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American Legion calls for Senate to pass new Stolen Valor Act
Posted on May 21st, 2013
WASHINGTON (May 21, 2013) – The American Legion is calling on the U.S. Senate to pass a new Stolen Valor Act, which would address areas that were previously ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The new Stolen Valor Act would make it a crime to profit from lies about military awards, as opposed to… Read More »
VA and Veterans Service Organizations Announce Claims Initiative to Reduce Claims Backlog Joint Effort Aimed at Promoting Use of Fully Developed Claims
Posted on May 21st, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and The American Legion announced a new partnership to help reduce the compensation claims backlog for Veterans. The effort—the Fully Developed Claims (FDC) Community of Practice—is a key part of VA’s overall transformation plan to end the backlog in 2015 and process… Read More »
Department Achieves 100% in Membership.
Posted on May 20th, 2013
Congratulations to State Commander Dan Corbin, State Vice Commander Lynn Sparks, the Division and District Commanders, but most importantly all the Posts Leaders and their members for achieving 100% in membership as of Friday May 17th. Thank You all for your hard work, your efforts paid off. This is the first time since 2003 –… Read More »
VA Announces New Grants to Help End Veterans’ Homelessness
Posted on May 20th, 2013
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced two new grants to support Secretary Eric K. Shinseki’s goal of ending Veterans’ homelessness in 2015. Under these new programs, homeless providers can apply for funding to enhance the facilities used to serve homeless Veterans, and acquire vans to facilitate transportation of this population. “Those… Read More »
Department Training
Posted on May 14th, 2013
The Department of Texas has several training events coming up in the next couple of months, please checkout the Training Page for more details.
