WASHINGTON (Sept. 20, 2012) — AMVETS announced today a new contract with the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel to host AMVETS Fall and Spring National Executive Committee meetings through March of 2015. The first event under the new agreement, signed this week, will be the 2012 Fall NEC, to be held Dec. 7–9 at the […]
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Amvets Announces 2012 Scholarship Winners
RECIPIENTS INCLUDE VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS AND GRADUATING SENIORS LANHAM, MD., June11, 2012— AMVETS, America’s premier veterans service organization, recently announced its 2012 AMVETS National Scholarship Program winners. AMVETS National Commander Gary L. Fry called the AMVETS National Scholarship Program an important component of the National Programs Department’s offerings to the veterans’ community. “Caring for […]
View PostAdvanced Bio-Fuels Mean Energy Security
Recent criticisms of the U.S. military’s long-term investment in advanced biofuels, which are sourced from non-edible plants like grass and algae, fail to take into consideration the sacrifices of the men and women serving in uniform across the globe. America’s reliance on foreign oil creates unnecessary strategic risks and we have a responsibility to solve […]
View PostAmVets Urges Affirmative Action Status For Vets
By Rick Maze – Military Times— Wednesday Mar 28, 2012—A major veterans group wants federal affirmative action laws expanded to include veterans among the classes of Americans that are specifically protected from employment discrimination. Under their plan, laws barring discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, race, disability or sexual orientation would be altered to […]
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