This is INCREDIBLE ! The picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men preparing for The Great War (what WW I was called before we had a second one), in a training camp at Camp Dodge in Iowa . A gift from our grandfathers. ..
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
VA to Open 14 New Clinics in Seven States
March 20, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Veterans in seven additional states will have easier access to world-class health care under a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plan to open 14 new outpatient clinics in 2008. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced that VA will establish new clinics in Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Washington.
“VA is dedicated to providing the best in health care to the men and women who have served this nation in uniform,” Peake said. “These new clinics will bring that care closer to veterans who have earned it through their service.”
Locations for the new clinics are:
· Arkansas – Phillips County
· Illinois – Coles County
· Indiana – Scott County
· Kentucky – Carroll County, Christian County and Graves County
· Oklahoma – Stillwater
· Tennessee – Bolivar, Campbell County, Dyer County, Roane County, Sevier County and Warren County
· Washington – Lewis County
The new clinics are scheduled to activate in 2008. The exact locations of the new facilities, along with their opening dates and the health care services they will provide, have to be determined. VA has previously approved 50 additional clinics that will begin providing services in 2008 for a total of 64 new clinics throughout the country this year.
With 153 hospitals and more than 700 community-based clinics, VA has the nation’s largest integrated health care system. The Department’s health care budget of over $36 billion this year will provide care to about 5.5 million veterans.
“Community-based medicine is better medicine,” said Dr. Michael Kussman, VA’s Under Secretary for Health. “It makes preventive care easier for patients, helps doctors have closer relationships with their patients and permits easier follow-up for patients with chronic health problems.”
Many of the new clinics were designated as priorities under VA’s Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) plan. CARES, completed in 2004, was intended to ensure that VA uses its resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.
WASHINGTON -- Veterans in seven additional states will have easier access to world-class health care under a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plan to open 14 new outpatient clinics in 2008. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced that VA will establish new clinics in Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Washington.
“VA is dedicated to providing the best in health care to the men and women who have served this nation in uniform,” Peake said. “These new clinics will bring that care closer to veterans who have earned it through their service.”
Locations for the new clinics are:
· Arkansas – Phillips County
· Illinois – Coles County
· Indiana – Scott County
· Kentucky – Carroll County, Christian County and Graves County
· Oklahoma – Stillwater
· Tennessee – Bolivar, Campbell County, Dyer County, Roane County, Sevier County and Warren County
· Washington – Lewis County
The new clinics are scheduled to activate in 2008. The exact locations of the new facilities, along with their opening dates and the health care services they will provide, have to be determined. VA has previously approved 50 additional clinics that will begin providing services in 2008 for a total of 64 new clinics throughout the country this year.
With 153 hospitals and more than 700 community-based clinics, VA has the nation’s largest integrated health care system. The Department’s health care budget of over $36 billion this year will provide care to about 5.5 million veterans.
“Community-based medicine is better medicine,” said Dr. Michael Kussman, VA’s Under Secretary for Health. “It makes preventive care easier for patients, helps doctors have closer relationships with their patients and permits easier follow-up for patients with chronic health problems.”
Many of the new clinics were designated as priorities under VA’s Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) plan. CARES, completed in 2004, was intended to ensure that VA uses its resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Five Years of VA Health Care for Combat Veterans
WASHINGTON (February 26, 2008) -
Military veterans who served in combat since Nov. 11, 1998, including veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, are now eligible for five years of free medical care for most conditions from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
This measure increases a two-year limit that has been in
effect nearly a decade. "By their service and their sacrifice,
America's newest combat veterans have earned this special
eligibility period for VA's world-class health care," said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake.
The five-year deadline has no effect upon veterans with
medical conditions related to their military service.
Veterans may apply at any time after their discharge from
the military -- even decades later -- for medical care for
service-connected health problems.
The new provision, part of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2008 signed by President Bush on Jan.
28, 2008, applies to care in a VA hospital, outpatient
clinic or nursing home. It also extends VA dental benefits
-- previously limited to 90 days after discharge for most
veterans -- to 180 days.
Combat veterans who were discharged between Nov. 11,
1998 and Jan. 16, 2003, and who never took advantage of
VA's health care system, have until Jan. 27, 2011 to qualify
for free VA health care. The five-year window is also open
to activated Reservists and members of the National Guard,
if they served in a theater of combat operations after
Nov. 11, 1998 and were discharged under other than
dishonorable conditions.
Veterans who take advantage of this five-year window
to receive VA health care can continue to receive care
after five years, although they may have to pay copayments
for medical problems unrelated to their military service.
Copayments range from $8 for a 30-day supply of
prescription medicine to $1,024 for the first 90 days of
inpatient care each year.
Military veterans who served in combat since Nov. 11, 1998, including veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, are now eligible for five years of free medical care for most conditions from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
This measure increases a two-year limit that has been in
effect nearly a decade. "By their service and their sacrifice,
America's newest combat veterans have earned this special
eligibility period for VA's world-class health care," said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake.
The five-year deadline has no effect upon veterans with
medical conditions related to their military service.
Veterans may apply at any time after their discharge from
the military -- even decades later -- for medical care for
service-connected health problems.
The new provision, part of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2008 signed by President Bush on Jan.
28, 2008, applies to care in a VA hospital, outpatient
clinic or nursing home. It also extends VA dental benefits
-- previously limited to 90 days after discharge for most
veterans -- to 180 days.
Combat veterans who were discharged between Nov. 11,
1998 and Jan. 16, 2003, and who never took advantage of
VA's health care system, have until Jan. 27, 2011 to qualify
for free VA health care. The five-year window is also open
to activated Reservists and members of the National Guard,
if they served in a theater of combat operations after
Nov. 11, 1998 and were discharged under other than
dishonorable conditions.
