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2021 Winter Sports Clinic
March 28, 2021 - April 2, 2021 Snowmass Village, CO We will offer an at-home edition for this year's clinic. The virtual event will take place March 29 - April 2. W...
Congress finalizes sweeping veterans policy bill
Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 In December, the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care ...
The future of toxic exposure
How DAV is changing the way we view benefits for burn pit-related disabilities When Michael Hert sat in on a panel with other post-9/11 veterans to discuss the effects of [...
Shared hardship
Over the past century, women veterans have seen their options expand, but have services and respect kept pace? When Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the...
Honoring a hero
After years of procedural hurdles, Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe cleared to posthumously receive long-overdue Medal of Honor Every American armed conflict seems to have at leas...
DAV Statement on DoD Commission to Address Military Sexual Assault
DAV is pleased by today’s Defense Department directive ordering an independent commission to investigate the long-standing problem of sexual assault in our military, and by...
Suicide prevention report updated
In November, the Department of Veterans Affairs released the 2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, which found no significant increases in the veteran sui...
Crushing community hunger
DAV chapter’s food pantry fights veteran food insecurity in northeastern Tennessee As COVID-19 has swept through communities across the nation, the uncertain economic lands...
2021 Mid-Winter Conference
Time to rally
As we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must remember that we cannot let up in our mission to honor […]