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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 9:41pm
By Tom Philpott: Military Update
Tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or B cell leukemia should file claims now with the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability compensation, not wait until VA publishes a regulation officially linking these diseases to wartime service.
Advocacy groups are urging the swift filing of claims because veterans eventually found eligible for disability pay for these diseases will be able to receive compensation back to the date their claims were filed. Those who wait for a regulation to add these ailments to VA’s list of diseases presumed caused by exposure to Agent Orange and other toxins used in the war could lessen, by several months of compensation, any retroactive pay that they...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 1:53pm
Past Department Commander Charles E. (Red) Sonntag passed away at 5:40 AM Monday March 8, 2010
There will be a rosary at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 11th at
Emken-Linton Funeral Home
5100 Emmet F Lowery Expressway, Texas City, 77592
409-945-4444
A funeral mass will be held on Friday, March 12th at 10:00 AM at
St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church
3rd Ave and 6th St
Texas City Tx
409-945-8662
There will be a private burial at the National Cemetery in Houston.
Condolences may be sent to his wife Irma at
PO Box 2877
Texas City 77592
Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to
Col. H B Moore Post 89
PO Box 2596
Texas City 77592
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 3:09pm
Past Post, 6th District and 2nd Division Commander Ralph York passed away on March 7, 2010 at 1:47 pm. Arrangements for the funeral of Past 2nd Division Commander Ralph Y. Cobb have now been made as follows: Visitation on Thursday Night, March 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Hillier Funeral Home 2301 East 29th Street. The funeral service will be at the Reliance Baptist Church 6925 Reliance Church Rd, 77808, Phone 979 589 3081 at 2 pm, Friday March 12, with a reception at Earl Graham Post 159 at 3:45 pm, 101 Waco St, Bryan TX 77803. In lieu of flowers please donate to your local charities. or send a boy to Boys State.
You can send your condolences to www.hillierfuneralhome.com or read...
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 7:59pm
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 8:05am
VA To Re-Examine Gulf War Vets’ Disability Claims
The American Legion welcomes VA decision
(AP - February 26, 2010) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will re-examine the disability claims of what could be thousands of Gulf War veterans suffering from ailments they blame on their war service, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly twenty years after the war ended.
Secretary Eric Shinseki said the decision is part of a "fresh, bold look" VA is taking to help veterans who have what's commonly called "Gulf War illness". "I'm hoping they'll be enthused by the fact that this ... challenges all the assumptions that have been there for 20 years," Shinseki told The Associated Press in an exclusive...
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 3:25pm
Three Federal Departments Collaborate on National Resource Directory
WASHINGTON (Feb. 25, 2010) — The federal departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor and Defense unveiled today an improved Web site for wounded warriors.
“VA is committed to tapping into the full powers of the Internet to provide accurate, timely, easy to find and easy to understand information that improves the lives of Veterans, service members, their families and all who care for them,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
The National Resource Directory is a comprehensive, free, online tool for wounded, ill and injured service members, Veterans and their families. Visitors to the site can find an extensive range of information about Veterans’ benefit...
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 5:25pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) today praised President Barack Obama’s signing of the Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009.
“For veterans with limited insurance, a trip to the emergency room should not result in financial ruin,” said Chairman Akaka, who introduced the bill in the Senate last year. “With this new law, VA will be positioned to help veterans who are enrolled in VA care whose insurance does not cover the full cost of emergency treatment.”
The Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act, signed into law by President Obama last night, will enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans enrolled in VA health care for the remaining cost of emergency treatment if the v...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 3:48pm
 The formation of the Hubmaster Network for the Department of Texas has begun.
The 23 Dist Cmdrs have designated their respective Dist Hubmasters. The Division Hubmasters are the Division Commanders. The Department Hubmaster is Adjutant Bill West. The only chore left is to assign the individual Post Hubmaster which is to be done through the Post Commanders. I know it seems simple to just email the commander of each post, however we need to develop a network that will go into the future demands of electronic information desimmination throughout the State of Texas. It must be concise and timely to benefit the users of the network.
Firstly, the information will b...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:21am
We will pay his legal bills if necessary,’ says National Commander
WASHINGTON – The American Legion has joined the fight being waged by a Medal of Honor recipient against a Virginia homeowner association’s demands to remove a flagpole.
Col. Van Barfoot, 90, a World War II and Vietnam veteran, was ordered by the Sussex Square Homeowner’s Assocation to remove the flag pole from his front lawn after he flew the U.S. Flag on Labor Day and Veterans Day. The association is claiming that the flag pole is not “aesthetically appropriate.”
“The association underestimated the fight left in this elderly veteran and now they have to contend with the determination and persistence of Col. Barfoot’s 2.5 million friends in The American Legion,” said Nationa...
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 3:41pm
WASHINGTON (Dec. 3, 2009) – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a national survey of Veterans, active duty service members, activated National Guard and reserve members, and family members and survivors to learn if they are aware of VA services.
“By hearing directly from Veterans and their family members, we gain valuable information to help us serve them better. We hope those who receive the survey will respond to it,” Secretary Shinseki said.
In addition to assessing awareness levels, the National Survey of Veterans will collect important health care, benefits, employment, and demographic information that VA will use to inform policy decisions and improve benefits. Recognizing a broader...
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