R ichard Kreiberg joined the Army in search of a sense of purpose.

Equally inspired by his family’s history of service to the nation, Kreiberg signed up in 1983.

Today, the retired Command Sergeant Major has a 35-year legacy of numerous assignments both in the country and abroad, including a deployment to Iraq in 2004.

And even after retiring, Kreiberg has continued to work for veterans’ causes, providing resources and care for the nation’s pre-9/11 veterans, specifically those who served in the Vietnam War era.

Kreiberg is the founder of Veterans Affinity, a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides senior veterans with housing, healthcare, honors and benefits at zero cost.

This Veterans Day, he also will be one of the seven grand marshals of the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade.

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