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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