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    • VA launches new fraud-protection website
      September 26, 2023

      VA launches new fraud-protection website

    • Legion, VA prioritize reducing veteran suicide
      September 25, 2023

      Legion, VA prioritize reducing veteran suicide

    • DoD announces effort to make it easier for those discharged for sexual orientation to obtain corrective relief
      September 20, 2023

      DoD announces effort to make it easier for those discharged for sexual orientation to obtain corrective relief

    • PACT Act special VA enrollment deadline is Sept. 30
      September 18, 2023

      PACT Act special VA enrollment deadline is Sept. 30

    • VA breaks 1 million mark in PACT Act benefits claims filed
      September 14, 2023

      VA breaks 1 million mark in PACT Act benefits claims filed

    • Task Force Movement adds health-care career portal
      August 31, 2023

      Task Force Movement adds health-care career portal

    • Texas company and veteran win awards for hiring veterans
      August 30, 2023

      Texas company and veteran win awards for hiring veterans

    • Readiness for the ‘new’
      August 28, 2023

      Readiness for the ‘new’

    • Education, employment and homelessness among topics at Employment Commission meeting
      August 27, 2023

      Education, employment and homelessness among topics at Employment Commission meeting

    • National Employment Award winners honored at national convention
      August 26, 2023

      National Employment Award winners honored at national convention

    • School closure sinks sailor’s dream
      July 10, 2023

      School closure sinks sailor’s dream

    • American Legion expects VA to correct housing pay snafu
      March 31, 2023

      American Legion expects VA to correct housing pay snafu

    • Legion urges making VET-TEC program permanent
      March 30, 2023

      Legion urges making VET-TEC program permanent

    • Over 1 million jobs in cybersecurity, health care
      February 28, 2023

      Over 1 million jobs in cybersecurity, health care

    • California Legionnaires getting free access to Google Cloud Skills Boost
      January 13, 2023

      California Legionnaires getting free access to Google Cloud Skills Boost

    • Legion, VA prioritize reducing veteran suicide
      September 25, 2023

      Legion, VA prioritize reducing veteran suicide

    • Legionnaire featured in VA video promoting healthcare in LGBTQIA+ community  
      September 22, 2023

      Legionnaire featured in VA video promoting healthcare in LGBTQIA+ community  

    • American Legion survey reveals veterans’ concerns
      September 18, 2023

      American Legion survey reveals veterans’ concerns

    • PACT Act special VA enrollment deadline is Sept. 30
      September 18, 2023

      PACT Act special VA enrollment deadline is Sept. 30

    • Legion-supported bill to protect rural veterans’ access to emergency medical transportation introduced in Senate
      September 13, 2023

      Legion-supported bill to protect rural veterans’ access to emergency medical transportation introduced in Senate

    • 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 

    • OCW grant provides veterans transportation 
      August 23, 2023

      OCW grant provides veterans transportation 

    • OCW, and Legion membership, making a difference for disabled California Legionnaire
      June 8, 2023

      OCW, and Legion membership, making a difference for disabled California Legionnaire

    • American Legion program provides $20,000 to assist South Dakota chapter of fly-fishing nonprofit
      April 19, 2023

      American Legion program provides $20,000 to assist South Dakota chapter of fly-fishing nonprofit

    • OCW grant helps provide gaming tournament for Fort Irwin soldiers
      April 19, 2023

      OCW grant helps provide gaming tournament for Fort Irwin soldiers

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