AVVA REPORT: AVVA President Sharon Hobbs evaluates future expectations for VVA and AVVA, including the possibility of a future consolidation between the two organizations.

Editor's Note: Due to a publication error, the concluding paragraphs of the AVVA Report, as well as Charles Stapleton's At-Large Directors report were not included in the March/April 2026 print edition. We apologize for the error and present here Sharon Hobbs' column in full. The complete Regional & At-Large Directors report can be read here.

AN UNINTENDED HIERARCHY: This Special Report from VVA's Government Affairs department focuses heavily on how Congress has quietly pushed millions of pre-9/11 veterans to the margins.

MAJOR MISMATCH: Longtime contributor Henry Zeybel, a retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. who served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, takes readers into the belly of an AC-130 Spectre, where a night of "truck hunting" on the Ho Chi Minh Trail turns into a fight to survive against deadly SAMs.

LIGHT IN THE DARK: Contributing writer Paul Rogers profiles VVA's award-winning Incarcerated Chapter 195 at Florida's Zephyrhills Correctional Institution and the many and varied ways they give back to the local community and support one another.

A SHARED TRUTH: Vietnam War veterans from South Metro Denver Chapter 1106, representing five service branches, shared rarely told aspects of the war.