Barron County Veterans Service Office

10/05/2026

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10/02/2026

10/02/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘 — 𝐕𝐀 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇 𝐕𝐒. 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓: 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐌?

🚨 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇: If a message uses the VA name or logo, it must be legitimate.

✅ 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓: Scammers can impersonate the VA through fake emails, texts, phone calls, and websites to steal your personal information or money.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟:
🔹 Never share sensitive information with someone you don't trust.
🔹 Be cautious of unexpected messages asking for payment or personal information.
🔹 Don't click suspicious links.
🔹 When in doubt, contact the VA directly using an official phone number or website.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! If something doesn't seem right, take a moment to verify it before responding.

Have questions about your VA benefits? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩!

10/01/2026

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧? Join Barron County Veterans Service Officer Shellie for an informative presentation about the programs and benefits available through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

📅 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖
⏰ 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌
📍 Vista Prairie at Brentwood 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

09/25/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘 — 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧

September 21-25 is 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤, asking you to reach out to 10 Veterans. Please know, you don't have to have all the answers. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏. A simple conversation can make a difference.

#𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐭𝐨𝐓𝐄𝐍

09/18/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘: 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘?

September is 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, and VA is encouraging Veterans to become “𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲.”

A few simple steps can make a big difference in an emergency:

📱 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐀 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞.
💊 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.
📋 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.
🏠 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲.
🤝 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔—𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏.

Need help connecting with VA benefits or services? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.

09/11/2026

This will be a fantastic event!

“WE WANT YOU THERE”

🇺🇸 MILITARY • VETERANS • POLICE • FIRE • EMS — THIS NIGHT IS FOR YOU!

We are looking for members of our community who have served or are currently serving to join us on the field for our Salute to Service Night on September 18.

This isn't just another football game. We want our Warrior community to have an opportunity to stand together and say THANK YOU.

📆 Friday, September 18th
✈️ Military Flyover approximately 6:50 PM
🏈 Warriors Football at 7:00 PM

Want to be part of the evening?

📧 [email protected]

PLEASE SHARE! Help us reach as many local service members and first responders as possible. 🇺🇸

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09/11/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘: 𝟐𝟓 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑, 𝐖𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑
September 11, 2001 changed our nation—and it changed the lives of a generation of Americans who answered the call to serve.

In the years that followed, millions of Americans raised their hands and served our country. Many of those men and women became the Veterans we serve today.

On this 25th anniversary, we remember those we lost, honor those who served, and recognize the families who supported them along the way.

𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭.

09/04/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘: 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖? 💡
𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀

In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed millions of military personnel records. The fire primarily affected many Army Veterans discharged between 1912 and 1960 and certain Air Force Veterans discharged between 1947 and 1964.

If your military records were destroyed or damaged, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The VA may be able to use other sources to help reconstruct information about your service, including unit records, morning reports, hospital admission records, and other available documentation. VA may also consider other supporting evidence, such as statements from people who knew about an event or condition, letters, photographs, private medical records, and other relevant evidence.

Recently, VA also announced changes intended to make the process easier for Veterans affected by the 1973 fire, including reducing repeated requests for the same information.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.
If you believe your military records may have been affected—or if you were previously told records could not be located—𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.

08/28/2026

𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘: 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐒𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 – 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑤𝑠 – 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑉𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 — 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫
Casey joined the 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 and is already passionate about helping Veterans navigate the benefits and services available to them.

“We help Veterans with a wide range of issues or concerns, ranging from service records to service connections for VA health benefits. I love working with Veterans and getting them the help they deserve!”

Casey has a simple message for Veterans: “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓.”

When he's not at the office, you're likely to find Casey 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. He is also a 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 and has been coaching for several years. On Friday nights, you may also spot him behind the camera, helping cover the 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬' 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑽𝑨 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝑨 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎, 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆.