{"id":53350,"date":"2014-07-07T08:15:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T12:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=53350"},"modified":"2014-07-07T08:15:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T12:15:44","slug":"american-legion-steps-into-the-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=53350","title":{"rendered":"American Legion steps into the breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been talking about the failures in the system at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and of course, talking isn’t what gets help to veterans. The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the American Legion has stepped up to fill the gap between veterans and their access to care by opening “crisis centers” across the country;<\/p>\n

“This is not extra, this is what is supposed to be happening,” [Verna Jones, director of the American Legion’s Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Division] said.<\/p>\n

On the first day the Legion’s crisis center team arrives in a town, they typically hold a town-hall meeting, where they take questions from veterans – sometimes, the head of the local VA is there to answer as well. In the days following, veterans come to the Legion post and talk to counselors, who assess the best way to tackle a given problem, be it benefits, retroactive payment, scheduling a doctor’s appointment or enrolling a veteran in the VA’s system for the first time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s why they call them Veterans’ Service Organizations. Many of you have complained that the legion and the VFW are just veterans’ bar where old old guys go to relive their glory days and tell war stories, but this is an example of what they really do on a national level. I just paid up my lifetime membership in the last few weeks and it’s specifically related to the Legion’s response to the VA’s failures.<\/p>\n

I’m not saying that you have to run out and get yourself a membership, I’m just asking that you view the American Legion and the VSOs differently, as I’ve done over the last several years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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