library - Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rolette County N.D.,Post 4516 in Belcourt, North Dakota

The VFW will be having our monthly meeting tonight @7pm. The building next to the retirement home. We have a raffle ($250 meat bundle) also being drawn for toni...ght. Any veterans who may be interested in joining are welcome to attend with a DD214 to check for qualification. I would also like to take the time to recognize some of the people who helped with the fundraiser. Jeff Davis Darrell Lavallie Carrie Laducer Ray Montriel Lisa Montriel Pat Vivier William Vote Clarence Belgarde Twila Ann Gourneau Alice Longie. These funds are to help the VFW post with member uniforms, monthly expenses, contributions, and to assist veterans. Your support is greatly appreciated. We will be starting another fundraiser tomorrow. A $500 Walmart card. Drawing will be held December 8th. Your support is greatly appreciated. If anyone is interested in purchasing from the raffle please message the VFW page. We will also have members as well as supporters in the community selling for the raffle. Please be safe during this pandemic and thank you for you support.

Just received this. Please share everyone ROLETTE COUNTY VSO...TODD POITRA Due to family health concerns and current directives I will not be in the office for... face to face meetings. The pantry is also closed until further notice. I will be conducting business via email and phone service as much as possible. Many of the services are on on a needed basis and emerg only. I will be working from home on MONDAYS & THURSDAYS. I will be getting things set up next week to handle emails and calls on both days. During this time I appreciate your patience and concern for others. Our time as veterans and being in the military are tested at these moments and we must always take care of our citizens as we did when we served. SEMPER FI. I WILL KEEP IN CONTACT PLEASE SHARE

Good afternoon family and friends. Out of Respect for his passing, VFW 9061 Post Lifetime Member Maynard Fox and his family, Our event Welcome Home Vietnam ...Veterans Celebration is cancelled. Thank you for your service Maynard Fox We shall see you all next year. Deepest condolences, prayers for the family. God bless + See more

All Veterans and their families welcome +

CVA Statement on Dismissal of Secretary Shulkin By Chris Neefus 03.28.18... CVA Statement on Dismissal of Secretary Shulkin Arlington, Va. Concerned Veterans for America Executive Director Dan Caldwell released this statement following the news that VA Secretary David Shulkin was dismissed by President Trump. Secretary Shulkin made significant headway in reforming the department, but ultimately became a distraction from the important task of improving health care for our veterans. We are hopeful that this change will end the recent distractions at the VA and put the focus back on advancing policy that will ensure veterans get the health care and other benefits they have earned. The Trump administration has made great progress over the last year reforming and fixing the VA, however there is still much work to be done. Congress needs to continue work with the President to pass legislation that will give veterans more health care options and better access to care through the VA. We look forward to continuing partnering with the White House, Congress, and the future VA Secretary to advance policy that will improve the well-being of our veterans. Concerned Veterans for America’s grassroots leaders flew in from around the country earlier this month and held nearly 100 meetings with legislative leaders to discuss the group’s policy agenda. Read more here. BACKGROUND Concerned Veterans for America is focused on several legislative priorities to improve veterans health care and reform spending at the Department of Defense. VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE AND ACCESS ACT OF 2017 (S. 2184) The legislation would better integrate the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with community health care providers & expand health care options to enhance veterans’ access to quality care. The bill consolidates the VA’s existing community care programs, creates clear standards for when a veteran can access care outside of the VA, and improves the process for reimbursing community providers. It would also require the VA to contract with community providers to create a series of walk-in clinics to ensure that veterans have access to urgent care. VETERANS EMPOWERMENT ACT (H.R. 4457) The legislation would fundamentally reform how the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) delivers health care to our veterans. It will offer all veterans who use the VHA the ability to access care in the private sector through a veterans’ health insurance program and would restructure the VHA medical facilities into a government-chartered nonprofit to make the VHA more responsive to the changing demands of the veteran population. It will also increase transparency and allow for more effective oversight by requiring the VA to publicly report more information about its health care services. VETERANS EMPLOYEES AND TAXPAYER (VET) PROTECTION ACT (S. 2288/H.R. 1461) Currently, upwards of 350 VA employees including clinicians spend 100 percent of their time during work hours devoted to supporting union activities. The VET Protection Act would right-size the amount of time VA employees can devote to union activities during work hours and ensure clinicians are doing the work the VA hired them to do care for patients. The legislation would also mandate that the VA more effectively track how employees are using their time and require the VA to make regular reports to Congress on the use of official times. VA ASSET AND INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW ACT OF 2017 (AIR ACT H.R. 4243) The VA is currently forced to spend tens of millions of dollars every year to maintain empty buildings. Additionally, the majority of the VA’s medical centers are over fifty years old, with many underutilized or not designed to serve the current veteran population. The AIR Act would mandate that the VA assess its current infrastructure footprint and then make recommendations to modernize and realign its medical infrastructure. This would ensure that the VA’s infrastructure is best positioned to serve the future veteran population and stop wasting resources on empty or underutilized buildings. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REFORM: BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the military has an excess basing capacity of nearly 20 percent. By authorizing another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Congress could help the DoD save up to $2 billion a year. In the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress should change current law to allow the Department of Defense to conduct a round of BRAC in 2021.

Meetings are going great, remember all Rolette County Vets invited !!!