Recently added articles from DAV Magazine:

Still flying high.(Brief article)

Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The DAV Flight Team featured the B-25 bombers "Panchito" and "Special Delivery" at airshows in Cincinnati, Terre Haute, Memphis, and Midland, Texas. The DAV Flight Team has carried the DAV's message ...

Season of service.(from the NATIONAL COMMANDER)

Nov 01, 2007; Reynolds, Robert T. ... As we enter the holiday season, please allow me to wish you and your family the warmest of season's greetings. This season of giving thanks and gift-giving also is one in which we should give thanks to the brave men and women serving our nation today and remembering their service and ...

More than money at stake.(from the NATIONAL ADJUTANT)

Nov 01, 2007; Wilson, Arthur H. ... One of the most striking recommendations from the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission calls for an increase of up to 25 percent in compensation to take into account the quality of life and other non-work related effects of disabilities on veterans. Of course, that would require new ...

No expectations for service.(LOUD & CLEAR)(Letter to the editor)

Nov 01, 2007; Cowdrick, William H., Jr. ... I enlisted and proudly put on a uniform of my country's military because it was my duty and my honor. It was not my country's fault nor failure that things came together that have affected my life. I personally have only received the finest of treatment in any VA campus that I have ever ...

VA heroes deserve praise.(LOUD & CLEAR)(Letter to the editor)

Nov 01, 2007; VanAmber, James A. ... Thanks to the DAV in my state of Minnesota, I am rated as a 100 percent disabled veteran and a Life Member. I'm one of those disabled veterans whose wounds do not physically show and yet I suffered for years without care. The care I've been given at the Minneapolis VA medical center has ...

'Lump sum' a bad idea.(LOUD & CLEAR)(Letter to the editor)

Nov 01, 2007; Bitner, Wes ... I take offense to the recent letter written to your magazine proclaiming veterans should take the "buyout." We are not employees at a factory. We are men and women who served our county as a volunteer or at the request of Uncle Sam and were wounded or injured while serving. The VA would ...

'Less than 50' receive cold shoulder.(LOUD & CLEAR)(Letter to the editor)

Nov 01, 2007; Hanson, Russ ... I read the article in the July/August issue of DAV Magazine titled "House Passes Disabled Veterans Memorial Coin Act" and thought to myself, the coin will probably come with a 50 percent symbol on it. Bitter? Yes I still am. Here it is, years later, and retired veterans with less than 50 ...

GE Foundation grant aids transition service program expansion.(General Electric Foundation)

Nov 01, 2007; Lewis, Rob ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The journey from service member to civilian is difficult enough for those separating from the military without a disability. For those who have become disabled as a consequence of their service, the difficulty is compounded. But a new $1.5 ...

VA budget late again.(Legislative Update)(Veterans Affairs)

Nov 01, 2007; Autry, Dave ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved bills that would--for the first time--fund veterans health care on a par with recommendations from the DAV and other major veterans service organizations in the Independent Budget. And, for a ...

Scag support disabled vets.(Scag Power Equipment)(Brief article)

Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At their recent international sales meeting in Sheboygan, Wis., Scag Power Equipment presented the DAV with a donation of $130,000. Scag Power Equipment, in cooperation with its distributors and dealers, has committed to contribute $50 to the Disabled ...

Mandatory funding legislation: DAV calls for swift action.(Disabled American Veterans)

Nov 01, 2007; Wilborn, Thom ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] National Legislative Director Joseph A. Violante has urged Congress to bring an end to a series of intolerable funding delays that have hamstrung VA health care, and to enact a crucial mandatory funding plan that would enable the agency to better care for ...

Gordon Mansfield named Acting VA Secretary.

Nov 01, 2007 ... Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield has been named Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs following the resignation of Secretary R. James Nicholson, who tendered his resignation to President Bush on July 17. Mansfield assumed the role on Oct. 1 under the terms of the ...

Amputee golfer surprised by National Commander's Trophy.(Robert J. Larkin)

Nov 01, 2007; Hall, Jim ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When they said my name I almost started to cry; I was shocked and so honored," Robert J. Larkin said on being selected to receive the 2007 DAV National Commander's Trophy. The presentation was made during the 59th National Amputee Golf Association (NAGA) ...

New needs, new opportunities.(DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY)

Nov 01, 2007; Hartman, Edward E. ... Thousands of DAV volunteers each year receive the warm satisfaction and enjoyment of helping build better lives for disabled veterans and their families by helping others. Through our participation with the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Services (VAVS) program and the DAV ...

Join the National Service Foundation support team.(Ensure the DAV's Mission of Service)(Brief article)

Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For Staff Sergeant Myles Hunt, the thought of not being able to serve because of medical retirement was as devastating as the IED blast outside of Baghdad that claimed his right eye and left thumb. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But the DAV ...

Remembering Pearl Harbor.(Brief article)

Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] President Franklin Delano Roosevelt predicted that Dec. 7, 1941, would be "a date which will live in infamy." The attack on Pearl Harbor by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan brought the United States into World War II, and also gave our ...

Volunteering: you can make a difference.(from the AUXILIARY NATIONAL COMMANDER)

Nov 01, 2007; Wiley, Kathryn A. ... Volunteers are some of life's treasures, and they have found true happiness in giving of their time. Every day thousands of Auxiliary volunteers give selflessly of their energy and time to help others. They have learned that the rewards of volunteering to help disabled veterans ...

Honoring the brave: Cpl. Stephen C. Sanford, USA (Ret.).

Nov 01, 2007 ... The cool morning of Nov. 19, 2005, started too early for then-Private First Class Stephen Sanford. But nothing about an early rise to duty was unusual. The soldiers of Sanford's platoon, in their fourth month in Iraq, "sniped" at each other on the way to their tracks, teasing and jibing as ...

Future leaders: junior auxiliary members today.

Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For me, the Junior Auxiliary is about teaching," Carol Stake said. "I want to teach the junior members Americanism and leadership, to show honor and respect for veterans and their country and to become good citizens of character." Carol Stake ...

Pitching in for veterans.(Brief article)(Photograph)

Nov 01, 2007 ... National Commander Robert T. Reynolds, left, presents a National Commander's Award to Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Jamie Walker during pre-game ceremonies in Baltimore on Sept. 9. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Below, San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito, left, meets ...