On a normal Saturday in January, Fred and Sharon Adams were headed to volunteer for their local service dog training foundation, Pawsitive Action, where they had gotten their service dogs Beckette and Ollie. Fred, a former Air Force photographer and Korea veteran who’s legally blind, mentioned to his wife that he wasn’t able to teach his usual tracking and scent class because … [Read more...]
Military Residency Match Combines Medical Training, Service to Veterans
One Memorial Day, Arron Smith and his wife Melissa – both UCF medical students – stood before a monument at the Orlando VA Medical Center that bears the name of fallen soldiers. “Our job will be keeping names off of this wall,” Arron said. Now, he is closer to his goal of healing those who serve. He and four other UCF College of Medicine students recently matched … [Read more...]