Operation Veteran Empowerment Update
“Real progress happens when organizations listen, innovate, and act together.” – Colonel (Ret.) Sam Whitehurst, Vice President, Programs & Services Recently, Dixon Center for Military
Dixon Center for Military & Veterans Services, Service Before Self, a podcast that tackles the evolving needs of veterans and their families, based on the belief that veterans can succeed in the community where they live.
Listen to Assisting Organizations and Communities Address the Evolving Needs of Veterans and their Families with Colonel Duncan Milne (USMC, Ret.), President, Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services. Colonel Milne has spent a lifetime leading and serving Marines and is now leading an organization that connects organizations and communities with existing programs and services that transform the lives of veterans and their families.
In this episode, your host, Retired Army Colonel Sam Whitehurst, Dixon Center Vice President of Programs & Services, and Colonel Milne, discuss Dixon Center’s approach to supporting veterans and their families in the communities where they live through Dixon Center’s network of private and public, civic, and community-based partners. They also share how the pandemic has accelerated the evolution of veterans’ needs, not diminished them.
This episode is also a moment of reflection; after over a year of dealing with the pandemic, it is now a great time to look back and see what Dixon Center’s leadership has learned and also to share Dixon Center’s goals for the future.
“Real progress happens when organizations listen, innovate, and act together.” – Colonel (Ret.) Sam Whitehurst, Vice President, Programs & Services Recently, Dixon Center for Military
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