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SERVICE TO COUNTRY IS A FAMILY TRADITION
by Mark Field, Publisher & Editor
Welcome to the fall issue of the ArizonA VeTerAnS
MAgAzine. it is with great honor that i present our fall
issue. Did you notice our new format We are now
trimmed, stapled and on higher grade paper with more
pages, more color and more copies. We are groWing.
We are also expanding our distribution to more areas all
over Arizona. Be a part of the revolution. i am proud of
many features of this magazine, including sections on
health, education, veteran entrepreneurs and veteran
art. There are also newsletters from MoAA, SeaBees, US
Vets, national guard, MAnA House, Joe Foss institute and Veterans Heritage
Project. We welcome many more veterans organization newsletters in future
issues. Let your veterans organization’s newsletter be read by 250,000 people
all over Arizona. Look for us to double that number next year.
The ArizonA VeTerAnS MAgAzine is distributed to over 1000 locations all over
Arizona. You can find them the VA Medical Centers and clinics, American Legion
posts, VFW posts, other veterans organizations, city, state & federal government
offices, police and fire stations, Luke AFB, national guard and reserve centers,
employment offices, military recruiters, defense contractors, senior communities
& senior centers, libraries & museums and hundreds of veteran-supportive
businesses. The Arizona Veterans Magazine is distributed to many locations
that provide a high number of readers such as: car dealers, hospitals, medical
offices, golf courses and barbers.
Look for the ArizonA VeTerAnS MAgAzine distributed at dozens of major events
such as: the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade, east Valley Veterans Parade, Marine
Corps Ball, navy Ball, Pat Tillman run, national guard Muster, Pearl Harbor
ceremony and many other veteran events.
We are proud that we have such a high pass along rate with this magazine.
Copies at many locations are read over and over again by veterans. Please pass
this copy to another veteran after you finish reading it. our goal is to reach every
veteran. one veteran told me that 20 of his family members enjoyed reading the
ArizonA VeTerAnS MAgAzine. You can always find
a copy online at www.azvetmag.com and please
follow us online and like us at
www.facebook.com/ArizonaVeteransMagazine.
This picture is of my grandfather, isadore
Bunim, in Belgium during World War ii. He was
an avid photographer and took many pictures of
his fellow servicemen in europe. i feel a closeness
to my grandfather from my publishing of the
Arizona Veterans Magazine. Thank you for that
experience and it inspires me to give back to
veterans and Arizona.
“For it is in giving that we receive.” ― Saint Francis of Assisi, 1181 - 1226
This issue of the ArizonA VeTerAnS MAgAzine is dedicated to the veterans that
served our country in memory and tribute to a family member who previously
served our country. Your service carries your entire family forward.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AZ NATIONAL GUARD MUSTER - 3
PUBLISHER’S LETTER - 4
AZ VETERAN HALL OF FAME - 6, 8
AZ NATIONAL GUARD - 10
VETERANS EVENTS - 13
IGNACIO SERVIN AT PELELIU - 15
GRUNTS BOOK REVIEW - 15
VETERAN EDUCATION - 17
WORLD WAR II VET GROUP - 18
HEALTH PAGES - 24, 26, 29, 30, 33, 35
DR. SISLEY & CANNABIS - 24, 26
RESTORE BRONZE - 21
ANIMAL PICTURES PAGE - 23
VETERAN ENTREPRENEUR - 39
MAX TAYLOR FEATURE - 40
VETERANS FIRST - 42
ART SLOANE’S VETERANS VOICE - 42
SEABEES NEWSLETTER - 44
FINANCIAL EDUCATION - 44
RESTAURANT REVIEWS - 46
BUCKEY O’NEILL - 47
PRESIDENTS MILITARY SERVICE - 48
ADMIRAL SYMONDS FEATURE - 48
VETERANS FIRST - 48
ANIMAL PICTURE PAGE - 50
SALLIE CARROLL TRIBUTE - 51
VETAD FEATURE - 51
DAN BURKE BIO - 51
LETTER FROM SEAN STEPHENS - 51
VETERAN ART - 52, 54, 55, 58, 59
SONNY BORRELLI HELPS VETERANS - 53
HOPI CODE TALKER CELEBRATION - 55
PROTECT SENIORS FROM FRAUD - 56
RUBEN GALLEGO AMERICAN DREAM - 56
THE ART OF JIM COVARRUBIAS - 57
RUBEN GALLEGO - 62
FINANCIAL FRAUD - 62
JOE FOSS NEWSLETTER - 63
COREY HARRIS & DAVID LUCIER - 64
THE STEVE COOPER STORY - 64
VETERANS HERITAGE PROJECT - 65
DAVE LUCIER ARTICLE - 65
SCAMMERS TARGET VETERANS - 65
RESTAURANT REVIEW - 66
USVETS NEWSLETTER - 69
SEABEES NEWSLETTER - 70 USVETS
VETERANS HERITAGE PROJECT - 72
LETTER TO GEORGE BUSH - 73
SAN TAN BASEBALL - 73
ADVERTISERS PAGES
SANDERSON FORD - 2
DOUG DUCEY - 5 DUCEY - 5
FRED DUVAL - 7
TERRY GODDARD - 9
FELECIA ROTELLINI - 11
KYRSTEN SINEMA - 12
GUIDANCE AVIATION - 14
AMERICAN MILITARY UNIV. - 16
MERITAGE HOMES - 19
COURTESY CHEVROLET - 20
JACK’S WAREHOUSE - 22
ARIZONA STATE PARKS - 25
CAMELBACK TOYOTA - 27
ARIZONA MOUNTAIN ESTATES - 28
DRIGGS TITLE - 28
CHIROPRACTIC CARE - 29
VA MEDICAL CENTER - 30
ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE - 30
FIRST LIGHT HOME CARE - 31
HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY - 32
THE ABILITY CENTER - 34
SANDRA KENNEDY - 36
DIAMOND JIM’S - 36
ROAD WARRIORS - 37
GOETTL AIR CONDITIONING - 38
VET TIX - 40
SALT RIVER PROJECT (SRP) - 40
SOUTHWEST TRUCK DRIVING - 41
MONTEREY AIR CONDITIONING - 41
LEO’S DASH & SEAT COVERS - 41
VETRAPLEX - 42, 53, 60
VA HOME LOANS - 44
MESA SWAP MART - 46
PATRIOT RADIO - 49
MORTGAGES - TIM KING - 50
PHOENIX TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL - 50
CLOUDBREAK COMMUNITIES - 54
GOT MEMORIES - 54
TONY GUAJARDO, ATTORNEY - 55
WOUNDED WARRIOR SOFTBALL - 59
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - 59
MORTGAGES - TIM KING - 50
WOUNDED WARRIOR SOFTBALL - 52
VETERANS AUTOMOTIVE - 60
REAL ESTATE - CINDA ROSE - 60
ANYTIME AUTO GLASS - 66
BARTLETT LAKE MARINA - 65
ROSEWOOD HOMES - 75
USAA - 76
ARIZONA VETERANS MAGAZINE READERS:
250,000+ — Printed magazine
110,000+ — Website visitors
25,000+ — Facebook followers
100,000+ — emailed magazine
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Thank you for coming out to our
Seabee meeting in March 2014 and
taking a group photo and featuring it
your ArizonA VeTerAnS MAgAzine. our
members are still talking about it 4
months later.
