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State of Virginia County Veteran Service Officers
If you are a veteran in Virginia and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, contact a Veteran Service Officer near you for help in filing a VA claim. These professionals know their way around the VA system and can assist veterans and their families in a number of ways
Accomac |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
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| Accomac Northampton | Wendy Ainsworth | 23367 Front Street Accomac, VA 2330 |
(757) 787-5862 FAX: (757) 787-5996 |
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| Accomac 23367 Front Street |
8:30 - 4:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |
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| Chincoteague Chincoteague Town Municipal Center 6155 Community Drive |
9:00 – 1:00 Third Wednesday |
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| Eastville Department of Social Services 5265 The Hornes |
9:00 – 1:00 Second Wednesday |
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| Onley Virginia Employment Commission Office Chesapeake Shopping Center 25036 Lankford Highway |
9:00 – 1:00 Fourth Wednesday |
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| Pocomoke, MD Pocomoke City Hall 101 Clark Avenue |
9:00 – 1:00 First & Fifth Wednesdays |
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Alexandria |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Arlington and Cities of: Alexandria Fairfax The Pentagon Fort Belvoir |
Robert White | 5520 Cherokee Avenue Alexandria, VA 22312 |
(703) 813-1374 FAX: (703) 813-1301 |
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| Alexandria 5520 Cherokee Avenue |
8:30 – 3:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday |
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| Alexandria (Vet Center) 8796 Sacramento Drive |
8:30 – 3:30 Wednesday, Friday |
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Amelia |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Amelia Chesterfield Cumberland Dinwiddie Essex Goochland Hanover Henrico King and Queen King William Lancaster New Kent Northumberland Middlesex Powhatan Prince George Richmond Surry and Cities of: Colonial Heights Hopewell Petersburg Richmond |
Sandi Cipriani | Virginia Veterans Cemetery at Amelia 10300 Pridesville Road Amelia, VA |
(804) 356-3955 FAX: ((804) 561-1455 |
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| Amelia 10300 Pridesville Road |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday 8:00 – 10:30 Friday |
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| Richmond Vet Center 4902 Fitzhugh Avenue |
9:00 – 1:00 Tuesday 12:00 – 4:30 Friday |
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| Richmond 900 E. Main Street |
2:00 – 4:30 Tuesday 8:00 – 4:30 Wednesday |
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| Ashland Health Department 13212 Washington Highway |
9:00 – 12:00 First Thursday |
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| Saluda 170 Oaks Landing Road |
10:00 – 2:30 Second Thursday |
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| Warsaw 14234 History Land Road |
10:00 – 2:30 Third Thursday |
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| Powhatan 2270 Mann Road |
9:00 – 3:00 Fourth Thursday |
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Big Stone Gap |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Dickenson Lee Scott Wise and City of: Norton |
Jimmie Sampson Ruby Lawson |
Building D, Suite 1 Clover Leaf Square Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 |
(276) 523-1411 FAX: ((276) 523-5256 |
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| Big Stone Gap Building D, Suite 1 Clover Leaf Square |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday |
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| Clintwood VFW Post Building 400 VFW Street |
9:00 – 11:30 Third Tuesday 9:00 – 3:30 First Thursday |
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| Pound VFW Post 9600 11129 Indian Creek Road |
1:00 – 3:30 Third Tuesday |
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| Coeburn Town Hall 403 2nd Street, NE |
9:00 – 3:30 Third Thursday |
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| Gate City National Guard Armory 157 Beech Street |
9:00 – 3:30 Second Thursday |
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| Jonesville American Legion Building Park Street |
9:00 – 3:30 Fourth Thursday |
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Bristol |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Russell Scott Smyth Washington and City of: Bristol and County of: Bristol, TN and City of: Bristol, TN |
Alma Terry Vicki V. Herndon |
192 Bristol East Road, Suite 100 Bristol, VA 24201 |
(276) 466-2212 FAX: ((276) 466-8345 |
