VA Announces Access Standards Based on Drive Times, Wait
Times
These Veterans
Charities Aren't Real, But Goddammit They Should Be
VFW Launches Mobile App Ahead of 2019 Legislative
Conference
Senators Gary Peters and John Cornyn recently introduced
S. 492, the Disabled-Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy
(DRIVE) Act, which would create a goal that five percent of the federal funding
for infrastructure projects be granted to service-connected disabled veteran
owned small businesses (SDVOSBs).
VA’s Appeals Modernization Act takes effect today: New
law streamlines department’s current claims and appeals process for Veterans
Veterans Service Organizations Hearing at Joint Session
of House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees – On Capitol Hill in Room
SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building:
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, 2 PM - Disabled American
Veterans
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, 10 AM - The American
Legion
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 10 AM - Veterans of
Foreign Wars
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 2 PM - American
Ex-Prisoners of War, American Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Student Veterans of America, Vietnam
Veterans of America, and Wounded Warrior Project
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 10 AM - Blinded Veterans
Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Gold Stars Wives of America, Jewish War
Veterans of the United States of America, Military Officers Association of
America, Military of the Purple Heart, and National Association of the State
Directors of Veterans Affairs
Apple announces Health Records feature coming to veterans
VA publishes interim final rule on cash-out home loans to
further protect Veterans
Former VA Employee Receives 11-Year Sentence for
Accepting Bribes and Defrauding Veterans
VA seeks training providers to ready Veterans for
high-tech careers
Vietnam Bao Chi by Marc Phillip Yablonka
PA Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
Committee 2019-2020 Session: Mike Regan, Chair; Lindsey M.Williams, Minority
Chair.
PA House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
Committee 2019-2020 Session: Stephen Barrar, Chair; Chris Sainato, Democratic
Chair.
VWC (Vietnam War Commemoration) SITREP 2019 - Special
Edition Issue 1.pdf
FROM: The Army
Heritage Center Foundation
TO: Veterans of
all eras and services, their family, and friends.
WHAT: FREE
VETERANS’ BREAKFAST
WHEN: Monday,
March 4, 9:00—11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 5265, 199 W 1st Ave, Spring Grove, PA
SPEAKER: Joe
Boslet will display artifacts and discuss his experience as an advisor in
Vietnam.
NOTE: The program
will include a Pinning Ceremony to present official Department of Defense
issued Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemorative Pins to any eligible Veterans
in attendance. Living United States
veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during
the period of November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of location, are
eligible to receive one lapel pin.
S.532 - Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military
Spouses Act — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that
an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan
forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of
consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because
the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated
during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of
duty station, or the individual works in a school of the defense dependents'
education system under the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 due to
such a relocation, and for other purposes.
Latest Action:
Senate - 02/14/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R.1229 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher
loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period
of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted
because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is
relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent
change of duty station, or the individual works in a school of the defense
dependents' education system under the Defense Dependents' Education Act of
1978 due to such a relocation, and for other purposes. Latest
Action: House - 02/14/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and
Labor.
Dear PTSD: Letter From A Military Wife To The Condition
Destroying Her Family
OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain-
Vietnam.m4v
Seoul, Pyongyang Join in Recovering Korean War Dead in
No-Man's-Land
The Great Alone
A Troubled Dad Takes His Family Into the Wild
The Great Alone
THE GREAT ALONE
6 Things to Know About Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Great Alone’
Virginia elementary school apologizes for Underground
Railroad 'runaway slave game'
New Law Allows Disabled Vets to Fly Space-A
What Obituaries Are Trying to Tell Us About Veterans and
PTSD
STATEMENT OF DENNIS R. NIXON DAV NATIONAL COMMANDER
BEFORE THE COMMITTEES ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS U.S. SENATE AND U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 26, 2019
National Commander Dennis Nixon delivers testimony before
Joint Committee
U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee
Tester, American Legion Warn Against VA Risking Veterans
Access to Quality Care
Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans
FULL MEASURE: February 24, 2019 - The Missing
Corpsman, Up! After a harrowing recon mission, the author
would leave Vietnam with mental scars far worse than his physical wounds.
