email: <interveterans@gmail.com>
Interveteran’s Council meeting at 7:00 PM at the Navy Club
Veterans Assistance Commission meeting April 17, 2019 at 7PM at the Navy Club
IDVA events calendar:
New officers were sworn in at the Feb 27, 2019 meeting. (click to enlarge)
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight has six scheduled flights in 2019:
April 2,
May 7,
June 11,
August 20,
September 24 and
October 29.
March 24, 2019, 8-1PM
Italian American War Veterans Pancake Breakfast
Whole catfish dinner on Mar 30 11- 3:30 $10 at American Legion post 809
Chili Cook off March 23
POW-MIA Honor & Remembrance Day – Saturday 6 April 2019
St. Louis Cardinals Pre-Game Ceremony for 1:15 Game vs. San Diego
Vietnam Veterans of America 534 (V V A) Support / Donate
The POW-MIA Museum at Historic Jefferson Barracks
$61 Field Level Seats ONLY $30 – Fundraiser for POW-MIA Museum
Special Giveaway is Opening Day Car Bobblehead Features
Whitey Herzog – Ozzie Smith – Bruce Sutter
First 30,000 Fans in Stadium age 16 or Older – Gates Open 2 Hours before Game
DEADLINE for Reservations is MONDAY 18 March 2019
Open to All Vets, Family, Friends, Supporters & Civilians
Bill Kiefer, Sgt. - USMC 314/363-8707 KieferVVA794@Yahoo.com
DO NOT TEXT – Please Call or eMAIL
The
VA has established a Women Veterans hotline—1-855-VA-WOMEN (829-6636)
to receive and respond to questions from women Veterans, their families,
and caregivers across the nation about available VA services and
resources.
Team Red-White-Blue Springfield.
Military license plate change fees waived
Helping Paws for Veterans Act
Illinois soldier notice of death
Grammatical correction to Veterans’ Affairs Act
Protecting Illinois’ military bases from closure
Expanding the successful Veterans Treatment Courts
Military service on death certificates
33 pages more.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vd8MptXxYaaB0M8aSrLdzOI7Xs3E9s2l/view
Helping Paws for Veterans Act
Illinois soldier notice of death
Grammatical correction to Veterans’ Affairs Act
Protecting Illinois’ military bases from closure
Expanding the successful Veterans Treatment Courts
Military service on death certificates
33 pages more.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vd8MptXxYaaB0M8aSrLdzOI7Xs3E9s2l/view
Springfield's Elks Lodge #158 Pearl Harbor Ceremony 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChfCpgTUTIg&feature=em-subs_digest
The
National Desert Storm War Memorial Association will be producing (2)
separate videos in the next few months and we need your photos!
We
are specifically looking for photos that were taken (in theater) DURING
THE WAR (not Desert Shield) and also (in theater) AFTER THE CEASEFIRE.
Please send your photos to this email address: desertstormpicture@gmail.com
Please
CLEARLY identify your pictures as being DURING THE WAR or AFTER THE
CEASEFIRE. If labeling is unclear we may not be able to use them.
Thank you in advance for your photo contributions!
military
exchanges can begin their verification process at VetVerify.org. The
Army, Air Force and Navy exchange will start allowing all honorably discharged veterans to shop online, (think Amazon, but only cheaper with no taxes.) The target start date is Veterans Day, November 11, 2017 but, you must register first. Registration begins June 1, 2017. You must call 1-844-868-8672 after June 1 to register.
Please
let all the membership know that starting November 11, 2017 that all
honorably separated veterans can start shopping at on line military
stores. They must first get approved by going to
1 (800) 342-5283
This is the number to Anheuser-Busch. They want to know how you feel about NFL players kneeling during the anthem and if they should continue supporting the NFL through advertisement dollars with a quick push button survey. Let them know what you think.
Call during business hours it's an automated system and asks if are calling about their sponsorship of the NFL
Press 1 and then leave your message.
The
Illinois State Museum in Springfield is one of more than 2,000 museums
across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their
families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for
the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense.
The
launch of the Blue Star Museums program at the ISM will begin May 26
for Memorial Day weekend and wrap up on Labor Day, September 4. A list
of participating museums is available at https://www.arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums
Free
admission is always available to active military personnel and veterans
at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, but for the duration of
the Blue Star Museum program the free admission will be extended to an
additional five family members. Please bring your military ID or other
documentation including a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a
DD Form, 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card.
The
Illinois State Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 12 noon until 4:30 p.m. The Museum is
located at 502 South Spring Street in Springfield.
Veterans Day Parade 11/11/2017 Springfield, IL
Veterans Day Parade on the SJ-R
The new cards won’t replace VA medical cards or official defense retiree cards, and will not carry any force of law behind them.
But supporters have called a national veterans ID card a simple way to honor veterans’ service and a way to help them prove their service status for non-federal activities. They have also argued that many veterans’ practice of carrying around copies of their military discharge paperwork or other personal documents to get corporate discounts leaves them open to fraud and identity theft.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2017/10/05/veterans-id-cards-to-be-available-starting-in-november/
There's a recording of Spc. 5 James C. McCloughan's speech.
News
Medical Marijuana
This
is from ISP's website, under frequently asked questions. Also SB 10
that was recently signed into law say a medical cannabis patient is not
an unlawful user or addicted to narcotics (that language is from the
CC/FOID application). https://www.ispfsb.com/Public/Faq.aspx
