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Veteran and Nebraska native, Eric Rombach joins Aubree Sweeney on this week's episode of "Comedy & Camping". Eric currently serves as Junior Vice Commander at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10727. Aubree and Eric talk about working together on the upcoming comedy benefit at the post on May 17th and all of the really AMAZING community programs the VFW has coming up this summer - locally and nationally. After graduating from Bellevue West, Eric joined the United States Army in August, 1996. During his 20 years in the US Army, he was stationed at Fort Hood, TX from 1997 – 2001, Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany from 2001-2005, Fort Hood, TX from 2005-2009, Fort Bliss, TX from 2009-2012, and Fort Carson, CO from 2012-2016. During his time in the Army he deployed to Kuwait in 1997, Kosovo from October 2002 till May 2003, deployed to Iraq in February 2004 till February 2005, assisted in relief operations after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in September 2005, deployed to Iraq in October 2006 till January 2008, deployed to Afghanistan in March 2012 till December 2012, and Afghanistan again in February 2014 till August 2014. Since retiring from the Army in 2016, Eric has returned to Bellevue. He's currently a Logistics Analyst for Serco, Inc contracted to support the United States Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, in Bellevue, NE. Eric recently received his Bachelors of Science at Bellevue University. On behalf of all of us, I'd like to THANK Eric for his service and THANKS to all of you listening who have served or are serving and your families. If you're in the Bellevue area, pick up your tickets to the show at Post 10727, before it sells out!This episode was recorded at VFW Post 10727 in Bellevue, NE.For more information or to become a member at your local VFW: www.vfw.org For upcoming events at Post 10727: Find them on Facebook.Find Aubree at: Aubree Sweeney - Official Facebook Instagram YouTube