PHILADELPHIA, May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Father Rick Curry, the founder of the Writers Program for Wounded Warriors, will deliver remarks at the traditional Memorial Day ceremony held at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Front and Spruce streets. The noon ceremony on Monday, May 31, will also feature “echo taps” by two Philadelphia Police buglers ...
WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Testifying before a House subcommittee today, The American Legion said that veterans’ preference in the federal job market “is being unlawfully ignored by numerous agencies.” “The reality is that employment opportunities are not being properly publicized,” said Joe Sharpe, the Legion’s economic division director, in his written testimony. “Federal agencies, ...
April 24, 2010 / PHILADELPHIA / DIVERSE NEWS / – With just 37 minutes into the published story on YAHOO! there were over 33,000 replies. Many comments were relating the law to racism, discrimination and civil rights violations. Only problem with this is that the word civil applies to citizens. Dictionary.com defines ‘civil’ as: 1. ...
Temporary Closures Significantly Cut Post-9/11 GI Bill Pending Inventory WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that the Education Call Center, closed on Thursdays and Fridays over the past two months, is again operating five days a week. “I am pleased by the progress these call center employees made ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Calling the decision of the Sussex Square Homeowners’ Association Board in Va. to withdraw legal action against a WWII hero, “a great decision,” the leader of The American Legion congratulated all parties involved. “This is a victory for reason and I applaud the board for making the correct decision to ...
1. Washington Field: Twenty-Six Charged in Nationwide Scheme to Defraud FCC’s Video Relay Service Program Indictments were unsealed against 26 people charged with engaging in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service program. Arrests were made by FBI agents and Postal Inspectors in New York, New Jersey, ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The newly instituted Post 9/11 GI Bill promises to afford thousands of recently returned U.S. military veterans the benefits of much-deserved higher education, but some students say late payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are putting an undue strain on their finances. While pleased with the much-improved educational ...
(Subject to Change) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being issued by American Legion: Saturday, Aug. 22 11:00 a.m. Veterans Job & Benefits Fair: Galt House Exhibit Hall, 2nd Floor (until 4:00 p.m.) (Open to ALL military veterans) 8:00 a.m. Color Guard Competition: Convention Center, Hall 2D, Level 2 – Until 11:00 ...
Although the domelights.com website is down at the moment, the internet cache via google, appears to have been tampered with particularly with disclaimers, signatures and posts. I personally did a google cache search last week: there were over 14,000 results, now there is just over 6,000. There is currently a federal lawsuit going on, started ...