National Sons of Amvets

09/30/2026

A memorial service for Art Major, Past National Saddest and Past National Provost Marshal, will be held 11 am on October 10 at Lewis R. Hall Amvets Post 1928 in Columbus, Ohio.

Address: 3780 W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43228

Hotel close by - Holiday Inn
5495 Maxwell Place
Columbus Ohio 43228

09/19/2026

09/02/2026

Sons of AMVETS 2027 Membership

The National AMVETS approved an increase in AMVETS membership dues at the National convention in Orlando FL. The increase is in the amount of $5.00 effective September 1st, 2026. This increase may require your local post to increase their AMVET Membership dues. The Sons of AMVETS Constitution requires that Sons of AMVETS membership dues be at the same level as the AMVETS membership dues.

Article III – Dues, Section I( b) of the Constitution:

b. The annual membership dues for State Departments shall be established by the State Executive Committee to be presented for approval at the State Convention by two-thirds (2/3) vote. Annual dues for the Sons Squadron shall be no less then their sponsoring AMVETS Post. MAL shall be responsible for State and National dues based on the State in which they live.

Please verify your local AMVETS membership dues and make any adjustment to the Squadron dues to be in compliance with the Sons of AMVETS Constitution.
Example: If the Squadron dues are $40 and the AMVETS dues are now $35. AMVETS may increase their dues to $40 as a result of the National AMVETS dues increase. In this scenario, the Squadron dues do not need to change.. If both the Squadron and AMVETS dues are at $30, and now the AMVETS dues change to $35, the Squadron dues need to change to $35 or higher.

Note that an updated Change of Officers form to reflect the Squadron dues should be submitted to the State and to National.

08/23/2026

It is official 2026-2027 Sons of AMVETS are installed

08/22/2026

Congratulations to our newly elected and appointed National Officers for 2026-2027.

Commander David Niederhauser (IA)
1st Vice Commander Tim Goldman (KY)
2nd Vice Commander Steve Bryant (OH)
3rd Vice Commander Floyd Francis (MA)
Finance Officer PNC Richard Thibodear (ME)
Judge Advocate PNC David Spencer (MA)
Provost Marshal Joseph Stopyra (PA)
Immediate Past National Commander PNC Patrick Holcombe (FL)
Chaplain Michael Bruno (MA)
VAVS Coordinator PNC Daniel Briggs (KY)
Legislative Director PNC David Strittmather (OH)
Deputy Legislative Director Bill Lutz (OH)
Inspector General PNC Mark Serpis (MA)
Communications Director PNC David Strittmather (OH)
Webmaster PNC Daniel Briggs (KY)
Junior AMVETS Coordinator PNC Paul Speigle (OH)
Events Director PNC Harold Collins (KY)

07/25/2026

🚨 What Veterans, Survivors, Families & Caregivers Stand to Lose if TCAVA Fails

If the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (TCAVA) dies in Congress and the VA finalizes its long-proposed disability rating changes for sleep apnea and tinnitus, here’s what is at risk:

The money leaves veterans forever

Up to $58 billion over 10 years that could have stayed in the veterans’ system gets diverted straight to the U.S. Treasury instead of funding benefits and care.

Mental health, su***de prevention & community care stall

- Fox Su***de Prevention Grant Program is not extended
- No standardized mental-health residential screening with community fallback
- No service-dog grants for PTSD/TBI
- No permanent protections locking in Veterans Community Care access standards

Combat-injured retirees lose concurrent receipt

~59,000 Chapter 61 combat-injured retirees continue to have their military retirement pay reduced dollar-for-dollar by their VA disability compensation. The Major Richard Star Act stays stuck.

Surviving spouses keep losing benefits

- Remarriage before age 55 still ends DIC and SBP for many widows/widowers
- TRICARE coverage for remarried survivors remains cut off
- No DIC increase above COLA
- ALS surviving spouses still face the 8-year rule barrier

Caregivers get left behind

- No extended health coverage, bereavement support, or workforce transition help for family caregivers who left jobs to care for severely wounded veterans
- No training or reimbursement expansions for the caregivers still on the front lines

Severely disabled veterans miss critical upgrades

- No $10K special monthly compensation boost for the most catastrophic disabilities (R1/R2/T)
- No modernized national prosthetics formulary
- No fixes for adaptive equipment and automobile grants

Education & transition support stays incomplete

Millions of transitioning service members and veterans lose expanded GI Bill options, full first-year apprenticeship housing allowances, longer TAP windows, and better job-training pathways.

Bottom line: If TCAVA fails, when the VA rule is enacted, the $19–$58 billion in projected “savings” leaves the veterans’ system entirely — while dozens of long-overdue expansions never happen.

This is the “use it or lose it” moment.

The benefits either stay with the people who earned them, or they disappear into the general fund.

Veterans, survivors, caregivers, and families have already waited long enough.

05/27/2026

02/06/2026

National Legislative Director Brown, Justin and Danielle from the Nimitz Group and the National AMVETS team did forward the 2026 LAW priorities. Below is the link to the 2026 LAW priorities web page on the National Sons of AMVETS web site. Sons of AMVETS for review. The hotel information, bus schedule and Sons of AMVET NEC meeting schedule is at the bottom of the page.

2026 Legislative Priorities As part of AMVETS’ Legislative Advocacy Week (LAW), we would like to share this list of our top priorities for legislative action this year. Additional information on each of the priorities can be found by expanding each priority in the list below. A printable versi.....