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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes May 22, 2018 Page 7 understand that's a National Guard facility. If you're National Guard they'll take care of you. George Sheridan stated I think they have to take care of everybody. Emile Wery agreed yes, but they do it reluctantly. OVS Counselor Roddy Sueoka explained that he tried to talk to Colonel Han because Roddy's adjudication expired in 2017 and that's all he needs. He is willing to do ID's for Veterans because he's heard of so many issues. All he needs is the clearance to do so. Debra Lewis joked, if Roddy starts doing ID's maybe they'll assign him a person. Chair Doolittle suggested if Roddy is able to do that, maybe he can set up one day a week or one day a month to do IDs. Debra Lewis questioned is the problem the equipment? She didn't think so, she thinks it's more of a staffing issue, are ID cards are the staff's primary function? Emile Wery disagreed, no it is not their primary function. OVS Counselor Roddy Sueoka asked Carolle to give the Veteran his contact information and she can call Roddy directly to give him more details. Chair Doolittle stated we need to establish a process by where we can make it easier for everyone. Dale Wilson stated that the last ID card he got was in 1998 and it says indefinite on the bottom. But when he looked in the back it says it expired in 2016. Vice -Chair Brulee-Wilson stated the point she wants to bring up is with the airports and ID cards and we need to clarify and clean up the process. Veterans Affected by Lava Eruption Debra Lewis brought up with the recent lava eruption in the lower Puna area. She is tracking and made contact with Puna Neighborhood and they have a database where they are tracking Veterans with Red Cross. The Veterans who are most recently affected by the lava are losing everything. She inquired to National Headquarters fro Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and they are giving $25,000 in the unmet needs account which means approximately $300 per Veteran. But they need to have a DD214 and they show the need. The Veteran will need to fill out the forms and they can be provided with those monies. This will be happening next week. They've already contacted about 45 people. Jamal is checking another list. OVS Counselor Roddy Sueoka confirmed Jamal is checking the homeless list.