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Mission Statement

This task force was created to examine issues affecting military-community relations and the health and well-being of service members, veterans and their families.

Among the issues to be covered: development near military installations; military-community partnerships to respond to mission change; veteran hiring and procurement preferences; mental health, substance abuse and family relationships facing returning veterans; and benefits for military personnel, veterans and their dependents.

NCSL Task Force On Military & Veterans Affairs
Co-Chair: Representative Marvin L. Abney, Rhode Island
Co-Chair: Senator Bryce E. Reeves, Virginia
Vice Chair: Senator Scott Kawasaki, Alaska
Vice Chair: Senator Stephan Pappas, Wyoming

NCSL Contacts: Brooke Oleen Tieperman (Denver)  Jim Reed (Denver)  Deanna Ross (D.C.)  Jennifer Schultz (Denver) 

Members by States

Alaska
Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative Laddie Shaw
Representative Will Stapp
Arizona
Senator Sonny Borrelli
Arkansas
Representative Karilyn Brown
Senator Ricky Hill
Senator Greg Leding
Representative Mark Perry
California
Senator Bob Archuleta
Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman
Colorado
Representative Richard Holtorf
Representative David Ortiz
Georgia
Senator Ed Harbison
Hawaii
Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante
Senator Glenn Wakai
Illinois
Representative Stephanie A. Kifowit
Representative Lance Yednock
Kentucky
Representative Matthew Koch
Senator Brandon Smith
Representative Walker Thomas
Senator Whitney Westerfield
Maryland
Delegate Mike Rogers
Massachusetts
Representative Jerald A. Parisella
Senator Michael F. Rush
Senator John C. Velis
Minnesota
Representative Jerry Newton
Montana
Representative Brad Barker
Senator Kenneth Bogner
Senator John Fuller
Nevada
Assemblymember Reuben D'Silva
Senator Pat Spearman
Assemblymember Clara Thomas
New Hampshire
Representative Michael Moffett
Representative Stephen Shurtleff
New Jersey
Assemblymember Joe Danielsen
Assemblymember Cleopatra G. Tucker
New Mexico
Representative Eliseo Lee Alcon
Senator Gregory A. Baca
Senator Harold Pope
North Carolina
Representative John R. Bell
Senator Michael A. Lazzara
North Dakota
Representative Lawrence R. Klemin
Representative Jeremy Olson
Ohio
Representative Adam C. Miller
Puerto Rico
President Jose L. Dalmau Santiago
Rhode Island
Representative Marvin L. Abney
Senator Walter S. Felag Jr.
South Dakota
Senator Larry P. Zikmund
Tennessee
Senator Richard Briggs
Utah
Representative Val L. Peterson
Vermont
Representative Lisa Hango
Representative Mary-Katherine Stone
Virginia
Senator Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Senator Bryce E. Reeves
Washington
Representative Mari Leavitt
Senator John Lovick
Representative Tina Orwall
West Virginia
Delegate Pat McGeehan
Delegate Doug Smith
Wyoming
Representative Bill Henderson
Senator Troy McKeown
Senator Stephan Pappas
Representative Clarence Styvar

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Task Force Meetings

Site Visits

The Citadelle of Quebec and the National Assembly of Quebec 
Quebec City
May 16, 2024 

U.S. Naval War College and Naval Station
Newport, R.I.
June 1, 2023

Naval Base Kitsap
Washington
May 2022

Marine Corps Base Hawaii and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Hawaii
October 2019
 
Pentagon
Arlington, Va.
Dec. 4, 2018
 
U.S. Navy SEAL Training Facility 
Coronado, Calif.
December 2017
 

Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque, N.M.
April 20, 2017

Marine Corps Base Quantico
Quantico, Va.
Dec. 7, 2015

Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Tacoma, Wash.
August 2, 2015

Buckley Air Force Base
Aurora, Colo.
June 4, 2015

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Anchorage, Alaska
May 29, 2014

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Md. 
Dec. 3, 2013

Fort Riley, Forbes Field & McConnell Air Force Base
Topeka, Kan.
Oct. 17-19, 2011

Luke Air Force Base
Glendale, Ariz.
Dec., 2010

Buckley Air Force Base
Aurora, Colo.
May 20, 2010

San Diego Naval Facility
San Diego
Dec. 9, 2009

Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Dec. 8, 2009

Fort A.P. Hill
Fredericksburg, Va.
June 8-9, 2009

Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Bethesda, Md.
April 24, 2009

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson, Ariz.
Jan. 30, 2009

Sponsors

Partners  

  • U.S. Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Integration Program (REPI)   

Sponsors

  • Amazon 
  • Bombardier 
  • Everytown for Gun Safety 
  • Maximus 
  • Nuclear Energy Institute  
  • Walmart 
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