West Texas veterans awarded $1.7 million grant as some take part in Honor Flight – Spectrum News

West Texas veterans awarded $1.7 million grant as some take part in Honor Flight  Spectrum News

The grant aims to help over 1,800 veterans in the El Paso area when it comes to housing, transportation and family services. EL PASO, Texas — A group of West Texas veterans received a $1.7 million grant signed by Gov. Greg Abbott as part of the Texas Veterans Commission’s Grants Across Texas Tour. The Rio Grande Honor Flight team set off to Washington, D.C. for Mission 22, where they will be surrounded by fellow veterans who reflect on the time they served. With the $1.7 million grant through the Texas Veterans Commission, the team said it’s nice to feel appreciated and worth investing in. “It means a lot to be able to have the pride, and to be able to show that,” said U.S.

Army combat medic veteran Debó Wakefield. “We take the uniform off, but our service is never done.” What formed in Southern New Mexico and eventually expanded into El Paso, the Rio Grande Honor Flight team flew to the nation’s capital for its 22nd time, or for the vets, Mission 22. “El Paso could not have their own hub because we were too close to them, and we didn’t,” said Elaine Prickett, the flight operations coordinator for Rio Grande Honor Flight. “They didn’t ask us what border we lived in, what state we lived in, when they