There are 18 field offices of the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services located throughout the state. Each is staffed by an accredited Veterans' Service Officer (VSO) to assist veterans and their dependents with filing for their federal and state benefits. Most VSO’s also have regularly-scheduled outreach visits to smaller surrounding communities.
Below are these field and outreach offices. Please contact your nearest VSO to schedule an appointment (click on their names for a link to their email address). All service officers are veterans themselves and are dedicated to helping their fellow veterans with filing for the well-deserved benefits earned through their honorable service to our country.
ALAMOGORDO
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Tony Woodards is the NMDVS Veterans’ Service Officer in the Alamogordo office. Prior to joining the department in May of 2004, he worked for seven years with the New Mexico Department of Children, Youth & Families Juvenile Probation and Parole Division. Tony served 23 years with the U. S. Air Force--18 ½ years of this stationed at several bases in Germany—before retiring in 1994 as a Master Sergeant. |
Alamogordo NMDVS Office
411 10th St.
Suite 107
(575) 437-4635
Outreach Offices:
Ruidoso
Holloman AFB |
ALBUQUERQUE (San Mateo Blvd. Office)
| Lee Leyba is the Veterans’ Service Officer in the San Mateo Blvd. office in Albuquerque. Prior to coming to the department in March of 2005, he served 21-years with the U.S. Coast Guard as a Criminal Investigator, and another 21-years after his retirement with the U.S. Department of Labor as a Civil Rights Investigator. Lee is also currently a senior advisor to the state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), an organization which he has served in numerous other leadership positions and duties. |
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Albuquerque NMDVS Office (San Mateo Blvd.)
300 San Mateo NE
(505) 841-5575
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ALBUQUERQUE (VA Medical Center Campus)
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Sardo Sanchez is the Veterans’ Service Officer in the NMDVS office on the campus of the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center. Prior to coming to the NMDVS in March of 2005, the former Marine was a Veterans’ Service Officer with the American Legion for six years, and spent 12 years in law enforcement in California. Sardo is a proud Vietnam War veteran and the son of former Marine Prospero Sanchez, who served in Iwo Jima during WWII. Sardo has three brothers who also served during the Vietnam War. |
Albuquerque NMDVS Office (VA Medical Center)
Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center
1501 San Pedro SE
Bldg. 59
(505) 265-1711 x4626 |
CARLSBAD
Manny Najera is the Veterans’ Service Officer in the Carlsbad office. Prior to coming to the NMDVS in 2006, he served eight years in the U.S. Army and three years with the New Mexico Air National Guard as a Medic Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in Germany and Hawaii. Manny comes from a military family. His father is a Purple Heart Recipient from the Vietnam War, and his brother is a veteran of the Iraq war and has served 14-years with the U.S. Army. |
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Carlsbad NMDVS Office
305 E. Fiesta Dr.
(575) 885-4939
Outreach Office:
Artesia |
CLOVIS
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The Clovis office is currently vacant. Please call (575) 624-6086 for your veterans’ benefits needs. |
Clovis NMDVS Office
904 W. 6th St.
(575) 762-6185
Outreach Offices:
Portales
Logan
Tucumcari
Ft. Sumner |
FARMINGTON
| Charlotte Atso is the Veterans’ Service officer in Farmington. joining the NMDVS in October of 2003. She joined the U.S. Army in 1991 and was medically discharged. Charlotte is a member of the DAV, DAV Auxiliary, VFW, Cooties and Auxiliary, AmVets, Women's Health Council. She’s also the state coordinator for the National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators. Charlotte is a proud wife of an Army Reservist and daughter of a Vietnam Veteran. |
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Farmington NMDVS Office
101 W. Animas St.
Suite 104
(505) 327-2861
Outreach Office:
Aztec |
GALLUP
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Tommy Sandman is the Veterans’ Service Officer at the NMDVS’ Gallup office. The native of Shiprock and former Wildland Firefighter joined the department in 2001. Tommy served in the U.S. Army as a Medic stationed in Europe who trained in Romania. He is equally proud of his father’s service as Korean War Marine vet, an uncle who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, two uncles who served in Vietnam, and a cousin who saw action in Operation Desert Storm. |
Gallup NMDVS Office
201 W. Hill Ave
Suite B-12
(505) 722-9621
Outreach Offices:
Northwest NM Correctional Facility (Grants)
Navajo Dept. of Veterans’ Services (Window Rock, AZ.)
