VVA CA State Council

Military Report - Week of December 18, 2006 Operation Hero Miles Airline travelers can help troops stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan to fly home on leave for free by donating their unused frequent flyer miles to Operation Hero Miles. The program also gives family members of wounded servicemen and wom...

Veterans Report - Week of December 04, 2006 Thank You Notes for Servicemembers and Veterans A Million Thanks is a service project of Lutheran High School of Orange, Ca. It is a year-round campaign to show our U.S. Military Men and Women, past and present our appreciation. The organization has collec...

Military Report - Week of December 04, 2006 Thank You Notes for Servicemembers and Veterans A Million Thanks is a service project of Lutheran High School of Orange, Ca. It is a year-round campaign to show our U.S. Military Men and Women, past and present our appreciation. The organization has collec...

Veterans Report - Week of December 11, 2006 Check out Cool Gear on Kit Up! Military.com just launched Kit Up! Members list all the stuff you weren't issued but couldn't have done without during your military life. Kit Up! can be a device, software, book, DVD, or a resource like a website, chat room,...

Military Report - Week of December 11, 2006 TRICARE Announces Updated Rates An updated list of the TRICARE reimbursement rates is now available to beneficiaries. The changes for fiscal year 2007 include updated rates for inpatient mental health, residential treatment centers, partial hospitalization...

Assembly Vet Chair Mary Salas-background Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:39:06 -0800 Military and veterans clients: As you may have heard, newly elected Assemblywoman Mary Salas from San Diego (79th AD-Chula Vista), was recently appointed to chair the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee. The 79th Assembly...

Legislative Update Report - California Veterans Affairs - December 9, 2006 This is the first report for the Legislative Year 2007. The Congress is finally winding down its session, and the State Legislature has been meeting in Sacramento to get organized for the year, for such matters as assigning m...

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO HOLD GREATER LOS ANGELES VENTURA COUNTIES PROJECT OUTREACH MEETINGS   EVENT:         The California Department of Veterans Affairs will hold 3 project outreach meetings to present an update to the community regarding each specific site location for constr...

GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ISSUES STATEMENT ON DEATH OF TRACY SOLDIER   Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today released the following statement regarding the death of Sgt. 1st Class Tung M. Nguyen of Tracy, CA:   "Today, we honor Sgt. 1st Class Nguyen who was committed to protecting our country and ...

Buyer offers congratulations to Representative Filner Washington, D.C.-House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) issued the following statement in connection with the election of Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) to be chairman of the committee in the 110th Congress: "Congratu...

GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER ACCEPTS DEED TO LAND TO BUILD VETERANS HOME   California is one step closer to building another state veterans home as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger accepted the deed to land in West Los Angeles, where the home will be constructed.  The Governor accepted the official documents o...

HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 8, 2006 Buyer hails 'omnibus' bill enhancing veterans' benefits and health care Washington, D.C. - Working until the final hours of the 109th Congress, the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs forged a $3.2 billion compromise ...

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE DECEMBER 8, 2006   Congressional Quarterly By Rachel Van Dongen, Cq Staff Writer Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 – 2:39 P.M. Edited By Charles Hoskinson  HOUSE DEMOCRATS PICK FILNER TO LEAD VETERANS’ AFFAIRS  Rep. Bob Filner, of California won an unusual runoff to...

HIGHLIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 28-29 CALIFORNIA VETERANS BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES   The September Board meeting was held at the New Directions, Inc., a long-term drug and alcohol treatment program, in Los Angeles, which provides food, shelter and rehabilitation to homeless veterans at four locations.  ...

PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006   On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 at approximately 8:00. a.m., the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, (then a territory of the United States).  Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had conceived the surprise attack.  Co...