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In Your Honor - Fort Wood Hotels Veterans - A Tribute to Veteran's Day

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Veteran's Day is just a few weeks away! At Fort Wood Hotels , we think it's very important to pay a tribute to our Veterans! Veteran's Day will be observed on Wednesday, November 11th and we have many hard-working Veterans employed with us at Fort Wood Hotels. We wanted to honor our Veterans by giving each of them a spotlight in our blog. This week, we would like to feature Roland Castro and Mattie Walden. Read on to learn more about these wonderful individuals and learn about their time spent serving our great country! Roland Castro, Maintenance Engineer, Candlewood Suites 1. Dates served in the Military July 1986 to August 1995 and October 2000 to May 2002. 2) Branch of Service U.S. Army 3) What Locations Did You Serve and What Units/Positions Did You Hold?   Germany; Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Korea; Fort Wood, Texas, Operation Desert Storm, 2nd Place Wrestling Championship Armed Forces Europe, 3 Armed Forces World Series Championships 4) What Did You Enjoy About the Militar...

In Your Honor - Fort Wood Hotels Veterans - A Tribute to Veteran's Day

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Our mission at Fort Wood Hotels is to serve our guests, our community, and each other! Our employees embrace our mission and we believe that is why our hotels continue to earn awards at all five of our hotels. Veteran's day is almost here and we believe honoring our Veterans is important. We have wonderful Veterans employed with us at Fort Wood Hotels and we would like to honor all of our Veterans in the weeks leading up to Veterans Day. Read on to learn more about Matthew Soto and Keelin Scott who are currently employed with us at MainStay Suites!  Matthew Soto, Guest Service Representative, MainStay Suites 1. Dates served in the Military 2012 - 2017 2) Branch of Service U.S. Army 3) What Locations Did You Serve and What Units/Positions Did You Hold? Basic training at Fort Jackson, AIT- Fort Sam Houston, First Assignment- Fort Polk 3rd Battalion 10th Mountain division 3-89 squadron HHC Healthcare specialist/combat medic, Second Duty Assignment-Fort Bliss 3rd brigade 1-77 Ar...

In Your Honor - Fort Wood Hotels Veterans - A Tribute to Veteran's Day

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Veterans Day will take place on November 11th! At Fort Wood Hotels we believe it is important to honor our Military Heros. We are fortunate enough to have Veterans employed with us at Fort Wood Hotels. In the weeks leading up to Veterans Day, we would like to honor those incredible employees and thank them for their service! This week we would like to honor Fran Schmadel and Joseph Rodriguez! Frank Schmadel, Driver, MainStay Suites 1. Dates served in the Military Aug 1985- Nov 2013 2) Branch of Service U.S. Army, Infantry 3) What Locations Did You Serve and What Units/Positions Did You Hold?  South Korea, Fort Riley, Fort Campbell, Hawaii, Fort Drum, Fort Leonardwood, Alaska and Fort Carson also Desert Shield/Storm in 1990/91, and Iraq. 4) What Did You Enjoy About the Military and/or What Did you Learn While in the Military? Things I enjoyed, the Brother and Sisterhood that I have developed. Going to different countries and learning the different cultures and food and drinking the ...

In Your Honor - Fort Wood Hotels Veterans - A Tribute to Veteran's Day

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Veterans Day is observed on November 11th. At Fort Wood Hotels , we believe it is important to show appreciation and honor our members of the military, both past, and present. Veterans Day is a special day to celebrate and honor our American Hero's for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve. With Veterans Day quickly approaching, we wanted to pay a special tribute to our Veterans who are employed with us at Fort Wood Hotels . In the upcoming weeks leading up to Veterans Day, we plan to recognize our Veterans! Read on to learn more about Lamberto Figueroa (Fig) and Juan Cotto!  Lamberto Figueroa (Fig), Maintenance Engineer at Hampton Inn 1) Dates In The Military  1991-2014 2) Branch of Service   U.S. Army 3) What Locations Did You Serve and What Units/Positions Did You Hold?  Retired at the rank of Sergeant First Class/SFC (E-7) Positions/MOS: 11 Bravo and 74 Delta 9 Total Deployments 4) What Did You Enjoy About the Military and/or What Did ...

Fall Lodging Specials at Fort Wood Hotels!

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Fall is officially here which means it's a great time to get away to the Ozarks! We have special fall packages to help you save money from romantic getaways to military discounts and more! Whether you are traveling for pleasure or business our hotel specials can help save you money. With five Fort Wood Hotels to choose from, Fort Wood Hotels has created a package to suit just about every guest. Read on to learn about our fall specials! Candlewood Weekends Save & Getaway or Just Stay Longer Candlewood Suites St. Robert  Save and visit in our less busy times. Our Weekend Rates will be sure to please you.    Senior Discount 15% Discount Fairfield Inn Fort Leonard Wood St. Robert Marriott Senior Discount, 62 years and older valid ID required, limited to 2 rooms per cardmember. Book The 2X Points Offer & Travel More Later Book the 2X Points Offer! Hampton Inn St. Robert/Ft. Leonard Wood Earn Double Hilton Honors Points every night of your stay! Must be a Hilton Honor...