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| Bristol 192 Bristol East Road, Suite 100 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday (except First & Fifth Mondays), Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |
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| Damascus Town Hall 208 W. Laurel Street |
9:00 – 12:00 Third Wednesday |
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| Lebanon Russell County Administrative Offices 137 Highland Drive |
8:30 – 10:30 Second & Fourth Wednesdays |
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| Marion Virginia Employment Commission Bldg. 1590 N. Main Street |
2:00 – 4:00 First & Fifth Mondays |
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| Saltville Town Hall 217 Palmer Avenue |
9:30 – 11:30 First & Fifth Mondays |
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Cedar Bluff |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Buchanan Dickenson Russell Tazewell |
Sandra A. Newberry Laura Cecil |
Southwest Virginia Medical Center Cedar Valley Drive P. O. Box 1700 Cedar Bluff, VA 24609 |
(276) 963-5054 FAX: ((276) 963-7804 |
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| Cedar Bluff Southwest Virginia Medical Center Cedar Valley Drive |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (except Third Thursday), Friday |
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| Buchanan County Courthouse, Board Meeting Room Route 460 (Walnut and Main Streets) |
9:30 – 1:00 First, Third & Fifth Wednesdays |
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| Bluefield VFW Post 9696 Women’s Auxiliary Building 132 Lovelane Street |
9:30 – 1:00 Second & Fourth Wednesdays |
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| Haysi VFW Post 3782 Route 63, Big Ridge Road |
11:00 – 3:30 Third Thursday |
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Charlottesville |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Albemarle Fluvanna Greene Louisa Madison Nelson Orange and City of: Charlottesville |
Chuck Swinney Shelah Leake |
2211 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 |
(434) 295-2782 FAX: ((434) 295-1629 |
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| Charlottesville 2211 Hydraulic Road |
8:00 – 4:30 Tuesday & Thursday |
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Danville |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Pittsylvania and City of: Danville |
Nicole Crews Candace Brown |
2276 Franklin Turnpike, Suite 104 Danville, VA 34540 |
(434) 836-8447 FAX: ((434) 836-8448 |
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| Danville Employment Commission Building 165 Deer Run Road |
8:30 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday |
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| Lynchburg Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) 705 Piney Forest Road |
8:00 – 1:00 Friday |
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Fairfax |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Fairfax Herndon Loudoun Leesburg Vienna and Cities of: Manassas Manassas Park |
Geoffrey White Jason Williams |
Virginia Employment Commission Building 13135 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Suite 340 Fairfax, VA 22033 |
(703) 803-1139 FAX: ((703) 803-0067 |
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| Fairfax 13135 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Suite 340 |
8:00 – 4:30 Tuesday - Friday |
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| Quantico Quantico Marine Corps Base Little Hall 2034 Barnett Avenue |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday |
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Front Royal |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Clarke Fauquier Frederick Loudoun Page Rappahannock Shenandoah Warren and City of: Winchester |
Barbara Bruce Tom Fisher |
11A Water Street Front Royal, VA 22630 |
(540) 635-4201 (866) 895-5025 FAX: ((540) 636-8625 |
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| Front Royal 11A Water Street |
8:00 – 4:30 M - F |
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| Winchester Virginia Employment Commission 100 Premier Place |
9:00 – 2:00 First & Third Tuesdays |
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Hampton |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Charles City Gloucester Isle of Wight James City Mathews York and Cities of: Hampton Newport News Poquoson Williamsburg and Hampton VA Medical Center |
Debi Blackmore John Nemitz Monique Anderson |
2019 Cunningham Drive, Suite 406 Hampton, VA 23666 |
(757) 825-7893 FAX: ((757) 825-7894 |
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| John Nemitz | Hampton 2019 Cunningham Drive, Suite 406 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (except Fourth Thursday), Friday 1:00 – 4:30 Tuesday |
