OPERATION 10,10,10

Rio Grande Valley Veterans of America

 Valley Vets

March 29, 2011

Operation 10, 10,10

We are launching OPERATION 10-10-10 which is essence an effort directed at members of the Veterans Affairs Committees.  We have made little progress and times have changed, but we continue our battle.

Operation 10, 10, 10 has been launched by Rio Grande Valley Veterans to try and get HB 837 and SB 396 passed in Congress.  The wording of each bill in their respective chamber is identical.  They call for an expansion of the Surgical Center in Harlingen to a Full Service Medical Center.

The Operation has 3 phases:

Phase I will consist of veterans targeting 10 members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.  They will be sending their offices letters asking for support and passage of HB 837 as submitted by Congressman Ruben Hinojosa and Co-Sponsored by Congressmen Henry Cuellar and Blake Farenthold.  This committee has 24 members representing both Political parties and is chaired by Rep. Jeff Miller.

Phase II will be to target 10 members of the House Veterans Affairs sub-committee on Veterans Health.   This Committee has 12 members and its Chair is Rep. Ann Marie Buerkele.

Phase III will be to target 10 members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee asking for support and passage of SB 396.    SB 396 was submitted by Senator John Cornyn and Co-Sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. This committee has 21 members and its Chair is Senator Patty Murray.

The phonetic pronunciation of the word 10 in Spanish means here, so Operation 10, 10, 10 will be Operation Here, Here, Here.  Veterans feel that our Congressional leaders have not asked these committees to work on the bills and the need for such a facility.

Veterans will be calling on veterans to participate in Operation 10, 10, 10.  If a Veterans Service organization wants more information the group will sent some one to their posts and provide it.  Commanders or Vice Commanders should call Treto Garza at 956.226.9176.

Veterans also ask the community at large to sign an on-line petition at http//:www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/578/551/374.

Welcome all Veterans

Rio Grande Valley Veterans of America (Valley Vets) is a new organization of veterans interested in working on veterans issues.  There are no fees to join, but your name will need to be approved by the governing board.

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We will try to keep veterans informed on activities affecting the livelihood of veterans and their families. All benefits will be monitored and important benefits will be relayed through this venue.  Also, we will forward information on any legislation that it important to all veterans.  We will let you know which we recommend, but understand that ours will only be a recommendation.

At the present, we are working on trying to get a Veterans Affairs Full Medical Service Center for south Texas to be established in Harlingen, TX.  We are recommending that the present VA Out Patient Surgical Center be expanded into a Full Medical Service Center, especially with emergency room and inpatient surgical care.  There is enough room in the complex to include it.  Many of us believe that the original plans called for a full service medical center due to the fact the plans submitted to local authorities included space for it, to include a cafeteria.

Our first mission has been designated as the gathering of signatures on an on-line petition at http://www.takeaction/578/551/378.  Please read and sign it.  Tell your relatives, friends and others to join our efforts by signing it.  Its easy.

This web page will allow for participation via comments in our comment session.  If you provide us with an email we will respond to any questions you might have regarding any issue.  If need be, we will recommend to you someone that can help.

We hope to make this the webpage Blog Page for Veterans.

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