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Escondido VFW Commander Named San Diego County Veteran Of The Year

By Brooke Ruth / Senior Producer of Audio News
Published November 12, 2018 at 8:32 AM PST
This story was published more than 6 years ago.
Matt Foster, San Diego County Veteran Of The Year, is pictured in this undated photo.
Brooke Ruth
Matt Foster, San Diego County Veteran Of The Year, is pictured in this undated photo.
Escondido VFW Commander Named San Diego County Veteran Of The Year
Escondido VFW Commander Named San Diego County Veteran Of The Year GUESTS: Matt Foster, San Diego County Veteran Of The Year

Matt Foster was named the San Diego County Veteran Of The Year by the Veterans Museum at Balboa Park at an event on Friday.

The veteran of the year is someone who goes above and beyond in their service after serving in the military. Foster has done just that through his volunteer work. Foster is the commander of VFW 1513 in Escondido and president and chairman of the North San Diego County Standdown.

Foster served 24 years in the Marines and did three tours in Iraq.

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Foster joins Midday Edition on Monday to discuss the work he and his fellow veterans do.

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Brooke Ruth
Brooke Ruth is the senior producer of Audio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.
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