Art Sloane Help! Help is urgently needed for the State Fair October 7-30 at the State Fairgrounds by Arizona StandDown. In order for the committee that puts on the StandDown to pay for the StandDown, help is needed October 7-30 at the State Fair as ushers in the grand stand. This is a way that…
Tag: Veterans’ Voice
July 2016
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane Retired military veterans under age 65 and their families are likely to pay hundreds of dollars more each year for health care coverage if Congress approves a 2017 budget proposed by the Pentagon. If you do not belong to a veterans organization and receive up to date information in their publications join one…
February 2016
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane With many veteran organizations in Chandler and Sun Lakes there are many deserving veterans that should be recommended for the Veterans Hall of Fame. How do you nominate someone for this honor which is given to only about 20 veterans a year out of 650,000 for their service after they leave the service?…
January 2016
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane Ernest W. McFarland and the American Dream. The public is invited to experience the new memorial to honor Ernest McFarland. McFarland served as U.S. Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Governor, as Chief Justice of the AZ Supreme Court and was a Father of the GI Bill – helping millions of veterans obtain educations and…
October 2015
Veterans’ Voice
Help a veteran and save on your taxes Art Sloane Tax time is approaching in just a few months and I like many others are not looking forward to it, but there is a way to save and not give as much to the state but to worthy causes. If you are married you may…
May 2015
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane I recently came back from an Honor Fight to Washington D.C. with veterans of WWII. The average age is 92 or 93. What is Honor Flight? All WWII veterans are given a free trip from 133 hubs throughout the United States, two of which are in Arizona, Tucson and Phoenix, to see their…
February 2015
Veterans’ Voice – February 2015
Art Sloane VetJobs Veteran Eagle is a new website that I can recommend to all active duty and veterans. Jesse Ramirez, a former Navy veteran, has the chance to see again because of a new invention called eSight glasses. Unfortunately, these glasses cost $14,000 which the VA will not cover. The Reverend Joseph F. Matrishion,…
November 2014
Veterans’ Voice – November 2014
Art Sloane The Arizona State Legislature needs to get involved in helping veterans in need by changing the law concerning tax credits in the Military Family Relief Fund, which it established in 2008. Since that date almost seven million dollars have been contributed to help veterans of the last two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.…
October 2014
Veterans’ Voice – October 2014
Art Sloane Everyone loves a parade, and the valley has two major ones. The East Valley Veterans Parade will take place at 11:00 a.m. November 8 in downtown Mesa. This parade was formerly called the Mesa Veterans Day Parade. Now with over 100 units in it, it is held on the Saturday before Veterans Day…
September 2014
Veterans’ Voice – September 2014
Art Sloane The Defense Health Agency, relying on medical laboratory experts and existing authority to conduct medical “demonstrations,” will restore TRICARE coverage this month for up to 40 genetic tests used in patient care. Many of these laboratory-developed tests—also called molecular pathology tests—are viewed as medically necessary. But TRICARE had stopped reimbursing for more than…