Iraq and Afghanistan veterans stepping up to lead

Monday profile: Iraq war vet Adam Flood takes La Crosse County, VFW leadership role
LaCrosse Tribune
By Chris Hubbuch
October 21, 2013

Adam Flood doesn’t fit the stereotype of a VFW post commander.

After all, many of the members of the veterans’ group had retired before he even joined the service.

Flood, 32, is part of a new generation of military veterans stepping forward to lead organizations long in the hands of those who served in long-ago wars. Named La Crosse County’s veterans services officer last month, a job held for nearly two decades by a Vietnam-era vet, Flood also heads the local VFW.

“We welcome new blood,” said Bob Heilman, a World War II vet who is chairman of the house committee at Post 1530 in La Crosse and one of a handful of older veterans who’ve kept the place going over the years.
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