National POW/MIA Recognition Day

WVAS | By Melanie Hogan

Published September 18, 2022 at 1:57 PM EDT

National POW/MIA Recognition Day was on Saturday in Montgomery on the South Lawn of the Alabama State Capitol.

The ceremony will honor Prisoners of War, the Missing in Action and recognize their families.

The keynote speaker will be U.S. Army Major General Paulette Risher; who was the first woman to serve in U.S. Special Operations Command as a flag officer.

Risher retired once as a civilian Organizational Psychologist with the U.S. Air Force and as a 2-Star Major General in the U.S. Army with 34 years of active and reserve service.

The Alabama State Capitol is located at 600 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104.

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Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.

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