Complex sentence: Santabarbara served in the United States Army Reserves for eight years with an honorable discharge in 1998, and has remained involved with local veterans organizations and is the founder of the first AMVETS Post in his hometown of Rotterdam.
Split into simpler sentences: Santabarbara served in the United States Army Reserves for eight years with an honorable discharge in 1998. Santabarbara has remained involved with local veterans organizations and is the founder of the first AMVETS Post in his hometown of Rotterdam.