AMVETS prides itself on pro­vid­ing America’s vet­er­ans with ben­e­fits and ser­vices they have earned through their hon­or­able mil­i­tary ser­vice, ensur­ing the uni­formed ser­vices are ade­quately funded to con­tin­u­ally pro­tect our nation, and not for­get­ting those ser­vice per­son­nel who are listed as POW/MIA. Annu­ally, AMVETS sets leg­isla­tive goals aimed at help­ing iden­tify and imple­ment the solu­tions to achieve these objec­tives. These goals are set by AMVETS adopted res­o­lu­tions, voted on by mem­bers at the annual AMVETS National Con­ven­tion. To reach these goals, we work closely with Con­gress and the admin­is­tra­tion, urg­ing the pas­sage of leg­is­la­tion, which reflects AMVETS’ agenda.

These res­o­lu­tions make up the foun­da­tion of our mis­sion to aid mem­bers and the entire vet­eran com­mu­nity. We urge all mem­bers to become actively involved by par­tic­i­pat­ing in vet­eran blogs, writ­ing let­ters to your local and state gov­ern­ment offi­cials, read­ing Amer­i­can Vet­eran to stay on top of cur­rent issues affect­ing vet­er­ans, and tak­ing advan­tage of all of the resources avail­able on the leg­isla­tive page. AMVETS pro­vides all vet­er­ans with a voice and will con­tinue to fight in Con­gress and the gov­ern­ment for each and every AMVETS member.

Call­ing All Unem­ployed Vet­er­ans
Last fall, Con­gress passed, and the Pres­i­dent signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 in order to help vet­er­ans find jobs.  The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 is now being imple­mented, and with that, unem­ployed vet­er­ans ages 35–60 can apply for retrain­ing under the Mont­gomery GI Bill for in-demand jobs. Read more