Zuni Nation |
HOBBS
| Dalton Boyd is the Veterans’ Service Officer based in the Hobbs NMDVS office who joined the NMDVS in September of 2005. Dalton was born and raised in Lea County. He is a U.S. Army veteran having served from 1967 thru 1970. Dalton has four children and three grand-children. In addition to serving as a veterans’ service officer, he also remains active in several community organizations. |
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NMDVS Hobbs Office
2120 N. Alto St.
(575) 397-5290
Outreach Office:
(call to arrange SE NM outreach location visit) |
LAS CRUCES
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J.R. Turner is a Las Cruces Veterans’ Service Officer who joined the NMDVS in April of 2005. J.R. was an Avionics Technician on the F-111 Fighter/Bomber and F-117 Stealth Fighter who was deployed twice to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. After retiring in 1995, JR attended and graduated with honors from New Mexico State University with a degree in Criminal Justice. He worked for six years as a Juvenile Probation Officer before coming to the NMDVS. |
Las Cruces NMDVS Office
2024 E. Griggs Ave.
(575) 524-6220
Outreach Office:
Truth or Consequences |
LAS VEGAS
The Las Vegas office is open Tuesdays from 10am-5pm and Wednesdays from 8pm-3pm. Appointments are strongly encouraged. Please call (505) 454-0068 on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. On Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays call (505) 265-1711 extension 4626. |
LOS LUNAS
| Theresa Zuni is the Veterans’ Service Officer in the Los Lunas office. She was hired in March of 2008 after serving as a volunteer Veterans’ Service Officer with the Isleta Pueblo Tribal Office. The Isleta native was honorably discharged as an E-5 after serving in the U.S. Army from 1996 to 2005. Theresa is the proud wife of an Army Desert Storm veteran, daughter of a Cold War-era U.S. Navy Veteran, and niece of two Vietnam War U.S. Marine veterans. |
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Los Lunas NMDVS Office
1000 Main St.
Suite 4
(505) 841-5346
Outreach Office:
Socorro |
RATON
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Gary Fresquez is the Veterans’ Service Officer at the Raton Office. Prior to joining the NMDVS in October of 2008, the Raton native was the Financial Aid Director at Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, Colorado. Gary served in the U.S. Navy for 11 years, where he left as a Lieutenant. During his service, Gary served aboard the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), and the USS Towers (DDG-9), which was stationed in the Persian Gulf throughout the Iranian Hostage Crisis. |
Raton NMDVS Office
200 N. 3rd St.
(575) 445-8282
Outreach Office:
Clayton
Angel Fire |
RIO RANCHO
Gordon Schei is the Veterans’ Service Officer based in the Rio Rancho office who came to the NMDV in July of 2008. Gordon served with the U.S. Army as an Engineer from 1979-1988 stationed in Germany. He’s the proud father of two sons who followed his footsteps and are Purple Heart Award recipients: Erik served an U.S. Army Engineer in Iraq, and Deven served with the Army as an Engineer in Afghanistan. |
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Rio Rancho NMDVS Office
3200 Civic Center Circle
1st Floor
(505) 892-2408 |
ROSWELL
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Richard Moncrief is the Veteran’s Service Officer in Roswell. He joined the department in October of 2004 after a 35-year career as a U.S. Air Force Mechanic and later as a civilian mechanic. Richard was stationed in South Vietnam, Korea, The Netherlands and Alaska. His father was a 30-year Army Air Force veteran who served during the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War. His brother served 30-years with the U.S. Air Force; his sister was a long-time Air Force Nurse. |
Roswell NMDVS Office
500 N. Richardson Ave
Suite 255
(575) 624-6086 |
SANTA FE #1
| David Smith is a Veterans’ Service Officers based in Santa Fe who joined the NMDVS in February of 2008. David served in the U. S. Air Force from 1968 – 72 as a graphic designer. After his service, he used his G. I. Bill to attend the Los Angles School of Art and later ran a long-time advertising business. But David is most proud of his father Arturo, who was a member of the 200th Coast Guard Artillery Unit and Bataan Death March Survivor and Prisoner-of-War for nearly four years. |
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NMDVS Santa Fe Office #1
6601 Valentine Way
(505) 424-0253
Outreach Offices:
Espanola |
SANTA FE #2
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Jeff George is a Veterans’ Service Officer based in Santa Fe. Prior to joining the NMDVS in March of 2008, Jeff was a retail manager for six years in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was born in Farmington, NM where his father Eugene “Skip” George, a Vietnam veteran, still resides. Jeff served three years as a U.S. Army M-1A1 Armor crewman before his honorable discharge with a service-related disability as a Corporal. |
NMDVS Santa Fe Office #2
2009 S. Pacheco St.
Suite 211
(505) 827-7213
Outreach Offices:
Los Alamos
Las Vegas |
SILVER CITY
| Reggie Price is the Veterans’ Service Officer in Silver City, and provides services to Grant, Luna, Hidalgo and Catron Counties. He joined NMDVS in May of 2009. Reggie is as a Master Sergeant in the Air National Guard and has almost 18 years of service in the Air Force. His assignments have included locations in Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Germany, Afghanistan and New Mexico. |
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NMDVS Silver City Office
409 West College
(575) 538-2377
Outreach Offices
Deming
Lordsburg
Reserve |
TAOS
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Michael Pacheco is the NMDVS Veterans’ Service officer based in Taos. The graduate of Taos High School joined the department in February of 1999. Michael served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 1997, retiring as a Petty Officer 1st Class. He served on two of the most powerful ships of their day: The battleships USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62). |
NMDVS Taos Office
120 Civic Plaza
(575) 758-9624
Outreach Office:
Angel Fire |
