Mills |
| VFW Post 960 | Yorktown Post | Yorktown |







