Sandy Thomas receives Certificate of Honor Blue Star Pin

July 18, 2017 Alcoa, Tennessee Richard Presley, member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 10855 in Alcoa,  invited Vet to Vet Tennessee (V2VT) to honor and present the Vietnam War Commemoration (VWC) Certificate of Honor and NEW VWC Blue Star lapel pin for three spouse whose veteran died after their return from Vietnam.…

VA Primary Care Patient Information Booklet

June 14, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee The Mountain Home VAMC and all of their clinics now have a primary care patient information booklet available to all veterans.  The booklets are being distributed during the orientation for new veterans, however, very few current veterans were aware of the booklet until Freddie Owens discovered the booklet from his …

VA Expands Transparency, Accountability Efforts

VETERANS AFFAIRS VA News Release 07/07/2017 12:00 PM EDT VA Expands Transparency, Accountability Efforts: Becomes First Agency to Post Information on Adverse Employee Actions, Requires Senior Official Sign-off on all Settlement Actions above $5,000 VA Expands Transparency, Accountability Efforts Becomes First Agency to Post Information on Adverse Employee Actions, Requires Senior Official Sign-off on All…

FBC New Tazewell honors veterans

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Claiborne Progress FBC New Tazewell honors veterans ‘Welcomes home’ Vietnam vets Special to the Claiborne Progress Members of Boy Scout Troop 508 participated in the special service. Pastor Larry Sharp, left and veteran Willy Begin. Pastor Larry Sharp, left, and Bill Starnes. Eunice Derreberry, left, Pastor Larry Sharp and…