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	The Post 4012 Website is alive and well. The site is updated with new information, calendar events, Post news, District news, Department news, National news, hotlinks to other information sites and a listing of our Post and Auxiliary Officers. We plan to keep this website updated as another form of communications to keep our Post membership informed. The website URL is www.vfw4012.org Access it with your internet browser or smartphone and check it out. Thank You, Gary DeMars - Post 4012 Membership Chairman
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VFW Officer nominations and election

VFW-4012 will have Officer nominations on March 5, 2019 and the election on April 2, 2019.  Please come out and help your Northville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post select their 2019/ 2020 Officers. Post Meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm. Our mailing address is: VFW4012@gmail.com http://www.vfw4012.org https://www.facebook.com/VFW-4012-Northville-Michigan-572256666207589/ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list 438 S. Main Street, Northville, Michigan 48167 248-348-1490

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Military Hiring Fair

FREE CHOW for Vietnam War Vets-March 29th Mission BBQ

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From: Tara Revyn <trevyn@mission-bbq.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 18, 2019, at 11:27 AM
Subject: FREE CHOW for Vietnam War Vets-March 29th Mission BBQ

Hi 

I just wanted to share this special invite to our Vietnam War Veterans to come in on March 29^th for FREE CHOW. Please feel free to share this with any and all of your contacts. There is no need for any "proof" or ID on this day. We welcome all Vietnam War Veterans anytime on March 29^th and hope to say, "Thank You for Your Service" and "Welcome Home" to as many American Heroes as we possibly can.

Thanks for all you do for Our American Heroes!

Tara Revyn

Community Ambassador

c: 586-214-8625

890 E. Big Beaver Rd.

Troy, MI 48083 | 248-340-3860

Mission BBQ Meal

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:00pm, Mission BBQ is catering a FREE meal at Northville Post VFW-4012 to support our post and the great efforts made by the VFW, 4012 Auxiliary, and the Marine Corps League Detachment. Both the VFW members,Auxiliary members, MCL and their significant others are invited. Please join us for some great BBQ from Mission BBQ this Tuesday. Scott, Quartermaster  VFW-4012 Mission BBQ's story: MISSION BBQ opened its doors for business on September 11, 2011. Ten years after our world changed forever, in some small way we wanted to change it back. As the founders of MISSION BBQ, we strive every day to remind everyone what makes Our Country great—its heroes. Who are we? Two friends passionate about BBQ, patriotic for Our Country, and who believe in running a business with meaning and purpose. We believe there is nothing more American than BBQ. And nobody more American than the brave men and women who have sworn to protect and serve Our Communities and Our Country. We do what we do for the love of our soldiers, firefighters, police officers, first responders—all our loved ones in service. We set across this great land from Texas to Kansas City, the Carolinas to St. Louis...to discover the secrets of great BBQ. Every day we strive to serve you authentic BBQ made from the freshest, most delectable ingredients, and serve it to you in a patriotic dining room filled with tributes to those who've made Our Country great, given to us by the people who earned them. Stop by at lunchtime, and you might catch us during our daily salute to the Stars and Stripes. We don't do any of this because we have to. It's because we want to. At MISSION BBQ, we are Proudly Serving Those Who Serve. Come help us complete Our Mission. Our mailing address is: VFW4012@gmail.com http://www.vfw4012.org https://www.facebook.com/VFW-4012-Northville-Michigan-572256666207589/ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list 438 S. Main Street, Northville, Michigan 48167 248-348-1490

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Armed Forces Day 5K- May 18, 2019

Registration is open for the Armed Forces Day 5k at Northville High School. New this year-special student pricing! If you can't make race da

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Armed Forces Day 5K- May 18, 2019 Registration is open for the Armed Forces Day 5k at Northville High School.  New this year-special student pricing!  If you can't make race day, you can still run virtually. 100% of all race fees go to Folds of Honor-Motor City. To register go to: AFD 5K  Be sure to check out nhsarmedforcesday.com for all the wonderful events supporting our Military and Veterans for Armed Forces Day. Check out my website   ‌ Created with Wix.com.‌ Love It?‌ Try It! It's Free.

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Family Feud Style Game at the VFW

This amazing game is modeled after the game show "Family Feud" and is played much like the actual game. Each table forms a "team" and collectively you work together to guess the best answers to questions from a random person survey. You pay the evening of the event at your table.  The cost is only $5.00 per person.  Come on out and enjoy a great night of laughter and friendship. Our mailing address is: VFW4012@gmail.com http://www.vfw4012.org https://www.facebook.com/VFW-4012-Northville-Michigan-572256666207589/ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list 438 S. Main Street, Northville, Michigan 48167 248-348-1490

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VFW Blue Water Navy Vet Wins Federal Appeals Court Ruling / FWD (BCCd to VSOs)

From: Joe Davis 

VFW Blue Water Navy Vet Wins Federal Appeals Court Ruling

Court of law now joins court of public opinion

 

WASHINGTON (January 30, 2019) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a decade-old ruling yesterday that potentially paves the way for the return of earned disability benefits for some 90,000 so-called Blue Water Navy veterans from the Vietnam War.

 

The case, Procopio v. Wilkie, was supported by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and a number of other veterans service organizations and advocates. It had Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert L. Wilkie Jr. being sued by Navy veteran and VFW life member Alfred Procopio Jr., who was denied service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus because he never stepped foot on dry land or served within Vietnam's inland waterways. Procopio, a life member of VFW Post 6587 in Spring Lake Park, Minn., was assigned aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, which was stationed inside Vietnam's 12-mile territorial waters. Both of his illnesses are listed among the VA's 14 presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange.

 

The Federal Appeals Court focused on the intent of the 1991 Agent Orange Act, which was to grant a presumption of service connection for certain diseases to veterans who "served in the Republic of Vietnam." At issue was whether service within territorial waters constituted service "in the Republic of Vietnam." By a 9-2 decision, the Appeals Court ruled it did.

 

"Although very pleased with the ruling, the VFW isn't quite ready to celebrate," said VFW National Commander B.J. Lawrence. "That's because the VA can always appeal the ruling and Congress has yet to pass a Blue Water Navy bill," he said. "But, it is very encouraging to now have a court of law support Blue Water Navy veterans along with the court of public opinion. We need to get this done and reinforce to tens of thousands of veterans that our nation does have your back when you come home from war.

 

"The VFW now calls on VA to make Blue Water Navy veterans whole as soon as possible, and we stand ready to assist VA in doing so."

 

-VFW-

 

About the VFW: The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is the nation's largest and oldest major war veterans organization. Founded in 1899, the congressionally-chartered VFW is comprised entirely of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, Guard and Reserve forces. With 1.6 million VFW and Auxiliary members located in more than 6,200 Posts worldwide, the nonprofit veterans service organization is proud to proclaim "NO ONE DOES MORE FOR VETERANS" than the VFW, which is dedicated to veterans' service, legislative advocacy, and military and community service programs. For more information or to join, visit our website at vfw.org.

 

Media Contact: Joe Davis, JDavis@vfw.org, 202-608-8357