On my drive home from Wisconsin, I stopped into a meeting of the Military Officers Association of America, in Mundelein Illinois. Yes, I was invited! The President of the MOAA North Chicago Chapter is also the VFW Post commander at Post 2486 here in Illinois.
The special guests were Acting Director Terry Prince of the
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Honorable Joyce Mason, a
Representative in the Illinois House. I
very much enjoyed their company during lunch and I believe they really have the
best interests of veterans at heart. Acting
Director Prince is also a retired Navy Master Chief, so he and VFW State
Commander Bobby Welch shared many stories!
Representative Mason is sponsoring several veteran-centric bills
including a Veterans Bill of Rights, pushing for surviving spouses receiving VA
DIC payments to gain easier access to property tax relief, appropriating
additional monies for service dog training for veterans, and penalties for
those misrepresenting that they have Service Animals. I’m certainly behind all of these
initiatives!
President Mike Peck gave me a Desert Storm belt buckle and a
signed copy of Medal of Honor Recipient Al Lynch’s book, “From Zero to
Hero: From Bullied Kid to Warrior”. I can’t wait to start reading it!
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