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| Stop-Loss Vets to Lose Retroactive Payments:
Approximately 145,000 service members who were stop-lossed between September 2001 and September 2008 are eligible to receive $500 for every month they were kept beyond their initial separation date. The problem is only about 20 percent, or 30,000 claims, have been paid, and the program ends Oct. 21. The VFW is asking its members, Posts and friends to spread the word. For more information about the program and to apply for retroactive stop-loss pay, go to www.defense.gov/stoploss.
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Officers
for 2010-2011:
Nominations
for officers continued after being opened at the March meeting. There
being no opposition for any office, Adj. Pothier cast one unanimous
ballot each for Commander
Louis Salem, Senior Vice Commander Michael Sparkman, Junior Vice
Commander Wayne Neufeld, Quartermaster Kim Hamilton, Judge Advocate
Wheeler Tillman, Chaplain Sidney Byrd, and 3 Year Trustee Thomas
Tellefsen. JVC
Neufeld cast one unanimous ballot for Surgeon
Gerald T. Pothier.
Also
elected were: Delegates
to the District 1 Convention Gerald T. Pothier and Kim Hamilton;
delegate to the Department Convention Gerald T. Pothier; delegate to
the National Convention Gerald T. Pothier. All
officers and delegates will serve during the 2010-2011 administrative
year and will assume their duties at noon on Sunday 27 June 2010 when
the State Commander is installed. Appointments
will be made by the incoming Commander at the May Post meeting.
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| New Law Authorizes Veterans' Salutes During National Anthem: WASHINGTON (Oct. 30, 2008) -- Veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month. "The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who have served in our nation's armed forces," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "This provision allows the application of that honor in all events involving our nation's flag." The new provision improves upon a little known change in federal law last year that authorized veterans to render the military-style hand salute during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, but it did not address salutes during the national anthem. Last year's provision also applied to members of the armed forces while not in uniform. Traditionally, members of the nation's veterans service organizations have rendered the hand-salute during the national anthem and at events involving the national flag while wearing their organization's official head-gear. The most recent change, authorizing hand-salutes during the national anthem by veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel, was sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, an Army veteran. It was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed on Oct. 14. The earlier provision authorizing hand-salutes for veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, was contained in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which took effect Jan. 28, 2008. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It must be noted the above provision does not accommodate rendering the hand salute while uncovered during the playing of Taps. |
Date Last updated: 08/10/2010
