by | May 2, 2016 | Legislative, National, News, Politics
H.R. 4909 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 passed favorably out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) with a vote of 60 to 2. In all the committee markup process took nearly seventeen hours. Overview There are provisions in the bill...
by John Harris | Mar 1, 2016 | Legislative, National, National Guard, News, Politics, Uncategorized
The National Guard continues to be the target of doing more with less. While there is an effort to remove the Apaches from the National Guard, something that is adamantly opposed by the National Guard and this Association, there is also the call to use the National...
by John Harris | Nov 5, 2015 | Legislative
See what patriotic businesses are extending discounts November 04, 2015 This Veterans Day, patriotic businesses across the country are honoring our veterans with discounts. The list below only includes businesses that contacted the VFW directly regarding their...
by John Harris | Oct 13, 2015 | Benefits, Legislative, National, Politics
The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress last week will not reach the president’s desk until next week. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill because it bypasses caps on military spending. But the bill has not yet been...
by John Harris | Sep 23, 2015 | Legislative, National
The National Commission on the Future of the Army will soon focus on the issue of where to put the Army’s AH-64 Apache helicopters and one commissioner hopes it will find a “blended capability” solution, according to a report this week by Inside...
by John Harris | Sep 23, 2015 | Legislative
Spc. Alek Skarlatos, an infantryman with the Oregon Army National Guard, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal last week at the Pentagon for his actions last month in subduing a gunman on a European train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. His childhood friend, Airman...
