The scheduled meeting of the BVA Book Club for Wednesday evening, November 26 (Thanksgiving Eve), has been suspended due to possible conflicts with holiday preparations for the following day. The club will likely resume meeting sometime in December but probably not on the scheduled Wednesday, December 24 date when a potential holiday conflict could also occur.  Group Leader Anthony Woodson advises both current readers and those new to the book club to start and/or continue

The House of Representatives and Senate this week acted on S. 2392, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025, sponsored originally by Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS). The measure passed both chambers.   A Presidential signature is expected shortly, kicking in additional compensation for inflation for wartime disability, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for surviving spouses and children.  

Limited space in last week’s edition prevented BVA Happenings from including some of the most important and relevant images capturing the day’s events. This week’s issue looks back in pictures at some of those events.   VA Secretary Doug Collins, left, with BVA National President Wade Davis. Secretary Collins with Interim National Executive Director Lea Rowe The U.S. Army Band and Chorus provided the prelude music and several numbers for the ceremonial portion of the 72nd

BVA member, master speaker and writer, and Visions of BVA podcast host Steve Baskis left his Colorado home last week to spend a few days in Green Bay, Wisconsin, invited by close friend and river running colleague Ken Braband, the latter of whom co-founded the Milwaukee Team River Runner (TRR) chapter in 2011 and three years later formed a TRR chapter in Green Bay. TRR has hosted blinded veterans on kayaking activities throughout the country