Operation Comfort Warriors is the theme of The American Legion’s float in the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis as part of the Indianapolis 500 race festivities. Six men and women from the U.S. Armed Forces recently returning from deployment and National Commander James E. Koutz are honored guests riding on the float.
The Legion’s System Worth Saving Task Force is making a follow-up visit to the Fort Wayne (Ind.) VA Medical Center. The task force gave the center a list of recommendations during a December 2012 visit. During the visit they will interview administrative staff, medical personnel and patients to evaluate the quality of health care at the facility.
The Legion will attend three congressional hearings today: the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security on the entitlement programs overhaul; the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs regarding improving federal health care in rural America; and the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Readiness markup of the fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization.
Rich Dumancas, the Legion’s deputy director for benefits, is attending a quarterly meeting for veterans service organizations at VA’s Central Office in Washington to discuss policy and procedures at the Veterans Benefits Administration.
Americanism/Children & Youth Staff are representing the Legion at the national meetings of the Boy Scouts of America in Grapevine, Texas. The American Legion will be represented at the Community Relations Task Force and All Markets Symposium, where both sessions will address ways that organizations such as The American Legion can grow and improve sponsorship of Scout units.
The Legion’s System Worth Saving Task Force is making a follow-up visit to the Fort Wayne (Ind.) VA Medical Center. The task force gave the center a list of recommendations during a December 2012 visit. During the visit they will interview administrative staff, medical personnel and patients to evaluate the quality of health care at the facility.
The Legion will submit testimony to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on examining VA’s special initiative to process rating claims pending for more than two years. The Legion also will attend the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense hearing on fiscal 2014 appropriations for the Army, and the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Personnel markup of the fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization.
Americanism/Children & Youth Staff are representing the Legion at the national meetings of the Boy Scouts of America in Grapevine, Texas. The American Legion will be represented at the Community Relations Task Force and All Markets Symposium, where both sessions will address ways that organizations such as The American Legion can grow and improve sponsorship of Scout units.
The Legion’s System Worth Saving Task Force is conducting a veterans town hall meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Charles C. Anderson Post 148, 705 E. Lewis St. Veterans who receive health care at the Fort Wayne VA Medical Center are encouraged to attend.
An Economic Division staffer is meeting with Michael Dakduk, executive director of Student Veterans of America, and Ryan Gallucci, deputy director of Veterans of Foreign Wars, to discuss in-state tuition legislation, as well as other higher education policy and legislation affecting America’s servicemembers, veterans and their families.
