Disabled American Veterans
Blind
Veterans National Chapter #1
WEB
SITE: http://www.davbvnc1.com/contents.htm
January-February
2016 Newsletter
Editor:
Dennis O’Connell
Email
address: bvnc1@optonline.net
"IF I CANNOT SPEAK GOOD
OF MY COMRADE,
I WILL NOT SPEAK
OFFICERS OF THE BLIND CHAPTER
Commander James Hogan (CA)
Phone
661 251 7870 email: ja2paroses@aol.com
Senior vice commander: Ron Lester (AZ)
1st Junior vice Commander David May
(PDC, PC) (OH)
2nd Junior vice Commander Leonard
Pope (NJ)
3rd Vice Commander Dennis
O’Connell (PC) (NY)
4th Junior vice Commander
Robert Abshire (CO)
Judge Advocate Richard Bugbee (PC) (AZ)
Chaplain Rev. Tony Martino ( PDC) (IL),
Phone 847 736 2111, email: deaconmartino@gmail.com
Adjutant/Treasurer Paul Kaminsky (FL) (also webmaster),
Phone 904 291-0576, email: pkjax@kaminsky.com
Immediate Past Commander Carroll
Prosser (PDC) (SC)
PLEASE, if you know of any member who
is sick or deceased inform one of the officers whose contact information is
listed above ASAPP.
Please
keep Richard Bugbee (PC) and Carroll Prosser (PC) in your prayers!
WELCOME
ABOARD
Troy
Randall,
MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMANDER
Happy
New Year!
The
holiday decorations are put away and it is time to get back to the business at
hand. February will see the DAV Mid-Winter Conference in
We
look forward to a successful conference in our Nations beautiful Capitol and to
return home better equipped to serve all of our Disabled Veterans.
Women
Veterans Suicide Crisis Prompts Legislation
Representative
Julia Brownley introduced H.R. 2915, the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act.
If enacted, this bill would identify mental health and suicide prevention
programs that are the most effective with the best outcomes among women
veterans at risk. The bill would require VA to report the results of this
analysis to the Congressional Veterans' Committees.
Recent
data reveals the suicide rate of women veterans is nearly six times higher than
women in general; for women ages 18-29, the risk is even higher, at nearly 12
times the rate of women in general. These findings have prompted clinicians and
policy makers at VA to develop a number of outreach initiatives and clinical
approaches to enable VA to better deal with this health care crisis.
VA
experts are examining the many reasons suicide rates among women veterans are
higher. According to VA's suicide prevention office, a history of military
sexual assault may be a major contributing factor.
Enactment
of Mrs. Brownley's bill would improve VA's evaluative efforts in this
challenging area.
Please
write your Representative today to urge co-sponsorship and passage of H.R.
2915. As always, thank you for your active participation in the Commander's
Action Network.
Moses
A. McIntosh, Jr., DAV National Commander, Linda Stake, DAVA National Commander
[mailto:lbogle@dav.org]
No
Cost Record Retrieval
Always
Ask for Your Veterans Discount
Veterans
and retirees who served on active duty or in the reserves and their family
members are eligible to receive a variety of service-related documents for
free. It's just a matter of knowing how.
Records
and other documents are available from Human Resources Command, Department of
Veterans Affairs, National Archives and other official government sources.
Because
the documents are provided free to those qualified to receive them, there is no
reason to get them from commercial firms that charge fees, according to Army
& Air Force officials.
A
good first stop for information on how to get veteran service documents is
HRC’s
Veterans
can receive a copy of a lost DD Form 214 by submitting a request on a SF Form
180. Veterans who were never issued a DD Form 214 can request an issuance,
provided there is enough information on file.
If
there is not enough information in the record, HRC will issue a Transcript of
Military Records (DA Form 1569) or a Statement of Service (AHRC Form
2496-E). Both documents are authorized
replacements for DD Form 214.
While
HRC can verify a veteran’s military service, requests for veteran benefits
eligibility should be directed to a local Veterans Benefits Administration
office, or the Department of Veteran Affairs.
One
of the most popular benefits is the VA Home Loan. To qualify, veterans must
provide proof of service to the VA with such documents as the DD Form 214, a
Chronological Statement of Retirement Points (AHRC Forms 249-E or DARP 249) or
the National Guard Bureau Retirement Credits Record (NGB Form 23).
Officials
recommend that requests for proof of service be submitted to HRC at the same
time a veteran contacts a mortgage company. Processing can take 30 to 45 days.
Requests should be submitted on a SF 180 or a signed and dated letter.
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FYI
May be of interest.
Tick Removal
To
Remove the entire TICK safely......
School
Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- And
it
really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is
the
best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in
those
places where it's sometimes difficult to get to with tweezers:
between
toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply
a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the
soap-soaked
cotton ball and let it stay on the repulsive insect for a
few
seconds (15-20), after which the tick will come out on its
own
and
be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This
technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was
frequently),
and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier
for
me. Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this
would
be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for
advice
because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it
with
tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to
say,
"It worked!"
GOD BLESS