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🇺🇸 For All Who Served
On Veterans Day, AMVETS Department of Hawaii honors every Veteran who answered the call to serve, across every branch and every era.
From Pearl Harbor to communities across our islands, we thank our Veterans for their service and the families who stood beside them. Take a moment today to reach out to a Veteran you know. A call or a visit can mean more than you realize.
Mahalo for your service. Happy Veterans Day!
#VeteransDay #AMVETSHawaii #ForAllWhoServed
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Unclear what happened but someone just drove into a sign on the north end of Lafayette Square Park and then fought with Secret Service and National Guard when they got out of their car.
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UPDATE: Secret Service has an individual in custody. He was yelling “Oh my God” as they walked him away from Lafayette Park near the white house.
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A car drove onto the sidewalk of Lafayette Park, steps away from the White House. Video from @maustermuhle shows its driver swinging at Secret Service agents.
At the same time, another person jumped a barricade.
More on what put the White House on lockdown:
dc.citycast.fm/public-safety…
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For James McCormick, service is a family legacy dating back to the Revolutionary War. A Veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, James was wounded in Iraq and turned to the VA for recovery. This Veterans Month, we honor his courage and sacrifice. 🇺🇸
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Happy birthday to the greay @robertpatrickT2! Robert is a great friend to AMVETS and advocate for all Veterans and their families, especially Gold Star families. Robert, all hope you’re having a fantastic day. You deserve it!
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Happy birthday to the great @robertpatrickT2! Robert is a great friend to AMVETS and advocate for all Veterans and their families, especially Gold Star families. Robert, all hope you’re having a fantastic day. You deserve it!
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Aloha Veterans, Military Families, and Community Partners!
As we welcome November, AMVETS Department of Hawaii proudly shares our November 2026 Newsletter, highlighting Veterans Day, legislative and VA affairs, suicide prevention, and upcoming community events.
📰 INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
🇺🇸 Commander’s Veterans Day Message – Honoring the courage, sacrifice, and lifelong contributions of America’s Veterans.
🏛️ Legislative & VA Affairs Update – Important developments involving VA benefits, disability claims, the PACT Act, and Veterans’ health care.
💙 Veteran Suicide Prevention – Our $683,905 Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant strengthens outreach, peer support, and connections to care for Veterans throughout Honolulu County.
🙏 Chaplain’s Message – A season of remembrance, gratitude, faith, and compassion.
📅 November Events & Programs – Veterans Day ceremonies, the Koa Challenge, Thanksgiving activities, adaptive sports, youth programs, and community engagement opportunities.
🇺🇸 LOOKING AHEAD: DECEMBER 5, 2026
Join us for the 85th Annual Ewa Battlefield Commemoration Ceremony, featuring distinguished keynote speaker Colonel Gregory D. Gadson, U.S. Army (Retired).
OUR COMMITMENT REMAINS STRONG:
Every Veteran deserves dignity, respect, opportunity, and a community that stands beside them.
Your Service Mattered. Your Life Matters. Your Mission Is Not Over.
📍 AMVETS West Oahu Veterans Center
5001 Iroquois Avenue, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
🌐 amvetshawaii.org
☎️ (808) 888-0410
📖 Read our November Newsletter attached below!
Please LIKE, SHARE, and help us reach Veterans and military families throughout Hawaii and the Pacific.
Veterans Serving Veterans — Together, We Make a Difference! 🇺🇸
#AMVETSHawaii #VeteransDay2026 #VeteransServingVeterans #VeteranSuicidePrevention #VeteransBenefits #MilitaryFamilies #WestOahuVeteransCenter #EwaBattlefield #HonoringOurHeroes #HawaiiVeterans
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"Behind every delayed piece of veterans’ legislation is an unfulfilled obligation to someone who sacrificed for our nation."
- Sandy Vorhies, U.S. Army veteran and National Commander of @AMVETSHQ on why Congress needs to pass the Take Care of America's Veterans Act as veterans, their families, their caregivers and their survivors cannot wait any longer to receive the care and benefits they have earned through their service and sacrifice to our nation.
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The mission isn’t over. Neither is your story.
The Veterans Crisis Line is here 24/7:
📞 Dial 988, then press 1
📲 Text 838255
💻 VeteransCrisisLine.net
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Aloha! AMVETS Hawaii Service Foundation Corp is hiring for our new Veteran Suicide Prevention Program on Oahu.
We have 7 openings: Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Veteran Peer Support Specialists, Case Manager, Clinical Consultant, and two contract roles.
Veterans and military family members are strongly encouraged to apply. Please share with anyone who'd be a great fit. Questions?
Just reach out:
Alim Shabazz, AMVETS Hawaii Suicide Prevention Program Director alim@amvets-hawaii.org
Everything you need is here, including job details, pay, benefits, and how to apply online:
portal.amvetsconnect.org/car…
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AMVETS helps local veterans with more than just donations. They provide critical support for rent, utilities, and even minor home/car repairs, preventing evictions and ensuring basic needs are met. #VeteranSupport #Community
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🇺🇸 AMVETS HAWAII AWARDED $683,905 VA SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT
AMVETS Hawaii is proud to announce that the AMVETS Hawaii Service Foundation has received a $683,905 FY27 award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP).
This one-year grant will strengthen our community-based suicide prevention efforts across Honolulu County, with a goal of serving 150 Veterans through outreach, screening, case management, Veteran peer support, suicide-prevention education, stability support, and connections to VA and community resources.
The mission is especially important because VA’s FY27 Grantee Toolkit reports that 61% of Veterans who died by suicide in 2023 were not receiving VHA care in the year of, or year before, their death. SSG Fox SPGP_Grantee Toolkit_FY27.pdf
Our focus is simple: reach Veterans where they are, build trust before a crisis occurs, and make sure no Veteran has to navigate the path to support alone.
This work will bring Veterans, families, peer support, community organizations, and VA partners together to strengthen the network of support available in our community.
Read our full article below to learn more about the award and what it means for Hawaii’s Veterans.
#AMVETSHawaii #SSGFoxGrant #Veterans #VeteranSuicidePrevention #SuicidePrevention #VeteranSupport #HawaiiVeterans #HonoluluCounty #Community #VeteransHelpingVeterans
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Call your friends. It could save their life.
Especially the ones who seem to have it all together.
It doesn’t have to be some deep conversation. Talk about life. Laugh about something stupid. Remind them someone gives a damn.
Just make the call.
Veterans Crisis Line: 988, press 1.
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“It’s really difficult that this country makes widows have to calculate financial consequences before they’re allowed to love somebody again,” — Kaanan Mackey-Fugler, Gold Star spouse
The Take Care of America's Veterans Act ensures survivors get the financial relief they need.
politico.com/news/2026/08/31…
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Promises made, promises kept. 🇺🇸
VA continues to roll out a new health record system to modernize medical records and put Veterans FIRST.
Read: military.com/indiana-first-s…
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Good news: Veteran homelessness dropped by 26% in Los Angeles. LA is showing that reducing veteran homelessness is achievable when communities invest in housing and emphasize stakeholder collaboration and supportive services. Progress is real, but the work isn’t finished until every veteran has a place to call home.
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🚐🇺🇸 AMVETS ONE continued its mission through Missouri, West Virginia, and Kentucky during May 2026—raising awareness for veteran mental health and connecting veterans with local resources.
💙 Leaving No Veteran Behind.
#AMVETSONE #AMVETS
