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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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VA ends DEI, stops millions in spending on DEI https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-ends-dei-stops-millions-in-spending-on-dei/

VA benefits won’t be halted under White House funding freeze order https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/01/29/va-benefits-wont-be-halted-under-white-house-funding-freeze-order/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Best of 2024: Top VetResources of the year:  https://news.va.gov/137949/best-of-2024-top-vetresources-year/?utm_source=feature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VetResources&utm_id=29JAN2025

A Letter From the Chairwoman — Serving Veterans and Preserving Their Legacies:  https://medium.com/texas-veterans-blog/a-letter-from-the-chairwoman-serving-veterans-and-preserving-their-legacies-109d56425a89

Troops booted from military for refusing COVID-19 vaccine can return with back pay and benefits: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-trump-covid-reinstate/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Pentagon says small business programs not part of grant funding pause:  https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/01/28/pentagon-says-small-business-programs-not-part-of-grant-funding-pause/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months’ pay in effort to shrink government:    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-offering-federal-workers-buyouts-8-months-pay-118198797

Democrats urge Trump to halt freezes on VA hires and federal funds for veterans community services:  https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-01-28/veterans-trump-hiring-freeze-federal-loans-16631117.html?_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb   Hummm, Isn’t that the Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn who lied about being in Vietnam?

Secretary Collins’ message to Veterans and VA employees https://news.va.gov/press-room/secretary-collins-message-to-veterans-and-va-employees/



 
 
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.
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