Lt Col (Ret) USAF Laurie DeGarmo, is a 23-year USAF combat veteran, serving in both the Balkans and Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts. As Deputy Commander for Defense Contract Management Command, Southern Europe –Balkans, she supported Multi-National Division (North), based in Tuzla, Bosnia. Stateside, she had the honor of serving as Program Manager for the Air Force One and VIP-Special Airlift Mission Program at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. After multiple staff assignments, she was thrilled to culminate her career with an operational unit, the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, at McConnell AFB, KS.

After completing active duty, she worked for defense contractors on the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (T-6) and returned to support the Air Force One/VIP-SAM program. She currently consults with major defense contractors across a broad spectrum of weapon systems and land/sea/space-based platforms.

She is married to Lt Col (Ret) USAF, Jim DeGarmo.  They moved to Sun City Anthem in 2015 to be near their grandchildren. She has served as Treasurer of the Veterans Club for the past three years.

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Larry Hattersley was on active-duty in the U.S. Air Force from June 1962 to September 1966.  He was a SGT -E4 in the Air Police stationed in Korea and Japan. And then served 25 years with the U.S. Marshals Service from 1970-1995.

He has been an SCA resident from 2000 to the present. He served two terms each with the ARC and Covenants committees.

Mr. Hattersley has served as a Veterans Advocate for the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS) for four years.  Primary duties are to help educate and inform active duty military members, Guard, and Reserve members, as well as veterans and their families, about the benefits that they may be eligible for.

Since 2003, he has served as a Nevada District Appeals Board Member for the United States Selective Service System.  

To earn the certification as a Veterans advocate, he completed 20 class modules that are taken online.  After completing and passing all modules, he was certified as a Veterans Advocate (VA).  A VA must be recertified every three years.  He also volunteers with the NDVS Outreach Director for Southern Nevada.