There is nearly uni­ver­sal agree­ment that too many Amer­i­can vet­er­ans are made to lan­guish unnec­es­sar­ily under the cur­rent Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs claims back­log. For many months, often years, our ser­vice­men and women patiently wait to receive their hard-earned ben­e­fits, held up by a noto­ri­ously bur­den­some and anti­quated gov­ern­ment bureau­cracy, which has only wors­ened as […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   AMVETS HELPS FUND EDUCATION FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES Annual Schol­ar­ship Win­ners Selected   WASHINGTON, June 11 — AMVETS, the nation’s pre­miere vet­er­ans ser­vice orga­ni­za­tion, announced the 2013 win­ners of its National Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram. Grad­u­at­ing high school seniors selected to receive four-year under­grad­u­ate schol­ar­ships of $4,000 are Alyssa M. Dun­can, Bicknell, […]

Cmdr. Cleve Geer announces 20 new AMVETS Career Cen­ters to open nation­wide in 2013 with fund­ing from Activi­sion Blizzard’s Call of Duty Endow­ment WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013  – On Wednes­day, March 20, AMVETS National Com­man­der Cleve Geer announced plans to expand the AMVETS Career Cen­ter Pro­gram with 20 new loca­tions nation­wide with the assis­tance of a […]

6 Great Gad­gets for Dis­abled Vets Dis­abled vet­er­ans and the fam­i­lies who care for them know all too well how some of the most com­mon house­hold tasks can present real chal­lenges.  These activ­i­ties of daily liv­ing (ADLs) don’t get a sec­ond thought among many peo­ple but chores like groom­ing and dress­ing, cook­ing and laun­dry, driving […]