VHVtv Podcast and the VRC are filming Veteran Stories
VHVtv is now Veterans Helping Veterans TV Podcast and our YouTube handle is @VhvtvOrg
In the last few years, I have been collaborating with Tami Thacker, the Director at the Veterans Resource Center at the University of California at Riverside as we film Student Veteran Stories with the VRC.
VHVtv is community educational access television. Our videos are now on PADNET tv in Long Beach, CA
Our videos will be created on the campus at the University of California Riverside at the VRC or in Riverside County. All guests are required to sign a Talent Release.
UC Riverside and VHVtv Talent Release Form.
Talent Release
Over the Memorial Day weekend, the VRC at UC Riverside and VHVtv filmed an interview at the Veteran’s Park in Menifee with
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major(R) Art Tambah.
Art is a Student Veteran at UC Riverside.
Currently in post production.
Recently, we filmed an interview with Tami Thacker as she explains the services she provides for Student Veterans and their families.
We have filmed at Vet Expo Events in Moreno Valley, Menifee and Winchester so far this year.
Tami Thacker, Sheryl Shaffer and VHVtv Intern Amaris Orozco.
These are the Veteran Stories we have created
We have plans for more Veteran Stories to tell this year! Thank You Co-Producer Amaris Orozco.
This is our first Veteran Story in 2026.
Rod “Doc” Fink, U.S. Navy Corpsman tells his incredible story of surviving and helping the wounded
when he was attached to the 1st Battalion 9th Marines,
known as The Walking Dead during the Vietnam War.
This interview was filmed at the Winchester Vet Expo in Feb. 2026.
We filmed this interview with Leslie Adams as she presents how training service dogs can have a positive impact on people’s lives.
We filmed this interview at the VetExpo event in Winchester, CA.
Another interview with U.S. Marine Corps(R) Sergeant Major Gerald Saunders.
This interview is with U.S. Marine Corps (R) SgtMajor Gerald Saunders.
This VHVtv interview is with Tami Thacker and Kevin Brooks and was filmed at the VRC.
Tami and Kevin are all about creating successful employment and business opportunities for Veterans.
Photo taken at the VetExpo in Murrieta, CA.
While at the Vet Expo in Murrieta, we filmed this interview with
Larock Benford, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major(R).
He presents the Southwest Riverside County Marine Corps League Detachment 1057.
Here is a recent video we made at the Vet Expo in Moreno Valley on Oct. 2, 2025
It is about US Marine Corps Veteran Karen Hooper.
This interview is with the
VA Women Veteran’s Program Manager,
Rocio Porras, FMC-BC at the VA Loma Linda, CA.
This VHVtv segment is about Lisa Roybal, a U.S. Navy Nurse Corps(R) Veteran and
actively involved in the AMVETS One Tour and participates in the AMVETS Post 77, Loma Linda, Ca.
She lives a life of serve for the Veteran Community.
The second interview is with Ralph Watkins of U.S. VETS in the Inland Empire.
This interview is with Phyllis Thomas Miller, a U.S. Navy Veteran and her beautiful art.
The next video interview is with U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Julie Franco and Founder of Gunny Gear.
Ralph Figueroa, Tami Thacker and Sheryl Shaffer, VHVtv Producer.
Ralph Figueroa is interviewed by Tami Thacker at the UC Riverside Veterans Resource Center.
Ralph was the National Student Veteran of the Year 2024 and
advises other student veterans to get involved in the SVA.
Tami Thacker is interviewed by VRC UCR and VHVtv Intern, Jaspreet Kaur
Tami tells us about the updating and Grand Reopening of the Veterans Resource Center.
Filmed by the side of the USS Midway in San Diego on December 5, 2021.
