*Post Officers
*Upcoming Events
*Post History / Emblem History
*Join The Legion
*Preamble to the Constitution
*Badger Honor Flight
*Past Hot Topics
*Photos
*Adjutants Notes
*Past Events



Support our Troops

All reports on this web are in pdf. Click to get the latest version of the Free Adobe Acrobat reader software at Adobe.com

February 2010
SMTWTFS
 123456
78 910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
Click Here for Full Calendar

Links Section


AMERICAN LEGION

WISCONSIN AMERICAN LEGION

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY WI

AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS OF WISCONSIN

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

THE HIGHGROUND VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK

HIRE A VETS FIRST LINK

WISCONSIN VETS

MEDALLIONS AVAILABLE FOR HEADSTONES

VA HOME LOANS

VIETNAM BATTLE FIELD TOURS

WDVA'S WOMEN VETERANS

MILITARY CONNECTION

MORE INFORMATION ON MESOTHELIOMA.

DATA.GOV

SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE

AFTER DEPLOYMENT

DCOE HEALTH

REAL WARRIORS
img

Harry D. Jerred America Legion Post 215
Pardeeville, WI
img
Click here to edit your pageClick here to go to your office
                                                                               

Please check back soon and often.


 

News

  Posted Feb 9

DoD Budget on Pay Raise, Concurrent Receipt, TRICARE Fees

The Pentagon rolled out its FY2011 defense budget this week, proposing a $549 billion base budget (a 3.4% increase over 2010) and $159 billion more to support war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Complete story


Posted Feb 9

Three Weeks Until 21% Medicare/TRICARE Cut

Last week's report that H.J. Res. 45 (passed by the Senate last week and the House this week) would fix the 21% cut in Medicare and TRICARE payments to doctors (now scheduled for March 1, 2010) proved premature.

While it would let Congress reverse that huge cut without requiring specific cost offsets, separate legislation is still needed to make the fix. And only three weeks remain before the cuts kick in.

So it's more important than ever to (again) urge your legislators to act immediately to stop the 21% cut, and keep thousands more doctors from dropping military TRICARE and Medicare patients.

Contact your representative: Link


Posted Feb 9

OP-ED: WHAT VETERANS NEED FROM THE PRESIDENT

Commentary from Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

NOTE from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org ... For more about IAVA, use our search engine ... here ... >A href=http://www.yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=iava&op=and>Link

------------------------- What vets need from the prez

By PAUL RIECKHOFF

At an Allentown, Pa., town-hall meeting last October, President Obama met Iraq veteran and student Leonard Martin, who said that he couldn't get through to the VA hot line to ask a question about the new GI Bill -- and asked the president to "call them up" to fix the problem.Complete story


Posted Feb 9

Pentagon Settles PTSD Lawsuit

The Government, in order to stay a final ruling, negotiated a deal in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims - the result will provide disability retired pay and family TRICARE coverage, at least temporarily, for thousands of veterans previously separated from service after suffering PTSD. Complete story


Posted Feb 9

President Signs Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) today praised President Barack Obama's signing of the Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009. Complete story


Posted Feb 9

The Real History of the Army Combat Action Badge

The little known and seldom told story that few even in the Army ranks know about 7th Infantry Division CIB Style Bayonet Badge is a rarely seen badge designed and produced "unofficially" as the "Order of the Bayonet" for 7th Infantry Division Troops while on duty in Korea during the Cold War. Standards for the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) were stringent, and many who pulled duty along the DMZ (and were regularly under fire) did not qualify according to Army Regulations at the time for the CIB. The 7th ID created its own unofficial infantry badge featuring a bayonet and division patch in the middle of a wreath. This badge became the template for the current Army Combat Action Badge; however, ironically, the criteria for the new badge did not provide retroactive eligiblity for those Cold War veterans of Korea who engaged in hostile fire with the enemy. Link


Posted Feb 9

VETS' GROUPS THINK BUDGET IS NOT "JUST RIGHT" AS VA DECLARED, WANT MORE...

The Independent Budget wants more money for care and says the projected collections figure is off by over $3 billion.

by Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org

When the VA first started touting their huge fiscal year 2011 budget a few days ago, I asked: "But, is it enough?" VA has a long and sad history of messing up the budget process ... by not asking for enough funding ... and for assuming too much income from collections.

Now, the Independent Budget Link (made up of a number of Veterans' Service Organizations) has come up with the same thoughts for the VA budget.

Also, here is a link to an article from the Military Times group ... Link


 

 

 


Be Prepared

Are you prepared in the event of an emergency? Do you have questions about what types of food stuffs, how much water and other supplies you should have on hand in the event of a natural disaster? If so, download click here to find out more information.


 
  HARRY D. JERRED AMERICA LEGION POST 215 PARDEEVILLE, WI
P.O. Box 252  •  Pardeeville, WI 53954

Go to OrgSites.com

LOGIN: EDITPAGE | OFFICE

  
Contact us here:

PLEASE ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:  

AND YOUR NAME  
Check here to add yourself to our email list -->

 5367 Visitors
TOP