The United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR), also known as the Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), celebrates its birthday next Thursday, August 29. USMCR’s primary purpose is to support and strengthen the Marine Corps active-duty units during expeditions. Reserve Marines maintain civilian commitments but are ready to support their Corps in major combat assignments, humanitarian efforts, and national emergencies. They are considered Marines and are thus expected to live up to the same standards as all Marines, regardless of […]

Left to right outside Foster’s Grille: Lawrence Harrison, James Baldwin, Klinton Anselm, Michaun Harrison, Carol Coney, and Claudia Baldwin. BVA members from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group gathered August 16 for an afternoon and evening of fundraising at the ever-popular Foster’s Grille just four blocks from BVA National Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Klinton Anselm of the New York Regional Group also traveled more than four hours from Brooklyn to crash the event and spend some time […]

Donned in their red dresses, Carl Arredondo, left, and Joe Burns with his adult beverage, brace for Red Dress Run in the sweltering summer heat of New Orleans Carl Arredondo, on the air for more than 27 years as a meteorologist (the majority of the years as Chief Meteorologist) for WWL-TV and a beloved figure in the City of New Orleans, ran the downtown streets of the city on August 10 with several BVA members […]

The BVA Women Veterans Outreach Program will meet via Zoom next Thursday, August 22, at 6:00pm Eastern Time. All blind and low vision women veterans are invited and encouraged to attend the session and participate in the exchange of information and personal experiences that are currently most relevant to women veterans. Date/Time: August 22, 2024 @ 6:00pm (Eastern Time) Meeting ID: 811 1419 0805Passcode: 1945  Join Zoom Meeting Join Meeting (One Tap mobile)  +13017158592,,81114190805#,,,,*1945# +13052241968,,81114190805#,,,,*1945# […]

Please join us next Wednesday, August 21, at 3:00pm Eastern Time for BVA’s VetTech and Educational Series Weekly Webinar. The featured technology expert for the session will be Jason Bailey of Bosma Enterprises. Jason will discuss Bosma services and their benefits to blind and low vision veterans. He will also offer details about Blind Square, an indoor navigation system. Date/Time: August 21, 2024 @ 3:00pm (Eastern Time) Meeting ID: 856 2590 9913  Passcode: 1945  Join […]

Please join the monthly virtual meeting of the Dog Handlers Outreach Program this Tuesday, August 20, at 4:00pm Eastern Time via Zoom. Attendees will welcome guest speaker Genevieve Timpone, Marketing and Communications Specialist and Advancement Associate for the Paws for Purple Hearts’ Southeast Region. Please note that the new passcode is 1945. Date/Time: August 20, 2024 @ 4:00pm (Eastern Time) Meeting ID: 899 4856 6589  Passcode: 1945  Join Zoom Meeting Join Meeting (One Tap Mobile): […]

Photo Caption: From left to right: Franklin H. Williams, renowned National Association for the Advancement of Colored People attorney, civil rights activist, and diplomat; BVA Executive Director Lloyd Greenwood, middle; and Isaac Woodard, right. Photo credit: NAACP, Region 1, and University of California at Berkley Bancroft Library; BANC PIC, 147:156—PIC. Exactly 78 years ago today, August 16, 1946, Isaac Woodard was welcomed in person at BVA’s then National Headquarters in New York City as a […]

Florida Regional Group President Carlos Peré and his sons during deep sea fishing excursion. The Florida Regional Group earlier this year joined forces with Wisdom 4 the Blind to offer a unique opportunity for fun, adventure, and camaraderie via the second annual Feel2See Deep Sea Fishing Trip aboard the Double Eagle (two catamaran style party boats).  According to Grace Schuh, Wisdom 4 the Blind’s Director of Communications, the event has become a highly anticipated one […]