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INDIANAPOLIS, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As an organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the special status which veterans enjoy and the benefits they earned through military service, The American Legion Department of Indiana is always concerned by changes in policies and institutions designed to serve veterans' interest. The resignation of the Superintendent of the Indiana Veterans Home is no exception. Home to nearly 300 of the most vulnerable veterans...
HOT SPRINGS, S.D., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a joint effort by veterans, for veterans, hundreds of 'Save the VA' activists will take part in the 'Veterans Welcome Home Ride' in honor of our nation's heroes and to protest the proposed closure of the Hot Springs VA Medical Center. Veterans, Native American tribal representatives, union leaders and community members will speak in support of providing the best care for America's veterans and denounce the proposed...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Marlene Hall of Shirlington, Va., has been hired by the Washington office of The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans service organization. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120217/DC55754) An Air Force veteran who served eight years as a personnel officer, Hall joins the Legion's national staff as assistant director of its Heroes to Hometowns program. Also known as H2H, the program's purpose is to provides...
The Southern Nevada Health District announced that three guests from the Luxor hotel have contracted Legionnaires’ disease since early last year. Two cases recovered but one guest recently died as a result, reports Jackie Valley of the Las Vegas Sun. Legionnaires’ disease, a form of pneumonia, can cause high fever, chills, cough and occasional muscle aches and headaches. Symptoms typically occur two to 14 days after being exposed to the bacteria. The disease takes its name from an...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the Pentagon's release of a five-year budget plan that cuts $260 billion in defense spending, The American Legion is pressing Congress to find other ways by which to reduce the country's staggering $15.2 trillion debt. Over the next decade, defense spending must be cut by $450 billion as required by the Budget Control Act passed by Congress last August. "Congress failed to act last year when the super committee failed...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is proud to announce the new HNBA Veterans Legal Initiative Program ("Veterans Initiative"), a new effort to provide free legal services to the men and women of the American armed services and their families. Started as part of National President Benny Agosto, Jr.'s "Year of the Advocate", the Veterans Initiative will organize HNBA...
National commander "profoundly disappointed" by impasse, concerned about national security consequences WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Legion National Commander Fang A. Wong says he is "profoundly disappointed" that the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the so-called "supercommittee) failed to reach an agreement to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over the next decade. "They were given an important job to do, and they failed,"...
The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes and The American Legion are giving $120,000 in Thanksgiving checks to 2,000 wounded veterans and servicemembers WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes (CSAH) and The American Legion are joining forces to ensure that 2,000 military veterans and servicemembers - severely wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq - get to enjoy a special meal at Thanksgiving with those closest to...
AARP invites military personnel to take a driver safety class, free of charge, this November. CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In honor of Veteran's Day and in recognition of their dedication and commitment to service, the AARP Driver Safety Program (DSP) is waiving entrance fees to its classroom courses for veterans in Illinois and across the country in November. All military personnel, active duty or retired, are eligible to receive a free DSP classroom course during the...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Legion is disappointed with the "tepid" stand taken by House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee leaders against federal budget cuts that would compromise the welfare of military veterans. On Oct. 18, a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "supercommittee") signed by the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate panels was released that has disturbed leaders of the nation's largest...
