DAV Magazine articles from May 2002

DAV Magazine archives from May 2002

America's obligation to veterans. (From The National Commander).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... During the 2002 Mid-Winter Conference, National Commander Steese delivered the DAV's National Legislative Program to a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees on February 27 and called upon Congress and the...

Make VA health care funding mandatory. (From The National Adjutant).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Year after year federal funding has failed to keep pace with medical care inflation and the mounting financial burden for veterans health care caused by rising costs and increasing demand for medical services. This has severely hampered timely...

A letter to President Bush. (Loud & Clear).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... * Dear President Bush: As a retired career military man, I am well aware of the enormous responsibilities in maintaining a professional military force. Therefore, Mr. President, I must point out a terrible injustice affronting our disabled...

The golfer. (Loud & Clear).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... * Recently, I was thinking of writing to the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the Honorable Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, in regards to a matter concerning disabled retired veterans. Then I thought, I will let you the...

My flag. (Loud & Clear).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... * Today, I burned my flag. Not before a jeering hissing crowd of unruly protesters, but in the quietness of my home. It was an old and tattered emblem. A flag that had flown for many years in front of our home. It was torn and had evidence of...

Concurrent receipt.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... * I am writing in reference to the issue of concurrent receipt that has always been considered a retiree issue. Actually this is a military issue. It could be a morale problem for active duty military personnel if they are informed about the...

With sincere thanks.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Below are letters from some of the 350 recipients of disaster assistance grants issued by DAV National Service Officers following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. These expressions of appreciation are a tribute to the caring and...

Budget plans come up short on veterans health care.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... A non-binding fiscal year 2003 budget blueprint under consideration in Congress would nearly double President Bush's requested funding increase for veterans health care and rejects a proposed $1,500 deductible for certain veterans treated by...

Battle continues for concurrent receipt. (Legislative Update).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The tireless grassroots efforts of our embers continues to win support in the fight to end the unfair policy that prevents military retirees with service-connected disabilities from receiving their full longevity retirement pay and VA...

Judicial review bills seek to strengthen veterans' rights. (Legislative Update).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... For most of the 20th century, veterans had no choice but to accept the VA's decisions on their claims, even if the decision was wrong. That's because the law barred review of VA decisions by the courts. But when Congress enacted legislation in...

National Commander Steese urges support for veterans programs. (DAV Mid-Winter Report 2002).
May 1, 2002... The call by DAV National Commander George H. Steese, Jr., to make veterans health care an entitlement thundered through the halls of Congress on February 27, blowing away political smoke and shattering phony mirrors found in the...

DAV volunteer spreads love at VA medical center.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Five days a week, William B. Thomas makes his way from his home to a nearby bus stop. He has the routine down, and arrives in time to board the bus that will deliver him to the VA medical center in Louisville, Ky., around 10 a.m. Most...

National candidates for 2002-03 membership year.
May 1, 2002... * To date, 11 individuals have announced their candidacy for National Office for the 2002-2003 membership year. Elections will take place during the DAV National Convention in Dallas, August 10-14. The biographical information presented below...

DAV national service director Ken Wolfe retires. (DAV Service).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... After a lifetime of service to disabled veterans and their families, DAV National Service Director Kenneth D. Wolfe retired from the DAV professional staff effective May 1, 2002. Mr. Wolfe, a combat-disabled Vietnam Veteran, had served the DAV...

DAV sponsors national civic participation week.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Service to veterans and service to our country are the DAV's legacy. As a natural outgrowth of this rich heritage, the DAV is proud to be a national sponsor of Participate America's National Civic Participation Week, Sept. 11-17. "This...

DAV at the Ballpark gets season going.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The new season for the DAV at the Ballpark program begins May 8 as hundreds of DAV members and their families attend the Chicago Cubs game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Chicago. The season's initial game April 27 in Pittsburgh was rained...

DAV members get additional travel discounts. (Membership).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... An already great DAV Member Benefits Package just got better with the addition of the AmeriHost hotel franchise to the impressive list of hotel franchises offering savings on lodging to our members. AmeriHost hotels were designed for the...

Tarheel recruiter continues DAV membership lead. (Membership).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... What a year Coy Hennis, of DAV Chapter 20 in Greensboro, N.C., is having. He started the membership year as the DAV top recruiter for the second year in a row and was elected Commander for the DAV Department of North Carolina, and it's not over...

A salute to warriors, Bataan, and Sept. 11 victims. (Memorial Day Concert).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The 2002 National Memorial Day Concert will salute Americans who are fighting in the war against terrorism and the victims and heroes of the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. The program also marks the 60th anniversary...

National cemeteries a sacred trust.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... As America remembers and honors its fallen heroes on Memorial Day, the commemoration often includes a visit to a national cemetery. Whether part of a formal ceremony or a private gathering at the gravesite of a loved one, it is a moving...