The new commander richard Allart
wanted 3 copies so that he could
attract a Seabee at his Bridge Club to
become a new member. The new Vice
Commander Stanley Pekarski sent a
copy back to new York to a VFW Post
he once commanded.
We gained 5 new members after
your ArizonA VeTerAn MAgAzine came
out for circulation in the spring.
i am saving copies for the winter
Seabee members who will receive one
upon their return in September.
not only was the photo a big hit,
the way you arranged it above the Air
Force photo added a special twist to
“Seabees; These guys Build Things”
That was a large meeting attendance
day for the navy Seabee Veterans of
America in the West Valley.
— John O’Brien Sec/Treas
Island X-5 West Valley AZ
UNITED STATES POPULATION
2014 — 313,914,040
ARIZONA POPULATION
2014 — 6,553,255
Estimated Arizona Population
in 2030 — 12.7 million
WORLD POPULATION
Year 1 — 200 million
1804 — 1 billion
1927 — 2 billion
1960 — 3 billion
1975 — 4 billion
1999 — 6 billion
2014 — 7.1 billion
Estimated World Population
in 2300 — 36.4 billion
Source: United Nations
USA population 316,128,839
Arizona population 6,626,624
Arizona Veteran population 660,000+
STATES WITH MOST VETERANS
California - 1,942,775
Texas - 1,689,759
Florida - 1,588,029
Pennsylvania - 1,035,566
New York - 983,844
Ohio - 943,046
Virginia - 827,810
Illinois - 803,964
Georgia - 778,282
North Carolina - 776,683
Michigan - 719,393
Arizona - 660,000+
Washington - 617,225
Tennessee - 533,833
Missouri - 521,526
Source: US Census Bureau
We are not human beings having a
spiritual experience. We are spiritual
beings having a human experience.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
True happiness cannot be found in
things that change and pass away.
Pleasure and pain alternate
inexorably. Happiness comes from the
Self and can be found in the Self only.
Find your real Self and all else will
come with it. — nisargadatta Maharaj
“If civilization is to survive, we must
cultivate the science of human
relationships — the ability of all
peoples, of all kinds, to live together,
in the same world at peace.”
— President Franklin D. roosevelt
Publisher & Editor
Mark Field, US Navy Veteran
MarkField@AZVetMag.com
Associate Editor & Graphic Design
Dana Sill, US Air Force Veteran
DanaSiIl@AZVetMag.com
Art Editor
Jim Covarrubias, US Army Veteran
jl.covarrubias@gmail.com
Health Advisor — Eddie Katz
Poet Laureate — Sarge Lintecum
Website Coordinator
Todd Bogert, US Navy Veteran
TBogert@macwinconsulting.com
Advertising Consultants
VETAD Advertising Agency
Lee Hanna, US Army Veteran
Len Combs, US Marine Corps Veteran
Dennis Sajdak, US Army Veteran
Marilyn Wilbur, US Air Force Veteran
Geronimo Campanile, US Army Veteran
Editorial Advisory Board
Joey Strickland, Rick Romley
Jim Covarrubias, Terry Araman
Art Sloane, David Lucier
Corey Harris, Joan Sisco
Brad Bridwell, Andy Dzurinko
CONTRIBUTORS
David Lucier, Terry Araman
Art Sloane, Betty Lou Field
Brad Bridwell, Tom Fenner
John Scott, Caitlan Cruz
Jim Covarrubias, Eddie Katz
Joan Sisco, Dr. Sue Sisley
Jerry Iannacci, Dr. Carol Henricks
General McGuire, Joe Brett
Corey Harris, Miranda Bollinger
Judy Crawford, Steve Weintraub
Rachel Gutierrez, Phil Riske
Ricardo Pereyda, Wes Parrell,
Dr. Timothy Marshall, Dr. Tina Buck,
Joe Pinella, Mary Vardi,
Crystal Reidy, Ashleigh Bryant,
Jerry Wojtas, Sean Stephens
Rep. Borrelli, Sen. Melvin,
Ruben Gallego, Felecia Rotellini
Austin Miles, Michael Focareto
Tomas Young, Rick Killion
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