CORONADO, Calif. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Veterans rallied across the nation on Friday against proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The reductions are part of the broader spending changes happening on the federal level.

A rally took place in Coronado, where service members say the VA is not the place to compromise.

"My dad had served in the military my grandfather had served in the military, so I thought it was a good way to try something new," said Al Kovach, a Navy Veteran.

Joining the Navy wasn't something Kovach necessarily grew up wanting to do, but he's glad he did.

"I loved the people that I worked with. We never talked about religion, we never talked about politics, [but] we were always focused on the mission," Kovach shared.

He joined the Navy in 1987, got on

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