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U.S. Embassy Consular Update: Immigrant visa applicants visa application requirements – July 18, 2020
U.S. EMBASSY CONSULAR UPDATE: Immigrant visa applicants must ensure that visa application requirements are complete before their scheduled interview appointment: • Valid passport/s + old passport with a U.S. visa (if applicable) • Form DS-260 (Online Immigrant Visa Application found at http://ceac.state.gov/ceac/) and printout of the DS-260 confirmation page • Original civil documents • Medical…
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Philippines to allow entry of foreigners starting Aug. 1
MANILA (UPDATE)— The Philippines will allow the entry of foreign nationals with long-term visas in the country starting Aug. 1, Malacañang said Friday as the government sought to revive the economy. Foreigners traveling to the Philippines must have valid and existing visas, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said as no new entry visa would be accepted.…
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Vietnam Helicopter Pilots: We Owe These Men A Sacred Debt
Ever since Vietnam, the distinctive sound of helicopter rotors in the distance causes me and every other Vietnam or War on Terror combat veteran to look up. That sound has an often inexpressible meaning to us. When we found ourselves in trouble out in the bush and needed support, or a way out of hell,…
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Vietnam repatriates American soldier’s remains in Hanoi – July 18, 2020
Welcome Home. The remains of an American solider lost during the Vietnam War was ceremonially repatriated Thursday at the US MIA (missing-in-action) Office in Hanoi. Representatives from the Board of Directors of Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP) handed over to the U.S. the remains recovered during a joint field activity from May 5…
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Lawmakers try to expand list of diseases eligible for Agent Orange benefits
https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/expand-agent-orange-disease-benefits?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 (VVA Facebook Page) On Tuesday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Military Officers Association of America and 27 other groups wrote House and Senate leaders urging them to get behind the provisions. A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of…
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RAO Subic Bay is Open
We are open, with some restrictions, regular hours 9-3 m-f
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U.S. Department of Statestate.gov Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Manila (July 16, 2020)
United States Embassy Manila, Philippines Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Manila (July 16, 2020) Location: The Philippines Event: Cebu City Under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ); Metro Manila remains under General Community Quarantine (GCQ); Other Areas reverted to GCQ while the Rest of the Country placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) On July 15, the Philippine…
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Metro Manila remains under GCQ; Cebu City placed under MECQ.
Philippine Star t6Sphonlusiored · JUST IN: Metro Manila remains under GCQ; Cebu City placed under MECQ. AREA UNDER MECQ Cebu City AREAS UNDER GCQ Metro Manila Cavite Laguna Rizal Lapu Lapu City Mandaue City Ormoc City Southern Leyte Zamboanga City Butuan City Agusan del Norte Basilan Talisay, Cebu Minglanilla, Cebu Consolacion, Cebu AREAS UNDER MGCQ…
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Former VA Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Murders of Seven Veterans
A former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the murders of seven veteran patients and an attempt to kill an eighth at the facility. Reta Mays, 46, worked the night shift at the medical center’s medical surgical award and was accused of…
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Fallen Comrades – July 14 2020
Allen “Pop” Reeves American Legion Post 123 nt1nSpon cihrsoored · The Following information is provided by the Casualty Office of the American Legion Post 123 It is the sad duty of the Casualty Office to inform you that other Comrades have fallen and they are: 20-IC-19 Donald Keith Holcomb, MSgt, U.S. Air Force Retired, age…
