On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Constance A. Burns, president, chief executive officer and Veterans’ service officer for the National Association of American Veterans, Inc., Washington, DC presented two gift certificates for a three-night stay with breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express in Hyattsville, Maryland, to two homeless veteran couples receiving housing assistance from the Central […]
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VA Benefits Progress and Results Webcast for Quarter 1, FY 2019
On January 31, 2019, Dr. Paul R. Lawrence, Veterans Administration (VA) Under Secretary for Benefits, held a Progress and Results Webcast. The presentation reviewed the VA’s progress on improving benefits access to all Veterans during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. Dr. Lawrence detailed his three strategic objectives: 1. Providing benefits with excellent customer […]
Hastings Keynotes Wreath-Laying Ceremony
DANVILLE, VA — State Senator Michael E. Hastings (D-Tinley Park) gave the keynote speech at the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Danville National Cemetery last week. Hastings is a West Point graduate who served in the Army from 1998 to 2008, served in Iraq and the borders of Iran and Syria. Hastings lost friends […]
2018 Veteran Caregivers Respite Care Retreat
The National Association of American Veterans, Inc. president and chief executive officer, senior advisors, board members, and guests of NAAV attended a two-day Respite Care Retreat sponsored by the National Association of American Veterans and its partners on November 30 and December 1 at the National Conference Center, 18960 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg, Virginia, about […]
NAAV Attends 2018 Women’s Congressional Policy Institute Annual Veterans Day Briefing
The National Association of American Veterans, Inc. (NAAV) attends the annual Veterans Day briefing sponsored by the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute in cooperation with Representatives Susan Brooks and Lois Frankel, Co-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and Representatives Mimi Walters an Brenda Lawrence, Vice-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. The briefing welcome and presentation of […]
Announcement About The Cohen Clinic and Its Services Offered to Veterans, Service Members and Their Families
The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals provides counseling for Veterans, their families, as well as the families of active duty Service members, regardless of discharge status or ability to pay. The clinic provides treatment for a wide variety of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress, transition challenges, grief and loss, sleep problems, family issues, relationship […]
Heart2Heart Tour from L.A. to D.C., November 2-9, 2018
HTTPS://HEART2HEARTTOUR.ORG/ HEART2HEART TOUR FROM L.A. TO D.C., NOVEMBER 2-9, 2018 Veterans and Their Families Speak OutAmerica, We Need to Talk!
JROTC Students Give Back to Retired Military Veterans
By Robert W. Mitchell | USMC/Army Veteran and Community Outreach Coordinator Hundreds of students, teachers, leaders and chaperones from Junior Officers? Reserve Training Corps (JROTC) chapters around the country donated dozens of care packages and comfort boxes to the veterans of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C. (AFRH-W) recently. The packages were full of […]
Catholic Charities Affiliate Volunteers for Military Retirees
By Robert W. Mitchell | USMC/Army Veteran and Community Outreach Coordinator A committed group of teenage and adult volunteers from the faith-based group Encounter the Gospel of Life, Inc. took time out of their busy summer vacation to volunteer with military veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home here in Washington, D.C. in September 2018. […]
Fighting for Our Freedom, but Losing Theirs
A devastating number of U.S. Veterans suffer from drug addiction, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and/or alcoholism. These men and women who gave their lives to protecting our freedoms have some of the highest rates of substance abuse disorder. It’s not just our most recent Veterans who suffer from this; it has been a widespread […]