Veterans Day is a day to remember all those who have served our country. But one veteran in Stockton has found a different way to serve.

Marla Tooman is the Canteen Manager at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 52 in Stockton.

Typically, you can find her behind the bar serving customers. But on Tuesday, she took the day off, and for good reason.

"I served 14 years, and I did two tours: one in Afghanistan and one in Iraq," she shared.

Tooman is an Army veteran. After she got out, she struggled with civilian life until she moved to Stockton.

"When I moved here, I found out that California is very, very big with their veteran support," she explained. "It's really strong and really big, like, I had never had so much support."

That support led her to her current job, where she serve

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