VFW Action Corps Weekly – September 25, 2015 In This Issue: 1. VFW Holds Fall Legislative Conference in Washington, DC 2. Our Care Report 3. Grants to Reduce Veterans Homelessness 4. This Sunday is Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day 5. New Military Leadership 6. Two Korean War MIAs Identified 1. VFW Holds Fall Legislative…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly – September 18, 2015 In This Issue: 1. VFW Testifies at Senate Committee Hearing 2. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Approves Several Bills 3. VFW Hosts Eisenhower Memorial Commission 4. Gulf War Vets Needed for Research 5. National POW/MIA Recognition Day 6. Train Attack Heroes Receive Medals 7. Four MIAs Identified 1.…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly – September 11, 2015 In This Issue: 1. Patriot Day 2. House Holds Hearing on Licensing and Credentialing 3. House Oversight Committee Investigates Army Childcare Program 4. The VFW Attends Warrior-Family Symposium 5. Every Name Needs a Photo 6. Vietnam MIA Identified 1. Patriot Day: Fourteen years ago today radical Islamic…
DetailsVFW Action Corps – September 4, 2015 In This Issue: 1. The VFW Fills the Room for Field Hearing and Town Hall Meetings 2. Pentagon VSO/MSO Conference 3. Vietnam Wall “In Memory” Program 4. Become a Vietnam War Commemorative Partner 5. Missing Medal of Honor Recipient Identified 1. The VFW Fills the Room for Field…
DetailsVeterans’ Voices Expands Mission, Changes Name Kansas City, MO, September 1, 2015 – A national non-profit organization offering therapeutic writing services to America’s veterans has expanded its mission and changed its name. After 69 years serving veterans in VA hospitals, Veterans’ Voices has expanded its mission to reach veterans outside of the VA hospital system…
DetailsVFW Action Corps Weekly – August 28, 2015 In This Issue: 1. Candidate Suggests Eliminating VA 2. Prudential’s SGLI Records to be Unsealed 3. Senate Field Hearings on VA Health Care 4. VFW & SVA Accepting 2016 Legislative Fellowship Applications 5. DOD Launches Website on New Prescription Drug Policy 6. GI Bill Covers O&P Training…
DetailsVFW Against Candidate’s Call to Eliminate the VA WASHINGTON (August 27, 2015) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is 100 percent against suggestions made by Dr. Ben Carson to eliminate the Department of Veterans Affairs by moving it under the Department of Defense. The presidential candidate’s remark was made while appearing…
DetailsVFW’s Motion Granted: Unseal Prudential’s SGLI Records All documents had remained sealed at Prudential’s request KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 26, 2015) – Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor issued a ruling that grants a motion filed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) to unseal documents related to the class…
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