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| John Nemitz | Gloucester Social Services Office 6641 Shoe Lane |
9:00 – 11:30 Fourth Thursday |
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| John Nemitz | Hampton VA Medical Center, Building 43, Room 110b |
8:00 – 11:00 Tuesday |
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| Debi Blackmore | Hampton 2019 Cunningham Drive, Suite 406 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (except Fourth Wednesday), Third & Fourth Thursdays, Friday |
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| Debi Blackmore | Fort Eustis BDD Education Center |
8:00 – 12:00 Third Wednesday |
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| Debi Blackmore | Medical Hold Unit, Building 811 | 8:00 – 1:00 First Thursday |
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| Debi Blackmore | James City County Social Services, Mediate Room 5248 Olde Towne Road |
8:00 – 12:00 Second Thursday |
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| Debi Blackmore | York County Social Services Conference Room 301 Goodwin Neck Road |
8:00 – 10:00 Fourth Wednesday |
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Lynchburg |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Amherst Appomattox Bedford Buckingham Campbell Cumberland Prince Edward and Cities of: Bedford Cumberland Madison Heights Lynchburg |
Felicia Linthicum Pamela Zirkle |
916 Main Street, Suite 310 Lynchburg, VA 24504 |
(434) 947-6727 FAX: ((434) 947-6087 |
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| Lynchburg 916 Main Street, Suite 310 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday (except) Fourth Tuesday), Wednesday, First, Fourth & Fifth Thursdays, Friday (except First Friday) |
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| Altavista Municipal Building 510 7th Street |
9:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday |
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| Bedford Welcome Center 816 Burks Hill Road |
9:00 – 1:00 Fourth Tuesday |
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| Brookneal Community Building 243 Main Street (entrance on Smith Street) |
9:00 – 1:00 Second Thursday |
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| Farmville Virginia Workforce Center 1705 E. Third Street |
9:00 – 1:00 First Friday |
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Norfolk |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Southampton Sussex and Cities of: Chesapeake Franklin Norfolk Portsmouth Suffolk Virginia Beach |
Derrick McCoy | 2551 Eltham Avenue, Suite E Norfolk, VA 23513 |
(757) 858-6148 FAX: ((757) 858-6146 |
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| Norfolk 2551 Eltham Avenue, Suite E |
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| Little Creek Amphibious Base EWTGLANT, Navy Leadership School Building 3504, Auditorium |
8:00 – 4:30 Second & Fourth Thursdays |
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| Tidewater Field Office 6315 N. Center Drive |
8:00 – 4:30 Second & Fourth Tuesdays |
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Quantico |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Caroline Culpeper King George Prince William Spotsylvania Stafford Westmoreland and Cities of: Falls Church Fredericksburg |
Angel Lugo Pat Logan |
Quanitco Marine Corps Base Little Hall 2034 Barnett Avenue P. O. Box 1355 Quantico, VA 22134 |
(703) 630-2811 FAX: ((703) 630-2872 |
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| Quantico Quantico Marine Corps Base 2034 Barnett Avenue |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday (except First Monday, Tuesday (except Second & Fourth Tuesdays), Wednesday, Thursday (except First, Third & Fifth Thursdays, Friday |
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| Colonial Beach VFW Post 10574 107 Hawthorne Street |
8:00 – 1:00 First Monday |
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| Culpeper Virginia Employment Commission 529 Meadowbrook Shopping Center |
8:00 – 3:00 Second & Fourth Tuesdays |
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| Fredericksburg VA Clinic 1965 Jefferson Davis Highway |
8:00 – 3:00 First, Third & Fifth Thursdays |
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Richmond - McGuire VA Medical Center |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Amelia Chesterfield Cumberland Dinwiddie Essex Goochland Hanover Henrico King and Queen King William Lancaster New Kent Middlesex Powhatan Prince George Richmond Surrey and Cities of: Colonial Heights Hopewell Petersburg Richmond |
Ann Brown Shawn Walker |
1208 Broad Rock Boulevard, Room 1M-169A Richmond, VA 23249 |
(804) 675-6546 FAX: ((804) 675-6563 |
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| Richmond McGuire VA Medical Center 1208 Broad Rock Boulevard, Room 1M-171A |
9:00 – 3:00 M - F |