Veterans who take advantage of this five-year window
to receive VA health care can continue to receive care
after five years, although they may have to pay copayments
for medical problems unrelated to their military service.
Copayments range from $8 for a 30-day supply of
prescription medicine to $1,024 for the first 90 days of
inpatient care each year.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Tennessee Storms
From: rdrennon@comcast.net
This is for all Commanders in the path of this HORRIBLE STORM that has hit us in Tennessee.
Please contact all Posts that are IN or SURROUNDING this terrible happening and first see if they need help and if they weren't struck by this TORNADO.
If possible please try to get all Post that are close to or in the area to get together and see what we can do to help these people.
In the Jackson area they interviewed a elderly couple and he was a Marine of 34 years and this is telling us we have VETERANS in these areas that need help badly.
If its helping the people to clean up their homes or help feed the people doing all the work and trust me they are working long hours.
This is showing that as Veterans and Legionnaires THE AMERICAN LEGION does Care.
Trust me I have been there and done it and it is very nice as a worker to look up and see the smiling faces of people bringing them something to eat and drink and helping them through the day.
If anyone has any questions or problems please let us know.
Thanks to Chaplain William Smith for bringing this to our Attention.
--
For God and Country
Gary R. Drennon
Department Commander
This is for all Commanders in the path of this HORRIBLE STORM that has hit us in Tennessee.
Please contact all Posts that are IN or SURROUNDING this terrible happening and first see if they need help and if they weren't struck by this TORNADO.
If possible please try to get all Post that are close to or in the area to get together and see what we can do to help these people.
In the Jackson area they interviewed a elderly couple and he was a Marine of 34 years and this is telling us we have VETERANS in these areas that need help badly.
If its helping the people to clean up their homes or help feed the people doing all the work and trust me they are working long hours.
This is showing that as Veterans and Legionnaires THE AMERICAN LEGION does Care.
Trust me I have been there and done it and it is very nice as a worker to look up and see the smiling faces of people bringing them something to eat and drink and helping them through the day.
If anyone has any questions or problems please let us know.
Thanks to Chaplain William Smith for bringing this to our Attention.
--
For God and Country
Gary R. Drennon
Department Commander
Friday, January 18, 2008
Benefits for Elderly Veterans
Elderly veterans who need a care provider, but cannot pay for it, may be eligible for "Aid and Attendance" - a monthly pension benefit administered through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wartime veterans and surviving spouses who have in-home care or who live in nursing homes or assisted-living facilities may be eligible for the benefit. To be eligible, a veteran must have served at least 90 days of active military service (one day of which must be during war time) and have an honorable discharge.
For more information about "Aid and Attendance" or any veterans benefit, contact Judy Bivens, McNairy County Veterans Service Officer, (731) 645-6343.
Independant Appeal, January 15, 2008
For more information about "Aid and Attendance" or any veterans benefit, contact Judy Bivens, McNairy County Veterans Service Officer, (731) 645-6343.
Independant Appeal, January 15, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
National Guard and Reserve Retirement Plan
There is a provision in the 2008 Defense Authorization Act that will allow National Guard and reserve retirees to begin drawing their retirement pay 90 days before they turn 60 for every 90 days spent mobilized in support of a contingency operation.
This is overdue recognition of the many Guard and reserve members who have served, and continue to serve, in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the lawmakers did not make this provision retroactive - which means that the thousands of deployments made by Guard and reserve members since September 11, 2001, will not count toward a lower retired-pay age.
Representative Joe Wilson, R - S.C. wasted no time reopening debate over reserve retirement benefits. On Dec. 19, just days after Congress passed the plan to credit future mobilization toward earlier retirement checks for Guard and reserve members, Wilson introduced a bill to make the plan retroactive to Sept. 11, 2001.
Rep. Wilson's bill, HR 4930 (National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act), was referred to the House Armed Services Committee which balked at retroactive retirement credit when it adopted the original plan. While that measure was hailed as the first step in relaxing the requirement that Guard and reserve members wait until age 60 to draw retirement, Wilson is responding to complaints from reservists who expected more.
NAVY TIMES, 7 January, 2008
This is overdue recognition of the many Guard and reserve members who have served, and continue to serve, in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the lawmakers did not make this provision retroactive - which means that the thousands of deployments made by Guard and reserve members since September 11, 2001, will not count toward a lower retired-pay age.
Representative Joe Wilson, R - S.C. wasted no time reopening debate over reserve retirement benefits. On Dec. 19, just days after Congress passed the plan to credit future mobilization toward earlier retirement checks for Guard and reserve members, Wilson introduced a bill to make the plan retroactive to Sept. 11, 2001.
Rep. Wilson's bill, HR 4930 (National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act), was referred to the House Armed Services Committee which balked at retroactive retirement credit when it adopted the original plan. While that measure was hailed as the first step in relaxing the requirement that Guard and reserve members wait until age 60 to draw retirement, Wilson is responding to complaints from reservists who expected more.
NAVY TIMES, 7 January, 2008
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Federal jobs for veterans
The American Legion and AVUE Technologies have launched a joint Web site to improve government employment opportunities for veterans. The site is free to all users.
One goal of the Web site is to connect veterans with better-paying government jobs. Veterans represent up to 37 percent of new federal government hires, but lag behind others in high-paying positions.
www.vetjob.us
Legion Magazine, January 2008
One goal of the Web site is to connect veterans with better-paying government jobs. Veterans represent up to 37 percent of new federal government hires, but lag behind others in high-paying positions.
www.vetjob.us
Legion Magazine, January 2008
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