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Are You Ready for VA’s Sign-In Changes?

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After January 31, 2025, you won’t be able to sign in to My HealtheVet or other VA online services with a My HealtheVet user ID and password. You’ll need to sign in with a different secure sign-in account.

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Senate rejects PACT Act protections, sending ‘signal’ that benefits could be cut, vet group says.   Burn Pits 360, a veteran advocacy group said while the measure isn’t directly changing PACT Act care or funding, it could "signal” larger changes to veteran benefits:  https://taskandpurpose.com/news/senate-vote-pact-act/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

VA processes one million disability claims faster than ever before:  https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-processes-one-million-disability-claims-faster-than-ever-before/

VA Study of Brain Injuries and Mental Health Would Be Ordered Up by Senate Bill:  https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/28/va-study-of-brain-injuries-and-mental-health-would-be-ordered-senate-bill.html?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

The days of kicking the can down the road are over. We owe America’s Veterans solutions!:  https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fx.com%2Fsecvetaffairs%2Fstatus%2F1897386635467354408%3Fs=46/2/0100019568b3c7c0-1cf125bf-412d-400b-b6e8-d25db84f8191-000000/WPoGV2zJRtfU2-L_ekMVb7hOU62luzEV6PqsjCQIOhw=395

VA Secretary Doug Collins addresses Veterans benefits rumors in latest video:  https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fnews.va.gov%2F138540%2Fva-secretary-addresses-benefits-rumors-video%2F/2/010001956c078c8c-f5e49fb2-a835-44f3-b009-4a946fcf41e4-000000/J4oQADCsu2IDbNttB0Oa0OPzEm3NjyBklMnAwDpMH9M=395

What troops and retirees need to know about Tricare in 2025:  https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/03/05/what-troops-and-retirees-need-to-know-about-tricare-in-2025/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Battleship USS Texas Finds Home in Galveston:    https://news.usni.org/2025/03/05/battleship-uss-texas-finds-home-in-galveston-ss-america-arrives-in-mobile?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

VA secretary insists massive staff cuts needed to refocus department:  https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/03/06/va-secretary-insists-massive-staff-cuts-needed-to-refocus-department/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb


 
 
RENEW YOUR VFW MEMBERSHIP
 
Online:
www.vfw.org  (create an account or login (You can use Troop ID!!)> My VFW > Membership Quick Links)
 
Or by phone (current members only): 1-833-VFW-VETS or 1-833-839-8387 to safely renew or convert to Life Membership over the phone with credit or debit card. Monday - Friday 8:15 am until 5 pm.
RENEW ONLINE HERE
Thank you in advance for renewing and being a member of the greatest foreign war veteran organization in the world!