The Legion’s Legislative Division is being represented today at a key Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington. Senators are considering the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2012 defense budget request for SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command) and CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command), under which our military forces operate in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Los Angeles today, a Legion System Worth Saving task force begins a two-day inspection of the city’s VA medical facilities.