Invitations to the 23rd American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Air Rifle National Championships are being sent to the top 15 athletes of each of the sporter and precision categories from the over 1,500 athletes who entered the 2013 American Legion Junior Shooting Sports national postal tournament. The championship competition will be held Aug. 6-11 at the USA Shooting facility on the campus of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
National Commander James E. Koutz will be among those in attendance at the White House for a Joining Forces event. During the event, President Obama, Vice President Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will make a significant employment announcement for veterans and military spouses.
National Baseball staff is meeting with representatives of WebStream Productions today to discuss production planning for live webstreaming this August of the 2013 American Legion Baseball World Series in Shelby, N.C.
Steve Gonzalez of the Legion’s Economic Division will be serving as a subject matter expert today at a White House forum on military credentialing and licensing for transportation jobs. Officials from the departments of Transportation, Defense and Labor are among those attending the forum.
Staff of the Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Division are visiting the VA’s regional office in Nashville to identify best practices for VA’s Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program and for reducing the disability claims backlog. VA has placed more emphasis on FDCs, since they move through the claims process much faster than traditional claims.
American Legion national staff are providing LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) training to the Department of Puerto Rico, focusing on fundraising, membership development and volunteering opportunities at VA medical centers.
American Legion national staff are providing LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) training to the Department of Puerto Rico, focusing on fundraising, membership development and volunteering opportunities at VA medical centers.
American Legion Baseball national staff are meeting with representatives of the Baseball Factory to discuss the current relationship through which the Baseball Factory helps to support The American Legion Baseball scholarship trust fund.
The Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Division’s deputy director for health, Jacob Gadd, is attending a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on outreach efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs and its community partnerships.
Legislative staff are attending three congressional hearings: the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on personnel, “AGR (Active duty, Guard and Reserve) and Civilian Personnel Programs for FY 2014 Authorization”; the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, “Examining the Implications of the Affordable Care Act on VA Healthcare”; and the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on appropriations, “FY 2014 Appropriations.”
