The long day and night of Presidential inaugural events on January 20 will be followed the morning after by a Senate confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of the Honorable Douglas A. Collins to become the 12th Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The hearing, originally scheduled for January 14, will occur next Tuesday at 10am. Committee Chairman Jerry Moran said in statement last Monday that Collins had submitted all of his paperwork in a “timely manner

BVA member and extreme adventure athlete Lonnie Bedwell has conquered still more superhuman, near-impossible feats in his quest, among other things, to climb the highest peaks on all seven of the world’s continents. Flying onto the ice-covered continent of Antarctica on November 27 from Punta Arenas, Chile, he and his Sightless Summits companion, Bryan Hill, headed to the Ellsworth Mountains to climb Mount Vinson, the continent’s highest peak. That climb occurred December 3. After additional

Have you wondered how the BVA Veterans Service program (VSP) fulfills its mission of providing high quality representation before the Department of Veterans Affairs to blind and low vision veterans? BVA National Service Director Duayne Driscoll has compiled a few of the most significant figures for the Veterans Service Program (VSP) in 2024. The results, reported and explained by Duayne below, reflect impressive accomplishments amid extraordinary challenges. Kudos to the BVA VSP! During the calendar

The upcoming weekend includes a Monday federal holiday for both the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States. Both holidays occur on the exact same day. The leadership, staff, and membership of the Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) pause to reflect on the humanitarian service and vision of Dr. King, who was born 96 years ago on January 15. As the country honors the memory