VFW Action Corps Weekly October 12, 2018 In This Issue: 1. Make Sure Your Voice is Heard on Nov. 6 2. Delayed Housing Payments Impacting up to 180,000 Student Veterans 3. 2019 COLA Increase Will Be Largest in 7 Years 4. Depression Screening Available Online 5. Hurricane Michael Closes Several VA Facilities 6. VFW Endorses…
October 5, 2018 In This Issue: 1. Special Forces Medic Receives Medal of Honor 2. VA to Host Economic Development Events in Puerto Rico 3. Compare 2019 FEDVIP Dental and Vision Plans 4. On-Base Shopping Privileges to Expand 5. Trump Donates His Salary to Veteran Entrepreneurs 6. HonorBound Foundation Awards VFW a Grant to Help…
VFW Action Corps Weekly September 14, 2018 In This Issue: 1. VFW Fall Legislative Conference 2. VFW National Commander Meets Top Leaders 3. VFW and VA Participate in Facebook Live Event on Suicide Prevention 4. Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall 5. TRICARE Issues Disaster Alert for Hurricane Florence 6. VA Receives Full Year Appropriations 7. North…
VFW Action Corps Weekly September 7, 2018 In This Issue: 1. VFW Testifies in Support of Cemetery Improvements 2. VFW Attends Arlington Cemetery Update 3. VFW Against Weakening Military Lending Act 4. VA Nomination Hearings Held 5. Adaptive Grant Hearing Held 6. Suicide Prevention Month and Third Annual A Day to Change Direction 7. VA…
VFW Action Corps Weekly – August 31, 2018 In This Issue: Legislative Wrap Up Veterans Committees Pressure VA to Conduct Cannabis Research VA Awards $200M in Veteran Homelessness Assistance Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program to Expand Army to Screen 40,000 Homes for Lead Report Finds Veterans Improperly Denied MST-related PTSD Claims Explosive Souvenirs are Unsafe V-J…
VFW Remembers Sen. John McCain A life member of Arizona VFW Post 7401 WASHINGTON (August 26, 2018) — The 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary are saluting the life of one of their own, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain III, who died yesterday evening after battling brain cancer.…
VA MAY HAVE DENIED HALF OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA CLAIMS IN ERROR VFW national commander calls it ‘failing our veterans’ WASHINGTON (August 24, 2018) — The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a 33-page report this week that indicates nearly half of all denied military sexual assault-related claims may have been denied…
VFW Action Corps Weekly August 24, 2018 In This Issue: 1. Report Finds Veterans Improperly Denied MST-related PTSD Claims 2. VFW Participates in Secretary of the Navy Retiree Council Meeting 3. New Security Clearance Guidelines Coming 4. Applications Open for 2019 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship 5. MIA Update Click here for a printer-friendly version. 1. Report…
