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    • Arizona Legion post boosting membership through providing resources
      April 10, 2024

      Arizona Legion post boosting membership through providing resources

    • South Carolina Legion provides benefits help and other assistance to more than 1,100 veterans
      March 27, 2024

      South Carolina Legion provides benefits help and other assistance to more than 1,100 veterans

    • VA sets all-time record for benefits delivered to women veterans
      March 21, 2024

      VA sets all-time record for benefits delivered to women veterans

    • VA hits 1 million 2024 processed benefits claims in record time
      March 19, 2024

      VA hits 1 million 2024 processed benefits claims in record time

    • VA secretary: Department taking several steps to deter claim sharks 
      February 27, 2024

      VA secretary: Department taking several steps to deter claim sharks 

    • Legion, MilitaryHire to host virtual job fair
      April 10, 2024

      Legion, MilitaryHire to host virtual job fair

    • Department of New Jersey helping fill casino job openings
      April 2, 2024

      Department of New Jersey helping fill casino job openings

    • Albuquerque post hosting 9th ‘Heroes Hiring Heroes’ event
      April 2, 2024

      Albuquerque post hosting 9th ‘Heroes Hiring Heroes’ event

    • Task Force Movement: Truckers connected and galvanized
      March 27, 2024

      Task Force Movement: Truckers connected and galvanized

    • VA makes historic commitments to hire and support military spouses
      March 6, 2024

      VA makes historic commitments to hire and support military spouses

    • Tuition assistance program for servicemembers needs more funding, more awareness as recruiting tool
      February 28, 2024

      Tuition assistance program for servicemembers needs more funding, more awareness as recruiting tool

    • At stake for veterans: national security, U.S. economy
      February 27, 2024

      At stake for veterans: national security, U.S. economy

    • Legion, others want to see increase in DoD tuition assistance
      February 7, 2024

      Legion, others want to see increase in DoD tuition assistance

    • SVA NATCON: ‘The shared journey that forges our bond’
      January 8, 2024

      SVA NATCON: ‘The shared journey that forges our bond’

    • Make TAP accessible throughout service, Legion testifies
      October 18, 2023

      Make TAP accessible throughout service, Legion testifies

    • Know the early signs of Parkinson’s
      April 16, 2024

      Know the early signs of Parkinson’s

    • System Worth Saving returns to Phoenix 10 years after crisis
      April 15, 2024

      System Worth Saving returns to Phoenix 10 years after crisis

    • Arizona Legion post boosting membership through providing resources
      April 10, 2024

      Arizona Legion post boosting membership through providing resources

    • April 8 a day to see clearly – but safely
      April 4, 2024

      April 8 a day to see clearly – but safely

    • 400,000+ Veterans enrolled in VA health care over past 365 days
      March 31, 2024

      400,000+ Veterans enrolled in VA health care over past 365 days

    • More than $60 million for children and youth
      April 10, 2024

      More than $60 million for children and youth

    • Origins of April as Children & Youth Month
      April 1, 2024

      Origins of April as Children & Youth Month

    • $68,000 Legion grant supports veterans in Alabama
      December 5, 2023

      $68,000 Legion grant supports veterans in Alabama

    • Remembrance Bowl: more than a homecoming
      September 29, 2023

      Remembrance Bowl: more than a homecoming

    • OCW provides gaming PC to U.S. Army veteran who beat non-Hodgkins lymphoma 
      September 7, 2023

      OCW provides gaming PC to U.S. Army veteran who beat non-Hodgkins lymphoma 

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