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The 806th is back home Patrick McCallister For Veteran voice

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Photo courtesy of the Florida National Guard, Thomas Kielbasa photographer 1st. Lt. Danial Harris is back home with his family. The Florida National Guard’s 806th Military Police Company returned home on Friday, Aug. 23. The company was on deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since November. The company is stationed in Fort Pierce. National Guard for 12 years. This was his second deployment to Afghanistan, too. There were big differences between the two deployments for him. Back in 2004,

he had a friend named Amy. “When I came home, we started dating,” Angulo said. When he got his boots back on Florida this time, Angulo’s wife

was waiting for him. “It was a big change for her,” he said. “Last time, we were just

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The Treasure Coast has been missing about a hundred faces since November. They’re home now with big smiles. On Friday, Aug. 23, the Florida National Guard’s 806th Military Police Company returned home from a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The company is stationed in Fort Pierce. It was the company’s second deployment to Afghanistan. It was also deployed in 2004 to 2005. Staff Sgt. Andres Moreira Jr. was in both deployments. He said deploying is something a soldier never starts liking. “One really never looks forward to going back,” he said. “For the most part, it was nerve-racking. You can do all the training in the world, but when you’re expecting the unexpected that’s very scary. Not knowing if you’ll come home the same way, in one piece, that’s very scary.” Moreira is back home just in time for his daughter, Autumn, to start high school. “Scaring off guys is what I’ll be doing,” he said. His son Alex is starting his last year of elementary school. The 33-year-old joined the guard back in 1998, shortly after high school. “I was in (Army Junior ROTC) in high school,” Moreira said. “Going through ROTC in high school, you tend to have a respect for the military.” Staff Sgt. Jose Angulo also lives in Port St. Lucie. He’s been in the

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Fort Pierce gets new VA digs Patrick McCallister For Veteran voice

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer The West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center celebrated their grand opening with a ceremonial ribbon cutting for St. Lucie County’s new Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Fort Pierce Friday, Aug. 23. From left: Charleen Szabo, Veteran’s Administration medical center director, Darin Rubin, chief of primary care, Congressman Patrick Murphy, Chris Dzadovsky, St. Lucie County Commissioner, and Linda Hudson, mayor of Fort Pierce, Kim Johnson, and St. Lucie County Commissioner, Jeffrey Lambert, national medical director for MedMark.

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Veterans in Fort Pierce have some new digs. On Friday, Aug. 23, the West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center had the grand opening for St. Lucie County’s new Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The clinic is at 1901 South 25th Street, suite 103. Dr. Darin Rubin, chief of primary care at the West Palm VAMC, said the new 9,100-square-foot facility will greatly improve many services to area veterans. “It increases our mental-health capacity significantly over our old facility,” he said. Fort Pierce’s old CBOC, 727 North U.S. Highway 1, was about 8,400 square feet. The VA used that facility for 15 years. Jeffrey Lambert is national medical director for MedMark, the company the VA contracts with to run the Fort Pierce CBOC. When Veteran Voice asked him how the new facility would improve area veterans’ medical services, he replied

4 • AUGUST 30, 2013 • VETERAN VOICE • THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE The Florida National Guard’s 806th Military Police Company returned home on Friday, Aug. 23. The company was on deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since November. The company is stationed in Fort Pierce.

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806TH from page 1 friends. This time she had to go through it in the front seat.” That made things different for him, too. “Last time, my parents took care of everything,” Angulo said. “This time, I had to get involved and worry about my wife, worry about

my house.” The 806 was overseeing detainees this time around. Last deployment, it provided force protection. “First deployment, we were protection for a civil affairs unit,” Moreira said. That took the company to Afghan villages last deployment. This time around, they didn’t

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have much interaction with locals. The 806 was designated an internment resettlement company in 2009. Moreira said most on the last deployment weren’t around last time. The biggest difference between the deployments for him? “Rank, age, and responsibility,” Moreira said.

Angulo said he dreaded separation from Amy this deployment, but he was looking forward to putting his training to practice. “I was excited, because I’m in a different part of my career and I’m leading troops,” he said.

See 806TH page 11 On Friday, Aug. 23, hundreds greeted the returning 806th Military Police Company, Fort Pierce. Some were well-wishing strangers. Others were parents, spouses and children. Staff Sgt. Andres Moreira Jr. said soldiers never get used to deployments.

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer From front to back, Shanna Morse tours Congressman Patrick Murphy along with Mary Ann Goodman, public affairs director for the West Palm Beach VA, and St. Lucie County commissioners Kim Johnson, and Chris Dzadovsky, staff member Denise Burns through the new Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Fort Pierce Friday, Aug. 23. The facility is located at 1901 South 25th St in Fort Pierce.

with a question. “Vietnam is one of the “Have you visited the old groups we’re targeting facility?” he said. to come to our clinics “We have much more room and medical centers.” here,” Lambert said. “The VA put much more equipment Dr. Darin Rubin here.” chief of primary care Mayor Linda Hudson said West Palm VAMC she’d visited the old location with family members receiving care. She said it had parking shortages and obvious signs of building aging. “I’m going to miss the old spot, but I know you will not miss the old spot,” she told veterans gathered for the grand opening. Rubin said the Fort Pierce CBOC has about 5,100 patients. It’s hovered around that number for a few years. Most are Vietnam-era veterans. He said the move helped the West Palm VAMC tailor equipment to the needs of that age group. “Vietnam is one of the groups we’re targeting to come to our clinics and medical centers,” Rubin said. To receive care at VA medical facilities, veterans must enroll. Those who served in the Vietnam-era are among the most difficult to convince to use VA care, according to many. The youngest Vietnam-era veterans are now in their late 50s. Most are in their 60s to early 70s. The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs, a state agency not affiliated with the federal one, estimates that Vietnam-era veterans are the largest group in the Sunshine State. Of Florida’s 1.6 million veterans, about 500,000 served during the Vietnam era. While the overall population of veterans is declining, Rubin said VA demographers predict the Treasure Coast will see a growing population of Vietnam-era veterans over the next decade. “This area up here, St. Lucie County, the VA projects will be an area of growth,” he said. One of the services expanded by the opening of the new, larger clinic is telehealth. Rubin said more St. Lucie patients will be able to visit with specialists at the West Palm VAMC, and from all over the country, without having to drive out of town. “It allows our veterans to get treatment in their own community,” he said. Mary Ann Goodman, public affairs officer, said more than 60,000 veterans live in the West Palm VAMC’s area — Palm Beach, Hendry, Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River counties. It has six CBOCs. In addition to Fort Pierce, there are VA outpatient clinics in Vero Beach, Stuart, Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Okeechobee. Among those at the open house was Congressman Patrick Murphy, FL-18. He told attendees that his district, which stretches from Fort Pierce southward to Palm Beach, is in the top 50 with veterans populations. “If there is anything you think the VA could be doing better, should be doing better, let us know,” he said. There are about 40 CBOCs in Florida.

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