Accidental veterans leader

Staff photo by Patrick McCallister  John Haddox served in the Navy from ‘68 to ‘88. He applied for a part-time county job at Martin County Veterans Services in 1999 to get into semi-retirement. That plan didn’t work out so well — he discovered his passion serving veterans. The former supervisor of Martin County’s Veterans Services and president of the Florida County Veterans Service Officer Association was elected to the County Commission in 2012.

Staff photo by Patrick McCallister
John Haddox served in the Navy from ‘68 to ‘88. He applied for a part-time county job at Martin County Veterans Services in 1999 to get into semi-retirement. That plan didn’t work out so well — he discovered his passion serving veterans. The former supervisor of Martin County’s Veterans Services and president of the Florida County Veterans Service Officer Association was elected to the County Commission in 2012.

Patrick McCallister
For Veteran Voice
Back in 1999 John Haddox applied for a county job, because it sounded like the perfect way for the 20-year Navy veteran to get into semi-retirement. Semi-retirement, bah. The decision to apply for that job made him a very busy man with a 13-year career of helping veterans, and it likely set him on a course toward election to the Martin County Commission in 2012.

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