Retired U. S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Gail L. Ruffin, who recently retired last year and now a current resident of Dupont, Wash., talks to a representative who works at Homes for Veterans, one of the many benefit advisors and benefit-service providers in the Tacoma-Seattle area, that participated in the 2012 Washington Women-Veterans’ Conference at Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Wash., which was presented by the Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs and several other sponsors in the Tacoma-Seattle area June 16. The purpose of the conference was to take a holistic approach to women veterans’ bene


Retired U. S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Gail L. Ruffin, who recently retired last year and now a current resident of Dupont, Wash., talks to a representative who works at Homes for Veterans, one of the many benefit advisors and benefit-service providers in the Tacoma-Seattle area, that participated in the 2012 Washington Women-Veterans’ Conference at Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Wash., which was presented by the Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs and several other sponsors in the Tacoma-Seattle area June 16. The purpose of the conference was to take a holistic approach to women veterans’ benefits. The conference promoted future growth, and prosperity within the female veteran population. Retired Army Lt. Col. Gail L. Ruffin, right, formerly with the Army Reserve, talks to a Homes for Veterans representative during the 2012 Washington Women Veterans Conference inside Hotel Murano in Tacoma 120616-A-WN224-171


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