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VA Puget Sound's Office of Public Affairs is on the ground for the demobilization of 3400 soldiers from the Washington State National Guard’s 81st Brigade Combat Team at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. From August 1 to August 8, Public Affairs Specialist Shane Suzuki will be posting updates on our Twitter account and on this page. See Shane's bio below.
If you are a family member, a friend or just someone who is interested in welcoming home our heroes, please check back frequently to find out what it’s like for a returning Guardmember to be back in the U.S. and how the VA is helping them after they return home.
There are two ways you can get updates on what's going on at Fort McCoy.
1. Follow the tweets from the VA Puget Sound Twitter account . Click the graphic below to check it out:
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Shane Suzuki, Fort McCoy de-mob blogger and tweeter
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Former Marine and current VA Puget Sound Public Affairs Specialist Shane Suzuki served in Iraq as a combat correspondent embedded with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. While his active-duty Marine days are behind him, he is still telling the stories of our service men and women while working for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Pacific Northwest. You can contact him at shane.suzuki@va.gov .
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2. Follow the live blog. This will be updated throughout each day that VA Puget Sound is on the ground at Fort McCoy. Click on the date below to the get the dispatches as they come in.
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