In This Issue: 1. VFW, VA Host Successful Women Veterans Facebook Q&A 2. Pentagon VSO/MSO Roundtable 3. Army Surgeon General Roundtable 4. 125,000 Post-9/11 Veterans Wrongly Denied VA Benefits 5. Vietnam Veterans Day 6. New Campaign Medal Approved 7. MIA Update 1. VFW, VA Host Successful Women Veterans Facebook Q&A: The VFW teamed with VA […] 
The thirty-fifth edition of the VFW Guide for Service Officers is now available. Each and every Post Service Officer should have the latest edition if expected to do their job correctly. The price is modest. Get your Post Service Officer Guide by following this link – Service Officer Guide-2016 Make sure the Service Officer […] In This Issue: 1. VFW Stands With Belgium 2. Appropriations Subcommittee Markup 3. House Hearing on Choice Program Networks 4. Telephonic Health Care Enrollment 5. Congress Extends Foreclosure Protections for Transitioning Service Members 6. Free Training Program for Veteran Entrepreneurs 7. Vietnam War Commemoration 8. VFW Calls on Vietnam Veterans for Help 9. MIA Update […] In This Issue: 1. VFW, VA to Host Facebook Chat on Women’s Health Care and Benefits 2. House Hearing on Gulf War Illness 3. Senate Hearing on Pending Legislation 4. House Hearing on VA Hiring 5. House Hearing on VA Cybersecurity and IT Oversight 6. VA Requests Participation in Burn Pit Registry 7. Call Center […] 
Dept of Mo VFW Jr-Vice Commander Ruben Armenta traveled to VFW Post 2508 in Kirksville MO to present the posts 50 year citation. Pictured is Jr-Vice CDR Armenta with Post 2508 CDR Sam Berendzen accepting the award. Attendance included 2 charter members, post members, auxiliary and members of the community, a post open house commemorating […] In This Issue: 1. Senate Military Personnel Hearing 2. Veterans Given a Year to Close Incomplete VA Enrollment Applications 3. Full Week of Testifying Ahead 4. Senate Appropriations Hearing on VA Budget 1. Senate Military Personnel Hearing: The VFW testified Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee regarding the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget […] 
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed Monday that it failed to contact tens of thousands of the more than 800,000 veterans who have applications for health care pending, nearly 300,000 of whom died before getting a resolution. VA is required by law to notify veterans of incomplete applications but could not verify that […] 