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| Fort Lee Soldiers One Stop Building 3312 A Avenue, Building 12010, Room 119 |
Wednesday By appt. only |
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Roanoke |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Alleghany Blacksburg Botetourt Buchanan Christiansburg Clifton Forge Craig Floyd Franklin Montgomery Radford Rocky Mount Roanoke and Cities of: Covington Roanoke Salem |
Heike Johnson | 270 Franklin Road, SW, Room 503 Roanoke, VA 24011 |
(540) 857-7102 FAX: ((540) 857-6437 |
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| Roanoke 270 Franklin Road, SW, Room 503 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |
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| Covington City Hall 333 W. Locust Street |
9:30 – 3:00 First Wednesday |
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| Christiansburg National Guard Armory 701 Church Street |
9:00 – 3:30 Second Wednesday |
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| Clifton Forge Fire Department 15 College Street |
9:30 – 3:00 Third & Fifth Wednesdays |
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| Franklin County Workforce Development Consortium 70 Wray Street |
9:00 – 3:30 Fourth Wednesday |
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Salem |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Alleghany Blacksburg Botetourt Buchanan Christiansburg Clifton Forge Craig Floyd Franklin Henry Montgomery Patrick Radford Rocky Mount Roanoke and Cities of: Covington Martinsville Roanoke Salem |
Brad Marsolek | 1970 Roanoke Boulevard, Building 12, Room 101 Salem, VA 24153 |
(540) 982-2463, Ext. 3557 FAX: ((540) 857-6401 |
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| Salem VAMC 1970 Roanoke Boulevard, Building 12 |
8:30 – 4:30 Monday, Second & Fourth Tuesdays, Thursday, Friday |
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| Moneta Smith Mountain Lake Association 400 Scruggs Road, Suite 2100 |
9:00 – 4:00 First & Third Tuesdays |
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| Collinsville Patrick Henry Administration Building 3300 Kings Martin Road |
99:00 – 3:00 Wednesday |
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South Hill |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Brunswick Charlotte Greensville Halifax Lunenburg Mecklenburg Nottoway Southampton Sussex and City of: Emporia |
Susan Clary Charlene O. Williams |
1361 W. Danville Street South Hill, VA 23970 |
(434) 447-3231 FAX: ((434) 447-6350 |
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| South Hill 1361 W. Danville Street |
8:00 – 4:30 M - F |
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| Emporia Richardson Memorial Library 1 Spring Street |
10:00 – 12:30 Second & Fourth Thursdays |
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| South Boston Virginia Employment Commission Building 1438 Seymour Drive |
9:00 – 3:30 First, Third & Fifth Tuesdays |
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Staunton |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Augusta Bath Highland Rockbridge Rockingham and Cities of: Buena Vista Harrisonburg Lexington Staunton Waynesboro |
Debra Sedr John W. Layman |
211 W. Frederick Street P. O. Box 296 Staunton, VA 24401 |
(540) 332-7840 FAX: ((540) 332-7841 |
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| Staunton 211 W. Frederick Street |
8:30 – 5:00 Monday, First & Third Tuesdays, Wednesday, Second & Fourth Thursdays, Friday |
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| Harrisonburg VFW Post 632 450 Waterman Drive |
9:00 – 1:00 First, Third & Fifth Thursdays |
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| Lexington VFW Post 1499 Route 60, E. |
9:00 – 1:00 Second, Fourth & Fifth Tuesdays |
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Tidewater |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Southampton Sussex Isle of Wight and Cities of: Chesapeake Franklin Norfolk Portsmouth Suffolk Virginia Beach |
Johnny W. Beale James E. Collins Derrick McCoy Cory Thorwart Virginia V. Pauley Barbara Frier Elizabeth Bonin Lorraine Anderson Catherine Reed Meocia Broussard |
6350 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 Norfolk, VA 23502 |
(757) 455-0814 FAX: ((757) 455-0818 |
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| Johnny W. Beale | Tidewater Field Office 6350 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
7:45 – 4:30 Monday 8:00 – 4:30 Tuesday (except Second Tuesday), Wednesday (except First Wednesday), Thursday (except Third Thursday), Friday (except Fourth & Fifth Fridays) |
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| Johnny W. Beale | Suffolk Virginia Employment Commission Building 2019 Meade Parkway |
8:15 – 4:30 Second Tuesday |
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| Johnny W. Beale | Norfolk Vet Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, Suite 3 |
