Tag is for articles that belong in the veteran resource pages.
The American Legion Department of Texas is requesting veterans and others to send gift cards and checks to their state headquarters to offset the weekend flood damage. Gift cards from Lowe’s, Home Depot and Walmart are also welcome as well. Please send those contributions to:Â 1624 E. Anderson Lane, Austin, TX, 78752.
The Veterans Administration has released its Women’s Health Transition Training guide. “This course helps transitioning Servicewomen and recently separated women Veterans understand the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits and services available to them,” Tyrone Hewitt, one of our leading contributors noted in his post. Downloading this guide is easy. One can use a basic Internet search…
Unable to go to a VA ID credentialing facility? Lost the Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)? The VA provides a resource page with well-defined steps to obtain one via a secure computer process. Please click on the graphic below to find this official VA page for further assistance. R Related: TSA now accepts the VHIC as a proof of identity.
Imagine you’re in a long line at a major airport TSA checkpoint, and you misplaced your driver’s license. Thanks to a recent change in TSA policy, veterans with a Veteran Health Identification Card can use this to verify themselves at these security gates. Tyrone Hewitt, our LinkedIn colleague, recently noted in a Linked post how the airport government agency will…
Progressive is offering “Keys to Progress,” a personal giveaway program. According to the insurance company, the event will give away 100 autos to veterans and their families. The deadline to apply is Aug. 15. Veterans can find the qualifications for this program at this link.
To our website team, the Veterans Administration has made some significant efforts to share their resources. When Paul R. Lawrence released a video on their updated VA welcome kit, we wanted to share the link with fellow vets. Veterans should click on the website link to obtain the 52-page PDF.  We also encourage those who served to contact their county…
The U.S. Small Business Administration offers entrepreneurship programs for veterans who are active duty, National Guard or Reserve. The program is also open to veterans of all ages and spouses. RELATED: Bexar County Small Business Office hosting #vetrepreneurship program Want to know more about opportunities with this program? Click on the graphic link below.
Every year, retired Sergeant Major Bob Masten led an effort with his American Legion post to compile the names of veterans who were buried at Fort Sam Houston’s cemetery. Masten and others would read off the names of hundreds of veterans who were interred at the federal burial site. Taking the data from the national cemetery’s database, Masten would put…
Did you know veterans can participate in a work study program with their GI Bill. That’s what we thought when we saw this Tyrone Hewitt LinkedIn post on this June 4 webinar. To register, please click on the graphic link below.
If there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about VA benefits, it’s because most veterans don’t know about the VA’s Service Connected Matrix. Retired Army Command Sergeant Major E.G Mais, an accredited veteran service officer for the VFW Post 8541 in San Antonio, shared with us the link to this amazing resource. “There is so much misinformation about what…
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