Purple Heart vets will get disability claims moved
quicker
National League of Families of American Prisoners and
Missing in Action in Southeast Asia—Status of the POW/MIA Issue, February 26,
2019
The Veterans Initiative Needs Your Help.
Objects taken from the battlefields of Vietnam
are more than souvenirs or war trophies. Maps, stories, after-action reports,
pictures, military items may have a story that could result in finding the
location of missing war dead. Can you help?
Contact the Veterans Initiative at: Veterans Initiative, Vietnam
Veterans Of America (VVA), 8719 Colesville Rd., Suite 100, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910,
vi@vva.org
VA Expands Vets' Access To Private Care But Gives No Plan
To Pay For It
Financial institutions report widespread elder financial
abuse
Takano announces congressional task force to address
challenges facing female veterans
Swimming with sting rays helps some local veterans sooth
PTSD
19TH BIENNIAL NATIONAL VVA CONVENTION,
July 15-20, 2019, Spokane, Washington
Vietnam Veterans of America
National President/CEO, John Rowan, will present VVA 2019 legislative
priorities and policy initiatives before the joint hearing of the House and
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees; joining Mr. Rowan at the hearing will be
AMVETS, Paralyzed Veterans of America, IAVA, Student Veterans of America,
American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization and Wounded Warriors Project. When: Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 2:00pm. Where:
SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. The hearing is open to the public. To watch the hearing live on March 7, 2019 go
to:
VFW Action Corps Weekly, March 1, 2019
VFW 2019 Priority Goals
VFW Legislative Conference Highlights
VA Announces Expedited Claims for Purple Heart Veterans
at Oversight Hearing
Secretary Wilkie Testifies Before House Committee
Congressional Hearing on Access to VA for Women Veterans
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Navy Reserve Journalist 3rd Class Raul A. Guerra.
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Cpl. Benjamin W. Scott
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Capt. Rufus J. Hyman
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Pfc. James C. Williams
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Cpl. Stephen P. Nemec
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Carl M. Shaffer
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Burleigh E. Curtis
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Navy Reserve Seaman 2nd Class Ira N. Slaton
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Pfc. Clifford M. Mills
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Walter B. Stone
Returning home with full military honors, the Defense
POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Navy Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Archie T. Miles.
Returning home with full military honors, as per the
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, is Navy Seaman 2nd Class David B. Edmonston.
Remains of Jewish US Solider Killed at Pearl Harbor
Identified as that of Charles M. Stern Jr., of Albany
Trump creates task force to combat veteran suicide
COUNTY DIRECTORS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (DMVA Digest,
9-5-18): County Directors of Vets Affairs provide county Vets and their
dependents direct assistance to identify, determine eligibility and assist in
the preparation of applications for County, State and Federal Vets benefits and
programs. The County Director is responsible for the payment of Burial
Allowances and ensuring Grave Markers and Headstones are properly requested and
placed for each deceased County Vet. They also provide direct application for
State programs like Real Estate Tax Exemption, Vets Emergency Assistance, Blind
and Paralyzed Pensions and Education Gratuity for Vets who are currently rated
a 100% Permanent and Total by the Federal VA:
Chester: Lawrence
Davidson, 601 WESTTOWN RD STE 170, WEST CHESTER 19382-4545, 610-344-6375,
Ldavidson@chesco.org
The PA VETS REGISTRY is DMVA’s first step in a long-term
strategy to achieve a higher level of communication with our Vets as well as
our partners who support them. Visit the web page:
https://register.dmva.pa.gov/
Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, Press 1
Homeless Vets: 1-877-4AID-VET (1-800-424-3838)
Hundreds of vets are suing over these defective combat
earplugs
President Donald Trump orders creation of new task force
to prevent veteran suicides
2019-03-07 Joint HVAC-SVAC Committee Hearing: Legislative
Presentation of Multiple VSOs
2019 National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Military Officer Association of America Willow Grove
Chapter
Veterans Web Sites
Veterans Justice Outreach Program – More VJOs are needed
in Pennsylvania and across the nation.