LTA and WWII: role of Navy airships often forgotten.(Lighter Than Air)
May 1, 2002... Two storms... On May 6, 1937, Harold Edwards watched a cigar-shaped behemoth cutting across a turbulent New York skyline. The weather was rough, and he could see violent cracks of lightning from a window in his home on 2nd Street in...

VAMCs offer dietary wisdom.(VA Medical Center )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... If you are one of the estimated 39% of U.S. adults trying to lose weight or 36% trying to maintain the same weight, dieticians are your allies in a very winnable war. Surveys show that Americans spend nearly $3.4 million annually for...

Job fair. (National Convention to Feature).
May 1, 2002... Disabled veterans making the transition to civilian life have been and remain a primary concern of DAV. "In today's economy, we need to change the way we think about work as simply a means of earning a living," said Washington Headquarters...

Royal Lineage Graces National Service and Legislative Headquarters ...
May 1, 2002... A trio of beauty queens hosts the Virginia DAV Chapter 10 holiday party held at the DAV National Service and Legislative Headquarters in Washington, D.C. From left to right, Liane Angus, past Miss D.C., USA; Charles Craft, past commander,...

VA Under Secretary posts filled.(Veteran Affairs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The United States Senate has confirmed President Bush's nominations of Robert H. Roswell to be Under Secretary of Veteran, Affairs for Health and Daniel L. Cooper to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits. "The DAV looks...

Court ruling a victory for Agent Orange claims.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... A federal appeals court in San Francisco as ruled that Vietnam veterans who contracted prostate cancer and diabetes related to Agent Orange exposure should receive retroactive disability benefits dated to the time they first filed a claim with...

USO names new CEO.(United Service Organizations, Inc.))(chief executive officer)(Edward A. Powell, Jr.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Edward A. Powell, Jr., former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has been named to head the USO (United Service Organizations, Inc.) as the organization's president and chief executive officer. "I am honored to be working with such a...

Retired NSOs die.(National Service Officers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The DAV mourns the recent deaths of four retired DAV National service Officers. The deceased are George L. Carey, Sidney C. Evans, Elmer Lee Mitchell, and John Richling. "Each of these men were disabled veterans who became DAV National...

The war on loneliness. (Chaplain's Corner).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... This nation calls to arms its generation of young men and women to fight its battles. However, there is a another battle that bothers the one in arms. The battle of "loneliness." Every soldier, sailor, and airman's first encounter with...

Making it Happen in Syracuse ...
May 1, 2002... Ralph Stauring, center, a life member of DAV Chapter 4, Canandaigua, N. Y., receives a DAV appreciation plaque for his personal donation of $10,000 toward the purchase of a new DAV Transportation Network Program van to transport sick and...

Does our government practice discrimination?(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2002... Our United States Senate and House of Representatives jointly passed Legislation that allowed retired disabled military men and women the ability to draw both their earned retirement and disability pay. The bill was passed on 12 December 2001;...

Jason Arnold visits Tampa veterans ...(New York Yankees minor league baseball pitcher)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... New York Yankees star minor league pitcher Jason Arnold, in ballcap, visits with Tampa, Fla., VA medical center patient John Tatro, right, during a March 28 DAV Celebrity Entertainment Program visit. DAV National VAVS representative Bob Klein,...

County supports veterans ...(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Craighead County;, Ark.,Judge Dale Haas (2nd from left) presents a check for $5,000 to DAV Chapter Commander and volunteer driver Paul Calkin, DAV Chapter 26, Jonesboro, Ark. The money, budgeted by the county is ear-marked to help replace the...

DAV National Service Officers, our first line of assistance. (From The Auxiliary National Commander).(Disabled American Veterans)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The DAV has a distinguished group of men and omen employed across the country as National Service Officers (NSOs). They are challenged every day to provide a variety of assistance to veterans and their dependents, many of whom had nowhere else...

Colorado Trust funds DAV innovation.(Disabled American Veterans)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... With proper funding and planning, innovation often leads to more innovation. Nowhere within the DAV is this kind of synergy more plainly visible than in The Colorado Trust. Heralded as a great innovation in providing service to...

Pennsylvania boosts DAV transportation program....(Disabled American Veterans)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Members of the Pennsylvania state legislature present the DAV Department of Pennsylvania with $250,000 to support the DAV Transportation Network Program. The funds, included in the Pennsylvania FY 2002 budget, will be used to purchase 10 new...

The 81st National Convention in Dallas.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Mark your calendar and make your reservations now to attend the 81st DAV and Auxiliary National Convention in Dallas August 10-14 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in the heart of Dallas. The 2002 DAV National Convention is going to be a Texas big,...