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"General Web Sites"
 

The Great Lakes National Cemetery Advisory Council - http://www.greatlakesntlcemeteryadvisory.com/

Department of Veterans Affairs - www.va.gov

Michigan Legislature -  www.michiganlegislature.org

Sanilac County Department of Veterans Affairs - www.SanilacCountyVA.org

Top Veterans Websites...check them out then vote for US!

Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov

VFW National Headquarters - www.vfw.org

VFW National Home for Children- www.vfwnationalhome.org

VFW Washington Website - www.vfwdc.org

Family search (Do you know your family tree?) - www.familysearch.org

Internal Revenue Service - www.irs.gov

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - www.osha.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce - www.doc.gov

The Viet Nam Women Veterans Site - www.spencergroup.net/vwv

Isabella County Department of Veterans Affairs -  www.isabellacounty.org/VA

Every Thing Military on the Internet - Engage! - www.military.com

Only for Veterans - www.veterans.com

The VietNam Veterans Memorial Wall - www.thewall-usa.com

Selective Service System - File On-Line for the Selective Service - www.sss.gov

101st Airborne Division Lost Eagles - www.losteagles.org

SPECIAL FORCES Search Engine - www.sfahq.com

Coast Guard Sea Veterans of America - www.nwlink.com/~kenlong/cgsua.htm

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans - www.nchv.org

DoD's Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service (SITES) - www.dmdc.osd.mil/sites

"Thank-You America Certificates 1944-1945 WWII Veterans"- www.ambafrance-us.org

  The site lists the military service of members of the federal government : http://www.whoserved.com

Veterans from WWII  are being sought for to gather information about them and other WWII information....please click the hotlink to the right of the picture below to find out more...

 http://oralhistory.minds.tv

 

Gulf War Veterans Medical Research Website:  www.GulfLINK.osd.mil/medsearch 

Military History of Hartford & Keeler Michigan: http://www.hartfordmichigan.com

Fort Custer National Cemetery :  http://www.interment.net/data/us/mi/kalamazoo/ftcusnat/index.htm

x-pow (Luft 4&6) has written a book about his experience. View my book at  www.escapeimust.

Air * Z00 ( in Kalamazoo, MI) - www.airzoo.org

Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center - http://www.bongheritagecenter.org/

 This site shows those state and federal elected officials who served in the military and those that didn't : http://www.whoserved.com

John Jones, Past VFW State Commander 1999-2001 Department of Utah  www.vfwjohn.com

LEATHERNECKS Motor Cycle Club:  www.leathernecksmc.org  

Great Travel Deals - Military Retirees & Military Members - www.offdutytravel.com

 National Army Museum Fund - www.armyhistory.org   Also:  Part 1 of 2   and  Part 2 of 2  of information packet on joining and donating to this museum.

 Southeastern Michigan Veterans Stand Down Inc. -  http://www.4vets.org/index.html

 Defense Prisoner of War Logo - www.dtic.mil/dpmo/

 

 VA Mortgage Center -  http://www.vamortgagecenter.com

 MI Patriot Guard Riders -  www.pgrmichigan.org   

  1st Battalion 3rd Marines Battalion -  1stbattalion3rdmarines.com

 Military Hub - www.MilitaryHub.com  

  The K I Sawyer Heritage Air Museum  - www.kishamuseum.org   

    Historic Fort Wayne Coalition: www.historicfortwaynecoalition.com

 

 

Veterans Helpful Websites

 

Here are some federal web links to assist you in keeping track of federal issues specifically related to veterans in the coming year.
 
The US Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Congressional Affairs has a direct link at  http://www.va.gov/oca/
 
The White House has a Veterans in Focus section with a direct link at http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/veterans/
 
The US Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has a direct link at http://veterans.senate.gov/
 
The US House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee has a direct link at http://veterans.house.gov/
 
And if any branch of the US government has printed a public document you can probably find it http://www.gpoaccess.gov

www.cem.va.gov  - displays the same information that visitors to national cemeteries find on kiosks or in written ledgers to locate gravesites: names, dates of birth and death, period of military service, branch of service and rank if known, the cemetery's location and phone number, plus the grave's precise location in the cemetery.

 

Obtaining DD Form 214 and other records for Veterans -  http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/index.html

 

WHERE TO WRITE FOR VITAL RECORDS

Need a copy of your child's birth certificate, or maybe just your own? The National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS) provides a listing of state and U.S. territory vital statistics offices to contact for copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates. The NCHS also offers tips on how what information to provide when making a request and gives the approximate cost of obtaining each type of vital record in each state.

Find out where to write for vital records at:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm  

 

                                                                                              Michigan Veterans Partnership

The Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization:   http://www.mihospice.org   

 The Mesothelioma Cancer Center - http://www.asbestos.com

 

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U.S. Military Web Sites

~ Travel Agency's ~

Support to American Military Personnel
 

Thousands of Americans are asking what they can do to show their support for service members, especially those serving overseas. In addition to the efforts of your own veterans service organizations here are several other from several organizations that are sponsoring programs for members of the Armed Forces overseas. 

You may donate to the Michigan National Guard Family Fund. One hundred percent of this not-for-profit fund goes to financially struggling families of deployed Michigan National Guard members. Send your check or money order to Michigan National Guard Family Fund, 2500 S. Washington Ave., Lansing MI 48913.

Please do not flood the military mail system with letters, cards, and gifts. Due to security concerns and transportation constraints, the Armed Forces will no longer accept items mailed to "Any Service Member."  Some people have tried to avoid this prohibition by sending large numbers of packages to an individual service member's address, which however well intentioned, clogs the mail and causes unnecessary delays.

Log on to the following Web sites to show support:

Donate a calling card to help keep service members in touch with their families at Operation Uplink at http://www.operationuplink.org

Send a greeting via e-mail through Operation Dear Abby at http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/ or www.OperationDearAbby.net

Send a virtual thank you card at the Defend America Web site at http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html

Make a donation to one of the military relief societies:

Army Emergency Relief at http://www.aerhq.org/

Navy/Marine Relief Society at http://www.nmcrs.org/

Air Force Aid Society at http://www.afas.org/

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance at http://www.cgmahq.org/

Donate to "Operation USO Care Package" at http://www.usometrodc.org/care.html

Support the American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services at http://www.redcross.org/services/afes/

You can send a gift certificate to military troops deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom by visiting http://www.aafes.com/docs/homefront.htm. The American Red Cross will distribute these certificates for use at forward deployed Post/Base Exchanges.

One of the newest ways of helping is to donate frequent flyer miles for the use of troops returning from Iraqi on R & R. You may visit http://www.heromiles.org/donate.html to learn about this program.

You can donate gift certificates for military personnel to use at commissaries by visiting http://www.commissaries.com/certificheck/index.htm

There are other ideas at

www.defendamerica.mil/support_troops.html

http://www.usocares.org/home.htm

http://www.army.mil/operations/iraq/faq.html
 
   
 

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