More volunteers are needed to serve as mentors.
VA Services for Veterans Involved in the Justice System:
VA’s Veterans Justice Outreach Program
Veterans Treatment Courts and other Veteran-focused
courts served by VA Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists
President signs bill promoting Veterans Justice Outreach
specialists
A National Study of Veterans Treatment Court Participants:
Who Benefits and Who Recidivates
What Is A Veterans Treatment Court?
Welcome to the world's largest conference on addiction,
mental health and justice reform.
National Drug Court Institute
VA Voluntary Service: Volunteers are a priceless asset to
the Nation’s Veterans and to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Volunteer or Donate
Paul Muschick: Tide is finally turning for Vietnam War's
'blue water veterans'
National Commander Dr. Barry J. Schneider will present
JWV’s legislative priorities before the joint House and Senate Veterans’
Affairs Committee on Tuesday, March 12, at 10:00 a.m., in room SD-G50 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building. The address is 50 Constitution Ave NE,
Washington, DC 20002.
The 124th Annual National Convention will be held at the
Omni Hotel in Richmond, VA on August 18-23, 2019. Be sure to make your
reservation by Tuesday, July 9. For more information about this year’s
Convention, contact Jennifer Brande, 202-265-6280. The registration form is
online at:
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
Heroes Photos Discount: For a limited time only, the NMAJMH is offering an $80
discount for you to honor your hero. “Our Heroes” holds photos of our American
veterans. For $100, each 4″x6″ picture of your hero including a plaque with
their service information will be displayed at the museum. This discount
applies until the National Convention in August.
House unanimously passes first burn pit bill of the year
BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO DESERT STORM AND DESERT SHIELD
STARTS WITH YOU
Desert Storm memorial marks an ‘atonement’ for Vietnam
War mistakes
Book Review: Smashing Hitler's Panzers
Perspectives in Military History Lecture: Smashing
Hitler's Panzers
Women's History Month Event at the US Army Heritage &
Education Center on Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 1200 in the VEC Multipurpose
Rooms
Pennsylvania is
kind of famous for its "firsts." First hospital in America, the first
World Series Game, and the first successful oil well. But only one woman has ever been the first
Army National Guard Aviator, the first female Maneuver Brigade Commander in the
U.S. Army, and the first female Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National
Guard. The U.S. Army Heritage and
Education Center is pleased to host Major General (Retired) Jessica Wright as
our speaker on Thursday, March 21st at 12:00 PM in recognition of Women's
History Month.
Jessica Wright
began her military career as an enlisted Soldier in the Pennsylvania Army
National Guard in 1975, but shortly after enlisting she was commissioned as an
officer candidate in the Women's Army Corps Officer/Orientation Candidate
School at Fort McClellan, Alabama. She attended the Officers Rotary Wing
Aviator Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama where, upon graduation, she became the
Army National Guard's first female aviator. She was also the first female to
qualify on both the CH47 and CH54 helicopters.
In 2010, MG
Wright was appointed as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
by President Obama and served in that position until her retirement from
government service in 2015.
Join the
USAHEC, as we celebrate Women's History Month with MG (Ret.) Jessica Wright and
learn about her life experience as a female officer! The event begins at 12:00
noon on Thursday, March 21, 2019 in the Visitor and Education Center's
Multipurpose Room. The lecture is open to the public, and free to attend. This
is a brown-bag lecture and guests are welcome to bring their lunch!
President Trump signs executive order to empower Veterans
and end Veterans suicide
Secretary Wilkie statement on signing of the Executive
Order, “Supporting the Transition of Active Duty Service Members and Military
Veterans into the Merchant Marine”
