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VA Proposed Reduction in Force 2025
Vietnam Veterans of America Vietnam Veterans of America Resolute in Protecting Veterans Access Amid VA Proposed Reduction in Force (Washington, D.C.) – “The well-being of our veterans is paramount, and we will actively engage with lawmakers, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the White House to ensure that the promises made to veterans are upheld,”…
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Wishing all the fathers a HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
Vietnam Veterans of America June 18 marks the 34th year that Father’s Day will be celebrated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Over the years, Sons and Daughters In Touch has partnered with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help transform the Memorial with a colorful sea of roses celebrating the lives of the men honored…
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VVA’s National Leadership & Education Conference – August 10, 2022
It’s a sea of orange today at VVA’s National Leadership & Education Conference. Keynote Speaker, Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin commented, “When I came into the marine corps in 1974 my drill sergeants… my instructors were all Vietnam veterans. My generation will never forget what you have done for us veterans who…
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Call In Day Campaigns supporting Passage of Honoring Our PACT Act, H.R. 3967
Thanks to everyone who called or wrote their Senator during to VVA Call In Day Campaigns supporting Passage of Honoring Our PACT Act, H.R. 3967. It was a great success. We are almost over the finish line and need your help to get the 60 Senate votes to pass H.R. 3967 which is supported by…
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VVA Call in Day on the Hill 05-17-2022
Call your Senator on May 17 and tell them to vote YES on H.R. 3967, the Honoring Our PACT Act, which expands access to treatment for servicemembers exposed to burn pits, agent orange, radiation, and will lay the foundation for future treatment for exposure to forever chemicals. “The passage of the Honor our PACT Act…
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Aging veterans at state homes ‘left behind’ during pandemic, VVA report finds
Aging, ill and disabled veterans living at state homes across the country were “left behind” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent report, and now more than 1,000 have died. At least 1,011 residents of state veterans’ homes across the country died from complications of the coronavirus as of July 17, according to a…
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Leave No Veteran Behind…the Mission Continues America’s Aging Veteran Population and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vietnam Veterans of America is proud to announce the release our report, America’s Aging Veteran Population and the COVID-19 Pandemic, the findings of our five-month-long investigation into the circumstances contributing to the over 1,010 fatalities in 47 State Veterans Homes,”said VVA National President John Rowan. You can read and share the report by clicking the…
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VVA Web Weekly – July 24, 2020
In This Issue: July 24, 2020 Welcome Home, 1st Lt Alva Ray Krogman Congress Approves Bill Giving Federal Support to Veterans Treatment Courts VA Would be Forced to Add 3 Illnesses to Agent Orange Presumptive List Under Senate-passed Plan Lawmakers, Advocates Urge Change After Killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen 94% of Vets at VA Don’t…
