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Virginia Chief Petty Officer License Plates

Posted at 11:33 PM on Thursday, October 2, 2008 by dist8

Virginia Chief Petty Officer License Plates

My name is Rick Sandlin, a US Navy Veteran (E-7/CPO - 1993-2002).I am pushing forward with the Virginia Chief Petty Officer special vehicle license plate. I am assisting with the collection of the required 350 pre-registrations to get the license plate approved by the Virginia General Assembly and sent to the DMV for processing.

 

I have created a website at http://fouledanchor.org to assist with fund collection and registration tracking. So far, there are 39 paid registrations being tracked on the website. I am trying to get the word out to as many Chief Petty Officers as possible (active and retired) in order to get this license plate on the road. The goal is 350 registrations.

Please take a moment to visit http://fouledanchor.org/hb1344.php to learn more about the license plate including a proposed plate design.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call me at

540-223-0790 or email

Rick Sandlin (Formerly FCC (SW), USN)

rick@fouledanchor.org
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VFW Salutes Passage of 2009 VA Budget

Posted at 03:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by dist8

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2008--The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saluting the 110th Congress for providing $50.2 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs fiscal year 2009 budget.

As part of the $634 billion Continuing Resolution signed by President Bush yesterday, VA discretionary funding is increased $4.5 billion over last year, which meets Independent Budget recommendations for healthcare funding. The Independent Budget is a detailed analysis of VA operations that the VFW has co-authored for the past 22 years with AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

VA budget highlights include $3.8 billion for mental healthcare, $584 million for substance abuse programs, $510 million for medical and prosthetic research, $250 million to improve access for veterans in rural areas, and additional funding for homeless grants, the hiring of 2,000 additional claims adjudicators, and to raise the mileage reimbursement rate from 28.5 to 41.5 cents per mile.

“We are very grateful to the president and to congressional leadership for keeping to their pledge to take care of our veterans,” said VFW National Commander Glen Gardner, a Vietnam veteran from Round Rock, Texas. “And we hope the delivery of an on-time budget is the start of a trend that will continue into the next administration and Congress.”
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Sleep for Soliders

Posted at 11:40 PM on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 by dist8


Virginia National Guard Spc. Phillip Read and other Soldiers receive kits that contain an egg crate mattress pad, a set of sheets and a pillow sent from the "Sleep for Soldiers" initiative.

Date Taken: September 23rd, 2008

Location: US

Photographer: National Guard Bureau

Read the Full Story Here: Guardsman’s Wife Providing Better ‘Sleep for Soldiers’
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Veterans Day Community Fair

Posted at 04:35 PM on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by dist8

Comrades,

American Legion Post 177 and VFW Post 8469 cordially invite you and your guests to a Veterans Day Community Fair at Legion Post 177 to share our day, network, honor our fallen, and help the living.

Your Post may bring a 10’ x 10’ pop-up tent -"booth" (bring weights to secure your tent on the paved parking lot) from which you may conduct non-food fund raising activity, and/or provide information about your Post’s ongoing activities to the public and your veteran peers. You are also invited to bring your Color Guard for our Joint Flag Retirement and Memorial Ceremony. Please wear your overseas caps.

Schedule:

• 12 pm Fair begins with outdoor patriotic band concert & booth activities.

• 1 pm ceremony (short speeches, combined color

• 2 pm Honor Roll read aloud during flag retirement ceremony.

• 3 pm end.

• A Service Officer will be available to discuss veterans’ benefits.

Booths may be set-up in the morning. Food will be available for sale on-site. We are a disabled friendly facility and restrooms are available. Come rain or shine as we have an indoor back-up plan.

To reserve a spot for your Post’s pop-up tent/booth, please contact American Legion Post 177’s Third Vice-Commander, Dean Strong at

We hope to see you there!

dstrong@post177.org or by phone message at the Post 703-273-2250 by 27 October 2008.
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Home Repair Scam Appears to Target Military Families

Posted at 12:48 PM on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 by dist8

WASHINGTON - The letter that appeared in a Soldier's mailbox promised an offer almost too good to be true: a home improvement loan approved by Congress and backed up by a government agency.

Officials at the Federal Citizen Information Center fear it's a scam targeting military members that uses the center's credibility to lure victims in.

An eagle-eyed Soldier notified the Federal Citizen Information Center after receiving the ad from the "Home Information Center" linked to post office boxes in Dallas and in Owasso, Okla. The letter included a reference to FCIC's Web site in an apparent attempt to show a federal endorsement.

"The thing that immediately sends up a red flag is the fact that [the advertisement] says these loans are approved by the U.S. Congress," said Mary Levy, director of consumer education and outreach in the FCIC's Office of Citizen Services. "Congress would absolutely never approve any particular home improvement loan."

Source: DVIDS-Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System

Read Full Story Here: Home Repair Scam Appears to Target Military Families
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Texas VFW Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund

Posted at 11:55 PM on Monday, September 15, 2008 by dist8

From: "Phyllis Cale"
To: "_All State Depts"
:
Subject: Department of Texas
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:58:37 -0500

MEMORANDUM
FROM
ALLEN F. "GUNNER" KENT
ADJUTANT GENERAL
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

To: Department Adjutant-Quartermasters
Date: September 15, 2008

As you are aware, homes, businesses and land from Galveston Island to Port Arthur to Beaumont in Texas have been destroyed by Hurricane Ike. However at this time, we do not know if any VFW Posts were lost.

As a result of the devastation, the Department Texas has established a special fund to assist our members who have been evacuated and or suffered a loss due to the hurricane.
The Department of Texas is asking for our support. Please notify the Posts in your Department and ask them to contribute to this immediate relief effort. Monetary donations may be sent directly to;

Roy Grona
Adjutant-Quartermaster
Department of Texas Headquarters
8503 N IH 35
Austin, Texas 78753-5722.

Thank you for all you do for this great Organization.
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VFW Washington Weekly - September 12, 2008

Posted at 08:35 PM on Friday, September 12, 2008 by dist8

In This Issue:
1. COLA Passes House
2. House VA Committee Hearings
3. FY2009 NDAA
4. Wounded Warrior Resource Center Established


1. COLA Passes House: The House cleared a cost-of-living bill Wednesday that would provide an increase for veterans with service-connected disabilities, as well as dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for families of deceased veterans.

The Senate passed the veterans' COLA measure in July. The COLA bill, S 2617, provides for a Dec. 1 increase in disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions that will match whatever increase is provided in Social Security benefits. The increase, which applies to about 2.8 million veterans and survivors, would first appear in January paychecks. The Social Security increase won't be known until mid-October, but is expected to be a minimum of 6 percent. The Social Security COLA automatically applies to military and federal civilian retired pay, but veterans' disability and survivor benefits and pensions increase only through the enactment of new legislation. The COLA bill now awaits the President's signature.

2. House VA Committee Hearings On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing to review three bills. VFW provided testimony for the record and supported HR 3051, The Heroes at Home Act and HR 6153, The Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act.

-HR 3051 would provide much needed relief for those suffering from TBI by creating a family caregiver program to train families or friends of veterans suffering from the effects of severe brain injuries. It also requires VA to conduct outreach to educate veterans and the public about PTSD and TBI, as well as promoting the range of services VA can provide for their treatment.

-HR 6153 would improve VA's ability to recruit and retain nurses and other health care practitioners by improving pays for various health care specialties. VFW has called on VA to improve and adapt its policy in order keep up with the ever competitive and changing marketplace of high-quality health care providers.

To read our testimony, visit the House VA website at: http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/hearing.aspx?newsid=299

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