Wyoming Senator Stops Blue Water Navy Bill VFW national commander says caring for veterans a cost of war WASHINGTON (December 10, 2018) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is denouncing Sen. Mike Enzi’s obstruction of H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018. The senator’s reason? We can’t…
VFW Action Corps Weekly December 7, 2018 Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day In This Issue: 1. VFW Remembers President Bush 2. Pearl Harbor Day 2018 3. VFW Leadership Visits DPAA 4. VFW Attends Deputy Secretary of Defense Roundtable 5. VA to Provide Telehealth at VFW Posts 6. Coast Guard Needs More Icebreakers 7.…
VFW Remembers President George H.W. Bush 41st President was last of eight to earn the title of VFW member WASHINGTON (December 1, 2018) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is mourning the passing of one of their own, former President George H.W. Bush, who died last night at his home in…
VFW Action Corps Weekly November 30, 2018 In This Issue: 1. Blue Water Navy Bill Continues to be Stalled in the Senate 2. VA Responsibility for Making Student Veterans Whole 3. VFW Testifies on How VA Implements New Policy Initiatives 4. US-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs 5. Generational Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf…
VFW Action Corps Weekly November 21, 2018 This week’s issue is being delivered early in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. In This Issue: 1. Korean War Remains Uncovered Inside DMZ 2. Military Recruiting Drops 7 Percent 3. November is National Family Caregiver Month 4. TRICARE Prime and Select Open Season 5. TRDP and FEDVIP Update…
VFW Action Corps Weekly November 16, 2018 In This Issue: 1. National Academies Link Hypertension, MGUS to Agent Orange Exposure 2. VA Rates 70 Percent of its Nursing Homes as Failures 3. GI Bill Oversight Hearing Held 4. Hearing on VA’s Oversight of Contract Disability Examinations 5. Blue Water Navy Bill Continues to be Stalled…
National Academies Link Hypertension, MGUS to Agent Orange Exposure VFW urges VA to swiftly add both diseases to presumptive list WASHINGTON (November 15, 2018) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to add hypertension and a precursor to multiple myeloma to the current list of…
VA Rates 70 Percent of its Nursing Homes as Failures VFW, Legion national commanders demand immediate action WASHINGTON (November 14, 2018) — The national commanders of the nation’s two largest veterans organizations are demanding that Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie bring immediate attention to his nursing home program that currently has 70 percent…
