Action Corps Weekly – February 16, 2018 In This Issue: 1. House Holds Hearing on VA Budget Proposal 2. HillVets Recognizes VFW Members 3. DOD Releases New Retention Policy 4. Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing 5. Operation Homecoming 6. Ginnie Mae Penalizes Nine Lenders for Targeting Veterans 7. VA to Host Women Veteran Athletes for…
DetailsVFW to Discuss Veterans’ Issues With Congress Annual VFW Legislative Conference runs March 4-7 WASHINGTON (February 15, 2018) – More than 500 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will take to the nation’s capital the first week of March to advocate on behalf of America’s nearly 25 million veterans and military…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly – February 9, 2018 In This Issue: 1. VFW Praises Two-Year Sequestration Alleviating Budget Deal 2. VFW Meets with DHA Director 3. House Hearing on VA Caregiver Program 4. VFW Endorses Veterans Financial Protection Legislation 5. VFW-Supported Bill to Improve TAP Introduced 6. TRICARE Webinar 7. DOD Releases Service Academy Report…
DetailsVFW Applauds Two-Year Budget Deal Eliminating sequestration still a job left undone WASHINGTON (February 9, 2018) — Early this morning Congress voted to keep the government open for six more weeks as it works out a two-year budget deal that increases sequestration-levied spending caps for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The good news is the…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly – February 2, 2018 In This Issue: 1. VFW Participates in Military to Civilian Transition Roundtable 2. House Hearing on Appeals Modernization 3. TRICARE Retiree Dental Plan Ending 4. VFW-Supported Veteran Debt Fairness Act Introduced 5. VA Resumes Applications for New Veterans ID Card 6. VA to Celebrate African American History…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly January 26, 2018 In This Issue: 1. TRICARE Pharmacy Copays Increasing 2. DOD-VA Release Discharge Upgrade Tool 3. TRICARE Establishes Philippine Provider Network 4. VFW Talks Toxic Exposures on CBS Radio 5. Home Loan Refinance Protections 6. MIA Update Download a PDF version of this week’s Action Corps Weekly. 1. TRICARE…
DetailsVFW Disaster Assistance Tops $680,000 VFW swiftly rose to assist service members and veterans affected by string of natural disasters KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 26, 2018) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce that its VFW Unmet Needs program provided a total of $684,000 in disaster assistance grants to…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly January 19, 2018 In This Issue: 1. Government Shutdown Looming 2. Senate Hearing on State of VA 3. House Holds Veteran Homelessness Hearing 4. Aurora Hospital Hearing 5. National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service 6. VFW National Home for Children 7. MIA Update Download a PDF version of this…
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