Veterans Talk is a new blog by, for, and about veterans, especially those veterans living in Denver and Colorado. My name is George Cassidy and I’m the Veteran Services Officer for the City and County of Denver.

I’ve started this blog as a way to communicate with vets about news that affects our lives and the services and community resources available to us. I’ve been involved with the issues, services, and resources for vets since 1992. I’ve been the Veteran Services Officer since 2005, working to get the word out about our resources and services, and I’m excited to use this new medium to communicate regularly with people who may not know about us yet and those whom we are already serving.

I will be providing information, but more importantly, I will be available through this blog to answer questions and clarify information, whether provided by our office or that may be out there somewhere else. We’ve launched this blog in connection with our new web site for veterans, Veterans Helping Veterans, available at www.denverveterans.org.

That web site has a wealth of information and connections to resources for veterans. I’ll be posting here to explain some of what’s there in more detail and to comment on issues that are important to veterans. For each posting I welcome your feedback and comments. I’m looking to create a community of veterans who feel comfortable requesting, as well as providing, information. I welcome your thoughts and comments. I’ll have a more complete commenting policy page here in the near future.

Please don’t hesitate to comment to the postings here and to check out the information on our new web site. Our contact information is on that web site. I look forward to hearing from you!