WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Oversight Hearing on Transition Assistance for Members of the
National Guard and Education Benefits for the Total Military Force

Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 10:00 a.m.

National Guard Armory Drill Hall Floor
1408 St 1st Street, Rogers, Arkansas

Panel 1

Capt. Jason M. Desoto, A/1-142 FA Bn.
Arkansas National Guard
Fire Support Officer, Company Executive Officer, Information Opns Officer
Co. B, 1st Bn., 153rd Infantry (Part of the 39th Brigade Combat Team)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

1st Lt. Dwayne K. Page, C/1-142 FA Bn.
Arkansas National Guard
Fire Support Officer and Information Opns Officer
Co. C, 1st Bn., 153rd Infantry (Part of the 39th Brigade Combat Team)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Master Sgt. Bryan L. Peters
Noncommissioned Officer In Charge, Night Shift
416th Air Expeditionary Group
Personnel Support for Contingency Operations
Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan
Operation Enduring Freedom
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Spc. John H. Rothwell, III, B/1-142 FA Bn.
Arkansas National Guard
Company Cdr’s driver, Member of the Improvised Explosive Device Platoon
239th Eng. Co. (Part of the 39th Brigade Combat Team)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2 

Brigadier General Larry Haltom
Deputy Adjutant General
Arkansas National Guard
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Don Watson
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator of Dallas Region
Veterans Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Doyle W. Batey
Deputy Director
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs
(PDF)

Ms. Sara Patterson
Education Program Support Manager
Arkansas State Approving Agency for Veterans Training
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Ron Snead
Deputy Director
Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)


Mr. William D. Fillman, Jr.
Director, Central Area Office
Veterans Benefits Administration
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 3 

Mr. Jim Bombard
Chairman
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education
(PDF)

Colonel Robert F. Norton
Co-Chair, Veterans Committee
The Military Coalition
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Don Sweeney
Legislative Director
National Association of State Approving Agencies
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Dr. Steve Kime
Immediate Past-President, Servicemembers Opportunity College
Vice President (Retired), American Association of State Colleges and Universities
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Representative Joyce Elliott
Arkansas House of Representatives, District 33
Director of Advanced Placement Field Initiatives, The College Board
(PDF)

Mr. David Guzman
Legislative Director
National Association of Veterans Program Administrators
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Keith Wilson
Director, Education Service
Veterans Benefits Administration
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)