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Background The Senate must pass this critically needed legislation before the end of the 117th Congress. The House has done its part, and now the Senate must finish the job. H.R. 1361, the Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act, also known as the AUTO for Veterans Act, would ease the financial burden of the most severely di...
Anthony R. Hansen, 71, lives in Alaska with his wife of 50 years, Debi. Proud parents of four, the two enjoy watching their kids build families of their own. “They have grown to be very wonderful adults, and all have married and now have children,” said Hansen. “So, you can see that this part of my life has been, and still is, ver...
Tom Reilly spent his childhood playing and roaming the splendorous fields and forests in western DeKalb County, Georgia. The towns of Chamblee, Dunwoody and what is now Brookhaven were filled with wild life. Reilly’s love of this area northeast of Atlanta led to a life of forestry preservation. It seems appropriate that a greenspace along Bro...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Assistant Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Takan...
WASHINGTON — Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) encourages all Americans to pause and reflect on the attack 81 years ago that changed the course of history and brought together the nation to defend our sovereignty, confront tyranny and win back freedom around the world. The Japanese attack re...
America’s World War II Army Rangers received a collective Congressional GoldMedal on June 7. President Joe Biden signed legislation P.L. 117-132 that day, which authorized the awards. They were recognized for their “bravery and sacrifice in combat” and earned the Gold Medal for “contributing greatly to the military success&r...
Veterans living at Brickmont Assisted Living in Woodstock, Georgia, have a “Veterans Resource Reading Area” thanks to members of VFW Post 12002 in nearby Alpharetta. Past Post Chaplain Dennis Parmer said that when he established the reading area in June, he did it so that VFW would be represented each day at the facility. “We want...
They gathered on an afternoon stitched in gray, serenadedby a brass band playing on the manicured lawn of the American Legion Pavilion at the local VA hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. Several dozen veterans, many confined to wheelchairs, welcomed a new trolley draped in the proverbial red, white and blue of their beloved nation on June 23, a $12...
Standing on the precipice of a life suffocated by an abusive marriage and post-traumatic stress, Helyn Stowe had a tennis ball dropped on her lap — once, twice, and three time’s a charm. With the weight of a loaded gun in her hand and body clinging to the couch of her New York home, Stowe kept receiving the unsolicited tennis ball from ...
A report released in July says troops, veterans and their families in 2021 were less likely to recommend military service than in 2019. While most respondents still encouraged military service, the percentage dropped noticeably over the two-year interval. The Military Family Advisory Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing help to ...
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