Gallup veteran Christian Roman’s volunteer work in the local community recently earned him recognition in the national Veteran of Foreign Wars #StillServing campaign.
The campaign honors veterans who continue to serve in their communities after active duty. A patrolman with the New Mexico State Police, Roman volunteers his time serving food and eating with veterans, reading and singing to veterans at the care shelter, conducting food drives for homeless veterans and serving food at local shelters and pantries.
Roman’s favorite part about being a patrol officer is participating in community events like First Responders Night Out and Shop with a Cop where he can get to know the people in the community.
Roman has dedicated his life to serving others, having been in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years in Japan, Iraq and Afghanistan before serving his community as a police officer and assisting other veterans in his spare time.
Roman’s lifetime of dedicated service led him to be chosen as one of the few #StillServing Heroes nationwide.
VFW invites all veterans to submit their stories at www.vfw.org/stillserving.