7:45 – 4:30 First Wednesday |
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| Johnny W. Beale | Norfolk Norfolk Field Office 2551 Eltham Avenue, Suite E |
8:30 – 4:30 Third Thursday, Fifth Friday |
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| Johnny W. Beale | Portsmouth Empowerment Center 2011 Queen Street |
9:00 – 4:30 Fourth Friday |
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| James Collins | Tidewater Field Office 6350 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
7:30 – 11:00 Second & Fourth Mondays, 7:30 – 4:15 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |
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| James Collins | Norfolk Vet Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, Suite 3 |
8:00 – 4:00 Wednesday |
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| James Collins | Ocean View VFW Post 3160 111 A Avenue |
1:00 – 4:00 First, Third & Fifth Mondays |
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| Virginia Pawley | Tidewater Field Office 6315 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
8:00 – 4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday |
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| Virginia Pawley | Norfolk Field Office 2551 Eltham Avenue, Suite E |
8:00 – 4:30 First, Third & Fifth Thursdays |
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| Virginia Pawley | Little Creek Amphibious Base EWTGLANT, Navy Leadership School Building 3504, Auditorium |
8:00 – 4:30 Second & Fourth Thursdays |
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| Cory Thorwart | Portsmouth Portsmouth Naval Hospital Room 3.2-113B (Building 3, 3rd Floor) 620 John Paul Jones Boulevard |
9:00 – 3:30 Monday - Thursday |
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| Cory Thorwart | Portsmouth Empowerment Center 2011 Queen Street |
9:00 – 3:30 Friday |
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| Barbara Frier | Tidewater Field Office 6315 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
7:45 – 4:30 Monday 8:00 – 4:30 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |
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| Barbara Frier | Franklin Martin Luther King Center 683 Oak Street |
9:00 – 12:00 Third Tuesday |
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| Barbara Frier | Suffolk Virginia Employment Commission Building 2019 Meade Parkway |
8:15 – 4:00 First, Second, Fourth & Fifth Tuesdays 1:30 – 4:30 Third Tuesday |
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| Lorraine Anderson | Tidewater Field Office 6315 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
7:45 – 4:30 Tuesday - Friday |
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| Lorraine Anderson | Norfolk Vet Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, Suite 3 |
8:00 – 4:00 Monday |
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| Elizabeth Bonin | Tidewater Field Office 6315 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
7:45 – 4:30 Monday, Thursday, Friday 7:45 – 11:45 Tuesday, Wednesday |
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| Elizabeth Bonin | Chesapeake Main Library 298 Cedar Road |
1:00 – 4:15 Wednesday |
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| Elizabeth Bonin | Virginia Beach VFW Post 3902 2408 Bowland Parkway |
1:00 – 4:00 Tuesday |
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| Derrick McCoy | Tidewater Field Office 6315 Center Drive, Building 5, Suite 100 |
8:00 – 4:30 Second & Fourth Tuesdays |
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| Derrick McCoy | Norfolk Field Office 2551 Eltham Avenue, Suite E |
Monday, First & Third Tuesdays, Wednesday, First & Third Thursdays, Friday | ||
| Derrick McCoy | Little Creek Amphibious Base EWTGLANT, Navy Leadership School Building 3504, Auditorium |
8:00 – 4:30 Second & Fourth Thursdays |
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Wytheville |
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| Counties | Veteran Service Officer | Address | Phone/Fax | Hours |
| Bland Carroll Giles Grayson Hillsville Pulaski Wythe and Cities of: Galax Wythesville |
Jason McNutt | 180 S. 4th Street, Suite 201 Wythesville, VA 24382 |
(276) 228-5211 FAX: ((276) 228-4102 |
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| Wythesville 180 S. 4th Street, Suite 201 |
8:00 – 4:00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday |
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| Galax Strike Force Center Virginia Employment Commission Building 963 E. Stuart Drive |
10:00 – 2:00 Friday |
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| Hillsville VFW Post 1115 701 W. Stuart Drive |
10:00 – 2:00 Second & Fifth Tuesdays |
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| Dublin Radford Arsenal |
Time to be determined Third Tuesday |
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